[Qgis-developer] Proposed attribute table UI redesign

[Anita Graser]

Hi Andreas,

Is there a document that describes your plans concerning attribute table
and forms?

It would be good to add it to a central summary of developer meeting
results.

Thanks,

Anita


On Mon, Nov 14, 2011 at 10:50 AM, Andreas Neumann <a.neumann at carto.net>wrote:

> Hi Nathan and others,
>
> I like your new proposal, Nathan.
>
> At the dev-meeting in Zurich we also discussed marrying the attribute
> table with the forms. The forms would be in the same window as the table
> you could jump between form and table using tabs.
>
> It would have the advantage of fewer windows and we would add navigation
> buttons to the forms, like
> * jump to first record
> * last record
> * next record
> * previous record
> * indication of the total nr of records
> * button to change to edit mode
> * button for new record
> * button to filter records (using the query builder)
> * button to remove filter
> * button to highlight current and/or selected record(s)
> * later: also a button to export current selection to csv/xls/openoffice,
> etc.
>
> The filter and the add/delete function would work simultaneously on the
> tables and forms.
>
> The other things we want to add are master/detail forms for one to many
> relations and a tab for showing related forms or tables.
>
> The Autodesk Topobase product is a very good source of inspiration for
> such a combined table/forms approach. See
> http://images.autodesk.com/adsk/files/topobase_-_customizable_forms.bmpfor an example.
>
> Jürgen Fischer will be working for us to improve the forms/tables - so
> Nathan, maybe you could team up with Jürgen to improve the tables and
> forms. I would also be interested in discussing new approaches and ideas,
> but I cannot contribute from a programming point of view.
>
> Andreas
>
>
>
> On Mon, 14 Nov 2011 18:54:55 +1000, Nathan Woodrow wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> Today I was looking at some different ways to redesign
>> and optimize the attribute table UI and have come up with a design
>> that I think works well but would like to get some feedback first.
>>
>> I have made two screenshots, showing the old and new dialog at the
>> same size and using the same Qt theme.
>>
>> Just a plain comparison screenshot
>> : http://dl.dropbox.com/u/6170988/Plain.png [1]
>> Comparison screenshot with notes
>> : http://dl.dropbox.com/u/6170988/Noted.png [2]
>>
>> The main things are:
>>
>>        * Make the min row height to 16.  This removes the empty space
>> below
>>
>> the text in the current UI and allows more rows to be shown with less
>> wasted space.
>>        * Reduce some of the margins around the controls.
>>        * Move the search stuff to the top in order to give search text
>> more
>>
>> space and group the items better. All search options at the top.
>>        * Replace Advanced search button with a hyperlink style button.
>>
>>  This is less distracting from a UI point of view IMO.
>>        * Remove Search button as Enter on the keyboard does the same
>> thing.
>>
>> Is a button really needed?
>>        * Split buttons at bottom into two groups.  Actions for current
>>
>> selection and stuff that only works in edit mode e.g. adding new
>> column.
>>
>>  Over all you can show about 4 more rows depending on the theme.
>>  Having the search at the top for me feels better as it is less
>> cramped then where it is now and makes more sense to click Show
>> Selected Only and seeing the results below.
>>
>> Anyone have any thoughts about the design?
>>
>> - Nathan
>>
>> Links:
>> ------
>> [1] http://dl.dropbox.com/u/6170988/Plain.png
>> [2] http://dl.dropbox.com/u/6170988/Noted.png
>>
>
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