MainWindow.MarkerBrowser

[lukasc-ubc]

Dear @klayoutmatthias

I am using the Marker database, and in scripts, call the show function:

lv.show_rdb(rdb_i, cv.cell_index)

However, if the window has been closed by the user, this function doesn't re-open the window, the user needs to go to the menu to find it.

Would it be possible to have a function call that opens the the Marker Browser window and brings it to the front?

Similar to the "show_macro_editor" function: https://www.klayout.de/doc-qt5/code/class_MainWindow.html#method157

Thanks Lukas

[klayoutmatthias]

I'd even say that's a bug ... I think "show_rdb" should open the marker browser window when it was closed manually. At least, the "show" indicates so :)

In contrast to the macro editor, the marker browser is something that is sticky to a layout view. The layout view keeps a state of "I need to show a marker browser". So when you switch tabs, the marker browser will close or open again. I think it's just a matter of managing this state properly in the "show_rdb" function.

[klayoutmatthias]

Hi,

I'm having issues reproducing the problem.

Here is what I do:

• Load a layout
• Open the Marker Database Browser and load a marker database
• I close the Marker Database Browser Window - either with the window's close button on with "Close"
• In The Macro IDE's console I use (Ruby): RBA::LayoutView::current.show_rdb(0, 0) which is the first RDB loaded into the first layout in the current view

As expected calling "show_rdb" opens the Marker Database Browser (on Linux).

So maybe that is an OS issue?

Matthias