Make it easier to pan images in the Vision Assistant

[ng1902]

Lately I've been working on projects that use high-resolution cameras (10+MP). Typically I use the Vision Assistant to quickly prototype a vision inspection, then rewrite the inspection in LabVIEW.

When working with large images, I often need to pan around to different parts of the image. However, the only way to pan the image in the Vision Assistant is by using the scrollbars, which often feels clunky. I would love to be able to navigate around the image more easily and fluidly.

A few possible ideas:

• Add the Pan tool to the toolbar, like the Image Display indicators have in LabVIEW, so that the image can be navigated by clicking + dragging
• Click the middle mouse-wheel to toggle panning with the mouse position, like in Chrome/Firefox/Excel
• Click + hold the middle mouse button to drag and pan the image, like Paint.NET
• Change the behavior of the mouse scroll-wheel to align with familiar software, like Chrome/Firefox and Paint.NET, instead of just having the school wheel be zoom, that is:
  
  • Scrolling up/down would pan the image up/down
  • Shift+scroll wheel would pan the image left/right
  • Ctrl+scroll wheel would zoom in/out

[ChristopheC]

I like the idea of exposing the pan tool. That's a good idea for a future version.

Which version of Vision Assistant are you using? In 2018, we added mouse scroll support. It should help with your use case.

Best regards,

Christophe

[ng1902]

I'm have versions Vision Assistant - Build 20180321023718 (32-bit), and Build 20180321033021 (64-bit). Scrolling the wheel seems to only be able to control the zoom for me, and holding shift zooms by a factor of 5x at a time instead of 1x.

[sevincom]

Maybe Shift + LMC or Ctrl + LMC could also be added for Pan Function without mouse.