wxGUI Development

This page contains wxGUI developer-related issues. It is updated as needed, so it may not reflect all ongoing efforts.

For user-related information see:

• ​wxGUI manual pages
• ​wxGUI page at GRASS wiki

Major todos

This is a list of major tasks to be done for wxGUI. Many of them are not assigned to any developer or require cooperation of more developers. Please, don't hesitate to join the wxGUI development group and contact them via ​mailing list.

• New startup (window or procedure)
• Rewrite thread-based class (see, forms.py, gconsole.py, etc.)
• Refactoring
• Map rendering
• Single Window
  • ​General GUI desing (Python/wxPython required)
  • Clean up & integrate data catalog into wxGUI in trunk
• Redesigning Map Display statusbar
• Improving Single-Window GUI user experience
• Integration of imagery modules and wxGUI
  • Clean up/update imagery modules and library (C required)
  • ​integrate these tools into wxGUI - e.g. i.class, i.ortho.photo (Python/wxPython required)
  • wxIClass is currently under development
• ​3D view mode
• Vector querying
  • Allowing interactive queries using a line or polygon drawn by the user on the display canvas. This would be facilitated by improvements to v.what that allows it to find all vector objects within (or optionally intersecting) a line or polygon defined by a set of coordinate pairs. This could be done via v.select but it sounds like v.select might be problematic to use in this way.
• Thematic mapping
  • Create a new python wrapper script for thematic mapping. This would include d.thematic for areas, and scripting code (possibly salvaged from d.vect.thematic) for points and lines.
  • It also would need legend generating code.
• Times series / voxel slices visualizer
  • Given the increasing need to support extensive time series of data from simulations or remote sensing, it should combine and enhance capabilities currently available through combination of xganim, d.slide.show, ImageMagic and various custom scripts to visually analyze series of raster and vector data using animations, frame browsing and series management. In addition to the current xganim (or its tcltk version) + d.slide.show capabilities the following would be desirable:
  • interactively delete and add frames to the series (similar to moviemaker or iMovie tools)
  • add dynamic time bar, static scale bar and legend to the animation
  • save series of maps as series of png images or an animated gif or other movie format if feasible
  • query the raster series - click on a grid cell will return graph that shows evolution of values in that cell (similar to the profile tool but this runs through time)
  • animate/browse horizontal (or vertical) slices through voxel model without the user having to convert the voxel data into series of 2D raster files.
  • ​WxGUI Animation Tool provides some of the functionality mentioned here

wxGUI components development

• Vector digitizer
• GUI for ps.map
• wxGUI Modeler
• wxNviz (3D view mode)
  • ​Known issues
  • See also ​GRASS User Wiki page.
• wxIClass (i.class integration)
• vkrige (v.krige development)
• Data Catalog

Other wxGUI development

• wxGUI Toolboxes

Major source code changes

Changing GUI modules directory layout

Done in r49347 (trunk) r49621 (devbr6).

GUI modules from directory gui_modules have been moved to the new GUI packages:

• core for core non-GUI classes (gcmd, debug, etc.)
• gui_core for core GUI classes (goutput, prompt, menuform, etc)
• lmgr for Layer Manager
• mapdisp for Map Display
• vdigit for Vector Digitizer
• gcp for Georectifier
• nviz for 3D view (wxNviz)
• gmodeler for Graphical Modeler
• psmap for Cartographic Composer
• dbm for DataBase Manager
• location_wizard for Location Wizard
• wxplot for wx.plot-based classes

Source code

• GRASS 8 - wxGUIDevelopment/SingleWindow
• GRASS 7.0 - grass/trunk/gui/wxpython
• GRASS 6.5 - grass/branches/develbranch_6/gui/wxpython
• GRASS 6.4 - grass/branches/releasebranch_6_4/gui/wxpython

New bugs/wishes

#215

digitizer: let add attributes to category-less features

#312

wxNVIZ prints debug to terminal

#463

Display error in wxdigit

#497

Add keyboard shortcuts to v.digit (like pre-6-GRASS

#509

wxgui: startup menu crunched on small display

#592

wxGUI: allow location wizard to set DMS bounds

#632

d.vect.thematic doesn't re-run upon zoom in the GUI

#663

Zooming in too far causes vector weirdness

#668

export and share region settings

#694

Add point option as input for v.overlay

#717

Vector digitizer tool in wx-Python GUI crashes after changing mapsets.

