[IDV #HIE-550438]: enhancement request Field Selector

["Unidata IDV Support" <support-idv@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> Hi Jeff,
> 
> it works well.
> 
> The tree-view interaction would indeed complement things. Further to this, I was wondering if the selection could also be done semi-automatically by matching the param-names used in a Formula against the names of fields available in the Field Selector.
> 
> This would work analog to the "Search for a field by name" (as attached), except we have to consider the fact that some field %longname%s have spaces _and_ formulas would grow quite lengthy with many params. So a wildcards like * or ? would be helpful here:
> 
> test(Retrieved?Temperature*[multiple=true])
> 
> would auto-select all "Retrieved Temperature - Level x" fields, skipping the "Retrieved Moisture - Level x" fields.
> 
That already exists. See the formula docs:
http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/idv/docs/userguide/tools/Formulas.html

You can also specify a regular expression pattern that is used to pre-select the first data choice whose description matches the pattern.

   someProcedure(someValue[pattern=some_pattern])


Right now we only select one thing but I will look into it.

-Jeff



Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: HIE-550438
Department: Support IDV
Priority: Normal
Status: Open