Add (optional) description field to view

[constantinpape]

We should add an (optional) field description to view in order to support more detailed information on views, e.g. for figure legends.
(Suggested by @tischi in a google doc on MoBIE project ideas.)
This is very easy on the spec side, however the question is how to display this in Fiji.
I think a good option would be to have it like a tool tip when hovering over the view menu item, but I am not sure if that's feasible in the fiji UI.

[tischi]

In addition to the too tip (which should be possible in Java Swing), I think it would be cool if the view legend was visible within the BDV window. In BDV one can have text overlays. I think having an additional window would create too much clutter...

[KateMoreva]

AbstractSourceDisplay now has a String sourcesDescription that could be filed (from the metadata or maybe we should think about an extra window for that also).

Implemented in: mobie/mobie-viewer-fiji#416

[constantinpape]

AbstractSourceDisplay now has a String sourcesDescription that could be filed

Ok, I think filling the sourcesDescription (shouldn't it be called sourceDescription?) from the description field in the metadata is a good idea. I will create an example for that and post it here once I have it.

[constantinpape]

@KateMoreva I have added a dataset with description for all the sources. You can find it both on the group share or github:

• /g/kreshuk/pape/Work/mobie/sponge-fibsem-project
• https://github.com/mobie/sponge-fibsem-project branch: spec-v2

[tischi]

@KateMoreva @constantinpape

I think this issue could be another one with a relatively high priority to work on. What do you think? Personally I feel this could be even more important than the custom grid view.

For instance, imagine people browsing the bookmarks of the platybrowser and we could provide a link to the published figure. I think that'd be quite awesome and useful.

In fact, I found out that one can link to the figures of the Cell publication:

https://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(21)00876-X#fig1

We should also think about adding instructions for each source of how to download the full raw data.

[KateMoreva]

@KateMoreva @constantinpape

I think this issue could be another one with a relatively high priority to work on. What do you think? Personally I feel this could be even more important than the custom grid view.

For instance, imagine people browsing the bookmarks of the platybrowser and we could provide a link to the published figure. I think that'd be quite awesome and useful.

In fact, I found out that one can link to the figures of the Cell publication:

https://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(21)00876-X#fig1

We should also think about adding instructions for each source of how to download the full raw data.

Work over this issue is in progress, I think by the end of the week it will be fully functional.

[constantinpape]

Just as a side-note, I think the description we are adding here is for sources instead of views.
But I think we should just go ahead with this as is and it should be fairly straightforward to implement the same mechanism for views once we have it for sources.

[KateMoreva]

Just as a side-note, I think the description we are adding here is for sources instead of views.
But I think we should just go ahead with this as is and it should be fairly straightforward to implement the same mechanism for views once we have it for sources.

@constantinpape, have we got a project with a views description?

[constantinpape]

@constantinpape, have we got a project with a views description?

Not yet, but I will create one.

[constantinpape]

@KateMoreva I added descriptions for all the views in the same dataset as before:

• /g/kreshuk/pape/Work/mobie/sponge-fibsem-project
• https://github.com/mobie/sponge-fibsem-project branch : spec-v2

[KateMoreva]

@KateMoreva I added descriptions for all the views in the same dataset as before:

• /g/kreshuk/pape/Work/mobie/sponge-fibsem-project
• https://github.com/mobie/sponge-fibsem-project branch : spec-v2

@constantinpape
Thank you! Just a small question, at the moment for the views we want to have a simple tooltip with the description or labels over images like in https://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(21)00876-X#fig1?

[constantinpape]

Just a small question, at the moment for the views we want to have a simple tooltip with the description

Let's start with tooltips for now and then have a look at it together next week to discuss if we want some more advanced functionality.