#805

i.spectral in GRASS6.4

#893

wx command prompt + d.*: add a new layer

#918

i.atcorr lacks add to layer

#939

wxGUI mapcalc composer: add code highlighting to r.mapcalc

#945

wxGUI: g.setproj fails

#952

'Highlight selected features and zoom' gives error when SQL display query is in effect

#966

wx attribute table manger fails on wingrass with >188 dbf tables

#977

WxGUI "Save display to graphic file" should write out an World file

#988

Wx-Gui-manual tab: copying text

#989

wx georectify: implement best features of i.points

#992

GRASS startup screen should provide metadata about available locations

#1048

wxgui: g.region: can't reset `rows=' nor `cols='

#1056

OverflowError : long int too large to convert to int

#1075

Better default values in GUI function

#1100

Trim mapset name from maps list in wxGUI

#1176

r.out.gdal does not browse groups

#1205

let users save/load query statements

#1252

wx location wizard fails to create a winkel tripel location

#1291

Profile tool fails to close if legend text contains non-latin letters

#1293

Creating mapset with non-latin letter gives python ascii error

#1381

wxgui: add monitor calibrate option to prefs

#1420

wxGUI: modeller

#1424

Profile tool always casts to integers (incl. csv output)

#1435

Quotes are stripped from command display

#1437

Recalled command has quotes stripped

#1447

wxGUI wingrass scripts need whitespace in path

#1472

wxgui layer manager output pane breaks PRIMARY X selection

#1490

Canvas of Graphical Modeler does not resize

#1510

Querying external PostGIS-layer with multiple geometries crashes wxpython-GUI

#1514

wingrass - different wingrass-modes are differently translated

#1520

'Next to use' erroneously increases cat number in wxdigitizer settings

#1537

option for the maximum extends as region settings in location wizard

#1607

WXGUI regression - attribute query fails to display text attribute values

#1608

WXGUI attribute query might lead to accidental attribute data editing

#1609

WXGUI doesn't offer a supported encodings for "Attribute data encoding" setting

#1669

wxgui: linked displays

#1735

WXGUI attribute table manager doesn't meet with 1 normal form

#1770

Wxnviz settings not storaged in project file

#1771

Map flips horizontally in wxNVIZ

#1790

gui modeler: complete crash of gui when .gxm file modified in vi while modeler is active

#1809

Groups dragging in wxpython GUI

#1810

Loading gxm file does not load Model, Items and Variables tabs

#1811

Save details from graphical modeler variables panel as g.parser comments in Python file

#1856

wxGUI with LANG=pl_PL.utf8 throws "'ascii' codec can't decode byte"

#1870

Calling back r.mapcalc statement in command console - parsing error

#1917

map selector too narrow

#1922

use IPython for python Shell in wxGui if installed

#1931

wxGUI: after editing vector bar remains red

#1937

rfe: make wx vdigit a bit more self-documenting

#1953

wingrass: GRASS6\wx file has \r\r\n newline

#1959

wingrass wx carto composer: Image causes traceback

#1969

wxPy loc'n wiz: hardcoded colors not compatible with random desktop themes

#1978

module GUIs: "or enter values interactively" should be opt-in

#1992

wxNviz: confusing to add raster3d isosurfaces

#2000

wxGUI: Add command layer becomes unusable

#2001

wxGUI: traceback when using alternate projection for map display coords

#2022

wxGUI: r.in.wms wrapper tool not parsing section titles correctly

#2027

Automatically generated UI triggers IA__gtk_widget_set_size_request assertion

#2037

i.gensig cannot create signature file

#2050

After GRASS started xml.etree.ElementTree raises ParseError when clicking any GUI element on Win 7 Simplified Chinese

#2070

Saving NVIZ image in GRASS 7: changing image dimensions is only possible through manually resizing display window

#2076

3D polygons distorted in NVIZ

#2082

Unable to remove display of 3D polygons (in 3D view) when layer unticked (GRASS 7)

#2124

Browser data in Table Attribute Manager, avoid to load all the dataset

#2126

g.gui.vdigit: allow adding a background map

#2142

Make GUI toolboxes mechanism independent on wxGUI

#2160

wxPython 3: assertion 'width >= -1' failed

#2195

"Query raster/vectors maps" tool fails while saving modified attribute

#2203

wxGUI module dialogs should provide "reset to default value" for each of parameters

#2204

Double click on measuring tools fires an event of previous tool

#2215

wxGUI file type option. File path corrupt if contained backslash

#2226

Get python command from copy-button

#2232

Add text to each animation slide based on the result of a query on a vector layer

