Hi! A copy/paste extents feature would also be very useful when working with a lot of similar maps (that would fit very well in a contextual menu and reasonably well next to the «set extent» button)
Olivier On Feb 28, 2013 5:33 PM, "Andreas Neumann" <[email protected]> wrote: > +1 for such a shortcut in the toolbar (with a drop-down menu if there are > several maps?) or with a right-click context menu. > > I also find the current way of setting the extent quite complicated. > > Andreas > > On Thu, 28 Feb 2013 08:17:06 -0800 (PST), Régis Haubourg wrote: > >> Hi All, >> before creating a ticket, I would like to discuss a small new feature with >> you. >> >> Setting a map extent to current MapCanvas extent is not quite simple for >> users that want to open a map composer, rezoom it and print. The question >> is >> frequently asked to me. >> User has to select the map with the select tool first, then find the item >> properties tab, then scroll to find the right button in the extent >> collapsible group. >> >> I'm wondering how we could have some kind of shortcut to 'Set to map >> canvas >> extent' somewhere. >> Could we imagine button in the toolbar next to select and navigate tool, >> greyed out if no map object is selected? Any objection to that? >> >> I was also thinking of starting to enable right clic contextual menu on >> objects, but that would need to some more options. >> régis >> >> >> >> >> -- >> View this message in context: >> >> http://osgeo-org.1560.n6.**nabble.com/Print-composer-** >> feature-request-tp5037542.html<http://osgeo-org.1560.n6.nabble.com/Print-composer-feature-request-tp5037542.html> >> Sent from the Quantum GIS - Developer mailing list archive at Nabble.com. >> ______________________________**_________________ >> Qgis-developer mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.osgeo.org/**mailman/listinfo/qgis-**developer<http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer> >> > > -- > -- > Andreas Neumann > Böschacherstrasse 10A > 8624 Grüt (Gossau ZH) > Switzerland > ______________________________**_________________ > Qgis-developer mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.osgeo.org/**mailman/listinfo/qgis-**developer<http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer> >
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