[Qgis-developer] Proposed attribute table UI redesign

[Nathan Woodrow]

Yeah it would be good to put this all together.

I do like the general idea of having the forms and tables together however
I would like to see a UI mockup first as I have a few things I'm not sure
how they would work.

I'm happy to work with Jürgen to help improve this area. I'll help where
ever I can even if it is just throwing ideas around.

- Nathan

On Mon, Nov 14, 2011 at 9:05 PM, Anita Graser <anitagraser at gmx.at> wrote:

> 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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