[Qgis-user] Panning while editing vector layers

[Carlos Dávila]

Maciej Sieczka escribió:
> Carlos Dávila pisze:
>> Is there any way to pan a map while editing a vector layer without using
>> the overview tool? If the map is quite zoomed in it's almost impossible
>> to move to the right place with the overview and if you click pan icon
>> on the toolbar your edits disappear.
>
> Moving mouse cursor with space pressed does it. Not only in digitizing
> mode.
>
> It would be great if the panning key was configurable though, as space
> is also used eg. for toggling layers visibility. If you press space to
> pan on map canvas when your layers list is active, you check/uncheck
> the hihglited layer instead. Then in order to activate space for
> panning you need to select eg. the identify tool and click on the
> canvas first. Such switching is a bit tedious and might be not
> intuitive for new users. This could be avoided if one was able define
> a different key for panning.
>
> Maciek
>
Thank you and John for the information. Are these methods written
somewhere? I don't remember having read about them in the manual and
they may be not enough intuitive (at least the use of space bar).

Regards
Carlos