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

[Andreas Neumann]

 ok - I am not strongly against it. It really depends on the map scale 
 and projections one is working at. I only use one projection and very 
 large scales (street or community level). I usually print north arrow 
 and scalebar on the print layout. On the main QGIS screen they usually 
 get in my way. But I can always override the setting - so not a problem.

 Andreas

 On Mon, 16 Apr 2012 11:20:17 +0200, MORREALE Jean Roc wrote:
> 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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