[feature request] "Highlight this" for specific F/Es or F/E FRM combinations

[Jack Ireland]

When mousing over a F/E type or a F/E FRM combination in the HEK selector, all other selected F/E FRM combinations are faded out. When the mouse focus moves off of that, all the markers, labels and pop-up windows re-appear. The marker(s) you were looking at become difficult to find again. I wonder if there is another function we could add to the visibility of F/E marker/labels. Let's say when I mouse over, I can double click, or press a button that appears, that will cause the fade-out for everything except my F/E FRM selection to be permanent. That way I can return to the viewer window and find out more about the F/Es I am interested in without having to hunt for them again.

This "highlight" feature is useful when you've found something in a forest of active region markers, flares, etc.

I know I could already do this by un-selecting everything except the F/Es I am interested in in the HEK selector, but this involves a lot of mouse clicks.

Perhaps when I click on the F/E type or FRM name (not the checkbox), the highlight box stays on but has a much thicker outline - something to indicate that a selection has been made, and the mouse-over fade-out remains on. Clicking on the highlight box again restores the fading behavior, and the highlight box returns to a thinner outline.

This behavior may lead to some confusion for the user, especially if they can't work out how to return to the normal mouse-over behavior.

Comments?

thanks,

jack

[Jack Ireland (jack-ireland)]

Small benefit for large increase in complexity.