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Hi All, I've come across what I think is a bug in widget_table using /disjoint selection. It can be demonstrated using the example code provided with IDL - just execute table_widget_example1. My experimenting shows that it works as expected on Mac OS X, but on Windows 7 when disjoint selection mode is turned on, control-clicking does not allow additional selections to be made (which is the whole point). I tested on Windows 7 running as a VM - It would be great if someone could test on other versions of Windows to confirm this is not a VM or Windows-7 specific issue. Also, as we all know, widget_table is awful. Has anyone got an alternative working? cheers, Will.
Re: widget_table disjoint selection issues
On Tuesday, 1 November 2016 23:13:12 UTC-7, wallabadah wrote: > Hi All, > > I've come across what I think is a bug in widget_table using /disjoint selection. It can be demonstrated using the example code provided with IDL - just execute table_widget_example1. > > My experimenting shows that it works as expected on Mac OS X, but on Windows 7 when disjoint selection mode is turned on, control-clicking does not allow additional selections to be made (which is the whole point). I tested on Windows 7 running as a VM - It would be great if someone could test on other versions of Windows to confirm this is not a VM or Windows-7 specific issue. > > Also, as we all know, widget_table is awful. Has anyone got an alternative working? > > cheers, > > Will. Hi Will, With IDL 8.5.1 on Windows 10, it seems to work exactly as advertised, both from the Workbench and from a .sav file under IDL VM. Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.14393] IDL> !version { "ARCH": "x86_64", "OS": "Win32", "OS_FAMILY": "Windows", "OS_NAME": "Microsoft Windows", "RELEASE": "8.5.1", "BUILD_DATE": "Nov 14 2015", "MEMORY_BITS": 64, "FILE_OFFSET_BITS": 64 } Cheers, -Dick Dick Jackson Software Consulting Inc. Victoria, BC, Canada --- http://www.d-jackson.com
It also works for me, in IDL 8.5.1, both under Windows 10 and Linux (natively and running in a VirtualBox VM in Windows).
On Wednesday, November 2, 2016 at 7:13:12 AM UTC+1, wallabadah wrote: > Hi All, > > I've come across what I think is a bug in widget_table using /disjoint selection. It can be demonstrated using the example code provided with IDL - just execute table_widget_example1. > > My experimenting shows that it works as expected on Mac OS X, but on Windows 7 when disjoint selection mode is turned on, control-clicking does not allow additional selections to be made (which is the whole point). I tested on Windows 7 running as a VM - It would be great if someone could test on other versions of Windows to confirm this is not a VM or Windows-7 specific issue. > > Also, as we all know, widget_table is awful. Has anyone got an alternative working? > > cheers, > > Will. Disjoint selection works for me as well, on Windows 7, IDL 8.5.1. Mark
On Thursday, 3 November 2016 05:43:56 UTC+11, superchromix wrote: > On Wednesday, November 2, 2016 at 7:13:12 AM UTC+1, wallabadah wrote: >> Hi All, >> >> I've come across what I think is a bug in widget_table using /disjoint selection. It can be demonstrated using the example code provided with IDL - just execute table_widget_example1. >> >> My experimenting shows that it works as expected on Mac OS X, but on Windows 7 when disjoint selection mode is turned on, control-clicking does not allow additional selections to be made (which is the whole point). I tested on Windows 7 running as a VM - It would be great if someone could test on other versions of Windows to confirm this is not a VM or Windows-7 specific issue. >> >> Also, as we all know, widget_table is awful. Has anyone got an alternative working? >> >> cheers, >> >> Will. > > > Disjoint selection works for me as well, on Windows 7, IDL 8.5.1. > Mark Thanks for your help, everyone. Problem was on this side of the keyboard - I had my VM configured so that control-click was not working as expected. cheers, Will
On Wednesday, 2 November 2016 18:14:08 UTC-7, wallabadah wrote: > On Thursday, 3 November 2016 05:43:56 UTC+11, superchromix wrote: >> On Wednesday, November 2, 2016 at 7:13:12 AM UTC+1, wallabadah wrote: >>> Hi All, >>> >>> I've come across what I think is a bug in widget_table using /disjoint selection. It can be demonstrated using the example code provided with IDL - just execute table_widget_example1. >>> >>> My experimenting shows that it works as expected on Mac OS X, but on Windows 7 when disjoint selection mode is turned on, control-clicking does not allow additional selections to be made (which is the whole point). I tested on Windows 7 running as a VM - It would be great if someone could test on other versions of Windows to confirm this is not a VM or Windows-7 specific issue. >>> >>> Also, as we all know, widget_table is awful. Has anyone got an alternative working? >>> >>> cheers, >>> >>> Will. >> >> >> Disjoint selection works for me as well, on Windows 7, IDL 8.5.1. >> Mark > > Thanks for your help, everyone. Problem was on this side of the keyboard - I had my VM configured so that control-click was not working as expected. > > cheers, > > Will Ah, I see you were referring to a Windows VM, not the IDL VM. I will add that my test of IDL VM was indeed running under a Windows VM (Parallels Desktop for Mac), where I have only recently (with PD version 12) had troubles with modifier keys, requiring Actions:Configure:Mouse and Keyboard:Optimize for Games to be set). Cheers, -Dick Dick Jackson Software Consulting Inc. Victoria, BC, Canada --- http://www.d-jackson.com