<div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:12.8px">Thanks, Mathieu, unfortunately the RenderView or the other hardcoded views won't work for us.</span><div style="font-size:12.8px">As I described, I need to implement a custom view with a bunch of input fields and buttons to represent data statistics.</div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8px">The corresponding Qt views of the 4 mentioned View classes are created in pqStandardServerManagerModelIn<wbr>terface::CreatePQView using hardcoded tests such as:<br></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><div>Â if (xmlname == pqSpreadSheetView::<wbr>spreadsheetViewType())</div><div>Â {</div><div>Â Â return new pqSpreadSheetView(group, name, proxy, server, parent);</div><div>Â }</div></div><div style="font-size:12.8px">Is it feasible to create another, generic vtkPVView-derived class besides vtkPVRenderView...<span style="font-size:12.8px">vtkSpreadShe<wbr>etView, which will allow to define the view elements using the plugin mechanism?</span></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px"><br></span></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">We can add menus, buttons and toolbars through plugins, why not customize a generic view? Is there a reason that forbids such customization, or is it just one of those topics that hasn't received sufficient interest or funding, but could be implemented in principle?</span></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">Thanks</span></div><div class="gmail-yj6qo gmail-ajU" style="margin:2px 0px 0px;font-size:12.8px"><div id="gmail-:m1" class="gmail-ajR" tabindex="0"><img class="gmail-ajT" src="https://ssl.gstatic.com/ui/v1/icons/mail/images/cleardot.gif" style="opacity: 0.3;">Kolja</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Jan 23, 2018 at 10:45 AM, Mathieu Westphal <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mathieu.westphal@kitware.com" target="_blank">mathieu.westphal@kitware.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div><div><div><div>Hello<br><br></div>Here is a minimal example for creating a new type of view within a plugin.<br></div>You actually cannot inherit directly from vtkPVView, you must inherit for a base view, which can be :<br></div>Â - vtkPVRenderView<br></div>Â - vtkPVContextView</div><div>Â - vtkPythonView</div><div>Â - vtkSpreadSheetView</div><div>(<a href="https://www.paraview.org/ParaView/Doc/Nightly/www/cxx-doc/classvtkPVView.html" target="_blank">https://www.paraview.org/<wbr>ParaView/Doc/Nightly/www/cxx-<wbr>doc/classvtkPVView.html</a>)</div><div><br></div>This choice is also visible in the associated xml files where you precise which kind of proxy you want to create.<br><br></div>In the attached example, I demonstrated how to add a clone of the Render View, called Render View 2.</div><div><br></div><div>Hope it helps,</div><div><br></div><div>Best,<br></div><div><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="m_1712022189565304643gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr">Mathieu Westphal<br></div></div></div><div><div class="h5">
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Jan 22, 2018 at 7:08 PM, Kolja Petersen <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:petersenkolja@gmail.com" target="_blank">petersenkolja@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Thank you, Mathieu,<div>any update on this?</div><div>All my research seems to point to a few hardcoded views that are accessible. I simply can't find a solution to implement a new view and open it from a plugin.</div><div>Thanks</div><span class="m_1712022189565304643HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><div>Kolja</div><div><br></div></font></span></div><div class="m_1712022189565304643HOEnZb"><div class="m_1712022189565304643h5"><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jan 17, 2018 at 9:55 AM, Mathieu Westphal <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mathieu.westphal@kitware.com" target="_blank">mathieu.westphal@kitware.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div><div>Hi Kolja<br><br></div>I have a simple view plugin project ongoing that I should be able to scale down for your needs. <br></div><div>I will try to find the time to do it before the end fo the week.<br><br></div>Best, <br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="m_1712022189565304643m_-7533380727799637296m_63782262572172547gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr">Mathieu Westphal<br></div></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div class="m_1712022189565304643m_-7533380727799637296h5">On Tue, Jan 16, 2018 at 8:38 PM, Kolja Petersen <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:petersenkolja@gmail.com" target="_blank">petersenkolja@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br></div></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div class="m_1712022189565304643m_-7533380727799637296h5"><div dir="ltr">Is it possible to write a plugin that derives from vtkPVView instead of vtkPVRenderView?<div><br></div><div>I don't know how I can further shorten my question. The answer is quite important to decide whether we can continue our ParaView developments.</div><div>Thank you</div><div>Kolja</div></div><div id="m_1712022189565304643m_-7533380727799637296m_63782262572172547m_2726909845290941008DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2"><br> <table style="border-top:1px solid #d3d4de">
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