Hi Patrick seems more a question for the developer list where many UX involved people can give you opinions.
Luigi Pirelli ************************************************************************************************** * LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/luigipirelli * Stackexchange: http://gis.stackexchange.com/users/19667/luigi-pirelli * GitHub: https://github.com/luipir * Book: Mastering QGIS3 - 3rd Edition <https://www.packtpub.com/eu/application-development/mastering-geospatial-development-qgis-3x-third-edition> * Hire a team: http://www.qcooperative.net ************************************************************************************************** On Tue, 29 Jun 2021 at 05:48, Patrick Dunford <[email protected]> wrote: > Just have a question here about the use of separate application windows > for the Qgis application main window and the Layout window. Obviously > the separate layout windows can be multiple in number whereas most of > the time we only need one application main window open. > > However for me there is the question of having different toolbars and > panels available in the two different types of window. Whilst they do > fulfill different functions of the application, the crossover between > those functions that is easy to achieve when running a script somewhat > blurs the merits of separate windows and raises the question of why > panels and toolbars can only be used in one or the other windows but not > both. > > In other words should you have the two distinct types of window or one > window that can have a combination of panels and toolbars from anywhere. > Granted that that would be a challenge if implemented to its fullest > extent since most of the panels and toolbars are specific to each window > type and the canvas would have to become some sort of panel as well. > > My view on this is mostly driven by the apparently reasonable conclusion > that the Python scripting console panel should not be limited to only > being able to be docked to the application main window instead of the > layout window as is currently the case. I have a script that performs a > layout export to image and I have to keep switching backwards and > forwards between the main window and the layout window to run the > script, which can be for hundreds of export operations in a day. The > script itself reduces the number of mouse clicks needed to run each of > the individual exports by automatically selecting the layers to make up > an export in the main window. > > _______________________________________________ > Qgis-user mailing list > [email protected] > List info: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user > Unsubscribe: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user >
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