Are you sure? It's never done that for me, it uses ogr to know what files it can open.
On Wed, 5 Jul 2017, 7:00 PM McDonaldR <[email protected]> wrote: > Smashing! > > > > ArcCatalog also collapses down all the constituent parts and shows one > file in the tree instead of all parts of the shapefile or tab file, for > example. However, it also only shows files it can open. The info button > in Browser lists all files in the folder regardless of whether QGIS can > open them or not. I guess we need to think about what the user wants to do > with the info they can see in the panel. > > > > Ross > > > > *From:* Nathan Woodrow [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* 05 July 2017 09:29 > *To:* McDonaldR; [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [QGIS-Developer] dataset icons in Browser tree > > > > Yep I'm down for that, would look pretty nice if we can I think. Bit like > what VS Code, pycharm etc do for different file types. > > Would be still handy to see if it's line, point, etc so just need to > consider that. > > > > On Wed, 5 Jul 2017, 6:26 PM McDonaldR <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi List, > > > > This might be on the hit list already. Is it possible to have different > icons for different file types within the QGIS Browser? I know the > standalone Browser is being discontinued but the panel will still be > available in the core QGIS. Different icons would be very useful. > > > > In the QGIS Browser (app and panel) file system based datasets are listed > in alphabetical order and each file has either a small raster icon if it is > an image format or a small polygon icon if it is not. For database layers > they have a small point, line or polygon icon. > > > > In my second choice GIS (well known!) there is also a browser-like > application but it shows the files and datasets with different icons > depending on file and data type. You can see the icons in the screenshots > on this page - > http://desktop.arcgis.com/en/arcmap/10.3/manage-data/using-arccatalog/a-quick-tour-of-arccatalog.htm > > > > Ross > > > > *Ross McDonald | *GIS Data Coordinator | Angus Council, People, IT | > Angus House, Orchardbank Business Park, Sylvie Way, Forfar DD8 1AT* | t: > 01307 476419* > > > > > > This message is strictly confidential. If you have received this in error, > please inform the sender and remove it from your system. If received in > error you may not copy, print, forward or use it or any attachment in any > way. This message is not capable of creating a legal contract or a binding > representation and does not represent the views of Angus Council. Emails > may be monitored for security and network management reasons. Messages > containing inappropriate content may be intercepted. Angus Council does not > accept any liability for any harm that may be caused to the recipient > system or data on it by this message or any attachment. > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > > > > This message is strictly confidential. If you have received this in error, > please inform the sender and remove it from your system. If received in > error you may not copy, print, forward or use it or any attachment in any > way. This message is not capable of creating a legal contract or a binding > representation and does not represent the views of Angus Council. Emails > may be monitored for security and network management reasons. Messages > containing inappropriate content may be intercepted. Angus Council does not > accept any liability for any harm that may be caused to the recipient > system or data on it by this message or any attachment. >
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