View.pick_helper dosen't work?

thomthom

When I try to use view.pick_helper in an onLButtonUp event it doesn't return any elements. It does return a PickHelper though which I can use to do a .do_pick(x,y) - but that doesn't allow me to set the radius.

def onLButtonUp(flags, x, y, view)
  ph = view.pick_helper(x, y, 20)
  puts ph.count # > 0
end

Why doesn't it pick anything?

Jim

I noticed that once too, but found a work-around. I don't know if it is bad documentation or a missing feature.

the test_point method allows an aperture (never tried it.) Also, maybe try passing an aperture to do_pick - I have never tried that either, but sometimes you find undocumented features.

Otherwise, I find pick_helper methods confusing and get them working through trial-and-error.

thomthom

I'll poke about some.
I guess this is one for the Typos and Questions thread - as well as the bug section. (Or has it been reported already?)