I agree. It would be nice to have this in QGIS core. Andreas
On 2016-12-21 09:44, Richard Duivenvoorde wrote: > On 12/20/2016 09:43 PM, Larry Shaffer wrote: > >> 2016-12-20 18:23 GMT+01:00 Bo Victor Thomsen >> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>: >> >> Hi List-members - >> >> Is there in Qgis a function / button / menu-item / short-cut / >> plugin to make a simple bitmap copy of the current content of >> the map-canvas and save it to the clipboard ? My users need this >> to make a copy of the map and paste into MS-Word or other software. >> >> While not part of the QGIS app, one could use this PyQGIS snippet to do >> so (tested quickly on macOS 10.11.6 under QGIS 2.14) from the PyQGIS >> console: >> >> from PyQt4.QtGui import * >> QApplication.clipboard().setImage(QImage(QPixmap.grabWidget(iface.mapCanvas()))) >> >> This avoids having to re-render the QGraphicsView (QgsMapCanvas) to a >> paint device, like an image. Code can be wrapped in a plugin, then have >> some key bindings applied (would need some more PyQt). > > Tested here on Linux: working fine too!! > > I think this looks like a nice (easy?) feature request to make this core > functionality? > > - right-click menu on mapcanvas with: > - save Map to Clipboard > (- set size of MapCanvas to...) I know this is also often needed... > > - one or two buttons to do this? > > While a plugin works for older versions, I think it should not be needed for > a teacher/user to hear: install QGIS and add the following plugins.... (while > that is actually what I often have to say....) > > I think I could even try to do this :-) > > Regards, > > Richard Duivenvoorde > > _______________________________________________ > Qgis-user mailing list > [email protected] > List info: http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user > Unsubscribe: http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user
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