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Re: Dialog.addRadioButtonGroup labels alignment

Posted by Kaiming Yin on
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Thanks Jan,

It's indeed more concise to use script parameters to generate dialogs and
also more control over how dialogs look like. And lastly can i ask where
can I see more examples or tutorials of using these scripts?

Regards,
Kaiming

On 19 July 2018 at 09:19, Jan Eglinger <[hidden email]> wrote:

> Dear Kaiming,
>
> there's no way to combine script parameters and those created by the
> Dialog.* macro functions into the same dialog. But you can switch your
> whole script to using script parameters, thus saving a few lines and
> hopefully making your code more concise.
>
> Here's an example:
>
> #@script (name="Operating system and ImageJ", menuPath="")
> #@ String (visibility=MESSAGE, persist=false, required=false, label=" ",
> value="Choose ImageJ version and operating system") msg
> #@ String (choices={"FIJI", "ImageJv1.52e", "ImageJ v1.52a to ImageJ
> v1.52e","ImageJv1.50 to ImageJ v1.51 to ImageJ v1.52e"},
> style="radioButtonVertical") versions
> #@ String (label="Operating system:", choices={"Windows", "Mac", "Linux"})
> os
>
> print(versions);
> print(os);
>
>
> Cheers
> Jan
>
>
> On 19.07.2018 05:47, Kaiming Yin wrote:
>
>> Dear Jan,
>>
>> Thanks again for your help. Yes it works and I get the value from the
>> parameter 'versions' directly. However, when I put the one line script into
>> the whole script which was supposed to generate one panel providing all
>> options for user to choose from, this one line script seems to generate one
>> panel for its own seperately and the other commands will be in the other
>> panel. see the example below and attached two images:
>>
>> Dialog.create("Operating system and ImageJ");
>> Dialog.addMessage("Choose ImageJ version and operating system");
>> #@ String (choices={"FIJI", "ImageJv1.52e", "ImageJ v1.52a to ImageJ
>> v1.52e","ImageJv1.50 to ImageJ v1.51 to ImageJ v1.52e"},
>> style="radioButtonVertical") versions
>> Dialog.addChoice("Operating system:", newArray("Windows", "Mac",
>> "Linux"));
>> Dialog.show();
>> print(versions);
>>
>> Can I ask do you know if it's possible to put two GUIs together as a
>> whole panel?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Kaiming
>>
>> On 18 July 2018 at 22:46, Jan Eglinger <[hidden email] <mailto:
>> [hidden email]>> wrote:
>>
>> Dear Kaiming,
>>
>> On 18.07.18 21:31, Kaiming Yin wrote:
>>
>> Your are right. It looks nice with the String type in Linux FIJI
>> too (see
>> attached image).
>>
>> Can I ask in this case how do I output the value users choose
>> from this
>> panel? Dialog.getRadioButton() seems not working for it any more.
>>
>>
>> No need to call a Dialog function. The user's choice will be in that
>> variable (named 'versions' in my example).
>> Just try adding in another line:
>>
>> print(versions);
>>
>>
>> Also do I need to put a semicolon behind this single line? Both
>> worked well
>> with or without in Linux FIJI. Just not sure should I or not.
>>
>>
>> You don't need to put a semicolon. Script parameters are processed
>> by the SciJava framework _before_ the script is executed. They are
>> therefor language-agnostic and work the same in any supported script
>> language.
>>
>> Hope that helps,
>> Jan
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On 18 July 2018 at 07:53, Jan Eglinger <[hidden email]
>> <mailto:[hidden email]>> wrote:
>>
>> Dear Kaiming,
>>
>> would you mind trying if using script parameters [1] works
>> for you in
>> Linux?
>>
>> Using the following in any script (in a single line):
>>
>> #@ String (choices={"ImageJ", "ImageJv1.52e", "ImageJ
>> v1.52a to ImageJ
>> v1.52e","ImageJv1.50 to ImageJ v1.51 to ImageJ v1.52e"},
>> style="radioButtonVertical") versions
>>
>> will generate a dialog similar to yours (see attachment).
>>
>> Cheers
>> Jan
>>
>> [1]: https://imagej.net/Script_Parameters
>> <https://imagej.net/Script_Parameters>
>>
>>
>>
>> On 17.07.2018 18:29, Kaiming Yin wrote:
>>
>> I tried without spaces, and in Linux-FIJI it looks like
>> to align the
>> labels
>> centrally, see attached image.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Kaiming
>>
>> On 17 July 2018 at 17:19, Straatman, Kees (Dr.)
>> <[hidden email] <mailto:[hidden email]>>
>> wrote:
>>
