Feature Requests item #1724942, was opened at 2007-05-24 10:03 Message generated for change (Comment added) made by hansonr You can respond by visiting: https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=379136&aid=1724942&group_id=23629
Please note that this message will contain a full copy of the comment thread, including the initial issue submission, for this request, not just the latest update. Category: None Group: None >Status: Closed Priority: 5 Private: No Submitted By: molvisions (molvisions) Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody) Summary: mouse synch among multiple applets Initial Comment: On May 23, 2007, at 10:21 AM, Timothy Driscoll asked: does Jmol implement an equivalent to the Chime synch parameter? in Chime, synch gave the user mouse control of *all* structures on a page by controlling any one structure. (in other words, rotate one and all structures rotated.) I looked through the mail archives and the doc, but even though I seem to remember recent discussion on this topic, I found nothing relevant. On May 23, 2007, at 10:44 AM, Bob Hanson wrote: I think all of Jmol is "synch on" then isn't it? If you rotate any structure, all structures rotate. To do otherwise you have to use Jmol l1.1's "rotateSelected" command. Tim replied: sorry; I guess I wasn't that clear. Jmol does rotate all structures in the same applet, yes. I was referring to control of multiple applets on the same page. Bob wrote: Do you know where a description of the Chime command is? I can't find it at http://www.life.uiuc.edu/crofts/bc1_in_chime/chime_talk/index.html Tim replied: I haven't had much luck either. it's possible they have replaced it with sendmouse? " Tag name: sendmouse Description: Specifies whether to send Chime's mouse events to another target Chime plug-in Syntax: sendmouse={false|true} false - do not send mouse events to another target Chime plug-in true - send mouse events to another target Chime plug-in " And on May 23, 2007, at 6:59 PM, Bob Hanson wrote: But if you can figure out a scheme that would be reasonable in terms of setting up this function wihtin Jmol -- I would want it to be possible to designate what applets are to be synced, not just "all applets on the page" -- then I can see if I can implement it. Maybe some interesting issues there. Tim replied: I can think about it, sure. I don't really see a problem with synching all applets on a page; that would be much simpler anyway. Bob wrote: What I meant by that was that Chime didn't have the wide-ranging capability that Jmol has. So it's not as simple as sending "the user now moved the mouse HERE" to the other applets. You would need to address issues such as: Do moveto, zoomto, navigate, translate, etc. all get synched, or is it just the mouse? Is it the entire orientation that is being synched (zoom and all)? Does spinning get synched? Does it get turned on automatically in other applets? How does one recognize which applet is the controller applet, and which are followers? What happens when a new file gets loaded in one of the applets? It would be interesting to see a page with this working in Chime just to see how/if those programmers addressed these issues. The preliminary work I did mostly convinced me that it is no simple matter to do this right. I would want to know what people wanted before starting into this. Tim replied: I understand. ok, here is my two cents: moveto, zoomto, etc - any commands that are accessible only from command line - would not be included. those are fairly easy to synchronize using javascript. mouse events that affect orientation (RTZ and spin) would be included. when applets are synched, any applet on the page that is being addressed by the mouse would become the controller applet. loading a new file would not affect the synchronization state of the page. perhaps my interpretation is too narrow, but I was investigating a mouse synch feature only. (though I recognize that 'synch' is a broad term; maybe 'synch mouse'?) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >Comment By: Bob Hanson (hansonr) Date: 2008-08-15 00:26 Message: Logged In: YES user_id=1082841 Originator: NO Jmol allows full synchronization of mouse commands and/or all scripts executed or just actions that affect orientation. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can respond by visiting: https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=379136&aid=1724942&group_id=23629 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ Jmol-developers mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jmol-developers