#2233

wxGUI d.mon and g.gui monitor command line support

#2240

wxGUI: measurement tool does not show line after first click

#2241

wxGUI: measurement tool may show angle to north

#2249

handling manual pages with external links within the GUI

#2254

Option to save bivariate scatterplot as svg file

#2323

g.gui.gcp: add settings option to change vector overlay color

#2371

Vector digitizer does not colourize isles correctly

#2379

g.gui.animation causes fatal IO error 11 (Resource temporarily unavailable) on X server

#2415

Checking date format is missing when inserting record in attribute table manager

#2446

wxGUI histogram tool: allow selection of multiple rasters

#2464

g.gui.iclass: show output of signature creation

#2467

wxGUI: zoom out in latlong location confused by global wrap around

#2523

wxGUI digitiser - GRASS 7.0.0beta4 / persists in 7.1.svn (r64690M)

#2525

Unable to open sqlite database if path contains non-latin letters

#2604

recently open workspace in wxGUI

#2607

Python shell hint results in OSError error(None): None

#2656

GRASS freezes for 5-10 mins before eventually showing attribute table

#2699

g.gui.iclass doesn't run after selecting training areas

#2700

scatterplots in g.gui.iclass don't work on Windows

#2749

Integrate 'Change mapset' dialog in manager toolbar

#2766

GUI not able to create dropdown lists of columns for more than one map or table

#2805

wxGUI: attribute table opening bug when driver is undefined

#2810

wxGUI modeler: encoding error when "save as..." from python editor

#2816

Save animation configuration in g.gui.animation

#2830

Error zooming in into display

#2838

d.labels placement issue

#2857

d.rast.num fails in GUI because the constrain display resolution fails

#2889

wxGUI: paste into modeller "Add GRASS coomand" dialog hangs it

#2890

wxGUI.PsMap error loading two types north arrow and grass gis logo in the cartographic composer layout

#2897

copy a Map Display to create a new identical one

#2907

g.gui.gmodeler - dialog for adding data is not destroyed with "x"

#2910

not possible to destroy dialog with "x" when changing location and mapset

#2926

g.gui.gmodeler - renaming variables

#2953

g.gui.gmodeler - g.message shown as g.manual

#2954

g.gui.gmodeler - order of variables is changed after model reopening

#2955

g.gui.gmodeler - stop button does not stop process immediately

#2958

g.gui.gmodeler - possibility to add python code to model (enhancement)

#2976

g.gui.gmodeler, loop dialog - items without check mark are still visible in model after unticking

#2977

g.gui.gmodeler - add support (diagram) for temporal data: strds, str3ds, stvds

#2978

g.gui.gmodeler - no python script exported

#2983

g.gui.gmodeler - add support for importing files from the folder using loop

#2987

add grid and geogrid support in g.gui.psmap

#2990

g.gui.gmodeler - multiple relocation of model components

#2991

g.gui.gmodeler - indexation does not change after adding/deleting model components

#3024

Add any image from a file to a map display

#3037

r.import - output name should not be required with -e flag

#3051

Allow image to be saved in Map Display even when there is no map

#3111

v.clean: add "error" and "layer" option in "Set up vector cleaning tools" GUI

#3113

g.gui.scatterplot: create startup script for scatterplot tool

#3116

wxGUI WMS dialog: Source projection selector blocked

#3124

d.northarrow incosistent placement when rendering to file/screen

#3141

wxGUI GCP Manager - toggle to (de-)select all control points in the GCP list at once

#3143

Scroll to description in the help tab in module forms

#3154

support for d.legend.vect in g.gui.animation

#3160

g.gui.animation: enhance display of stvds that contain time periods with no-data

#3174

vector querying in GUI should respect layers selected in d.vect

#3183

form for editing vector attributes without going through the digitizer

#3188

query selection option in wx map viewer

#3204

Profile tool lacks a stop profiling entry in right mouse button

#3206

wxgui saving 3d display to file contains save as dialog

#3253

Main GUI fails to start when g.extension fails when fetching the addons

#3259

r.mapcalc graphical versio does not work with eval

#3279

Add Region tab to the main GUI

#3281

region boundaries rendering

#3288

GUI highlight ghost

#3297

Add sorting capabilities to color table editor

#3299

Translate m.nviz.image command into 3D view state in GUI

#3303

vertex manipulation issue

#3307

"Illegal filename <map@>" warning when displaying a vector map from a different mapset in GUI

#3310

GUI raster query: allow more choices in output of information

#3329

d.erase requires a delay to actually clear the monitor

#3347

Account for length limit of the PATH variable on MS Windows

#3348

wxGTK3: Gtk-CRITICAL **: gtk_box_gadget_distribute: assertion 'size >= 0' failed in GtkSpinButton

