[Scilab-Dev] datatip contextual menu to copy [x,y]

[Stéphane Mottelet]

Hello,

Here is a proposition, to be discussed/improved, of course (patch+demo 
video):

https://codereview.scilab.org/#/c/20550/

S.

Le 13/10/2018 à 13:59, Samuel Gougeon a écrit :
> Le 13/10/2018 à 13:28, Samuel Gougeon a écrit :
>> .../...
>>
>>   * Out of the datatip mode (which requires a first click to activate
>>     it), in the general interactive editor : left-clicking on an
>>     anchor selects the whole curve instead of only the datatip. Then
>>     right-clicking opens the contextual menu, with actions for the
>>     axes or the curve:
>>
>>     It would be interesting to resolve the clicked object: if the
>>     click position is around an anchor, then in the contextual menu
>>     the "copy to clipboard" action could be about the only datatip
>>     (its coordinates)
>>     (By the way, in the existing menu, the difference between "Copy"
>>     and "Copy to clipboard" looks unclear to me).
>>
>
> About this last point: The issue that makes things rather puzzling is 
> that, presently, the contextual menu mixes items related to different 
> objects: Axes, and curves, ...
>
>   * The default object when entering the editor is the current axes.
>     OK (but the figure's level is not reachable).
>   * After selecting a curve, the menu opened when right-clicking is
>     the/Axes contextual menu + newly activated items/, instead of
>     being dedicated only to actions /on curves/. Then, it's unclear on
>     what some "general actions" like copy, delete, clear... are done:
>     the axes, the curve, (then the datatip ?) ...
>   * For datatips, imho  it would be more handy to resolve the left
>     selecting click without having to activate the datatipManagerMode,
>     and then display a contextual menu with actions only on the
>     selected datatip, like copying its coordinates.
>
> Regards
> Samuel
>
>
>
>
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