Beispiel #1
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    def __init__(self, assy, parent):
        """
        Constructor for the part window.

        @param assy: The assembly (part)
        @type  assy: Assembly

        @param parent: The parent widget.
        @type  parent: U{B{QMainWindow}
                       <http://doc.trolltech.com/4/qmainwindow.html>}
        """
        QWidget.__init__(self, parent)
        self.parent = parent
        self.assy = assy
        # note: to support MDI, self.assy would probably need to be a
        # different assembly for each PartWindow.
        # [bruce 080216 comment]
        self.setWindowIcon(geticon("ui/border/Part.png"))
        self.updateWindowTitle()

        # The main layout for the part window is a VBoxLayout <pwVBoxLayout>.
        self.pwVBoxLayout = QVBoxLayout(self)
        pwVBoxLayout = self.pwVBoxLayout
        pwVBoxLayout.setMargin(0)
        pwVBoxLayout.setSpacing(0)

        # ################################################################
        # <pwSplitter> is the horizontal splitter b/w the
        # pwLeftArea (mt and pm) and the glpane.
        self.pwSplitter = QSplitter(Qt.Horizontal)
        pwSplitter = self.pwSplitter
        pwSplitter.setObjectName("pwSplitter")
        pwSplitter.setHandleWidth(3)  # 3 pixels wide.
        pwVBoxLayout.addWidget(pwSplitter)

        # ##################################################################
        # <pwLeftArea> is the container holding the pwProjectTabWidget.
        # Note: Making pwLeftArea (and pwRightArea and pwBottomArea) QFrame
        # widgets has the benefit of making it easy to draw a border around
        # each area. One purpose of this would be to help developers understand
        # (visually) how the part window is laid out. I intend to add a debug
        # pref to draw part window area borders and add "What's This" text to
        # them. Mark 2008-01-05.
        self.pwLeftArea = LeftFrame(self)
        pwLeftArea = self.pwLeftArea
        pwLeftArea.setObjectName("pwLeftArea")
        pwLeftArea.setMinimumWidth(PM_MINIMUM_WIDTH)
        pwLeftArea.setMaximumWidth(PM_MAXIMUM_WIDTH)

        # Setting the frame style like this is nice since it clearly
        # defines the splitter at the top-left corner.
        pwLeftArea.setFrameStyle(QFrame.Panel | QFrame.Sunken)

        # This layout will contain splitter (above) and the pwBottomArea.
        leftChannelVBoxLayout = QVBoxLayout(pwLeftArea)
        leftChannelVBoxLayout.setMargin(0)
        leftChannelVBoxLayout.setSpacing(0)

        pwSplitter.addWidget(pwLeftArea)

        # Makes it so pwLeftArea is not collapsible.
        pwSplitter.setCollapsible(0, False)

        # ##################################################################
        # <pwProjectTabWidget> is a QTabWidget that contains the MT and PM
        # widgets. It lives in the "left area" of the part window.
        self.pwProjectTabWidget = _pwProjectTabWidget()
        # _pwProjectTabWidget subclasses QTabWidget
        # Note [bruce 070829]: to fix bug 2522 I need to intercept
        # self.pwProjectTabWidget.removeTab, so I made it a subclass of
        # QTabWidget. It needs to know the GLPane, but that's not created
        # yet, so we set it later using KLUGE_setGLPane (below).
        # Note: No parent supplied. Could this be the source of the
        # minor vsplitter resizing problem I was trying to resolve a few
        # months ago?  Try supplying a parent later. Mark 2008-01-01
        self.pwProjectTabWidget.setObjectName("pwProjectTabWidget")
        self.pwProjectTabWidget.setCurrentIndex(0)
        self.pwProjectTabWidget.setAutoFillBackground(True)

        # Create the model tree "tab" widget. It will contain the MT GUI widget.
        # Set the tab icon, too.
        self.modelTreeTab = QWidget()
        self.modelTreeTab.setObjectName("modelTreeTab")
        self.pwProjectTabWidget.addTab(self.modelTreeTab,
                                       geticon("ui/modeltree/Model_Tree.png"),
                                       "")

        modelTreeTabLayout = QVBoxLayout(self.modelTreeTab)
        modelTreeTabLayout.setMargin(0)
        modelTreeTabLayout.setSpacing(0)

