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[UX Issue] Is It Possible To Select Objects Below The Horizon? (Answer: No, Not When Using A Horizon Panorama)

Another (minor) bug report.

What I See: When I tap on a star/planet/etc in the main planetarium view that is below the horizon, nothing happens.

What I expected: When I tap on a star/planet/etc that is below the horizon, I expect it to be selected, just like with objects above that are above the horizon.

Version: SkyiSafari Pro 7.0.1 on an iPhone 12 Pro running iOS 15.1. A quick check shows that this is not new; it was happening in Sky Safari Pro 6 as well, and I just hadn't noticed.

Details/Notes: I am running in Portrait mode. Additionally, I have a custom panoramic image for my horizon, which has transparency set to 50% below the horizon. (Note: the horizon file I had been using, which I sent Keiron the other day as part of a different bug report, did not have this transparency, which is why I didn't notice this behavior in SkySafari 6).

Thank you, and as always, feel free to ping me for additional details!

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    Bill Tschumy

    It has been that way since the early days of SkySafari.  You can't select objects below the horizon when using a Panoramic Horizon.  In most cases you can't see them because the image is opaque so it doesn't matter.  Possibly SimCur could make a change to allow this if it can detect a translucent horizon image.

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    Jeff Reinecke

    Thanks for the info Bill,

    Another simpler way that SimCur could solve the issue would be to have a panorama associated toggle for allowing selection of objects below the horizon.

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