Bug 65274

Summary:	kst needs a widget for scrolling the data
Product:	[Applications] kst	Reporter:	tnagy <tnagy256>
Component:	general	Assignee:	kst
Status:	RESOLVED INTENTIONAL
Severity:	wishlist
Priority:	NOR
Version:	1.x
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Compiled Sources
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:
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Description tnagy 2003-09-30 23:34:58 UTC

Version:            (using KDE Devel)
Installed from:    Compiled sources
Compiler:          gcc 3.3.1 -O3 -march=athlon-xp
OS:          Linux

The current zooming function in kst does not allow to quickly select data and to zoom in or out easily.

kst should then have a dedicated widget like the yellow scrollbars for selecting the data and zooming on this :
http://www.cdt.luth.se/%7Epelle/smd045/lectures/lecture9/spotfire_data_multi.gif

Comment 1 George Staikos 2003-10-02 06:48:19 UTC

I can see this for scrolling, but I don't see a need for zooming.  Barth, what do you 
think? 
 
As far as implementation goes, we could have scrollbars hover around the active plot 
and disappear when the plot is no longer active. Leaving them there at all times will 
be expensive I think.

Comment 2 tnagy 2003-11-23 02:43:10 UTC

I have just implemented such a widget actually (http://linpacker.tuxfamily.org/krangeslider.html). You can see my idea on the example application : the curves are modified by the interaction with the range.

The problem that kst is aimed at plotting very large chunks of data, and the range interaction can be too slow. I suggest to close this wish as invalid.

Comment 3 George Staikos 2004-06-10 00:26:16 UTC

We decided against this one, sorry.