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Re: Dialog.addRadioButtonGroup labels alignment

Posted by Jan Eglinger on
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Hi Kees,

yes, script parameters are a feature of ImageJ2 (or, more precisely,
SciJava [*]).
As Fiji is just ImageJ (1 *and* 2), they work in Fiji.

Jan

[*]: https://imagej.net/SciJava

On 20.07.2018 09:29, Straatman, Kees (Dr.) wrote:

> Just one thing to keep in mind, these scripts work in Fiji, not in ImageJ1.
>
> Best wishes
>
> Kees
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kaiming Yin [mailto:[hidden email]]
> Sent: 19 July 2018 15:25
> To: [hidden email]
> Subject: Re: Dialog.addRadioButtonGroup labels alignment
>
> 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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