burow@cernvax.cern.ch (burkhard burow) (11/20/90)
I'm looking for a widget that supports something similar to the features described below. I think the idea is generic enough that it might actually exist. All [mail please] hints, comments, redirections are welcome and I'm willing to mail a summary to those who dare to ask. thanks tschuss INTERNET: burow%13313.hepnet@csa3.lbl.gov burkhard DECNET: 13313::burow ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DATA DISPLAY MAP WIDGET ----------------------- The basic idea: The work space contains a 2D map which contains nonoverlapping fixed position cells. For a single variable across all cells, each cell can display its value using color/grey scale, a text field, etc. What's it good for: The widget is used to display info. for n items of a single type where each item can easily be distinguished/identified/referred to by its position in the map. The examples I can think of are all presentations of physical objects with a 2D face which contain a discrete number of cells. e.g. The shape of each cell is often ugly, but the idea's clear when presenting information on geographical maps. e.g. A keyboard map. e.g. Measurement devices with a very grainy measuring surface, where nevertheless each 'grain' measures or depends on many parameters. Bells and whistles: -zooming in on a subset of the cells -unselecting some of the cells, i.e. easily ignore cells you don't care about -labelling each cell -displaying multiple variables simultaneously using split cells, or color scale and a text field(s) -interactive mechanism to define shape and position of cells -ability to 'refresh' values in cells -ability to select variable displayed -COMPLICATED: The system I'm building will display the data for items which can be represented by several different 'cell-maps'. I'd like to display the same data for these items in different cell-maps simultaneously. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------