[Qgis-developer] Add a simpler default setting for a fresh installation

MORREALE Jean Roc jr.morreale at enoreth.net
Mon Apr 16 05:20:17 EDT 2012


In my experience, new users are quite fond of having them :
- the north, so then they realize that their data isn't projected correctly
- the graphic scale, because they can't figure a number but can relate 
to a line (and use their thumb to compare (not a joke))


Le 16/04/2012 11:11, Andreas Neumann a écrit :
> Hi,
>
> I agree with all of your ideas, except for adding the north icon and the
> scalebar by default. The map always points north in QGIS, so why the
> arrow? Also, the map scale is already in the status bar, so why the
> double information?
>
> All other suggestions make sense to me.
>
> I would also add the following default settings:
>
> Tab Map Tools:
> - mode: Top down, stop at first hit
> - checkbox enabled for "open object form if only a single result ..."
>
> Andreas
>
> On Mon, 16 Apr 2012 11:05:01 +0200, MORREALE Jean Roc wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> Would it be possible to change the default parameters of QGIS ? For
>> now a new user gets all the tool bars on the first launch and most of
>> the tools are not visible. Some such as advanced digitizing, grass,
>> overview should be off by default. The others should be spread out,
>> for example the navigation bar could be set on one side of the
>> application.
>>
>> Somme other changes could be :
>>
>> - to activate the north icon and the scale bar for the canevas
>> - to add a default 10 pixel radius for snapping tolerance and vertex edit
>> - activate "show makers only for selected features"
>> - switch to "zoom to mouse cursor" to have the same behavior than
>> most of the web-mapping tools
>>
>> These changes would make the software less frightening, less
>> cluttered for newcomers.
>>
>> Regards,
>> MORREALE Jean-Roc


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