[Qgis-developer] Do we need a single select map tool?

Luca Mandolesi mandoluca at gmail.com
Thu Jul 3 03:32:36 PDT 2014


 -1 The voice outside the chorus...for the archaelogist is usefull for
selection single little items (ass little bones, etc) with a single click
without make a rectangulare small selection that risks to select near
objects....

Best regards
Luca


2014-07-03 12:27 GMT+02:00 Anita Graser <anitagraser at gmx.at>:

> +1 for the merge. I'm with those arguing that the single select tool does
> not add anything useful.
> Best wishes
> Anita
> On Jul 3, 2014 11:14 AM, "Alexandre Neto" <senhor.neto at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> If I may...
>>
>> +1 For dropping single point selection button.
>>
>> I think that having too many options\buttons can sometimes be
>> overwhelming for new users, and in this case users won't notice much
>> difference in usage anyway (do we need to decide what to do with the icon).
>>
>> Alexandre Neto
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Jul 3, 2014 at 2:02 AM, Larry Shaffer <larrys at dakotacarto.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> +1 for dropping the select-by-point part of the tool and making
>>> select-by-rect the default.
>>>
>>> However, I really think the icon, as Giuseppe noted, needs updated to
>>> indicate the change (even if the select-by-rect hasn't actually changed).
>>> Maybe just adding a pronounced or colored point to the upper left corner of
>>> the rectangle will be enough.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>> Larry
>>>
>>> On Wed, Jul 2, 2014 at 4:06 PM, Olivier Dalang <olivier.dalang at gmail.com
>>> > wrote:
>>>
>>>> +1 for simplifying the ui !
>>>>
>>>> The rationale about old users not liking changes doesn't hold against
>>>> the rationale new users needing an easy software, since we have way more
>>>> future users than current users ;)
>>>>
>>>> Bests,
>>>>
>>>> Olivier
>>>>
>>>> Envoyé depuis mon mobile
>>>>
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