Re: [Qgis-developer] Proposal: move the Remove layer(s) button

2014-09-06 Thread aperi2007
Hi, I guess in a GIS oriented product Is necessary to avoid to mix the interface characteristics (the group is an interface object) and the data characteristics (the shapefile is not an interface object). I guess more beter if add/remove dataset is separated phisically from add/remove a

Re: [Qgis-developer] Proposal: move the Remove layer(s) button

2014-09-06 Thread Mathieu Pellerin
I don't think you should comparing adding group/dataset against deleting a group/dataset legend layer. The latter is already unified via either a single keyboard shortcut and a single mouse right-click - remove action. On 6 Sep 2014 13:04, aperi2007 aperi2...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, I guess in a

Re: [Qgis-developer] Proposal: move the Remove layer(s) button

2014-09-06 Thread Mathieu Pellerin
* note: there is no keyboard shortcut to delete a group, doh. :) On Sat, Sep 6, 2014 at 1:12 PM, Mathieu Pellerin nirvn.a...@gmail.com wrote: I don't think you should comparing adding group/dataset against deleting a group/dataset legend layer. The latter is already unified via either a

Re: [Qgis-developer] Proposal: move the Remove layer(s) button

2014-09-06 Thread aperi2007
I know this, but my response is enlarged to a more conceptual problem. How avoid that an user could be confusing from when it act on a logical level of interface, and when it act on a physical data. I understand that removing mean always remove and so 1 only button is better than two. But

Re: [Qgis-developer] Proposal: move the Remove layer(s) button

2014-09-06 Thread Anita Graser
On Sat, Sep 6, 2014 at 7:10 AM, Mathieu Pellerin nirvn.a...@gmail.com wrote: For a very long time, QGIS' Layers toolbar has featured a Remove layer(s) button. Any objection to moving the button to the new layers toolbar? Hi Mathieu, I like the idea of moving the button. Personally, I've never

[Qgis-developer] Proposal: move the Remove layer(s) button

2014-09-05 Thread Mathieu Pellerin
Greetings, I'd like to circulate a UX proposal and see how people react. For a very long time, QGIS' Layers toolbar has featured a Remove layer(s) button. I have seen two issues with the button: - Its placement becomes really odd when plugins add button(s) to the Layers toolbar (for e.g. the New