Re: [ROOT] locator in canvas as crosshair ?

From: Rene Brun (Rene.Brun@cern.ch)
Date: Thu Sep 21 2000 - 15:28:00 MEST


Hi Nick, Volker,
Following some discussions on this topic, we have decided to have a pad
attribute to activate/deactivate the crosshair. The toggle option will be
selectable via the pad context menu.

Rene Brun

On Thu, 21 Sep 2000, Nick van Eijndhoven wrote:

> Hi Rene,
> I think this idea to have optional locator shapes (i.e. arrow, crosshair, ...)
> is a good one. Indeed I think that the options menu of the canvas is the 
> right place to put it.
> 
>                                                      Cheers,
>                                                       Nick.
> 
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> Rene Brun wrote:
> > 
> > Hi Volker,
> > 
> > Root is implictly always in locate mode. You do not have to call
> > a locate function as in PAW. One possibility could be to have a canvas
> > option to select the type of locator, for example option "Crosshair"
> > in the canvas "Options" menu.
> > Any comments or additional suggestions ?
> > 
> > Rene Brun
> > 
> > Volker Hejny wrote:
> > >
> > > Hallo,
> > >
> > > It is possible to have the standard locator as a cross-hair (like
> > > it is the default in PAW's locate command)? I found an option
> > > in the function TGX11::RequestLocator(), but how to use it?
> > >
> > > Best regards,
> > > Volker
> > >
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