Selection of models from URL is discarded as soon as you start interacting with the map

[bouweandela]

Issue reported by @aspinuso: I noticed that the user’s choice for the models is discarded as soon as you start interacting with the map. Not sure whether this can ben improved. Only by refreshing the page the list of models are read from the query string and they show up again.

[bouweandela]

@Peter9192 Do you think it would be easy to improve this?

[Peter9192]

I think this is intended behavior, no? The query sets the original selection, then you can play. There's no point in keeping the original selection.

It would be more intuitive to first explore this graph and only then take the result back to the C4I portal, but this is what we agreed upon...

[aspinuso]

yes, we agreed that you can play and see the performance of the other models. But I guess what I mean, is that you miss immediately the focus on what you have just decided to compare. Interactively, it just felt weird to me to loose that state.

[Peter9192]

So you'd prefer to keep to dataset listing at the bottom fixed. And then what about the selection? Fix the initial selection and limit further interaction to hovering?

[aspinuso]

Hi, I would keep the datasets listing at bottom and the related markers on the plot highlighted (with the contour already used), while zooming and hoovering, no particular limitation then. So users can evaluate the alternatives in respect to what they had initially selected. So I would not limit any other interaction, just keep the initial state consistent. Then they can go back to the portal and change or add more models. I think this would keep the two systems/pages consistent at this stage.