the same actually happens in Image Layer Mgr. i agree, we should

- remove "Add image layer" from File menu, Open holds all important 
possibilities
- replace all other occurences of "Add Image..." with Open File dialog, limited 
to ReferencedRaster loaders

..ede

On 04.09.2013 11:22, Giuseppe Aruta wrote:
> Hi all
> I tried today to load an image using File>Add Image Layer (OJ NB 3701 with 
> Ubuntu 64bit). And I had this window:
> 
> Immagine in linea 1
> 
> As we can see, the window exceeds the screen as the number of file types is 
> long.
> I just moved the window from right to left, and realized that it exceed of 
> almost 2,5 times the screen of my 15 laptop
> 
> Immagine in linea 2
> 
> If I reduce the size to fit the screen, the arrow at the right side of "File 
> of Type" option disappears but the combo box still works
> 
> Immagine in linea 3
> 
> The regular File>Open plugin doesn't have this screen problem.
> 
> 
> This "bug" makes me to go back to an old discussion.
> OpenJUMP has different "open" options,
> a) Toolbar>File: Open File, Add Image Layer and Open Project which basically 
> duplicate "Open" main menu
> b) Category menu: Load Datasets and Add Datastore Layer which duplicate 
> "Open" main menu
> 
> My questions are basically two:
> 1) either we get rid of all duplicates that makes menu more easy to 
> understand (as a previous proposal to save only "Open" and "Open Project" 
> menu. We save also the problem to test and check other "open" plugins if 
> there are "bugs2 whenever we change something: for instance another behavior 
> I found is that "Open" file plugins recognize OSM option while "Add datastore 
> layer" doesn't
> 2) or, if we want to save all options, to harmonize the names a) "Add Image 
> Layer" ->"Open Image Layer" b) "Load datasets" -> "Open Vector Layer" (as I 
> can see this old jump plugin doesn't show some more recent data plugins like 
> OSM) ans "Add datastore layer" might be "Open Datastore layer". Apart form 
> bugs.
> 
> Best regards and thank for the job (especially Ede who did the best in these 
> days)
> 
> Peppe
> 
> 
>  
> 
> 
> 
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