Derek,
Thanks for the opportunity to provide input. I agree with others that
copy/paste should not zoom or pan, just a simple copy and paste with no
other actions. I would like a toggle of some sort (a one key command like
"s" for snap would be great) for the find selection operation that would
turn the zoom option off or on (may I suggest "z" for zoom?). A registry
edit to take care of the zoom problem now would be a fine intermediate
solution. The way copy/paste operates now has a definite adverse effect on
cartographic productivity.
Thanks
Mark Dvorscak
GIS Specialist
Lone Rock Timber Management Co.
Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2006 17:04:16 -0400
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Subject: Re: [MI-L] SUMMARY: MI 8.5 Copy/Paste issue
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As many of you have discovered, there is a change in the way Find
Selection is done in MI Pro 8.5. Some of you have also discovered that
Copy/Paste has done a Find Selection for many versions, and this
functionality has picked up the change made to Find Selection.
The change itself relates to how we treated single objects. In the case
of single object selections and Find Selection, previous to MI Pro 8.5, we
performed a pan operation but not a zoom. It is unclear why it had been
done this way. One thing we do know is that there is no spatial reference
to provide a zoom for a single point object. The fact that find selection
did not work for single objects became a bug in MI Pro 8.5, and was
"fixed". Instead of the single object check, now there is a check to see
if the MBR of the selection is not empty. So, we will pan for point
objects or certain other cases, such as a selection containing multiple
coincident points. For all other cases, we will pan and zoom. I think
this fix is valid, since it makes the Find Selection command more
consistent.
But, we understand your pain and we would like to do something to address
this issue. What we are leaning towards is a preference, or perhaps a few
preferences. Concerning how this would look, we would like your feedback.
Here are some options, but please feel free to provide others:
Should we provide a preference to not perform a Find Selection during the
copy/paste operation?
Should we provide a preference to not perform a Zoom, but still perform
the Pan operation of the Find Selection during the copy/paste operation?
Should we provide separate preferences for Zoom and Pan (although we would
not do a Zoom without doing a Pan) for copy/paste? This would provide more
complete control, but also increases the complexity of the preferences
dialog and the accompanying documentation. While the added control may be
nice, if it isn't necessary is it just getting in the way, and not keeping
it simple?
Particularly if we have just a "don't zoom" preference, should Find
Selection obey this preference? Should Find Selection have its own
preference? Or should the Query > Find Selection always do a pan and zoom?
One other point. We have a policy in maintenance patch releases of not
doing any UI changes. This relates to localizing MI Pro for different
languages - basically, we don't localize maintenance releases. So, our
patches will upgrade any version of MI Pro, regardless of language. So,
we can't add preferences as such in a maintenance release. To get around
this obstacle and make it so you don't have to wait until the next full
release to get this addressed, we can get these new preferences out of the
registry. You add a new specific registry key, and we will treat it as a
preference. The actual UI will be changed during the next full release of
the product. We have used similar schemes in past development cycles.
Thanks for your input. To help generate discussion, you can reply to
MapInfo-L, as I will monitor the list.
Derek Snyder
MapInfo Corporation
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