On Sat, Mar 31, 2012 at 10:08 PM, <a href="mailto:aruntheguy@gmail.com" target="_blank">aruntheguy@gmail.com</a> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:aruntheguy@gmail.com" target="_blank">aruntheguy@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
+ Create a new symbol designer, that can be summoned up from Menu rather than from the properties<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div class="gmail_quote"><div>I don't know how other people approach this but I experiment a lot with different renderers and symbols, tiny changes and how the affect. If I have to change between layer properties and a separate symbol designer all the time, I think I'd go crazy. It's already annoying me that I cannot interact with the map while the properties dialog is open.<br>
</div><div class="im"><div><br></div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">+ The designer to perform following functions<br> - Create new symbols/styles<br>
- Grouping and management of styles through a tree structure<br>
</blockquote><div><br></div></div><div>+1 for a tree structure.</div><div class="im"><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
- Create and manage virtual groups (or themes) that would pull symbols from various groups and a combination of renders to create a overall cartographic stylesheet (almost same as present save/load style).<br></blockquote>
<div><br></div></div><div>Like the idea of symbol groups (aka themes). Not sure if it should be symbol groups or style groups though. Style groups could prove too inflexible.</div><div><br></div><div>Regards,</div><div>Anita</div>
<div><br></div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div class="im"> - Ability to save a retrieve such stylesheets (duplicates the present save/load style)<br>
<br>Apart from the above solution, the GSOC proposal to include,<br><br>- Creating tree structure for managing the SVG symbols<br>- Creating a non-modal widget type editor to change symbols on the fly or adding that capability to the Layers legend.<span><font color="#888888"><br>
<br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Regards<br>Arunmozhi<br>Twitter: @tecoholic<br>Website: <a href="http://arunmozhi.in" target="_blank">http://arunmozhi.in</a><br>IRC Nick: teco<br><br>
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