Floating Data Browser

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Wed, 03/09/2011 - 08:27 am

In complicated experiments I often need to use the Data Browser a lot to keep track of things and to switch between different folders, but it tends to get buried. How about an option in the browser preferences to keep it floating above all other windows?
I've added this to the list of feature requests for Igor 7. Thanks for the suggestion.

March 9, 2011 at 12:23 pm - Permalink

I am also using the Data Browser a lot (always) and would recommend to add also a more sensible shortcut to bring it to front, i.e. Ctrl+B (if it is not occupied yet, but if i am not mistaken it is). I know that it is possible to add a shortcut like Ctrl+1 already, but I think that the Data Browser should have one of its own by default. On the other hand, I am not fond of the floating window option since it will always occupy a certain amount of screen space, so if you implement the floating window for the Data Browser then only as an on/off option, please.

March 10, 2011 at 08:56 am - Permalink

Also on the wish list for Igor 7 is the ability to allow shortcut key combinations for menu items to be user-configurable. If that's implemented, then even if the Data Browser didn't have a default shortcut key, you would be able to set one for it.

The ability to make the data browser stay on top, if implemented, would be an option and probably would be disabled by default.

March 10, 2011 at 11:56 am - Permalink

aclight wrote:
The ability to make the data browser stay on top, if implemented, would be an option and probably would be disabled by default.

Absolutely. When someone else decides that I want a window to float, they are usually wrong, and a floating window I don't want can be extremely annoying.

March 10, 2011 at 12:14 pm - Permalink

gregorK wrote:
I am also using the Data Browser a lot (always) and would recommend to add also a more sensible shortcut to bring it to front...


Is there a "less sensible" shortcut in Igor 6?

September 29, 2011 at 02:44 am - Permalink

jcor wrote:
Is there a "less sensible" shortcut in Igor 6?


You can make your own shortcuts, like Ctrl+1 on Windows (this is Cmd+1 on Mac), etc. for different IGOR (normal or menu) commands.
For example if you put the following code in a procedure, this makes a new menu "Test" with the menu item "Bring DataBrowser to Front" wih the shortcut Ctrl+8 (Cmd+8).

Menu "Test"
 "Bring DataBrowser to Front/8",/Q, CreateBrowser
End


Hope this helps.

Cheers,
Gregor

September 29, 2011 at 06:28 am - Permalink

+1
Another vote for ctrl/cmd+B (or anything else vaguely memorable and not already assigned to making text bold) as a default shortcut, rather than having to create your own shortcut with the workaround suggested above.

January 23, 2012 at 03:12 pm - Permalink

I just tried setting a Keyboard shortcut on the Mac via System Preferences to access the Data Browser. Even though the keystroke shows in the menu command, it does not invoke the Data Browser. Can anyone test this as to whether this is a bug?

MacOS 10.6.x with latest Igor Pro.

EDIT:

Never mind -- it was that I used ^B (control-B), and I forgot that Igor on Mac passes the control characters straight through. All works with option-command-B instead.

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J. J. Weimer
Chemistry / Chemical & Materials Engineering, UAHuntsville

February 16, 2012 at 02:37 pm - Permalink