gazebosim/gz-gui

GUI camera doesn't keep manual orientation changes when in Follow entity mode

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#628 opened on Feb 1, 2024

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Description

Environment

  • OS Version: Ubuntu 22.04
  • Source or binary build? Garden, both source and binary.

Description

  • Expected behavior: Rotating camera in follow mode should change orientation of the tracking camera.
  • Actual behavior: The rotation changes but then returns to the original follow orientation.

Steps to reproduce

  1. Follow entity.
  2. Rotate or pan GUI camera view.
  3. Sit in despair as you watch the camera rotate back to its default, as you can't find a means to lock new camera orientation while following anywhere within the GUI.

Output

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Research direction
Investigate the camera follow mode implementation to understand why manual orientation changes are overridden. Look at the camera controller logic that resets orientation after a manual move.
Tech stack
cpp
Domain
frontenddesktop
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2
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