Issues with the SIL window and turning off Apply subset selections to all plots

[biagas]

Describe the bug

I opened multipart_multi_ucd3d.silo, though I don't think it matters as long as the file has multiple blocks.

I turned off Apply subset selections to all plots
I modified the SIL to turn off all domains but 1 as shown below

I added a new Mesh plot, and it had the same SIL selection as the previous.

Not only that, but if I delete the plots and add a new one, it still has the SIL selection set.

Desktop

• OS and version: Windows, Linux
• VisIt Version: tested these versions: 3.4.1, 3.4.2, develop

[markcmiller86]

I think adding and deleting plots is perhaps a different situation than what the Apply subset selections to all plots actually means. We have logic to SetFromCompatibleSIL so that different plot's SIL selections start the in same configuration as they were in a previous state.

But, with Apply subset selections to all plots set, I don't think you can change the SIL for just one plot. It will change for all plots. Whereas, if that is not set, you can vary the SIL for each plot independently. So, the difference has to do with the logic of deciding what the initial SIL configuration is when a new plot is added.

Now, maybe it makes sense that when Apply subset selections to all plots is not set, we do not use SetFromCompatible when adding a new plot and instead set the default SIL (which is typically everything selected).

[biagas]

Now, maybe it makes sense that when Apply subset selections to all plots is not set, we do not use SetFromCompatible when adding a new plot and instead set the default SIL (which is typically everything selected).

this is what I was expecting, but I am a developer not a power user, so I don't know that users expect.

[JustinPrivitera]

I concur; I think it makes the most sense for you to start with a fresh SIL when making a new plot when Apply subset selections to all plots is not set.