GUI for PlasmaC - QtPlasmac

Touch screen friendly = yes !
As simple as possible main screen = yes !
I do own an HP laptop/tablet ( yup fully featured computer in the shape and form of a tablet, with a detachable keyboard ) with FullHD screen that i have to use with double or HiDPi most of the time when using fingers. The best thing about it is it has very usable latency with RT kernel, the worst thing is it has NO ethernet port, not even on the detachable keyboard. That will not stop me from testing it through wireless with a wireless bridge wired to Mesa 7i92, as soon as i possibly can.
That would be the ultimate machine control ....... if it works.
Hence a nice touchscreen with a simple GUI would be nice.
Just thinking out loud....

phillc54 wrote:

snowgoer540 wrote:

Off the cuff, the ability to clear a current program would be nice.

I'm not 100% sure what you mean here.

In Pathpilot you can do math or enter any value inside the DRO which is handy (zero out the X axis at the edge of the plate, jog to the other side, then type /2 to set the zero point at the center of the length traveled, for example). Also, showing the time in the GUI is pretty convenient when you have the program running full screen.

Forgive the colours, I have been playing around with stylesheets...

This is how it does the above at the moment

Man, you work fast. I'm super excited about this.

Below is an example of clearing a current program. Axis may be able to do this, but truthfully I dont know how. I've wanted to clear conversational stuff before and I never found a way. I'm not too proud to admit that once or twice I just closed and reopened LinuxCNC. Also, the video shows an integrated file picker, which is insanely convenient.

Clear Current Program Example

As for the /2 DRO input stuff, that would definitely work. Below is exactly what I meant though. I also showed where PathPilot chose to hide the time, it's one of my great additions as a beta tester (haha). That, and Alt + Enter brings focus to the MDI, and pressing enter with no values in the MDI loses focus, pretty handy functionality. At any rate, I like that the clock is always visible in the new GUI!

DRO Functionality

If you want a screen shot of PathPilot for inspiration, I can provide one of those as well. Other thoughts, is I recall the CandCNC GUI looking pretty decent the time I saw it.

Keep up the good work, did I mention I'm pumped about this?

tommylight wrote:

Touch screen friendly = yes !
As simple as possible main screen = yes !
...
Hence a nice touchscreen with a simple GUI would be nice.
Just thinking out loud....

I like simple as well Tom, I really want the minimum amount of widgets on the main screen as possible.

I think I need to stop playing around with the stylesheets (I tend to get sidetracked with something new) and try to work out a decent layout then we can add the bells and whistles later...

phillc54 wrote:

(I tend to get sidetracked with something new)

That tends to happen a lot !

Thanks Chris, I will check that out tomorrow.

Should I put these UI and handler files in share/QtVCP/screens or in the PlasmaC config directory.

Thanks Chris.

I keep getting an error on shutdown, something about dbus (I think). I won't be near a machine until tomorrow so I will confirm the error message then