Hi, For me it would be a +1 to change to the common behavior of graphics and DTP software. This is what I already stated in the discussion back then.
I understand that you, Nyall, are trying to make QGIS behave more like conventions used in Graphics/DTP software (e.g. shortcuts, selection, navigation, etc.) - so this should be part of the effort I think. Thanks for dealing with this, Andreas Am 23.01.2014 02:30, schrieb Nyall Dawson: > Following on from a discussion in March last year > (http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/qgis-developer/2013-March/025064.html), > I'd like to re-raise the idea of swapping the behavior of composer > guides lines from the current approach (clicking and dragging on the > horizontal ruler to create a vertical guide) to the opposite approach > (clicking and dragging down the horizontal ruler to create a > horizontal guide). > > My rationale is: > > - The rulers have changed appearance in 2.2, so this is a good time to > change this behavior if we do decide to do so. It's better to address > this now while things already look different to users then in a future > release. > > - The alternative behavior is much more standard. A quick test shows > me that Illustrator, Inkscape, Publisher, Scribus, Gimp, Photoshop and > Indesign all use the drag a horizontal ruler to create a horizontal > guide approach. These are all industry-standard applications, and ones > which many cartographers/GIS users would be familiar with. > > What's everyone's thoughts regarding this? > > Nyall > _______________________________________________ > Qgis-developer mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer > _______________________________________________ Qgis-developer mailing list [email protected] http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer
