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<p>Hi Bernhard,</p>
<p>Right - i was pretty sure that others had the issue - long time ago - I remember i also ran into it before.</p>
<p>Andreas</p>
<p>On 2018-10-24 11:03, Bernhard Ströbl wrote:</p>
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<div class="pre" style="margin: 0; padding: 0; font-family: monospace"><span style="white-space: nowrap;">Hi Andreas,</span><br /> <span style="white-space: nowrap;">I filed a ticket for this very problem a couple of years ago:</span><br /> <span style="white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://issues.qgis.org/issues/9160" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://issues.qgis.org/issues/9160</a></span><br /> <br /> Bernhard<br /> <br /> <span style="white-space: nowrap;">Am 24.10.2018 um 10:27 schrieb Andreas Neumann:</span>
<blockquote type="cite" style="padding: 0 0.4em; border-left: #1010ff 2px solid; margin: 0"><span style="white-space: nowrap;">Hi,</span><br /> <br /> <span style="white-space: nowrap;">Given a layer with POINT geometries, if only one point is selected, QGIS</span><br /> <span style="white-space: nowrap;">doesn't zoom to this point, but only pans to the point so that the point</span><br /> <span style="white-space: nowrap;">is in the center of the map canvas.</span><br /> <br /> <span style="white-space: nowrap;">Now, I know that a single point does not have a dimension - but I still</span><br /> <span style="white-space: nowrap;">think that the current behavious is not user friendly.</span><br /> <br /> <span style="white-space: nowrap;">As an example: if your zoom level is at the whole dataset (many</span><br /> <span style="white-space: nowrap;">kilometers wide), and QGIS only pans to that single point, it is almost</span><br /> <span style="white-space: nowrap;">impossible to find that point.</span><br /> <br /> <span style="white-space: nowrap;">How can we solve this issue? Here are my ideas:</span><br /> <br /> <span style="white-space: nowrap;">a) QGIS points to a fraction (say 1%) of the overall width of all layers</span><br /> <span style="white-space: nowrap;">in the project and uses that 1% width and pans to the point</span><br /> <br /> <span style="white-space: nowrap;">b) The user can define a map scale that QGIS should use when zooming to</span><br /> <span style="white-space: nowrap;">that single point</span><br /> <br /> <span style="white-space: nowrap;">c) a combination of a) and b): if b) is set in the project, use the</span><br /> <span style="white-space: nowrap;">setting, if not set, use the mechanism of a)</span><br /> <br /> <span style="white-space: nowrap;">What are you thoughts?</span><br /> <br /> <span style="white-space: nowrap;">Thanks,</span><br /> Andreas<br /> <br /> <br /> <span style="white-space: nowrap;">__________ Information from ESET Mail Security, version of virus signature database 18265 (20181024) __________</span><br /> <br /> <span style="white-space: nowrap;">The message was checked by ESET Mail Security.</span><br /> <span style="white-space: nowrap;"><a href="http://www.eset.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">http://www.eset.com</a></span><br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> _______________________________________________<br /> <span style="white-space: nowrap;">QGIS-Developer mailing list</span><br /> <span style="white-space: nowrap;"><a href="mailto:QGIS-Developer@lists.osgeo.org">QGIS-Developer@lists.osgeo.org</a></span><br /> <span style="white-space: nowrap;">List info: <a href="https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer</a></span><br /> <span style="white-space: nowrap;">Unsubscribe: <a href="https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer</a></span><br /> </blockquote>
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