        # Create the model tree (GUI) and add it to the tab layout.
        self.modelTree = ModelTree(self.modelTreeTab, parent)
        self.modelTree.modelTreeGui.setObjectName("modelTreeGui")
        modelTreeTabLayout.addWidget(self.modelTree.modelTreeGui)

        # Create the property manager "tab" widget. It will contain the PropMgr
        # scroll area, which will contain the property manager and all its
        # widgets.
        self.propertyManagerTab = QWidget()
        self.propertyManagerTab.setObjectName("propertyManagerTab")

        self.propertyManagerScrollArea = QScrollArea(self.pwProjectTabWidget)
        self.propertyManagerScrollArea.setObjectName(
            "propertyManagerScrollArea")
        self.propertyManagerScrollArea.setWidget(self.propertyManagerTab)
        self.propertyManagerScrollArea.setWidgetResizable(True)
        # Eureka!
        # setWidgetResizable(True) will resize the Property Manager (and its
        # contents) correctly when the scrollbar appears/disappears.
        # It even accounts correctly for collapsed/expanded groupboxes!
        # Mark 2007-05-29

        # Add the property manager scroll area as a "tabbed" widget.
        # Set the tab icon, too.
        self.pwProjectTabWidget.addTab(
            self.propertyManagerScrollArea,
            geticon("ui/modeltree/Property_Manager.png"), "")

        # Finally, add the "pwProjectTabWidget" to the left channel layout.

        leftChannelVBoxLayout.addWidget(self.pwProjectTabWidget)

        # Create the glpane and make it a child of the part splitter.
        self.glpane = GLPane(assy, self, 'glpane name', parent)
        # note: our owner (MWsemantics) assumes
        # there is just this one GLPane for assy, and stores it
        # into assy as assy.o and assy.glpane. [bruce 080216 comment]

        # Add what's this text to self.glpane.
        # [bruce 080912 moved this here from part of a method in class GLPane.
        #  In this code's old location, Mark wrote [2007-06-01]: "Problem -
        #  I don't believe this text is processed by fix_whatsthis_text_and_links()
        #  in whatsthis_utilities.py." Now that this code is here, I don't know
        #  whether that's still true. ]
        from ne1_ui.WhatsThisText_for_MainWindow import whats_this_text_for_glpane
        self.glpane.setWhatsThis(whats_this_text_for_glpane())

        # update [re the above comment], bruce 081209:
        # I added the following explicit call of fix_whatsthis_text_and_links,
        # but it doesn't work to replace Ctrl with Cmd on Mac;
        # see today's comment in fix_whatsthis_text_and_links for likely reason.
        # So I will leave this here, but also leave in place the kluges
        # in whats_this_text_for_glpane to do that replacement itself.
        # The wiki help link in this whatsthis text doesn't work,
        # but I guess that is an independent issue, related to lack
        # of use of class QToolBar_WikiHelp or similar code, for GLPane
        # or this class or the main window class.
        from foundation.whatsthis_utilities import fix_whatsthis_text_and_links
        fix_whatsthis_text_and_links(self.glpane)  # doesn't yet work

        self.pwProjectTabWidget.KLUGE_setGLPane(self.glpane)
        # help fix bug 2522 [bruce 070829]
        qt4warnDestruction(self.glpane, 'GLPane of PartWindow')
        pwSplitter.addWidget(self.glpane)

        # ##################################################################
        # <pwBottomArea> is a container at the bottom of the part window
        # spanning its entire width. It is intended to be used as an extra
        # area for use by Property Managers (or anything else) that needs
        # a landscape oriented layout.
        # An example is the Sequence Editor, which is part of the
        # Strand Properties PM.
        self.pwBottomArea = QFrame()
        # IMHO, self is not a good parent. Mark 2008-01-04.
        pwBottomArea = self.pwBottomArea
        pwBottomArea.setObjectName("pwBottomArea")
        pwBottomArea.setMaximumHeight(50)

        # Add a frame border to see what it looks like.
        pwBottomArea.setFrameStyle(QFrame.Panel | QFrame.Sunken)

        self.pwVBoxLayout.addWidget(pwBottomArea)

        # Hide the bottom frame for now. Later this might be used for the
        # sequence editor.
        pwBottomArea.hide()

        #This widget implementation is subject to heavy revision. The purpose
        #is to implement a NFR that Mark urgently needs : The NFR is: Need a
        #way to quickly find a node in the MT by entering its name.
        #-- Ninad 2008-11-06
        self.pwSpecialDockWidgetInLeftChannel = SelectNodeByNameDockWidget(
            self.glpane.win)
        leftChannelVBoxLayout.addWidget(self.pwSpecialDockWidgetInLeftChannel)

        # See the resizeEvent() docstring for more information about
        # resizeTimer.
        self.resizeTimer = QTimer(self)
        self.resizeTimer.setSingleShot(True)
        return
    def __init__(self, assy, parent):
        """
        Constructor for the part window.

