Instrument View does not remember its last settings.

[Alex Buts]

The instrument view always starts in 3D view and do not remember last state you was working with.

It is especially annoying if one wants to analyse range of files and uses instrument view for that on network connection which does not support opengl.

One has to:

1) open instrument view
2) change to (e.g.) Y-view
3) Open Render->display settings-> not use OpenGL

do the job. The same for each instrument view started.

The all instrument views following the first one has to start in the last used state achieved by the steps 1,2,3 --> not to repeat these steps each time for each instrument view.

[Nick Draper]

This is addressed using #6138 and #6161

[Alex Buts]

The openGL settings are moved into view->preferences->Mantid->options->Use OpenGl though Rendered->display settings -> use/not use OpenGL is still there and allows selecting/unselecting openGL.

Unfortunately, when first option works and remembers its state, the second works but returns to the settings, specified by the first option after the instrument view is closed.

Should be either:

1) Renderer does not allow specifying this option 2) Option in Renderer should remember its value.

It is rather usability option but important usability as users would not know about the first options and will use options in renderer complaining that it is not restores its settings.

[Stuart Campbell]

This ticket has been transferred to github issue ​6975