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Better Wait Cursor Visibility
christopher_graham586
Member Posts: 47 ✭✭
Many problems I've had with OnShape can be traced to the some process taking a long time but I didn't know because the animated wait cursor was hidden among the details of a complicated model. The wait cursor is normally a fairly faint blue animation at the bottom center of the view. Especially against a model with blue parts it's really hard to see. However it's really important to know that the model is not ready because things work differently when it's not.
For example this morning the OnShape developers had rebuilt all models overnight and cached information needed to be recomputed. All of a sudden I found that derived parts were coming in greyed and unusable. I spent a long time trying to get it to work and it seemed to be a bug. Presumably there was a wait cursor but I didn't see it.
The not-ready state needs to be always clearly visible. It's very important information to know.
I suggest one of the following:
- Have the wait cursor be attached and move next to the mouse pointer so it's always where the user is looking and is moving over backgrounds where it will contrast.
- Or, have it as a small rectangular flag (maybe red?) that appears, say in the upper right corner of the workspace.
- Or, make it larger (maybe user selectable?) and make it a color (maybe use selectable?) that is not so likely to be used in a model.
For example this morning the OnShape developers had rebuilt all models overnight and cached information needed to be recomputed. All of a sudden I found that derived parts were coming in greyed and unusable. I spent a long time trying to get it to work and it seemed to be a bug. Presumably there was a wait cursor but I didn't see it.
The not-ready state needs to be always clearly visible. It's very important information to know.
I suggest one of the following:
- Have the wait cursor be attached and move next to the mouse pointer so it's always where the user is looking and is moving over backgrounds where it will contrast.
- Or, have it as a small rectangular flag (maybe red?) that appears, say in the upper right corner of the workspace.
- Or, make it larger (maybe user selectable?) and make it a color (maybe use selectable?) that is not so likely to be used in a model.
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HWM-Water Ltd
Maybe with a white background?
IR for AS/NZS 1100