        @param assy: The assembly (part)
        @type  assy: Assembly

        @param parent: The parent widget.
        @type  parent: U{B{QMainWindow}
                       <http://doc.trolltech.com/4/qmainwindow.html>}
        """
        QWidget.__init__(self, parent)
        self.parent = parent
        self.assy = assy
            # note: to support MDI, self.assy would probably need to be a
            # different assembly for each PartWindow.
            # [bruce 080216 comment]
        self.setWindowIcon(geticon("ui/border/Part.png"))
        self.updateWindowTitle()

        # Used in expanding or collapsing the Model Tree/ PM area
        self._previous_pwLeftAreaWidth = PM_DEFAULT_WIDTH

        # The main layout for the part window is a VBoxLayout <pwVBoxLayout>.
        self.pwVBoxLayout = QVBoxLayout(self)
        pwVBoxLayout = self.pwVBoxLayout
        pwVBoxLayout.setMargin(0)
        pwVBoxLayout.setSpacing(0)

        # ################################################################
        # <pwSplitter> is the horizontal splitter b/w the
        # pwProjectTabWidget and the glpane.
        self.pwSplitter = QSplitter(Qt.Horizontal)
        pwSplitter = self.pwSplitter
        pwSplitter.setObjectName("pwSplitter")
        pwSplitter.setHandleWidth(3) # 3 pixels wide.
        pwVBoxLayout.addWidget(pwSplitter)

        # ##################################################################
        # <pwLeftArea> is the container holding the pwProjectTabWidget.
        # Note: Making pwLeftArea (and pwRightArea and pwBottomArea) QFrame
        # widgets has the benefit of making it easy to draw a border around
        # each area. One purpose of this would be to help developers understand
        # (visually) how the part window is laid out. I intend to add a debug
        # pref to draw part window area borders and add "What's This" text to
        # them. Mark 2008-01-05.
        self.pwLeftArea = QFrame()
        pwLeftArea = self.pwLeftArea
        pwLeftArea.setObjectName("pwLeftArea")
        pwLeftArea.setMinimumWidth(PM_MINIMUM_WIDTH)
        pwLeftArea.setMaximumWidth(PM_MAXIMUM_WIDTH)
        pwLeftArea.setSizePolicy(
            QSizePolicy(QSizePolicy.Policy(QSizePolicy.Fixed),
                        QSizePolicy.Policy(QSizePolicy.Expanding)))

        # Setting the frame style like this is nice since it clearly
        # defines the splitter at the top-left corner.
        pwLeftArea.setFrameStyle( QFrame.Panel | QFrame.Sunken )

        # This layout will contain splitter (above) and the pwBottomArea.
        leftChannelVBoxLayout = QVBoxLayout(pwLeftArea)
        leftChannelVBoxLayout.setMargin(0)
        leftChannelVBoxLayout.setSpacing(0)

        pwSplitter.addWidget(pwLeftArea)

        # Makes it so pwLeftArea is not collapsible.
        pwSplitter.setCollapsible (0, False)

        # ##################################################################
        # <pwProjectTabWidget> is a QTabWidget that contains the MT and PM
        # widgets. It lives in the "left area" of the part window.
        self.pwProjectTabWidget = _pwProjectTabWidget()
           # _pwProjectTabWidget subclasses QTabWidget
           # Note [bruce 070829]: to fix bug 2522 I need to intercept
           # self.pwProjectTabWidget.removeTab, so I made it a subclass of
           # QTabWidget. It needs to know the GLPane, but that's not created
           # yet, so we set it later using KLUGE_setGLPane (below).
           # Note: No parent supplied. Could this be the source of the
           # minor vsplitter resizing problem I was trying to resolve a few
           # months ago?  Try supplying a parent later. Mark 2008-01-01
        self.pwProjectTabWidget.setObjectName("pwProjectTabWidget")
        self.pwProjectTabWidget.setCurrentIndex(0)
        self.pwProjectTabWidget.setAutoFillBackground(True)

