On Fri, Oct 11, 2013 at 09:13:03AM +0000, Duarte Carreira wrote: > The group checkbox, imho, should *not always* switch children on/off. You > should have a modifier to get this as a secondary behavior, like pressing the > ctrl key when (un)checking the group checkbox. The primary behavior of the > group switch should be to make the children invisible or visible, regardless > of the children's visibility being on or off. > > In the primary behavior when the parent is turned OFF, the children are not > drawn but retain their checked or uncheck status. > If you use the secondary behavior then unchecking the parent will uncheck the > children. Same would apply when checking the parent on.
Agreed, sounds like a sensible behavior to me. --strk; > De: aperi2007 [mailto:[email protected]] > Enviada: quinta-feira, 10 de Outubro de 2013 12:59 > Para: [email protected] > Assunto: Re: [Qgis-developer] Reliable way to determine a groupIndex in the > legend tree > > I guess instead that much better should be a group checkbox that > enable/disable the under childs layer. > > This allow OFF the actual configuration or ON that same configuration. > Actually the group checkbox when checked put ON all the layer. > This often is mean too much information . > > Instead the mutual exclusive need to choose only one. > And in that case disable and ri-enable will reput the same original clayer. > > Andrea. > > > On 10/10/2013 10:08, Vincent Schut wrote: > On 10/09/2013 11:41 PM, Nyall Dawson wrote: > > > > Personally, I am also interested in enhancing group options in the layer > tree. Groups are not just stupid containers with only toggling of > visibility. They could also have a group opacity and blending and group > metadata. Later on we may also have clipping and masking on groups. So > we really should have an extensible mechanism for groups as new group > features appear. > > One thing I'd love to see is the ability to make the layers in a group > "mutually exclusive". (ie, imagine radio buttons instead of checkboxes for > controlling the visibility of layers within that group). I find I'm often > going through a process of switching one layer on, then switching a bunch of > other layers off for comparison purposes. A mutually exclusive layer group > which automatically switched the other child layers off when I select a layer > would make this process much nicer! > > +1 for this feature from a frequent user! > > Best, > Vincent. > > > Nyall > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Qgis-developer mailing list > > [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> > > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Qgis-developer mailing list > > [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> > > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer > > _______________________________________________ > Qgis-developer mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer -- http://www.cartodb.com - Map, analyze and build applications with your data ~~ http://strk.keybit.net _______________________________________________ Qgis-developer mailing list [email protected] http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer
