Hello.
I have a small screen (1024x768) and the PYVCP panel in Axis can up take a lot of space. When using bigger GLADEVCP tabs (e.g. a camera view or probe panel) there is not enough space left and the tabs are cut off and only partially visible.
I think it would be a nice to be able to toggle the visibility of the PYVCP panel. I wrote a small patch that adds a keyboard shortcut ('e' because nearly every sensible key is already in use) to do just that. Unfortunately I did not find how to modify the menu in Axis so I could not add a menu entry and submit a proper pull request.
Code:
--- axis.orig 2018-06-18 23:26:11.000000000 +0200
+++ axis 2018-11-05 22:34:12.137464149 +0100
@@ -229,6 +229,7 @@
("#", _("toggle Relative/Machine")),
(_("Ctrl-Space"), _("Clear notifications")),
(_("Alt-F, M, V"), _("Open a Menu")),
+ ("E", _("toggle PYVCP panel visibility")),
]
@@ -2569,6 +2570,13 @@
else:
commands.set_view_z()
+ def toggle_vcp_frame(*args):
+ if vcp_frame.winfo_ismapped():
+ vcp_frame.grid_remove()
+ else:
+ vcp_frame.grid(row=0, column=4, rowspan=6, sticky="nw", padx=4, pady=4)
+ o.tkRedraw()
+
def axis_activated(*args):
if not hal_present: return # this only makes sense if HAL is present on this machine
comp['jog.x'] = vars.current_axis.get() == "x"
@@ -3263,6 +3271,8 @@
f.grid(row=0, column=4, rowspan=6, sticky="nw", padx=4, pady=4)
vcpparse.filename = vcp
vcpparse.create_vcp(f, comp)
+ vcp_frame = f
+ root_window.bind("e", commands.toggle_vcp_frame)
comp.ready()
gladevcp = inifile.find("DISPLAY", "GLADEVCP")
I would appreciate it if someone could tell me where I can find the menu code. I grepped through the whole repository and did not match any menu strings.
