Cannot set XY graph X-scale min/max when set to time

[thols]

If I select the max or min scale marker value on an xy-graph with time as scale format, I cannot change the value if I select all digits/characters in the value, but it works if I select all but one character:

I have tested in LV2019, 2018 and 2015.

Older versions of "the application" using LV2012-runtime works, but unfortunately I have no source-code from that time. 

I also have an executable in LV2017 that this does not work in.

So, is this a feature that accidentally or for some reason was removed, or not regression-tested?

And how can I get it working again? The "scale range change" event will not even fire, since no change is detected. I can only think of very cumbersome ways to even try and implement this myself.

[GerdW]

Hi thols,

I use a similar feature in my software - and I always input time as "mm:ss" (that's what I defined at the graph scales). My graph scales are fine with this kind of input!

I use that software starting from LV2011 and moved to LV2017 now, and it behaves always the same (as far as I remember)…

I can input:

• "mm:ss"
• change only "mm", but keep ":ss"
• change just "m", but keep ":ss"
• change only "ss", but keep "mm:"
• change just "s", but keep "mm:"
• type something like "m:s"

[thols]

Yes, the features you describe have been working like that since forever. But not the one I describe, to be able to input only mm when the format is mm:ss, or just hh when the format is hh:mm:ss.

Another feature I have been using is to enter just "mm:" or "hh::". But this doesn't always work. sometimes the scale updates, sometimes it doesn't, and I can't figure out why:

At first in this clip, it looks like it works for a 1h diff bit not 2, but then it works with a 2h diff.

[Yamaeda]

I guess it always work if you do it through the property window? If so, do you need to use some Value change event to set the scale through a property yourself to work around it? 

Annoying for sure though. 😞

/Y

[thols]

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@Yamaeda wrote:

I guess it always work if you do it through the property window?If so, do you need to use some Value change event to set the scale through a property yourself to work around it? 

Annoying for sure though. 😞

/Y

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Yamaeda, max/min can't be set in the property window.

The only event I can think of is mouse (double)-click. But then you need to check if the mouse was on the max or min, then detect what numbers are input. And it is not enough just to check key-presses, since the value could be pasted from the clipboard.

I think I will have to just live with it.