Re: enhanced_recursion() and do_event(), can they be redesigned?

[Mojca M. <moj...@gm...>]

On Thu, Feb 27, 2014 at 6:31 PM, Jérôme Lodewyck wrote:
>
>> Alternatively, would it be possible to write the mouse coordinates into a widget
>> contained in the toolbar rather than into the status bar?   That would also
>> conserve vertical space.  And it might have the side-effect of working around
>> the current OSX glitch of not properly allocating space for the status bar.
>
> I have precisely tested this idea recently but didn't find the result
> visually appealing. I can submit a patch tough.

Another option would be to write the coordinates on a semi-transparent
frame somewhere in the bottom left corner when mouse is in the
plotting area. And make it disappear when the mouse goes away or is
inactive long enough (to allow to clearly see the whole plot).

Something similar to the way that play/pause/stop buttons work in
media players or in YouTube. When mouse is active, they are shown,
after certain actions they are removed to allow to clearly see the
video.

Mojca