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    * <font color="#CC8800">What's this?</font> [9]
    * <font color="#CC8800">What's this?</font> [1]
    * <font color="#000000">Report Bug</font>
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    * <font color="#00AA00">About KStars</font>
    * <font color="#00AA00">About KStars</font>

    Revision as of 18:48, 6 January 2011

    List of expected behaviors for KStars 4.6.

    Please test these behaviors, and indicate whether it works correctly or not. Once a behavior has been tested, attach one of the following codes to the beginning of the line to indicate its status.

    • No symbol or Black: behavior not yet tested
    • * or Red: behavior causes KStars to crash
    • X or Orange: behavior is broken
    • B or Yellow: behavior sort-of works, or is buggy
    • U or Cyan: Usability issue
    • C or Green: behavior works correctly

    Mouse Navigation

    • Moving the mouse shows the current sky coordinates of the mouse in the statusbar.
    • Clicking the mouse identifies the nearest object in the statusbar; the object's "long name" is shown
    • Hovering the mouse attaches a temporary label to the nearest object.
    • Hover labels fade out when the mouse moves
    • Hover labels only appear when the map is not in motion
    • Double-clicking attaches a label to the nearest object, centers it in the display, and engages tracking.
    • The double-click label is removed when the object is no longer centered
    • Click-and-drag moves the map such that the cursor remains roughly in the same place in the sky.
    • Dragging the sky disengages tracking
    • Dragging the sky to one of the poles does not cause odd behavior
    • Click-and-drag with Ctrl pressed draws a rectangle in the map that defines a new area to be displayed when the mouse button is released
    • Click-and-drag with the middle mouse button zooms in and out according to the vertical motion of the mouse
    • Scrolling the mouse wheel zooms in and out.
    • Scrolling the mouse wheel while holding down Shift / Ctrl decreases the amount of zooming in / out.
    • Right-click opens a context-sensitive popup menu for the object nearest the mouse cursor.

    Keyboard commands

    • Arrow keys: scroll the display. Holding Shift increases the speed
    • [0-9] center on a major solar system body (0 is the sun, 3 is the moon; the rest are planets in order from Mercury to Pluto)
    • [<,>] Advance clock forward/backward by one time step (clock will be paused if it isn't already)

    Object Actions:

    • C: Track object
    • D: Open the Details window
    • L: Attach/Remove the label
    • O: Add object to Observing List
    • T: Attach/remove trail (solar system only)
    • Pressing Shift targets action on the focused object, rather than the clicked object

    Menu functions and keyboard shortcuts

    If a menu action opens a window, the window's behavior is listed elsewhere. Just check to see if it opens here.

    File Menu

    • Download new data [Ctrl+D]
    • Save Sky image [Ctrl+I]
    • Run script [Ctrl+R]
    • Print [Ctrl+P] (print dialog opens)
    • Quit [Ctrl+Q]

    Time Menu

    • Set time to now [Ctrl+E]
    • Set time [Ctrl+S]
    • Start/Stop clock

    Pointing Menu

    • Zenith [Z]
    • North [N]
    • East [E]
    • South [S]
    • West [W]
    • Set focus manually [Ctrl+M]
    • Find object [Ctrl+F]
    • Engage/Stop tracking [Ctrl+T]

    View Menu

    • Zoom in [Ctrl++]
    • Zoom out [Ctrl+-]
    • ZPressing Ctrl+- or Ctrl++ while holding down Shift / Ctrl decreases the amount of zooming in / out.
    • Default zoom [Ctrl+Z]
    • Zoom to angular size [Ctrl+Shift+Z]
    • Full-screen mode [Ctrl+Shift+F]
    • Horizontal/Equatorial Coordinates [Space]
    • Projections sub-menu (test switching only here)

    Devices Menu

    [NOTE: These features require that KStars be compiled with INDI support]

