Joseph, Please try one more thing; undock the control window. Once the window is undocked, expand it to see the slider. Please see attachment for guidance. Best, Unidata IDV Support > Thank you for your response. The dashboard in the version I have looks quite > different from yours. Please see the attachment. I tried various screen > resolutions, but none revealed the vertical position slider. > > Is the version for Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit edition different from the > Linux/Unix versions? It looks quite different in the graphic. If the nightly > build does not correct the issue, I may go back to the 32-bit version for > Windows which seemed to function correctly. > > Thanks for your assistance. Other than this one anomaly, no problems. > > Joseph G. Spain > Research Meteorologist > ImpactWeather, Inc. > A STORMGEO COMPANY > Direct +1 (281) 652-1039 > Toll-Free (877) 792-3220 > E-mail address@hidden > Web impactweather.com > ________________________________________ > From: Unidata IDV Support [address@hidden] > Sent: Wednesday, March 06, 2013 4:59 PM > To: Joe Spain > Cc: address@hidden > Subject: [IDV #XZD-843023]: vertical positioning of maps > > Joseph, > > We wonder if the size of your Dashboard window is somehow obscuring the > slider. Please see the attached figure of the dashboard for clarification. > > If you still do not see it, please download the latest nightly release of the > IDV: > > http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/downloads/idv/nightly/index.jsp > > Best Wishes, > > Unidata IDV Support > > > I am trying to bring maps to the front, so that the maps are no obscured by > > data. In earlier versions of IDV, this was easily accomplished by moving > > the vertical position sliders, as shown in the user manual. Now, the > > vertical position sliders are no longer present to control the z-axis > > position of maps. > > > > Thanks. > > > > Joseph G. Spain > > Research Meteorologist > > ImpactWeather, Inc. > > A STORMGEO COMPANY > > Direct +1 (281) 652-1039 > > Toll-Free (877) 792-3220 > > E-mail address@hidden > > Web impactweather.com > > ________________________________________ > > From: Unidata IDV Support [address@hidden] > > Sent: Wednesday, March 06, 2013 2:49 PM > > To: Joe Spain > > Cc: address@hidden > > Subject: [IDV #XZD-843023]: vertical positioning of maps > > > > Joseph, > > > > Please tell us a bit more about what you are trying to do. Perhaps pass > > along a bundle. > > > > Best Wishes, > > > > Unidata IDV Support > > > > > Full Name: Joseph Spain > > > Email Address: address@hidden > > > Organization: ImpactWeather, Inc. > > > Package Version: 3.1u1 > > > Operating System: Windows 7 Ultimate, 64-bit > > > Hardware: > > > Description of problem: > > > > > > Greetings, > > > > > > In previous versions of IDV, there were sliders to control the vertical > > > positioning of various elements, such as maps, data, etc. With the 3.1 > > > series, including 3.1u1 64-bit version for Windows, the sliders are no > > > longer present. > > > > > > Is this behavior unique to the 64-bit version for Windows? How can I > > > control the vertical position of maps? > > > > > > I've tried using the "bring forward" or "bring to front" feature, but > > > nothing happens when I select that. Please advise. Thanks! > > > > > > Cheers, > > > Joseph > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Ticket Details > > =================== > > Ticket ID: XZD-843023 > > Department: Support IDV > > Priority: Normal > > Status: Closed > > > > > Ticket Details > =================== > Ticket ID: XZD-843023 > Department: Support IDV > Priority: Normal > Status: Closed > > Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: XZD-843023 Department: Support IDV Priority: Normal Status: Closed
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