| ID | Project | Category | View Status | Date Submitted | Last Update |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0006132 | DarkRadiant | GUI | public | 15.10.2022 14:48 | 13.01.2024 13:59 |
| Reporter | Bikerdude | Assigned To | greebo | ||
| Priority | normal | Severity | normal | Reproducibility | have not tried |
| Status | closed | Resolution | no change required | ||
| Platform | PC | OS | Windows | OS Version | 10 (21H2) |
| Product Version | 3.4.0 | ||||
| Fixed in Version | 3.8.0 | ||||
| Summary | 0006132: Deselecting layers: click area too small | ||||
| Description | So I diagnosed an issue I thought was me, or my mouse. In a nutshell the click area foir each layer tick bos need the cursur be "exactly" in the middle of the little white box. It needs to be anywhere in the white box or better anywhere in the whole row please Greebo :-) | ||||
| Tags | No tags attached. | ||||
 |
The checkbox is for toggling the visibility of the layer, this is working like it had been before with the old dialog - you had to click the checkbox to show/hide the layer. Just selecting the row should not show/hide the layer, are you sure you want that? If you're referring the the checkbox itself that is not reacting when you have the tip of the mouse cursor at the pixel border of the checkbox - that's a Windows problem, it's the same in Windows 11 where the checkbox is rounded. I can't do anything about this, I think. |
 |
I am fairly sure (and can go back and test if required) that in previous versions of DR you coulc click 'anywhere' inside the checkbox to toggle it. In 3.4 you have to click right in the center 2/3s of the tickbox. - https://youtu.be/YJTGJaVZQFA |
|
|
In previous DR versions there was no checkbox, it was just a button with an image painted on it. In 3.4 the tree view is using an actual checkbox as provided by Windows. I'm aware of the click not being registered in some areas of the checkbox, but I don't know the reason. It seems it's reacting to left-clicks even when the mouse is aiming 2-3 pixels to the left of the checkbox, but at the right side there's a dead area of some pixels that doesn't receive the clicks. |
|
|
This must be a wxWidgets bug, it's consistently shifting the sensitive area of the checkbox 3 pixels to the left. I think it's not taking the cell margin into account (which happens to be 3 pixels if I recall correctly). I can't do anything about, I'm afraid, I tried a few workarounds. Other than not using the native checkboxes, I don't see any way I can fix this in DR itself. |
|
|
make the whole row selectable, so it then dosent matter where you click..? the balloon tips getting in the way and covering tick boxes wasn't helping matters, but I see you tweaked that a bit for the time being. |
|
|
Linking clicks on the entire row to the visibility status is technically possible, but this will interfere as soon as a context menu is added to the Layers tree (which will happen rather sooner than later). When you right-click the item it will be selected, and that will cause the layer to switch its visibility, very likely that won't be intended. |
|
|
"Other than not using the native checkboxes, I don't see any way I can fix this in DR itself. " what would this look like, or is it hard to do..? |
|
|
Maybe not hard, but it's very cumbersome and annoying to re-implement the same checkbox that is already provided by the system software. Are you really aiming your mouse at the rightmost three pixels of that checkbox so frequently? |
|
|
So Dragofer made me aware of the artifact builds you create and list on GitHub, so I am currently using build 0004764. So now that the popup isnt getting in the way 'my cursor aim' is better, but now this highlights another minor issue. in that there is a delay between clicking on the box and it becoming unticked, can that delay be reduced at all..? |
|
|
The delay is probably depending on the size of the map, but I can only guess. If there's a lot of items to hide it will take a bit until that operation is complete. Might that explain the behaviour? |
|
|
So rebooted windows, created a blank map and added abunch of layers, and my wip is ever so slightly slower. And as a result of doing the above, the issue with the whole box not being tickable is pretty much the same. If I am not dead center I am having to spend time trying to click the box again. sorry fella. |
|
|
In DR 3.8 the mouse cursor no longer needs to be dead center, clicking anywhere inside the tickbox now works. Tracker can be closed. |
