[Qgis-developer] Toolbar and Panel defaults

[Nathan Woodrow]

Having the nav toolbar on the side would be ideal if you could dock it on
the right side of the layers panel.  I'm not a fan of having to go all the
way over the layer panel to access the navigation tools.

- Nathan


On Thu, Jul 11, 2013 at 8:49 AM, Larry Shaffer <larrys at dakotacarto.com>wrote:

> H Pirmin,
>
> On Wed, Jul 10, 2013 at 3:29 PM, Pirmin Kalberer <pi_ml at sourcepole.com>wrote:
>
>> Hi Jürgen,
>>
>> Am Mittwoch, 10. Juli 2013, 08.38:38 schrieb Jürgen E. Fischer:
>> >
>> > On Tue, 09. Jul 2013 at 22:55:18 +0200, Pirmin Kalberer wrote:
>> > > Toolbars:
>> > > -Turn off Advanced Digitizing
>> > > -Move Label to second row
>> > >
>> > > Panels:
>> > > -Turn on Layer order and Browser in a tabbed view with Layers
>> > >
>> > > Print composer:
>> > > -Place all toolbars in one row
>> >
>> > In case anyone missed it:  scripts/mkuidefaults.py produces
>> > src/app/ui_defaults.h from the current settings.
>>
>> Didn't know that. Updated the script to support composer UI defaults.
>>
>
> Couple of other ideas comments, too:
>
> * Currently there are no side toolbars by default. Many apps utilize the
> left side toolbar for critical tools. To me, such tools in a GIS app are
> the canvas navigation tools. So whenever I to an initial setup of QGIS, I
> always put the Map Navigation toolbar on the left.
>
> * Similarly, I always place the Plugins toolbar on the right side. There
> is currently a bug that sets that toolbar to not be shown on a default
> install (that should be fixed).
>
> I would like to hear feedback on those two suggestions for default side
> toolbars. Following your suggestions (and mine), the default window would
> look similar to this (on Mac) [0].
>
> +1 for removing Advanced Digitizing toolbar as a default, as all of the
> functions are available in the Edit menu already. If needed, the user can
> show that toolbar.
>
> Another major layout issue is what the layout looks like after turning on
> all core plugins [1]. Then, what it looks like when all those plugin
> toolbars are shown [2]. This needs some work.
>
>
> [0] http://drive.dakotacarto.com/qgis/qgis_default.png
> [1]
> http://drive.dakotacarto.com/qgis/qgis_default_core-plugins_no-extra-toolbars.png
> [2]
> http://drive.dakotacarto.com/qgis/qgis_default_core-plugins_with-toolbars.png
>
> Regards,
>
> Larry
>
>
>
>> >
>> > So updating it should be easy, once it's decides what should be the
>> default.
>> >
>> > Not sure if the data contains pixel coordinates and if the screen
>> resolution
>> > might therefore be an issue...
>>
>> Let's try: https://github.com/qgis/Quantum-GIS/pull/710
>>
>> Pirmin
>>
>> --
>> Pirmin Kalberer
>> Sourcepole  -  Linux & Open Source Solutions
>> http://www.sourcepole.com
>>
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