    Telescope wizard
    • Help button displays KStars hand book.
    • Next/Back buttons work.
    • Listed telescopes reflect system + user added telescopes.
    • Setting Time and Location open the appropriate dialog boxes and perform the correct time or location updates.
    • Setting port name initiate a scan for that specific port, whereas leaving the port empty initiates a complete auto port scan. Both actions can be canceled at any time.
    • Automatic port scan.
    Telescope properties
    • Telescope list reflect system & user added telescope.
    • Selecting a telescope update all property fields.
    • Removing a telescope shows a confirmation box.
    • Saving updated properties works.
    Device manager
    INDI Control panel
    Capture image sequence
    • Capture image sequence is automatically enabled when a new capturing device is connected via INDI.
    • Prefix, count, and ISO time stamp is incorporated into the filename when selected.
    • Filter selection.
    Configure INDI

    Tools Menu (test opening tools only here)

    • Calculator [Ctrl+C]
    • Observing List [Ctrl+L]
    • AAVSO Light Curves [Ctrl+V]
    • Altitude vs. Time [Ctrl+A]
    • What's Up Tonight [Ctrl+U]
    • Glossary [Ctrl+K] <<disabled>>
    • Script Builder [Ctrl+B]
    • Solar System [Ctrl+Y]
    • Jupiter's Moons [Ctrl+J]

    Settings Menu

    • Infoboxes Display toggles
    • Toolbar display toggles
    • Toolbar customization
    • Statusbar display toggles
    • Color scheme toggles
    • Field-of-view (FOV) Symbol selector
    • FOV Editor
    • Geographic Location [Ctrl+G]
    • Configure KStars
    • Startup Wizard

    Help Menu

    • KStars Handbook [F1]
    • What's this? [1]
    • Report Bug
    • About KStars
    • About KDE

    Toolbars

    Main toolbar

    • Zoom in/out
    • Find object...
    • Stop/Start clock
    • Timestep widget

    View toolbar

    • Show stars
    • Show deep-sky
    • Show solar system
    • Show constellation lines
    • Show constellation names
    • Show constellation boundaries
    • Show Milky Way
    • Show coordinate grid
    • Show opaque ground

    Centering and tracking

    • Center+Track on object (double-click, popup menu, click then press "C")
    • Center+Track on empty sky (double-click, popup menu)
    • If requested position moves display below horizon, confirm dialog is shown
    • If startup position is below horizon, recenter dialog is shown
    • Information in "Focus" InfoBox updates correctly when recentering

    Info boxes

    • Displayed with semi-transparent backgound
    • Highlight color on click
    • "Shade" on double-click
    • Move on drag
    • Collision avoidance works
    • "Stick" to screen edges
    • Remember position and shade-state on restart

    Color schemes

    • Show all available schemes, incl. predefined and custom
    • All color settings change upon selecting a new scheme
    • Color settings persistent on reload
    • Custom scheme appears in menu after creating in in the Configure dialog
    • Custom scheme is removed from menu if it is removed in the Configure dialog

    Dialogs

    Download new data

    • Dialog displays all available download items (Steinicke NGC catalog, Ephemerides, Messier catalog thumbnails, Thumbnails for details window, updated DST rules)
    • Each item gets downloaded and installed correctly

    FITS viewer

    • File open dialog displays only FITS files.
    • FITS image is opened and displayed properly.
    • Image coordinates, pixel value, image dimensions, and zoom value are displayed in status bar.
    • Undo/Redo work[3]
    • Zoom in/out, Default zoom
    • Statistics
    • FITS header
    • Closing without save issues a warning dialog[3]
    • Save and Save As work
    Histogram tool
    • Range of pixel values can be updated with edit boxes or by dragging the blue/red symbols: red symbol not draggable in initial position

    Save sky image

    • Saves image to file: Doesn't seem to save GIF
    • Image matches screen display (without FOV or infobox overlays)

    Run script

    • Executes the selected script.
    • Statusbar messages indicate script is running/finished.

