Changes between Initial Version and Version 2 of Ticket #19819


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Feb 17, 2026, 4:47:44 PM (10 days ago)
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Zach Pearson
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  • Ticket #19819 – Description

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    1010Lighting tab:
    11 (2) changing the preset, e.g. from simple to full, does not change the lighting intensities reported on the dialog even though the change is in effect according to what is reported by using the command "lighting" without arguments  Maybe the sliders moved to the right place (not sure) but the values reported to the right of them don't change.
     11~~(2) changing the preset, e.g. from simple to full, does not change the lighting intensities reported on the dialog even though the change is in effect according to what is reported by using the command "lighting" without arguments  Maybe the sliders moved to the right place (not sure) but the values reported to the right of them don't change.~~
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    1313(3) maybe the preset name should be grayed out or change to something else (e.g. "none" or "--") as soon as you change some parameter, since the settings no longer reflect that preset.
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    1717(5) one time I changed the colors in the GUI but they did not appear to affect the main graphics window.  That one time, when I then adjusted the directions, the GUI colors snapped back to white.  I think Eric saw it, but I haven't reproduced this behavior, so maybe it is hard to get.
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    19 Shininess tab:
    20 (6) using the "Sharpness" slider does not work.  Error indicates incorrect keyword, should probably be "exponent" and not "specularExponent"
     19~~Shininess tab:
     20(6) using the "Sharpness" slider does not work.  Error indicates incorrect keyword, should probably be "exponent" and not "specularExponent"~~
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    2222Depth Cue tab, leading to thoughts about the whole GUI:
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    3737Might make more sense to put GUI controls for the depth-cue parameters on the Side View instead, even though I they're controlled by the "lighting" command.
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    39 (8)  If you use "lighting" commands directly to  change anything, the dialog, or at least the Lighting tab stuff, does not update to show the current values.
    40 
     39~~(8)  If you use "lighting" commands directly to  change anything, the dialog, or at least the Lighting tab stuff, does not update to show the current values.
    4140e.g. if you show the Lighting dialog and then use
    42 
    4341light color 100,0,0
    44 
    45 the "Key color" color well in the GUI just stays white, the sphere shows white light, etc.
     42the "Key color" color well in the GUI just stays white, the sphere shows white light, etc.~~
    4643
    4744Regarding (7), my previously suggested dialog rearrangement, one part of that is that it would be very helpful to add a  "Material preset" menu analogous to the "Lighting preset" menu because (A) we have material presets, and also because (B) it is well nigh impossible to get back to the initial value by moving the slider, and there is no type-in field.
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    4946I would also add another thing
    5047
    51 (9) the title bar should be "Lighting" not "Lighting GUI" because Lighting is what you choose from the Tools menu and expect to see in the list of active dialogs at the bottom of that menu.
     48~~(9) the title bar should be "Lighting" not "Lighting GUI" because Lighting is what you choose from the Tools menu and expect to see in the list of active dialogs at the bottom of that menu.~~
    5249
    5350Additionally related to my previous comment #7, seems like there should be more material properties in the GUI than only two, one of which does not work (comment #6).