On 18.10.2011 00:31, Stefan Steiniger wrote: > well.. in terms of priority. > > I installed a new MacOSX over the weekend and the "Style" dialog bug is > gone now. However, one can still not save Datasets with "Save Dataset > As..." without overwriting an existing file - since no new name can be > written. > ..sadly...
i will take care of that some time soon... however i strongly feel if we tackle this we should streamline the open/save dialogs into one version, meaning: - merge load dataset into OpenFileWizard - rework save Dataset to reuse OpenFileWizards FileChooserPanel or better setup a SaveFileWizard? ..ede > > stefan > > On 17/10/2011 2:46 PM, Michaël Michaud wrote: >> Hi Ede, >> >> There are several strata of development : >> >> - The original open/save dialog from vivid with a clear separation >> between format and extension, as explained by Martin. >> - The addition of several datasource access plugins (wms, databases, >> images...) >> - The new Open Datasource framework which tried to uniformise datasource >> access >> >> I think that it has been a user choice to keep the old open file dialog >> somewhere (actually, category right-click context menu) >> And maybe a design choice (or limitation) to rework the open dialog, and >> not the save dialog. >> >> Would probably worth merging some parts at some point. I would not put >> high priority on this task, but if you have a clear idea about where to >> go to simplify without loosing capability. >> >> Michaël >> >> Le 17/10/2011 20:26, edgar.sol...@web.de a écrit : >>> why do we have several file dialogues anyway? >>> >>> shouldn't we strive to merge them into one only? >>> >>> ..ede >>> >>> >>> On 15.10.2011 21:15, Sunburned Surveyor wrote: >>>> The last suggestion by Martin Davis makes sense to me. >>>> >>>> Landon >>>> >>>> On Fri, Oct 14, 2011 at 8:39 PM, Martin Davis<mtncl...@telus.net> wrote: >>>>> So is the behaviour: >>>>> >>>>> - if Filter By Extension is unchecked, then the user can select any file >>>>> and any format >>>>> - if Filter By Extension is checked, then the user selects a file and >>>>> the format is determined from the extension >>>>> >>>>> ? >>>>> >>>>> Would an even simpler alternative be to determine the format from the >>>>> extension, where this is unabiguous, and if it is ambiguous or >>>>> undetermined then let the user choose the desired format? >>>>> >>>>> So examples are: >>>>> - if a .SHP file is chosen, the format is set to Shapefile automatically. >>>>> - if a .ZIP or .XML file is chosen, the user must choose the appropriate >>>>> format >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> So there is only one dropdown for Format, and then the checkbox >>>>> >>>>> On 10/14/2011 12:59 AM, edgar.sol...@web.de wrote: >>>>>>> On 10/13/2011 2:24 AM, edgar.sol...@web.de wrote: >>>>>>>> On 13.10.2011 01:02, Martin Davis wrote: >>>>>>>>> One reason for having the double choice of both format and file name >>>>>>>>> is >>>>>>>>> that there are formats (such as GML) which don't have a standard file >>>>>>>>> extension that can be used to drive the choice of format. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Also, in JUMP originally we supported a zipped shapefile concept. It >>>>>>>>> had the extension .zip, but was read by the Shapefile driver. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> One thing that could be do would be to use the file extension to drive >>>>>>>>> the initial format setting, but allow it to be overridden for files >>>>>>>>> with >>>>>>>>> non-specific extensions. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> How about a checkbox 'filter by extension', which can be disabled >>>>>>>> allowing to select any file with any selection in the format dropdown? >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> Ok, but I'm not sure how this solves the problem of determining the >>>>>>> format of a file with an unknown extension? >>>>>>> >>>>>> there is no determination. but, it allows users to assign a format of >>>>>> their choice to a file of their choice and try to open it. >>>>>> >>>>>> seen? ede >>>>>> >>>>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>>>>> All the data continuously generated in your IT infrastructure contains a >>>>>> definitive record of customers, application performance, security >>>>>> threats, fraudulent activity and more. 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