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Events Bar (Build 491)

Really like the ability to add my events into the bar, initial thoughts are . .

1. it is too hard (hi-res screen) to position cursor over event quickly
2. when hovering and move fractionally, time line 'jumps' and is a little confusing
3. on custom events is there a way to show more graphically that it is a custom event (see screen shot)
4. when clicking on an event, jump to position in call tree
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  • Lexicon
    sorry, forgot the screen shot . . .

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  • StephenC
    We have slight problem with the events in terms of needing to potentially fit a large number of events which occur one after the other on the event bar. Rendering a much larger icon or shape would then obscure the other events around it.

    My feeling is that with a filter ability on the events bar or shortcuts to show/hide certain events this would be the best solution. We can perhaps look at increasing the width of the line sligthly but this again is problematic if events happen one after the other.

    Regarding the jumping around you mention when hovering - the timeline is set to update at around 5secs when it is not being focused/moused over/interacted with. It's set to update/repaint if it has new data to include with mouse move/over events and interactions - hence the 'jumping' effect you are experiencing. Trying to second guess when people want it to update and when to pause would be just too difficult. My only suggestion here is that you zoom in a small amount which should stop the timeline updating so that you can hopefully still survey a large range of events without it moving.

    Jumping from events to the code - not sure if this is even possible and off the top of my head this would also have additional issues. A window activated event for example - wouldn't appear unless all methods were being shown and hiding insignificant methods was turned off. This would apply to a number of the other events as well. With custom events this could also apply if the method from which the event was added was insignificant - it might not be in the tree etc... I can just see the potential for confusion it may cause. Might not even be possible at any rate.

    The developer who implemented the events bar will be able to expand on this point further on Monday.

    Can I ask - if you were able to manually add an event to the bar by interacting with it - how would you like to add the event?

    Regards,

    Stephen
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