[GRASS-dev] [GRASS GIS] #3279: Add Region tab to the main GUI

[GRASS GIS]

#3279: Add Region tab to the main GUI
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 Reporter:  wenzeslaus                           |      Owner:  grass-dev@…
     Type:  enhancement                          |     Status:  new
 Priority:  major                                |  Milestone:  7.4.0
Component:  wxGUI                                |    Version:  svn-trunk
 Keywords:  g.region, extent, resolution,        |        CPU:  Unspecified
  novice, beginner, user-friendliness            |
 Platform:  Unspecified                          |
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 I suggest to add another tab to the Layer Manager which would handle (and
 show) all things related to the (current) computational region. The name I
 suggest for the tab is ''Region'' and the order:

 * Layers
 * [3D view]
 * Console
 * ''Region''
 * Modules
 * Data
 * Python

 I'm not sure how it should look like or how it should be updated (it can
 be modified from outside of the widget). There can be only basic
 functionality and button to start g.region (see ''Modules'' tab). For
 example, if the tab is active, the Map Display could active the "Show
 comp. extent" option. I'm attaching a screenshot of how this looks like in
 the QGIS GRASS plugin. I'm not sure about the aesthetics of it, but the
 functionality is probably at least the minimum of what we want. I'm not
 sure how nswe are useful but we can add raster and vector option and the
 alignment function (although they are probably better handled through
 Layers), -a flag, named regions ("bookmarking") and maybe other things
 handled from Map Display.

 This may raise awareness of new users about computational region and
 encourage all users to remember it before running modules. There can be
 even a short explanation what does it do.

 Problems:

 * Name: ''Region'' is not completely clear, but we decided to go with one
 word, so ''Computational Region'' is not an option. ''g.region'' would be
 less readable for novices and inconsistent.
 * Although for English there is still space even when ''3D view'' is
 active, we may be running out of space for some languages.
 * How many of these tabs do we what to add (allowed to be added) there?
  * Spatial Database, Location, Mapset
  * Thing related to Map Display, Vector Digitizer, ... (as for 3D view)
  * General preferences which needs to be changed often (Map Display color,
 font, projection statusbar settings)
  * Documentation (Doc, Man)
  * R, Jupyter Notebook, ...

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.osgeo.org/grass/ticket/3279>
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