        # Create the model tree "tab" widget. It will contain the MT GUI widget.
        # Set the tab icon, too.
        self.modelTreeTab = QWidget()
        self.modelTreeTab.setObjectName("modelTreeTab")
        self.pwProjectTabWidget.addTab(
            self.modelTreeTab,
            geticon("ui/modeltree/Model_Tree.png"),
            "")

        modelTreeTabLayout = QVBoxLayout(self.modelTreeTab)
        modelTreeTabLayout.setMargin(0)
        modelTreeTabLayout.setSpacing(0)

        # Create the model tree (GUI) and add it to the tab layout.
        self.modelTree = modelTree(self.modelTreeTab, parent)
        self.modelTree.modelTreeGui.setObjectName("modelTreeGui")
        modelTreeTabLayout.addWidget(self.modelTree.modelTreeGui)

        # Create the property manager "tab" widget. It will contain the PropMgr
        # scroll area, which will contain the property manager and all its
        # widgets.
        self.propertyManagerTab = QWidget()
        self.propertyManagerTab.setObjectName("propertyManagerTab")

        self.propertyManagerScrollArea = QScrollArea(self.pwProjectTabWidget)
        self.propertyManagerScrollArea.setObjectName("propertyManagerScrollArea")
        self.propertyManagerScrollArea.setWidget(self.propertyManagerTab)
        self.propertyManagerScrollArea.setWidgetResizable(True)
        # Eureka!
        # setWidgetResizable(True) will resize the Property Manager (and its
        # contents) correctly when the scrollbar appears/disappears.
        # It even accounts correctly for collapsed/expanded groupboxes!
        # Mark 2007-05-29

        # Add the property manager scroll area as a "tabbed" widget.
        # Set the tab icon, too.
        self.pwProjectTabWidget.addTab(
            self.propertyManagerScrollArea,
            geticon("ui/modeltree/Property_Manager.png"),
            "")

        # Finally, add the "pwProjectTabWidget" to the left channel layout.
        leftChannelVBoxLayout.addWidget(self.pwProjectTabWidget)

        # Create the glpane and make it a child of the part splitter.
        self.glpane = GLPane(assy, self, 'glpane name', parent)
            # note: our owner (MWsemantics) assumes
            # there is just this one GLPane for assy, and stores it
            # into assy as assy.o and assy.glpane. [bruce 080216 comment]
        self.pwProjectTabWidget.KLUGE_setGLPane(self.glpane)
            # help fix bug 2522 [bruce 070829]
        qt4warnDestruction(self.glpane, 'GLPane of PartWindow')
        pwSplitter.addWidget(self.glpane)

        # ##################################################################
        # <pwBottomArea> is a container at the bottom of the part window
        # spanning its entire width. It is intended to be used as an extra
        # area for use by Property Managers (or anything else) that needs
        # a landscape oriented layout.
        # An example is the Sequence Editor, which is part of the
        # Strand Properties PM.
        self.pwBottomArea = QFrame()
            # IMHO, self is not a good parent. Mark 2008-01-04.
        pwBottomArea = self.pwBottomArea
        pwBottomArea.setObjectName("pwBottomArea")
        pwBottomArea.setMaximumHeight(50)
        pwBottomArea.setSizePolicy(
            QSizePolicy(QSizePolicy.Policy(QSizePolicy.Expanding),
                        QSizePolicy.Policy(QSizePolicy.Fixed)))

        # Add a frame border to see what it looks like.
        pwBottomArea.setFrameStyle( QFrame.Panel | QFrame.Sunken )

        self.pwVBoxLayout.addWidget(pwBottomArea)

        # Hide the bottom frame for now. Later this might be used for the
        # sequence editor.
        pwBottomArea.hide()
Beispiel #3
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    def __init__(self, assy, parent):
        """
        Constructor for the part window.

