[Qgis-developer] Extending QgsMapToolIdentify and QgsIdentifyResults

[Martin Dobias]

Hi Peter,

your idea sounds good for me. But could you explain how should
QgsIdentifyResult object look like? I mean what will be its contents
for vector/raster layers - e.g. only feature ID (for vector layers)
and cell coordinate (for raster layers) or whether it will contain
also more information etc.

Martin


On 1/26/07, Peter Ersts <ersts at amnh.org> wrote:
> Dear Developers,
>
> I was wonder if it would be possible to disassociate the
> QgsIdentifyResults from a QWidget? My suggestions is to make
> QgsIdentifyResults a more generic object. This would allow for any class
> (or plugin) to implement QgsMapToolIdentify. The QgsMapToolIdentify
> mouse event would simply return a QgsIdentifyResult object that could
> then be displayed by the user or used to obtain attributes for the
> feature or pixel at the screen/map coordinates.
>
> For example, I have been working on some modifications to the
> QgsRasterLayer and QgsRasterLayerProperties classes (and gui) to allow
> for basic stretching and multiple user defined transparency values.  One
> of the feature that was suggested was to have a "Identify Features" like
> tool to populate the transparency tables. In this example, the user
> would press a button "Add Values From Display" which I would like to
> launch a QgsMapToolIdentify like feature, but return the results as a
> simple object to QgsRasterLayerProperties.  QgsRasterLayerProperties
> would then use the results to populate a table in gui rather than simply
> display the pixel values in another dialog.
>
> This would also allow users to inherit and extend the functionality of
> QgsMapToolIdentify. It seems like it should not be to difficult, but I
> may be missing something here.
>
> cheers,
> -pete
>
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