hmm, not a bad idea, but it is actually very easy to do that using standard QGIS methods (you can see how simple the fix i made is). The advantage of vector.features is that it honors the option setting, without the developer having to take care of that.
Cheers 2017-01-19 10:43 GMT+01:00 Bernhard Ströbl <[email protected]>: > Hi Victor, > > what do you think about enhancing processing's vector.features with an > additional optional flag that returns the selection no matter if the option > is set or not? > > Bernhard > > > Am 19.01.2017 um 10:35 schrieb Victor Olaya: >> >> Good catch >> >> I fixed it and now it uses the selected features, regardless of the >> config parameter. The change is in 2.18 and master branches >> >> Thanks! >> >> 2017-01-18 10:44 GMT+01:00 Bernhard Ströbl <[email protected]>: >>> >>> Hi all, >>> processing sports the "Save selected features" algorithm. However if in >>> processing's options you untick "Use only selected features" the >>> algorithm >>> outputs _all_ features of the input layer. Although I know that >>> processing >>> works only on selections when the option is ticked IMHO the current >>> behaviour is not intuitive: if an algorithm in its name (and help) claims >>> to >>> do something with the selected features it should do that _all the time_. >>> Opinions? >>> >>> Background: I opened a PR [1] yesterday for an algorithm that works on >>> selected features all the time (won't make sense otherwise) and would >>> like >>> processing to be consistent in that respect. >>> >>> regards >>> >>> Bernhard >>> >>> [1] https://github.com/qgis/QGIS/pull/4011 >>> >>> >>> __________ Information from ESET Mail Security, version of virus >>> signature >>> database 14787 (20170118) __________ >>> >>> The message was checked by ESET Mail Security. >>> http://www.eset.com >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Qgis-developer mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> List info: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer >>> Unsubscribe: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer >> >> >> >> __________ Information from ESET Mail Security, version of virus signature >> database 14793 (20170119) __________ >> >> The message was checked by ESET Mail Security. >> http://www.eset.com >> >> > > > > __________ Information from ESET Mail Security, version of virus signature > database 14793 (20170119) __________ > > > The message was checked by ESET Mail Security. > http://www.eset.com > > _______________________________________________ Qgis-developer mailing list [email protected] List info: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer Unsubscribe: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer
