Feature Request: Openable separate chromosome view windows

[bryce-carson]

It would be useful if multiple spans of the Chromosome object could be viewed at once, and if the displayed span of the object could be zoomed using a textbox with digit character input. Currently the zoomed view of the Chromosome object can only be set using the slider.

I took a few minutes and made a poor mockup of the proposed design. Note that the 'Open Object Tables Window' button was moved next to the 'Show Eidos Variable Browser' button, as I think this makes more sense, especially with the proposed change.

Another improvement, when using the slider, we could allow snapping to the values of the mutation or recombination rate map when those views are selected (enable snapping when selected, but don't unzoom or unsnap when deselected, just disable snapping again).

[bryce-carson]

Selecting a population to view in a "Chromosome View" would also be quite nice. Currently, only a specific or non-neutral mutation type can be selected for viewing.

[bhaller]

Hi Bryce. Interesting. Rather than complexifying the main window's design this way, how about adding a way to ask SLiMgui to open a new "chromosome view" window that would provide an additional, parallel view onto the genetics, with its own zoom range and its own RGMF buttons? That accessory window could also provide additional controls, such as text boxes for choosing the zoom endpoints, that I don't really want in the main window for reasons of clutter. You could open a new Chromosome View Window from the context menu that you get with control-click, I suppose. Something along those lines.

Re: "Selecting a population to view in a "Chromosome View" would also be quite nice", you can do this now by clicking on a specific subpopulation in the population table view, at upper left; that controls what is shown in both the individuals view and the chromosome view.

[bryce-carson]

An additional window is a better implementation, agreed. I don't know Qt or Cxx, but I could make a better mockup in Designer for you if you'd like and push the .ui file in a PR if you want to implement the actual code for it.

[bhaller]

No need. This probably won't happen for a while anyway, since I just got SLiM 3.6 out the door; I need to focus on other things for a while. :->