[Kstars-devel] KStars context menu

[Jason Harris]

Hello,

On Friday 08 June 2007 16:27, Akarsh Simha wrote:
> What I meant to convey is this - you should be able to do a DSS query on
> any point on the sky.
Actually, you already can get a DSS image for any point on the sky, because 
the DSS action is present in the popup menu, even when you right-click on 
empty sky.  

> Instead of putting it in the context menu, I think it would be more
> sensible to have a "DSS Query at..." option in such a toolbar. You select
> this and your mouse cursor changes to some kind of Bull's Eye, or the
> regular Crosshair with a different colour or something. Click on a point
> and it obtains a DSS image, field of the DSS query decided by the zoom
> level. Regards,
>    Akarsh.
>
Since the DSS action is always present in the menu, there's nothing "context 
sensitive" about it.  So from that point of view, maybe it doesn't belong in 
the context-sensitive interface.  However, one of the reasons to bring up the 
popup menu is because you want an image of the clicked position.  From this 
perspective, the DSS action belongs perfectly, because it is providing 
exactly that service, for any position on the sky.

So, I'm not sure where to put the DSS action.  I'm not crazy about adding 
another toolbar button.  Anyone have more thoughts on this?

Jason
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Jason Harris
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