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<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-top: 0pt;">On 05/20/2011 12:31
PM, Frank Sokolic wrote:<br>
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<p>Hi all,<br>
When creating attributes for new vector layers the Type
drop-down list shows three options: Text data, Whole number,
Decimal number. However, the attributes list displays these as
String, Integer and Real. I have found that new users of QGIS
find this slightly confusing. Could I offer two possible
suggestions?<br>
1. In the Type drop-down list rather show the options as: Text
data (String), Whole number (Integer), Decimal number (Real). In
this way users familiar with either nomenclature can understand
what type of atribute is being created.<br>
2. Another option would be to standardise both the drop-down
list and the atributes list so that they use either one or the
other nomenclature.<br>
I prefer option 1. Any thoughts?<br>
Frank.</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-top: 0pt;">I've also seen new
users confused by this.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-top: 0pt;">+1 for your
suggestion #1</p>
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