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

[Yves Jacolin (free)]

Hello,

I have exactly the same position as Andreas!

Y.
Le lundi 16 avril 2012 12:03:38, Andreas Neumann a écrit :
>  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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Yves Jacolin