Dragging processes and masks

[cwiede]

Hi,
I installed the latest PI-version (Version 01.08.05.1352 Ripley (x64)) on a late 2009 Imac with El Capitan (12 GB Ram) and have problems when dragging processes or masks on images. When I drag a process on an image PI does not react. When dragging I have to wait over the image fore two seconds with the mouse button pressed and when I let loose the process will be applied. Applying masks by dragging is not possible at all.
Any ideas?
Best regards
Christof

[cwiede]

Dragging STF to HistogramTransformation works hassle-free...

[pfile]

this is an issue caused by the latest version of Qt which is an open-source UI package that PI is built upon. juan had to do a bunch of workarounds just to get the drag and drop to work at all. it does work but overall it's sensitive to where the mouse was when you grabbed the triangle/tab and where the mouse is when you release.

i believe it may only manifest on OSX, so we're just stuck with it for now.

rob

[hoxca]

I can confirm this non consistent behavior of the dragging process icon on OSX.

This QT bug is annoying and get messy 9 on 10 try
- Sometime it work, sometimes it just don't.
- Sometime clicking on the workspace then the image before dragging (or just zoom in the image) help
- But the more annoying is that dragging a process icon to the workspace is not working very well
- Applying mask is the more problematic but i see it working (only 1 or 2 times...)

That's really a bad and annoying UI/UX bug.
I've to live with this as i really like the photometric color calibration process but that's playing with my nerves

Can we do something on the QT side or simply revert this behavior on OSX.
I understand that multiples branches and maintenance for different target plateform is a pain...
But, IMHO dragging images to the process is really not mandatory.
In the processing workflow, i use more often process icon drag than images dragging.

Anyway, thank you for your effort to craft this powerfull gem software.
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Regards,
Hoxca

[Greg Schwimer]

Bump on this. Same problem here. Slows my work down quite a bit unfortunately, especially when I'm using the trackpad on the Macbook.

[Juan Conejero]

I fully understand your frustration with this problem. I am very upset too, especially because I cannot find a good solution with the current PixInsight core implementation. This problem on macOS is hurting the PixInsight project as a whole, especially because it has the potential to discourage new users. I am working on finding a good solution, but this is a difficult problem with many implications, so I ask you for more patience while I try to solve this.

Can we do something on the QT side

Unfortunately, I don't think so. Development forces go where the money is, and the money is not in desktop applications anymore. Actually, the concept of desktop application is dying quickly. This basically means that there is no interest in solving this issue. Very few applications, if any, require the kind of complex workspace functionality that I have implemented in PixInsight, so this problem can only affect a reduced set of Qt-based development projects. This problem is a complex one, with many implications throughout the PixInsight platform, and I must solve it myself. I am pondering several alternatives, but all of them imply a complete rewrite of significant parts of the PixInsight core application.

[Greg Schwimer]

Thanks for your diligence Juan. I understand the complexities at hand. Changes in the Qt libraries have affected other software as well so you're not alone. The guys at Bisque have run into even simple problems like minimizing windows. It doesn't work anymore!