        @param assy: The assembly (part)
        @type  assy: Assembly

        @param parent: The parent widget.
        @type  parent: U{B{QMainWindow}
                       <http://doc.trolltech.com/4/qmainwindow.html>}
        """
        QWidget.__init__(self, parent)
        self.parent = parent
        self.assy = assy
            # note: to support MDI, self.assy would probably need to be a
            # different assembly for each PartWindow.
            # [bruce 080216 comment]
        self.setWindowIcon(geticon("ui/border/Part.png"))
        self.updateWindowTitle()
        
        # The main layout for the part window is a VBoxLayout <pwVBoxLayout>.
        self.pwVBoxLayout = QVBoxLayout(self)
        pwVBoxLayout = self.pwVBoxLayout
        pwVBoxLayout.setMargin(0)
        pwVBoxLayout.setSpacing(0)

        # ################################################################
        # <pwSplitter> is the horizontal splitter b/w the
        # pwLeftArea (mt and pm) and the glpane.
        self.pwSplitter = QSplitter(Qt.Horizontal)
        pwSplitter = self.pwSplitter
        pwSplitter.setObjectName("pwSplitter")
        pwSplitter.setHandleWidth(3) # 3 pixels wide.
        pwVBoxLayout.addWidget(pwSplitter)

        # ##################################################################
        # <pwLeftArea> is the container holding the pwProjectTabWidget.
        # Note: Making pwLeftArea (and pwRightArea and pwBottomArea) QFrame
        # widgets has the benefit of making it easy to draw a border around
        # each area. One purpose of this would be to help developers understand
        # (visually) how the part window is laid out. I intend to add a debug
        # pref to draw part window area borders and add "What's This" text to
        # them. Mark 2008-01-05.
        self.pwLeftArea = LeftFrame(self)
        pwLeftArea = self.pwLeftArea
        pwLeftArea.setObjectName("pwLeftArea")
        pwLeftArea.setMinimumWidth(PM_MINIMUM_WIDTH)
        pwLeftArea.setMaximumWidth(PM_MAXIMUM_WIDTH)

        # Setting the frame style like this is nice since it clearly
        # defines the splitter at the top-left corner.
        pwLeftArea.setFrameStyle( QFrame.Panel | QFrame.Sunken )

        # This layout will contain splitter (above) and the pwBottomArea.
        leftChannelVBoxLayout = QVBoxLayout(pwLeftArea)
        leftChannelVBoxLayout.setMargin(0)
        leftChannelVBoxLayout.setSpacing(0)

        pwSplitter.addWidget(pwLeftArea)

        # Makes it so pwLeftArea is not collapsible.
        pwSplitter.setCollapsible (0, False)

        # ##################################################################
        # <pwProjectTabWidget> is a QTabWidget that contains the MT and PM
        # widgets. It lives in the "left area" of the part window.
        self.pwProjectTabWidget = _pwProjectTabWidget()
           # _pwProjectTabWidget subclasses QTabWidget
           # Note [bruce 070829]: to fix bug 2522 I need to intercept
           # self.pwProjectTabWidget.removeTab, so I made it a subclass of
           # QTabWidget. It needs to know the GLPane, but that's not created
           # yet, so we set it later using KLUGE_setGLPane (below).
           # Note: No parent supplied. Could this be the source of the
           # minor vsplitter resizing problem I was trying to resolve a few
           # months ago?  Try supplying a parent later. Mark 2008-01-01
        self.pwProjectTabWidget.setObjectName("pwProjectTabWidget")
        self.pwProjectTabWidget.setCurrentIndex(0)
        self.pwProjectTabWidget.setAutoFillBackground(True)

        # Create the model tree "tab" widget. It will contain the MT GUI widget.
        # Set the tab icon, too.
        self.modelTreeTab = QWidget()
        self.modelTreeTab.setObjectName("modelTreeTab")
        self.pwProjectTabWidget.addTab(
            self.modelTreeTab,
            geticon("ui/modeltree/Model_Tree.png"),
            "")

        modelTreeTabLayout = QVBoxLayout(self.modelTreeTab)
        modelTreeTabLayout.setMargin(0)
        modelTreeTabLayout.setSpacing(0)

        # Create the model tree (GUI) and add it to the tab layout.
        self.modelTree = ModelTree(self.modelTreeTab, parent)
        self.modelTree.modelTreeGui.setObjectName("modelTreeGui")
        modelTreeTabLayout.addWidget(self.modelTree.modelTreeGui)

