Hi all So what about grouping the tools to different toolbars by functionality and hide all the editing toolbars by default? A possible classification would be:
vertex manipulation tools (add/move/delete vertex, noding tool) feature manipulation tools (simplify, add/delete ring, add/delete island, move feature, split feature, merge features) feature creation/deletion (add feature, delete feature, cut, copy, paste) general(undo, redo) Like this we have a clean UI by default and possibility to selectively hide/show toolbars if needed (and no dropdown buttons). Maybe there are other classifications that would make sense. Let me know what you think. Regards, Marco -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: [email protected] im Auftrag von Werner Macho Gesendet: Do 18.06.2009 09:54 An: qgis-user Betreff: Re: AW: AW: [Qgis-user] Undo and redo editing Hi! To be honest I like the view of QGIS being a simple tool for simple tasks. But nevertheless sometimes I have to use a bit more complicated tools to reach my goal. I see how fast QGIS develops now and I'm curious what the future will bring. Stick with the roots is ok - but never forget that anything is evolving and so does QGIS. I personally like to see QGIS able to view 3D Data and not only stuck to 2D. Maybe thats a high goal to set but - we all have dreams ;) So for the question of advanced or not advanced .. what about enabling advanced options with a klickmark in the options dialog? To have default QGIS just with easy to use options and show a new "advanced" menu (like ftools menu) when advanced features are wanted.. That would be my kind of solution. regards Werner Düster Horst schrieb: > Tim > > >> Its great that we are adding advanced features but we >> should remember our 'roots' in being an easy to learn, easy to use GIS. >> Part of that is achieved through keeping UI complexity to a minimum. >> > > You are right when you say what our roots have been. But with the time the > amount of new features grows rapidly. QGIS is matured to a Desktop-GIS system > with a wide spread of potential users, with the claim from very easy to use > up to advanced user. I believe that we can satify both user groups. Disable > digitizing - as an advanced feature - will make QGIS to an easy to use > Desktop-GIS. Yes in my opinion digitizing is an advanced feature at all. Thus > I think there are no conflicts between easy to use and pull down buttons or > short cuts etc. > > > Regards > Horst > > _______________________________________________ Qgis-user mailing list [email protected] http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user _______________________________________________ Qgis-user mailing list [email protected] http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user