    Print

    • Prints image of current skymap (without infoboxes or FOV symbols)
    • Ask to reset color scheme if background is not white
    • Color scheme is properly reset for printing, and reverted afterward

    Set time

    • Simulation clock is set to selected time
    • Selected date displayed properly in calendar widget
    • It is not possible to select an invalid date[14]

    Set focus manually

    • Setting RA/Dec coordinates works
    • Setting Az/Alt coordinates works

    Find object

    • Filter by name works
    • Filter by type works
    • Highlighted object is centered in map when user hits return or presses Ok
    • Dialog message when a match fails; window does not close
    • Up/Down arrow keys navigate the list of objects

    Zoom to angular size

    • Zoom is set to display the angle entered
    • Min/max values make sense

    FOV symbol editor

    • Selected symbol is shown in preview pane
    • Creating a new symbol works
    • Editing an existing symbol works
    • Removing a symbol works

    Geographic location

    Startup Wizard

    • Set Geographic location works
    • Download Extra Data works

    Object Details (from popup menu)

    Image viewer (from popup menu)

    • Selected image is shown; window is sized to fit image
    • Authorship and copyright in statusbar
    • Save button works

    Popup menu

    Tools

    Calculator

    Note: changes in the modules are not reflected until the widget loses input focus. This may not be ideal, but doing immediate updates doesn't work. Consider the JD module. Let's say I want to clear the current number and enter a new one. As soon as I delete the text, it would try to process the blank line as a date. Then if I typed a "2", it would try to use that. Basically, there needs to be a way to indicate that you are done editing.

    • Julian Day calculator works correctly, both ways.
    • Sidereal Time Calculator works correctly, both ways.
    • Information displayed in the Almanac seems correct.
    • Equinoxes and Solstices displayed are correct
    • Equatorial to Galactic Coords conversion works
    • Conversion from Equatorial to Horizontal coordinates is accurate[2]
    • Horizontal Coordinates UI
    • Ecliptic Coordinates tool UI
    • Data shown in the ecliptic coordinates tool seems accurate
    • Angular distance tool UI works as expected
    • Angular distances reported seem accurate
    • Geodetic coordinates UI works as expected
    • Data displayed by Geodetic coordinates tool seems correct
    • LSR Velocity tool UI works as expected
    • LSR Velocity tool seems to produce correct results
    • Planet Coordinates tool UI behaves as expected
    • Planet coordinates shown seem accurate
    • Conjunctions tool UI behaves as expected
    • Conjunctions tool reports all conjunctions correctly

    Observing List

    • Removing an object named "star"
    • Selecting by magnitude in wizard [count not updated properly]

    AAVSO light curves

    • Star name and designation lists are synchronized properly.
    • Downloading new list from AAVSO updates the stars lists.
    • Retrieve Curve buttons downloads and displays the light curve correctly.

    Altitude vs. time

    What's up tonight

    • Almanac data are correct
    • Displays objects that are visible on the given date, from the given location
    • Changing the Date works, and updates the list of objects and almanac
    • Changing the Location works, and updates the list of objects and almanac
    • Selecting Evening/Morning/All Night works, and updates the list of objects
    • Selected object is displayed in right panel correctly
    • The Rise/Set/Transit data are correct
    • Center Object button works
    • Details button works

    Script builder

    Solar system

    Jupiter's moons

    Details window

    • Displays object information
    • Testing Resource links works
    • Editing Resource links works
    • Removing resource links works
    • Interacting with online databases works

    Thumbnail Picker

    • Displays list of images found via Google image search
    • Selecting an image from the list displays it in the viewer
    • Editing the image works
    • Closing the window places the selected image in the Details window
    • KIO jobs are terminated in the console after quitting KStars

    INDI

    Configuration window

    Sky Projections

    • Lambert Azimuthal Equal Area
    • Azimuthal Equidistant
    • Orthographic
    • Equirectangular [mouse nav broken; arrow keys work]
    • Streographic
    • Gnomonic [cpu 100% at low zoom, eventually crashes]



    Discovered issues:

    Use this section to add issues discovered while testing the program that are not listed above.

    • KStars doesn't know my city's coordinates, while Marble does. Could not they share the a common datasheet with cities' positions?

    A: Will bring in Marble Widget eventually



    Footnotes

    Add footnotes describing issues noted in the main list here.


    [2]: Tracking at high zoom sometimes "shakes" the display periodically. This has nothing to do with atmospheric refraction.

    [3]: FIXED [897451]The clock is paused if it is running, but the icon in the toolbar doesn't change state

    [9]: A lot of widgets have undefined what's this help.

    [14]: It is possible to set type invalid date and press OK, but this will not change the time and date.