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=Current GUI=
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<Gallery>
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Image:Slicer_With_Large_Icons.png|Large Icons
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Image:Slicer_With_Small_Icons.png|Small Icons
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</gallery>
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* Current GUI (as of Slicer 4.0.1)
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=Possible Changes=
 
* Move the Module selector from the toolbar to the "Module panel"
 
* Move the Module selector from the toolbar to the "Module panel"
 
** Motivations
 
** Motivations
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*** Allows multiple module panels open at the same time (1 module selector per module panel).
 
*** Allows multiple module panels open at the same time (1 module selector per module panel).
 
** Suggestion 1
 
** Suggestion 1
***[[Image:ModuleTitleSuggestion-LargeIcons.png|500px|Large Icons]] [[Image:ModuleTitleSuggestion-SmallIcons.png|500px|Small Icons]]
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<Gallery>
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Image:ModuleTitleSuggestion-LargeIcons.png|Large Icons
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Image:ModuleTitleSuggestion-SmallIcons.png|Small Icons
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</Gallery>
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* Simplify Picking toolbar
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** http://www.na-mic.org/Bug/view.php?id=1593
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==Suggestion==
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* Suggestion 1 as applied to the Annotation Module
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**[[image:ModulePanelTitlebarWithModuleSelector.png|500px|The Module selector moved into the module title bar]]
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**Shouldn't the name of the module appear in the module title bar instead?
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**How about changing the behavior of the module selector pull-down, to show the name of current module by default?
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=Controlling Linking=
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*insert into the viewer controller module.
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*The module has a pull down with available presets. One of the pull down selection items is create a new preset.
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*popup window with a clickable table like in the mock up.
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[[image:2012-01-10-Linking.png|500px|Mock up of a panel to modify linking behavior]]
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See also Jim's [https://www.slicer.org/wiki/Slicer3:UIDesign:WorkingProblems:LinkedControls analysis on the slicer wiki]

Latest revision as of 17:41, 10 July 2017

Home < 2012 Project Week:GeneralGUI

Current GUI

  • Current GUI (as of Slicer 4.0.1)

Possible Changes

  • Move the Module selector from the toolbar to the "Module panel"
    • Motivations
      • Saves horizontal space in the toolbar
      • Visually links the module selector with the module panel
      • Possibility to save some screen real estate
        • By reusing the empty module panel dock title
        • By moving the Slicer logo
      • Allows multiple module panels open at the same time (1 module selector per module panel).
    • Suggestion 1

Suggestion

  • Suggestion 1 as applied to the Annotation Module
    • The Module selector moved into the module title bar
    • Shouldn't the name of the module appear in the module title bar instead?
    • How about changing the behavior of the module selector pull-down, to show the name of current module by default?

Controlling Linking

  • insert into the viewer controller module.
  • The module has a pull down with available presets. One of the pull down selection items is create a new preset.
  • popup window with a clickable table like in the mock up.

Mock up of a panel to modify linking behavior

See also Jim's analysis on the slicer wiki