So the hint works - or does it not? Dear denizen2, we need to take a look at this directly.
Alex, doesn't my post make it clear enough
![Razz :P](./images/smilies/icon_razz.gif)
. It does NOT work properly, or at least not as 'expected'. After much testing we both have confirmed so far that the hint function is 'sensitive' to the *exact* location of the mouse relative to any 'intended' chart-bar. What doesn't work is the fact that the 'bar-location-sensitivity' issue is TOO *sensitive*
![Surprised :o](./images/smilies/icon_surprised.gif)
. That is how I see it. In particular, when the bars are VERY close together, the 'precision' of locating *any* bar is such that it is almost impossible to 'hit' any bar, maybe because they are as small as only 0.5 pixels wide?
It seems to me that the program logic for identifying the 'bar' to use for the 'hint' needs some more work
![Shocked :shock:](./images/smilies/icon_eek.gif)
. The current program logic only makes sense when the bars are spaced way apart from each other. BUT when the bars are very close, then the bars occupy very small number of pixels, right? So what is the user to do, when he trying to locate a bar that is not even 5-10 pixels wide?
There needs to be some kind of interpolation BETWEEN the bars, as far as the program locating the 'closest bar' part of the process. That 'locating' process should not be just the user's responsibility.... since doing so (as currently designed) makes it almost impossible to 'hit' any bar (for the hint display).
I'm sorry if my 'tone' is getting to be a little too much like 'raze'
![Rolling Eyes :roll:](./images/smilies/icon_rolleyes.gif)
. I know you guys (and gals?) are doing a terrific job, and I love the software too, but I do see signs that there is some 'burn out' [understandable, after 3+ years of development]. I am a programmer with over 10 years of experience, (or I used to be, cause now I am 'retired') , but my forum-post during the debugging of betas is done with the best of intentions to help as much as possible, ... and without too much time-consuming efforts on either your part, or mine.
So that is why I suggest that the next step could be to confirm whether, or not, there are any provisions in the software design to accomodate very small (maybe even sub-pixel width) bar spacing in the process of 'locating' the bar intended by user to display a 'hint'. IF such program logic is intentionally designed for handling the 'very-small-bar-spacing' issue, then it *should be*, just as a part of any good 'design review' would have said, right? The data-hints display should work perfectly under *all* possible bar spacing, not just 'normal' bar spacing, right?