#3373

Lock file message

#3376

Rendering failed: Expecting image 390x240 but got 10x10

#3378

add support for raster legends in g.gui.mapswipe

#3379

add support for decorations in all the panels of g.gui.animation

#3382

d.text align does not work in wx0 and Map Display

#3383

d.rast.num is not saved from d.mon wx0

#3406

g.gui.animation: save to workspace

#3451

module GUIs: selected subgroup not taken into account in created command line

#3458

A vector consistently crashes digitizer

#3479

command line history access

#3494

r.thin crashes the wxGUI after 84 passes

#3503

Map Display control button highlights do not reflect active mode

#3517

UnicodeDecodeError in OnRenderDone (core/render.py)

#3520

colorize vector layers in GUI by default

#3521

wxGUI datacatalog: allow actions on multiple selected files

#3532

g.gui.tplot: add zonal statistics support

#3540

graphical modeler problems with sql in v.extract

#3576

Show recent GRASS Databases in the Data tab

#3580

Show info about a Location in Datacatalog

#3581

Show info about a Mapset in Datacatalog

#3584

Remember recent mapsets

#3588

Minor cleanup items

#3595

d.rast.edit: entering new value requires ENTER to be hit, GUI should be changed

#3596

d.rast.edit: aspect map editing broken with AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'NamedColor'

#3623

wxGUI Layer Manager: changed display name of layer gets lost when layer properties are changed

#3633

wxGUI: wording of menu entries for data import

#3660

wxGUI fails to parse correctly Addons composed by more commands

#3661

Data Catalog should show also space time datasets

#3663

Histogram tool does not create histogram but a line plot

#3664

d.text: background color cannot be disabled

#3668

gselect for space-time dataset stops working when creating a new mapset

#3671

Multiple map frames in cartographic composer

#3678

Map Display is not updated after r.mask in executed in the Console

#3744

Vector query error

#3750

Grass 7.7.svn (r74061): CLI location creation: cannot read .prj file for new location

#3778

where field in wxgui layer manager d.vect display missing value on workspace import

#3809

Imported map name not editable in r|v.import

#3824

grass python editor: add templates based on pygrass

#3843

cartographic composer only previews and outputs in profile aspect (no landscape)

#3847

Bivariate scatterplot mapset handling and color preferences

#3884

items selected on drop-down controls not inserted into GRASS command

#3886

Importing vector training areas in g.gui.iclass (interactive)

#3910

nviz: Switching to 3d view kills the wxGUI

#3923

g.gui.gmodeler: scroll bar not shown or too short

#3940

Error Reading settings from Roaming file

#3956

Allow interface text to be copyable with mouse

#4017

run addon failed > name 'unicode' is not defined

GRASS 6.4

No results

GRASS 6.5

#215

digitizer: let add attributes to category-less features

#497

Add keyboard shortcuts to v.digit (like pre-6-GRASS

#668

export and share region settings

#694

Add point option as input for v.overlay

#918

i.atcorr lacks add to layer

#952

'Highlight selected features and zoom' gives error when SQL display query is in effect

#989

wx georectify: implement best features of i.points

#1100

Trim mapset name from maps list in wxGUI

#1381

wxgui: add monitor calibrate option to prefs

GRASS 7.0

No results

Assigned bugs/wishes

#278

wxGUI: don't allow for negative column number

#2951

g.gui.gmodeler - unreadable mish-mash after some changes in list of items

#3403

Show which operations comply to computational region

GRASS 6.4

No results

GRASS 6.5

No results

GRASS 7.0

No results

Reopened bugs/wishes

#686

wxgui: georectify need to set region in XY location to extension of map to be able to see it

#1723

G_OPT_DB_COLUMNS does not allow input of multiple column names

#1759

Selecting maps in dropdown menu: slider to move up/down maps does not work

#2117

GRASS 7: NVIZ: Transparency error for constant surface in

#2247

bivariate scatterplot: undefined variable issue

#2524

wxGUI v.in.ogr wrapper fails to find any layers if file path contains non-latin letters

#2989

g.gui.gmodeler - not possible to rename existing variable in model

#3117

d.mon wx0: GtK issues

#3294

g.gui.tplot: error when trying to plot a STVDS

#3304

db.copy GUI does not allow to enter from_table name

#3471

Custom dropdown control doesn’t recognize mouse events

GRASS 6.4

No results

GRASS 6.5

#686

wxgui: georectify need to set region in XY location to extension of map to be able to see it

GRASS 7.0

No results

Closed bugs/wishes

Closed tickets (link)