Re: Problem Dragging ROIs

Posted by Wayne Rasband on Jun 24, 2009; 5:01pm
URL: http://imagej.273.s1.nabble.com/Problem-Dragging-ROIs-tp3691692p3691698.html

In the v1.43c daily build, ROI Manager "Show All" mode selections can
again be moved by clicking on the selection's label and dragging to the
desired location.

-wayne

On Jun 23, 2009, at 4:10 AM, Aaron Schiffman wrote:

> Hello,
>
> Before I pose my question, I will provide some background. I have
> written an
> image analysis protocol which requires the user to define cell nuclei.
> This
> is accomplished by moving the cursor to the center of cell and hitting
> a
> certain hotkey, which creates a circular region and adds it to the ROI
> manager. It is often necessary for the user to move these ROIs (over
> 100 per
> image). Up until at least ImageJ version 1.40, this could be
> accomplished
> simply by clicking on the center of a ROI and dragging it to the
> desired
> location. As you can imagine, it is necessary for this process to be as
> painless as possible for the user.
>
> Recently I upgraded to version 1.42q and have been experiencing some
> difficulties dragging and dropping ROIs. Currently, when I select an
> ROI it
> creates a temporary region around it (outlined in yellow, by default),
> and
> it is impossible to click on anything else besides the yellow region.
> I have
> an inelegant work around, but I would prefer it if I could recover my
> previous functionality. I have included the macro code for creating
> these
> regions below, in case anyone is interested.
>
> Any help with this problem would be much appreciated.
>
> macro "Macro 1 [a]" {
> setOption("Show All",true);
> getCursorLoc(x, y, z, flags);
> makeOval(x-11, y-11, 22, 22);
> roiManager("Add");
> n = roiManager("count");
> roiManager("select", n-1);
> d = roiManager("index");
> x = call("ij.plugin.frame.RoiManager.getName", d);
> l = lastIndexOf(x, "-");
> if(l==9){
> y = substring(x, 5, 14);
> roiManager("Rename", y);
> }
>     }
>
> (Everything after 'roiManager("Add")' is for renaming the ROIs and is
> not
> especially pertinent here.)
>
>
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