Agreed, thanks Nyall for raising this point. IMHO: * remove duplication, leaving it only under editing * disable it when the layer is not under editing. All the best.
Il 14/02/2018 04:57, Mathieu Pellerin ha scritto: > I share those concerns too. > > The integration with parts of QGIS is sub-optimal. For e.g., the added > (and always visible) menu bar in the attribute form. I'm not sure is > should be there at all, and if so, certainly not when the layer's edit > mode is OFF. > > IMHO, I'd disable/remove less-than-optimal UI integration (such as the > above mentioned example), leave the less intrusive ones in there (the > action tool's actions), and revisit the UI in the 3.2 dev cycle. > > Math > > > On Wed, Feb 14, 2018 at 10:34 AM, Nyall Dawson <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > Hi all, > > Just wanted to raise discussion about a concern I have with the new > "duplicate feature" / "duplicate feature and redigitize" actions which > have been added for 3.0. > > While I like the functionality, I believe we should re-think the UX of > how it is exposed in the QGIS interface. > > Currently, it's implemented as a "feature action", so appears in > numerous places throughout the QGIS UI, including: > - the actions drop down submenu on the toolbar > - within the right click menu for the "identify tool" > - under the "actions" heading in the identify results dock for a feature > - in a menu bar at the top of the form shown after adding a new feature > - as an entry within the right click menu in the attribute table > > So my initial concern is that exposing it in all these places is > overkill and far too prominent for this operation. But my deeper > concern is that these actions skip the edit buffer and directly alter > layers in place, even when those layers are not made editable > (https://issues.qgis.org/issues/17852 > <https://issues.qgis.org/issues/17852>). So now we've got a menu item > exposed in all these places which causes permanent changes to a layer, > including in places which are not associated with editing at all (e.g. > the identify tool right click menu). > > I'm also unsure what the actions would do in some contexts - e.g. if I > create a new feature and then select "duplicate feature" in the popup > form *before* this feature has even be finalized, what does it mean? > > I'd very much like to see this re-thought before our final release, > and exposed in a more standard way via the advanced digitizing > toolbar. > > Thoughts? > > Nyall > _______________________________________________ > QGIS-Developer mailing list > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > List info: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer > <https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer> > Unsubscribe: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer > <https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer> > > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > -- Paolo Cavallini - www.faunalia.eu QGIS & PostGIS courses: http://www.faunalia.eu/training.html https://www.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&geo=IT&q=qgis,arcgis _______________________________________________ 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
