[Qgis-user] Short(er)cut to Field Calculator or alternate technique?

[Alexandre Neto]

The QuickMultiAttributeEdit plugin might be the tool you need.

http://plugins.qgis.org/plugins/QuickMultiAttributeEdit/

Notice that this is not the same as MultiEdit plugin.


Good luck

Alexandre Neto

On Wed, May 15, 2013 at 3:45 PM, Jeffrey Durrence <
jeffrey.durrence at mcleanengineering.com> wrote:

> Nathan,
>
> Thanks for this update!  I'll have to try out the master on a different
> box.   After causing myself some extra stress chasing dev versions on my
> primary workstation, I've resorted to being content with as much
> stable/vanilla packaging on my primary workstations.
>
> Jeffrey
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Nathan Woodrow" <madmanwoo at gmail.com>
> > To: "Jeffrey Durrence" <jeffrey.durrence at mcleanengineering.com>
> > Cc: "qgis-user" <qgis-user at lists.osgeo.org>
> > Sent: Tuesday, May 14, 2013 8:42:09 PM
> > Subject: Re: [Qgis-user] Short(er)cut to Field Calculator or alternate
> technique?
> >
> >
> > Jeffrey,
> >
> >
> > That is a good point. Done in
> >
> https://github.com/qgis/Quantum-GIS/commit/1bfa7e9636d89f780ca06177b3aebc7dab2b2dbb
> >
> >
> > - Nathan
> >
> >
> >
> > On Wed, May 15, 2013 at 5:25 AM, Jeffrey Durrence <
> > jeffrey.durrence at mcleanengineering.com > wrote:
> >
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > One of my most frequent needs is to visually identify and select
> > groups of vector objects and assign attribute values to these
> > groups. Here's my typical work flow...
> >
> > 1. Select multiple items (point and click multiple, polygon,
> > rectangle, etc)
> > 2. Go to layer attribute table
> > 3. Select field calculator
> > 4. Within field calculator, choose "only update selected features"
> > and "update existing field." Enter the value and apply.
> > 5. Close the attribute layer (if I don't take this step, I spend lots
> > of time waiting on the attribute table's display to update with my
> > new attribute values).
> > 6. Save the layer
> > 7. Return to step 1
> >
> > I could save myself a good bit of time if there was a direct shortcut
> > to the field calculator from the main qgis display. The only reason
> > that I'm opening the attribute table now is to reveal the shortcut
> > to the field calculator.
> >
> > Is there a way to start this tool from the main qgis window without
> > opening the attribute table? I've looked around, but I can't find a
> > way to do this.
> >
> > Thanks for your help,
> >
> > Jeffrey
> >
> > My platform...
> > Ubuntu 12.04 64 Bit,
> > QGIS version: 1.8.0-Lisboa
> > QGIS code revision: exported
> > Compiled against: Qt4.8.1
> > Running against Qt 4.8.1
> > Compiled against GDAL/OGR 1.9.2
> > Running against GDAL/OGR 1.9.2
> > GEOS Version 3.3.3
> > PostgreSQL Client Version 9.1.6
> > SpatiaLite Version 3.1.0-RC2
> > QWT Version 5.2.2
> >
> >
> > --
> > Jeffrey Durrence
> > McLean Engineering Company
> > jeffrey.durrence at mcleanengineering.com
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