[Qgis-developer] New composer's title

[kimaidou]

Hi Larry

+1 for your proposal !


2014-01-26 Larry Shaffer <larrys at dakotacarto.com>

> Hi,
>
> So, to recap:
>
> +1 to remove the annoying, interrupting new name dialog,
> and +1 for moving its functionality to the top of the Composition Panel
>
> A non-editable field displaying the name and a simple edit button next to
> it that opens up the same rename dialog as is found in the Composer Manager
> would be all that is needed. I suggest the continued use of the rename
> dialog since it offers validation that the name is unique among existing
> composers names, and allows for quickly building a name off of an existing
> name.
>
> If this change (not really a feature) will be allowed for 2.2 release, I
> can commit the work today.
>
> Regards,
>
> Larry
>
>
> On Sat, Jan 25, 2014 at 4:13 PM, Larry Shaffer <larrys at dakotacarto.com>wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I specifically added that dialog, since so many times my composers
>> resulted in unrecognizable names. I believe without it many users will
>> suffer from this as well. However, I'm not necessarily keen on its
>> implementation, but wish not to remove the functionality, just move it
>> elsewhere. The new naming functionality (e.g. to quickly base a name off of
>> an existing composer, etc.) is already part of Composer Manager, so nothing
>> needs changed there.
>>
>> A better solution when creating a new composer, and gently nudging the
>> user to set a name for it, might be to move the dialog's widget
>> functionality to a 'Name' field at the top of the Composition panel.
>>
>> Then, when a user creates a new composer and the main window is shown,
>> set keyboard focus to that field and set its background to a color to
>> signify the user should consider entering a unique name (e.g. pale yellow).
>> The background could be on a singleshot timer so that it fades out after a
>> bit.
>>
>> This would only be when creating a new Composer; and, since the field
>> could already have a generated name inputted, the user can just choose to
>> ignore it. This also means that GUI scripts don't have to deal with the
>> current interim dialog.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Larry
>>
>>
>> On Sat, Jan 25, 2014 at 2:54 AM, Andreas Neumann <a.neumann at carto.net>wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> +1 for removing it. Maybe an auto-generated name that does not clash
>>> with existing composer names would be useful - which the user can later
>>> on rename.
>>>
>>> The user will have to set paper format anyway. In this step he can also
>>> set the composer name.
>>>
>>> Andreas
>>>
>>> Am 25.01.2014 09:04, schrieb kimaidou:
>>> > Hi Martin
>>> >
>>> > +1 for removing it, as it is a step I usually skip too. But only if we
>>> > provide a input field in the composer properties tab to allow to
>>> add/change
>>> > the name directly in the opened composer (above the paper size for
>>> > example). This way I won't need to open the composer manager only to
>>> rename
>>> > it afterwards.
>>> >
>>> > Michael
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > 2014/1/25 Martin Dobias <wonder.sk at gmail.com>
>>> >
>>> >> Hi
>>> >>
>>> >> Is there any good reason for the small pop-up dialog asking for
>>> >> composer name when user wants to create a new composer? There is the
>>> >> composer manager where the composer can be renamed at any time, so to
>>> >> me it looks like an unnecessary step and I would be happy to remove it
>>> >> :-)
>>> >>
>>> >> Regards
>>> >> Martin
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