Re: [K3d-development] Obj import object, scale rounds off to 2 decimal places

[Timothy M. S. <ts...@k-...>]

Daniel S. Matthews wrote:
> On Mon, 28 Feb 2005 10:46:32 -0800, Timothy M. Shead <ts...@k-...>  
> wrote:
> 
>> Daniel S. Matthews wrote:
>>
>>> Testing obj import under 0.5.0.18
>>> Import object with "real word" scale, need to resize to do a quick  
>>> render
>>> in scale section of object properties I enter 0.001, but value gets   
>>> rounded off to 0.00
>>
>>
>> It's only the display that gets rounded, the data is stored correctly 
>> -  you could verify this using scripting or by saving your document 
>> and  checking the XML.  As it stands today, plugin authors get to 
>> specify a  "preferred" number of decimal places to display for a 
>> property, and we  use that number.  The problem is that always 
>> displaying too few decimal  places is just as bad as always displaying 
>> too many, suggestions welcome.
>>
> Change the color of the the text to show it is rounded off and display  
> full value when text area is hovered over?
> I think rounding was in the var not the display because my object got an 
> x  dim of zero in the 3d viewport.

If this is true, it's a bug, I'll check this evening.  On the other 
hand, if you were to tab-off-of the rounded version, it would be 
expected behavior, since the spin button can't know whether you were 
entering the value 0 or just tabbing through the current value.

I note that gtkmm 2.6 adds ellipsizing of text, that may be the 
long-term solution - just display data without rounding and ellipsize 
when it won't fit.

Cheers,
Tim