RiverWare 6.1: Unit Schemes
Unit Schemes: 7-15-2011 Review
Edit: 7-15-2011, Phil Weinstein, CADSWES.

• Unit Scheme Editor Dialog
• Slot Name Chooser Dialog
• All Unit Scheme Editor Support Dialogs

• Set Environment Variable: setenv RIVERWARE_SHOW_TEST_MENU 1
• Select "Test 3" from the RiverWare Workspace "Test" Menu
• [8-2011] OR check out a copy of the "PhilDev" RiverWare 6.1 cvs branch.

Review Decisions:

Menu Redisign:

• Change "Load" to "Import"
• Change "Save" to "Export
• Change "Scheme Rules" (menu) to "Edit"
• Use just "Copy" / "Cut" / "Paste" (instead of those longer titles).
• Note: The "Activate" (-unit scheme) menu (see image) is not intended to remain in this dialog.
  • In this menu, the "Standard Units Scheme" will be presented as "Standard RiverWare Unit Scheme" (or something like that, but it should have "RiverWare" in the name).

... also: Add "Sort" menu:

Add a "Sort" menu to support sorting by entities not represented by actual columns. This will include radio buttons for the following entities PLUS the actual visible column names. Radio buttons are used to indicate the current sort column. Only "ascending" order will be supported for these special sort entities, with the exception of "Priority" sorting which is always in descending order (most specific first). The radio buttons for the actual columns won't distinguish between ascending and descending, but clicking on a new one sorts in ascending order.

• Priority (descending)
• Unit Type; Priority (descending)
• Default Unit Type Order
• Format
• Precision
   

Editing Controls -- No action item yet

We're unsure about the current Unit Scheme Rule editing controls. Several alternatives were explored in discussion, but no decision was made.

Patrick proposed something like this:

[x] Scale:     [-combo box-]
[x] Units:     [-combo box-]
[x] Format:    [-combo box-]
[x] Precision: [-spin box-]

          [ Set ]

Bill proposed something like this:

[ Set Scale: ] [-combo box-]   [ Set Format:    ] [-combo box-]
[ Set Units: ] [-combo box-]   [ Set Precision: ] [-spin box-]

Slot Name Chooser

• Don't include the names of "Invisible" Slots.
     Technical: Probably method:  bool Slot::isVisible() const;
• Support multiple selection. (This is now easy to do, with the recent introduction of the "Select" and "Cancel" buttons).

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