>> If you want to align to the left, just delete all the
>> spaces
>>
>>
>> Dialog.create("Different ImageJ versions");
>> Dialog.setInsets(0, 20, 0);
>> items = newArray("ImageJ", "ImageJv1.52e", "ImageJ
>> v1.52a to ImageJ
>> v1.52e","ImageJv1.50 to ImageJ v1.51 to ImageJ
>> v1.52e");
>> Dialog.addRadioButtonGroup("Versions:", items, 4,
>> 1,"ImageJ");
>> Dialog.show();
>>
>>
>> Best wishes
>>
>> Kees
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Kaiming Yin [mailto:[hidden email]
>> <mailto:[hidden email]>]
>> Sent: 17 July 2018 17:00
>> To: [hidden email] <mailto:[hidden email]>
>> Subject: Re: Dialog.addRadioButtonGroup labels
>> alignment
>>
>> Dear Kees,
>>
>> Thanks for your reply and I also want to align all
>> menu labels to the
>> left.
>> I don't know how to do it with Linux version FIJI
>> and the only way I see
>> is to add spaces to adjust the positions of labels
>> little by little which
>> is time consuming. So I wonder if there are any
>> parameters which can
>> define
>> the position/alignment of labels in ButtonGroup or
>> even other similar
>> tools
>> which need a list of labels too?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Kaiming
>>
>> On 17 July 2018 at 16:51, Straatman, Kees (Dr.)
>> <[hidden email] <mailto:[hidden email]>>
>>
>> wrote:
>>
>> Dear Kaiming,
>>
>>
>> Do you want to centre the menu labels, as that
>> is what your image shows
>> ?
>>
>> It seems there is a difference in the way the
>> menu is displayed in
>> Windows compared to Linux. In Windows (same
>> versions as you use) the
>> spaces have no effect on the menu labels as I
>> showed in my previous
>> post, only the title "Versions" is positioned
>> different when the
>> spaces are there compared with code without
>> spaces. All menu labels
>> are aligned to the left (and I must say I also
>> would prefer this).
>>
>> Best wishes
>>
>> Kees
>>
>>
>> Dr Ir K.R. Straatman
>> Senior Experimental Officer
>> Advanced Imaging Facility
>> Centre for Core Biotechnology Services
>> University of Leicester
>> www.le.ac.uk/advanced-imaging-facility
>> <http://www.le.ac.uk/advanced-imaging-facility>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Kaiming Yin
>> [mailto:[hidden email]
>> <mailto:[hidden email]>]
>> Sent: 17 July 2018 15:53
>> To: [hidden email] <mailto:
>> [hidden email]>
>> Subject: Re: Dialog.addRadioButtonGroup labels
>> alignment
>>
>> Dear Kees,
>>
>> Sorry for my unclear question. Here I attach the
>> command lines I ran
>> in a macro in FIJI and also the output panel in
>> attached image. I'm
>> running Ubuntu 18.04 and FIJI version is ImageJ
>> 2.0.0-rc-68/1.52e;
>> java 1.8.0_66 [64-bit].
>>
>> Command lines in macro:
>>
>> Dialog.create("Different ImageJ versions");
>> Dialog.setInsets(0, 20, 0);
>> items = newArray("ImageJ
>> ", "ImageJ
>> v1.52e ", "ImageJ v1.52a to
>> ImageJ v1.52e ", "
>>
>> ImageJ
>>
>> v1.50 to ImageJ v1.51 to ImageJ v1.52e");
>> Dialog.addRadioButtonGroup("
>> Versions:", items, 4, 1,
>> "ImageJ ");
>> Dialog.show();
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Kaiming
>>
>> On 17 July 2018 at 08:44, Straatman, Kees (Dr.)
>> <[hidden email] <mailto:
>> [hidden email]>>
>> wrote:
>>
>> Dear Kaiming,
>>
>>
>> Not sure what the problem is. Without all
>> the spaces the labels
>> align to the left as well see attached image.
>>
>> Kees
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Kaiming Yin
>> [mailto:[hidden email]
>> <mailto:[hidden email]>]
>> Sent: 16 July 2018 18:42
>> To: [hidden email]
>> <mailto:[hidden email]>
>> Subject: Dialog.addRadioButtonGroup labels
>> alignment
>>
>> Dear guys,
>>
>> Can I ask if I want to add a
>> Dialog.addRadioButtonGroup in my panel,
>> and the button group has four choices with
>> labels at different
>> lengths for each choice. How can I align the
>> four labels to the left
>> in one
>>
>> column please?
>>
>> For example, currently I'm using command
>> lines as below:
>>
>> items = newArray("ImageJ
>> ", "ImageJ
>> v1.52e ", "ImageJ v1.52a to
>> ImageJ v1.52e ", "
>>
>> ImageJ
>>
>> v1.50 to ImageJ v1.51 to ImageJ v1.52e");
>>
>> Dialog.addRadioButtonGroup("
>> Versions:", items, 4, 1,
>> "ImageJ ");
>>
>> Currently I use spaces to try to align all
>> the labels but seems
>> quite clumsy. Is there any other way to do
>> this?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Kaiming
>>
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