[mapguide-internals] RE: RFC 81 is ready for review

[Trevor Wekel]

It seems to me that the layer/feature tree view would be a logical replacement for the Properties pane in both the Ajax and Fusion viewers.  If there are bandwidth issues with pulling all the feature properties at once, the following mechanism could be employed:

If only a single feature is selected, the entire tree would be initially expanded.  If multiple features are selected, only the layers with their feature counts would be visible.

As Dave suggested, a secondary selection color based on the selected item(s) in the tree view could also be a useful feature as it would reduce mouse clicks while the user tries to find the feature he is interested in.

With the secondary highlight "select, select, select, select, turn off check box, invert checked" (6 clicks) would select only the desired feature.  With the current implementation, "turn off, turn on, turn off, turn on, turn off, turn on, turn off, invert checked" (8 clicks) would select only the desired feature.  The secondary highlight will also take less time to draw than rendering the modified selection each time.

Thanks,
Trevor

-----Original Message-----
From: mapguide-internals-bounces at lists.osgeo.org [mailto:mapguide-internals-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Buddy Hu
Sent: August 20, 2009 11:42 PM
To: mapguide-internals at lists.osgeo.org
Subject: [mapguide-internals] RFC 81 is ready for review

Hi All,

The RFC 81- Add a new widget Feature Inspector is ok for review. http://trac.osgeo.org/mapguide/wiki/MapGuideRfc81
Any comments will be appreciated.

Thanks,
-Buddy Hu
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