        # Create the property manager "tab" widget. It will contain the PropMgr
        # scroll area, which will contain the property manager and all its
        # widgets.
        self.propertyManagerTab = QWidget()
        self.propertyManagerTab.setObjectName("propertyManagerTab")

        self.propertyManagerScrollArea = QScrollArea(self.pwProjectTabWidget)
        self.propertyManagerScrollArea.setObjectName("propertyManagerScrollArea")
        self.propertyManagerScrollArea.setWidget(self.propertyManagerTab)
        self.propertyManagerScrollArea.setWidgetResizable(True)
        # Eureka!
        # setWidgetResizable(True) will resize the Property Manager (and its
        # contents) correctly when the scrollbar appears/disappears.
        # It even accounts correctly for collapsed/expanded groupboxes!
        # Mark 2007-05-29

        # Add the property manager scroll area as a "tabbed" widget.
        # Set the tab icon, too.
        self.pwProjectTabWidget.addTab(
            self.propertyManagerScrollArea,
            geticon("ui/modeltree/Property_Manager.png"),
            "")

        # Finally, add the "pwProjectTabWidget" to the left channel layout.
        
        leftChannelVBoxLayout.addWidget(self.pwProjectTabWidget)
       

        # Create the glpane and make it a child of the part splitter.
        self.glpane = GLPane(assy, self, 'glpane name', parent)
            # note: our owner (MWsemantics) assumes
            # there is just this one GLPane for assy, and stores it
            # into assy as assy.o and assy.glpane. [bruce 080216 comment]
        
        # Add what's this text to self.glpane.
        # [bruce 080912 moved this here from part of a method in class GLPane.
        #  In this code's old location, Mark wrote [2007-06-01]: "Problem -
        #  I don't believe this text is processed by fix_whatsthis_text_and_links()
        #  in whatsthis_utilities.py." Now that this code is here, I don't know
        #  whether that's still true. ]
        from ne1_ui.WhatsThisText_for_MainWindow import whats_this_text_for_glpane
        self.glpane.setWhatsThis( whats_this_text_for_glpane() )
        
        # update [re the above comment], bruce 081209:
        # I added the following explicit call of fix_whatsthis_text_and_links,
        # but it doesn't work to replace Ctrl with Cmd on Mac;
        # see today's comment in fix_whatsthis_text_and_links for likely reason.
        # So I will leave this here, but also leave in place the kluges
        # in whats_this_text_for_glpane to do that replacement itself.
        # The wiki help link in this whatsthis text doesn't work,
        # but I guess that is an independent issue, related to lack
        # of use of class QToolBar_WikiHelp or similar code, for GLPane
        # or this class or the main window class.
        from foundation.whatsthis_utilities import fix_whatsthis_text_and_links
        fix_whatsthis_text_and_links(self.glpane) # doesn't yet work
        
        self.pwProjectTabWidget.KLUGE_setGLPane(self.glpane)
            # help fix bug 2522 [bruce 070829]
        qt4warnDestruction(self.glpane, 'GLPane of PartWindow')
        pwSplitter.addWidget(self.glpane)

        # ##################################################################
        # <pwBottomArea> is a container at the bottom of the part window
        # spanning its entire width. It is intended to be used as an extra
        # area for use by Property Managers (or anything else) that needs
        # a landscape oriented layout.
        # An example is the Sequence Editor, which is part of the
        # Strand Properties PM.
        self.pwBottomArea = QFrame()
            # IMHO, self is not a good parent. Mark 2008-01-04.
        pwBottomArea = self.pwBottomArea
        pwBottomArea.setObjectName("pwBottomArea")
        pwBottomArea.setMaximumHeight(50)

        # Add a frame border to see what it looks like.
        pwBottomArea.setFrameStyle( QFrame.Panel | QFrame.Sunken )

        self.pwVBoxLayout.addWidget(pwBottomArea)

        # Hide the bottom frame for now. Later this might be used for the
        # sequence editor.
        pwBottomArea.hide()
        
        #This widget implementation is subject to heavy revision. The purpose
        #is to implement a NFR that Mark urgently needs : The NFR is: Need a 
        #way to quickly find a node in the MT by entering its name.
        #-- Ninad 2008-11-06
        self.pwSpecialDockWidgetInLeftChannel = SelectNodeByNameDockWidget(self.glpane.win)
        leftChannelVBoxLayout.addWidget(self.pwSpecialDockWidgetInLeftChannel)
                
        # See the resizeEvent() docstring for more information about
        # resizeTimer.
        self.resizeTimer = QTimer(self)
        self.resizeTimer.setSingleShot(True)
        return