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

[Jeffrey Durrence]

Alexandre,

This seems to do the trick for my 1.8 installation.  I think a built-in shortcut to the field calculator may come in a future release, but the plug-in is a great workaround for now.

Thanks,

Jeffrey

----- Original Message -----
> From: "Alexandre Neto" <senhor.neto at gmail.com>
> To: "Jeffrey Durrence" <jeffrey.durrence at mcleanengineering.com>
> Cc: "Nathan Woodrow" <madmanwoo at gmail.com>, "qgis-user" <qgis-user at lists.osgeo.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, May 15, 2013 11:08:26 AM
> Subject: Re: [Qgis-user] Short(er)cut to Field Calculator or alternate technique?
> 
> 
> 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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