<div dir="ltr"><div>Hi Niklas,</div><div><br></div><div>thank you for your ideas, why don't you file an "enhancement" ticket on github so that people can discuss it there?</div><div><br></div><div>Attaching a few mockups about your proposed changes would also be helpful.</div><div><br></div><div>Kind regards.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Jun 7, 2024 at 9:12 AM Niklas Alt via QGIS-Developer <<a href="mailto:qgis-developer@lists.osgeo.org">qgis-developer@lists.osgeo.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Dear QGIS Developers,<br>
<br>
I am a long time user, first time subscriber to this list. I am active <br>
though for some years within the local<br>
OSGeo Chapter of Germany FOSSGIS (and the QGIS user group), so some <br>
people on the list might be able<br>
to put a face on this message.<br>
<br>
I am always expressing my gratitude to the QGIS dev-community in <br>
personal, so let me start with a big thank you.<br>
I have been using QGIS for the last 10 years and our community has come <br>
a long way.<br>
<br>
Now to my issue: A few versions back QGIS has started to expand raster <br>
files with a legend, once they are<br>
added to the layer-panel. We are working mostly with georeferenced <br>
historical maps, so for the most part<br>
the maps are simple RGB files with transparency. And often we add dozens <br>
of maps which make up a city.<br>
Leading to long lists of expanded legends informing about the fact that <br>
all maps are made up of RGB color bands.<br>
<br>
Additionaly we are relying on the opacity slider, which can be added to <br>
the layer tree, allowing for a convenient<br>
way to control the opacity of the added maps. However the slider is only <br>
visible when the map is expanded in the layer-panel.<br>
<br>
I have posted a while back on mastodon and have added some images for <br>
illustrative purposes:<br>
<br>
<a href="https://fedihum.org/@oshistory/111821429135997460" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://fedihum.org/@oshistory/111821429135997460</a><br>
<br>
Perhaps the following alterations might be considered for an improved UX:<br>
<br>
- new raster layers are collapsed by default (users who need to <br>
inspect the legend can toggle it)<br>
- users can decided if they want the legend to be displayed. This <br>
could for instance be set within the Legend<br>
Tab of the Layer Properties panel. In fact, there already is an <br>
option to use a placeholder, maybe a simple boolean<br>
checkbox could serve as a graphical control item<br>
- maybe the legend and other UI Elements (like the mentioned opacity <br>
slider) could be seperated.<br>
<br>
Best Wishes,<br>
<br>
Niklas Alt, Marburg, Germany<br>
<br>
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</blockquote></div><br clear="all"><br><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div>Alessandro Pasotti</div><div>QCooperative: <a href="https://www.qcooperative.net" target="_blank">www.qcooperative.net</a><br></div>ItOpen: <a href="http://www.itopen.it" target="_blank">www.itopen.it</a></div></div>