0001120: Use combobox for module selector menu; move to the module widget area

ID	Project	Category	View Status	Date Submitted	Last Update

0001120	Slicer4	Core: GUI	public	2011-03-15 07:11	2012-05-17 20:23

Reporter	inorton	Assigned To	BenjaminLong
Priority	normal	Severity	feature	Reproducibility	N/A
Status	closed	Resolution	fixed
Product Version
Target Version	Slicer 4.0.0	Fixed in Version	Slicer 4.0.0

Summary	0001120: Use combobox for module selector menu; move to the module widget area
Description	Would it be possible to change the module selector menu to use a QComboBox with isEditable=True, and make the search function built into the menu? So search would be in the menu box, and otherwise the menu would function normally with the arrow at right. The separate search box could go away. The reason: so the module selector can become part of the module widget frame - where the Slicer logo is now. Then each module widget will have an independent selector with search.... This will be very useful in the multiple-module layouts, or when the module widget is detached for use on a separate monitor.
Additional Information	I realize there is already a rather involved custom menu implementation for the module selector, but it relies on hard-coded categories and maybe could be refactored anyway to dynamically generate the menu structure - for example, this would be better to accomodate extensions.
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finetjul 2011-07-02 20:43 administrator ~0002565	The module selector can already be "part of the module widget frame". The module selector toolbar uses a "modules menu" that can have multiple instance (see an example in the "Modules" settings panel). The problem with a QComboBox is that the popup (QAbstractItemView) is not as nice to browse (see the color table node selector) as using a QMenu. Nevertheless, the idea of a searchable QPushButton/QLineEdit/QComboBox which would display a QMenu is good, it saves space. The modules menu support dynamic categories, they are hard-coded to enforce the sorting of the categories (not alphabetically sorted), for any extension that uses an unexisting category, it will be created.

BenjaminLong 2011-08-19 06:03 reporter ~0002748	fixed in r17752: http://viewvc.slicer.org/viewvc.cgi/Slicer4?view=revision&revision=17752

Date Modified	Username	Field	Change
2011-03-15 07:11	inorton	New Issue
2011-03-15 13:00	nicole	Assigned To	=> jcfr
2011-03-15 13:00	nicole	Status	new => assigned
2011-06-30 10:29	finetjul	Category	QtGUI => GUI
2011-07-02 20:43	finetjul	Note Added: 0002565
2011-07-28 11:00	finetjul	Assigned To	jcfr => BenjaminLong
2011-08-02 12:02	finetjul	Severity	tweak => feature
2011-08-18 18:29	finetjul	Relationship added	parent of 0001347
2011-08-19 06:03	BenjaminLong	Note Added: 0002748
2011-08-19 06:03	BenjaminLong	Status	assigned => resolved
2011-08-19 06:03	BenjaminLong	Resolution	open => fixed
2011-08-25 09:27	finetjul	Target Version	=> Slicer 4.0 RSNA
2011-09-15 19:52	finetjul	Fixed in Version	=> Slicer 4.0 RSNA
2012-05-17 20:23	inorton	Status	resolved => closed