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Opened 4 years ago
Last modified 4 years ago
#6101 assigned enhancement
Add residue name and number popup in VR
| Reported by: | Owned by: | Tom Goddard | |
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| Priority: | moderate | Milestone: | |
| Component: | VR | Version: | |
| Keywords: | Cc: | meghan.mccarthy@… | |
| Blocked By: | Blocking: | ||
| Notify when closed: | Platform: | all | |
| Project: | ChimeraX |
Description
Would like pointing at an atom or ribbon to popup the residue name and number. Popup would disappear when pointer moves away. This would be just like the mouse atom specifier popups.
Main trouble is identifying which residue is under mouse fast enough (sub millisecond) to avoid causing VR rendering stutter. This is the same performance issue that makes having a laser pointer in VR hard (ticket #2846) and has the same difficult solutions.
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The label VR mode can currently add a residue label by clicking a VR hand controller button while pointing at the residue, and then hide the label by clicking again on the residue or on the label, or on empty space to remove all such labels. This is quite similar but more cumbersome, requiring two clicks instead of zero clicks to see such labels. Also it is hard to discover this feature and takes over a controller button which cannot then be used for other actions.