Re: [matplotlib-devel] [ 1530104 ] Slider should grab mouse

[Bill B. <wb...@gm...>]

I've just uploaded two patch files that apply the changes discussed in this
thread.
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1555805
1555814
https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=560722&aid=1555805&group_id=80706
https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=560722&aid=1555814&group_id=80706

These were made against the latest release (xx.5 was it?)
Hopefully these will make it easer to integrate the changes.

--Bill

On 7/31/06, Ken McIvor <mc...@ii...> wrote:
> On Jul 30, 2006, at 8:07 AM, Bill Baxter wrote:
> > I went ahead and implemented this yesterday on a long plane flight.
> > The changed files (backend_bases.py,  and widgets.py) are attached to
> > the above tracker entry.  Also I changed backend_wx.py to grab the
> > mouse generally when you click on the graphs, so that panning and such
> > continues to track even when you go outside the window.  Similar
> > changes should probably also be made to the other backends too.
>
> This sounds like it could be a pretty stellar improvement to the WX
> backend.  Thanks!
>
> I should be at a work-related meeting on Tuesday with Matt Newville,
> the WX backend maintainer.  I'll try to get some time set aside to
> get your changes merged on my laptop before them, so that we can
> check them out properly afterward.  My big concern is to investigate
> how these changes may affect people who are embedding WxAgg figures
> in wxPython applications.  If you've done what I think you have, that
> shouldn't be a problem.
>
> > I also added get_value methods to the CheckButtons and RadioButtons,
> > because it didn't seem like there was any good way to get that info.
>
> You may want to submit this portion of the changes as a separate
> patch.  I've found that my patches get accepted faster when I only do
> one thing per patch.
>
> > Finally I don't really get what the deal is with the Slider's
> > "closedmin"/"closedmax" options.
>
> Sorry, I can't help you with this one.
>
> > Please let me know if there's a better way/place to submit patches.
>
> I've always done exactly what you're doing now: uploading it on SF
> then emailing the developers' list.
>
> Ken
>