Should previews be interactive?

[SamCarlberg]

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Thinking this would be useful mostly for filtering operations where the parameters aren't obvious.

Like hovering over a previewed contour could show its bounding box properties (cx, cy, w, h), area, solidity, etc.

@JLLeitschuh Thoughts?

[JLLeitschuh]

Can you elaborate on the question with more information or perhaps a drawing/sketch of what you're thinking here?

[SamCarlberg]

Here's a gif of a quick implementation of showing a bounding box for a contour that's hovered over:

Imagine it also displaying the properties of the contour (size, center, area, etc) that I mentioned

[JLLeitschuh]

Would this information also be available as an output from the operation or would it be purely visual in the preview?

[SamCarlberg]

It would only preview the operation's output. The GIFs above use the width, height, and center point of the contour, all of which are included in the ContoursReport output of the operation

[JLLeitschuh]

Okay, this sounds like a good idea, go for it if you want.

[SamCarlberg]

Dumping info into a tooltip: