[Qgis-developer] New composer's title

[Larry Shaffer]

Hi Jürgen,

Can the work outlined below, to move the interrupting dialog's
functionality to top of Composer's Composition Panel, be included with 2.2
release?

Regards,

Larry


On Sun, Jan 26, 2014 at 9:04 AM, kimaidou <kimaidou at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Larry
>
> +1 for your proposal !
>
>
> 2014-01-26 Larry Shaffer <larrys at dakotacarto.com>
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> So, to recap:
>>
>> +1 to remove the annoying, interrupting new name dialog,
>> and +1 for moving its functionality to the top of the Composition Panel
>>
>> A non-editable field displaying the name and a simple edit button next to
>> it that opens up the same rename dialog as is found in the Composer Manager
>> would be all that is needed. I suggest the continued use of the rename
>> dialog since it offers validation that the name is unique among existing
>> composers names, and allows for quickly building a name off of an existing
>> name.
>>
>> If this change (not really a feature) will be allowed for 2.2 release, I
>> can commit the work today.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Larry
>>
>>
>> On Sat, Jan 25, 2014 at 4:13 PM, Larry Shaffer <larrys at dakotacarto.com>wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I specifically added that dialog, since so many times my composers
>>> resulted in unrecognizable names. I believe without it many users will
>>> suffer from this as well. However, I'm not necessarily keen on its
>>> implementation, but wish not to remove the functionality, just move it
>>> elsewhere. The new naming functionality (e.g. to quickly base a name off of
>>> an existing composer, etc.) is already part of Composer Manager, so nothing
>>> needs changed there.
>>>
>>> A better solution when creating a new composer, and gently nudging the
>>> user to set a name for it, might be to move the dialog's widget
>>> functionality to a 'Name' field at the top of the Composition panel.
>>>
>>> Then, when a user creates a new composer and the main window is shown,
>>> set keyboard focus to that field and set its background to a color to
>>> signify the user should consider entering a unique name (e.g. pale yellow).
>>> The background could be on a singleshot timer so that it fades out after a
>>> bit.
>>>
>>> This would only be when creating a new Composer; and, since the field
>>> could already have a generated name inputted, the user can just choose to
>>> ignore it. This also means that GUI scripts don't have to deal with the
>>> current interim dialog.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>> Larry
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sat, Jan 25, 2014 at 2:54 AM, Andreas Neumann <a.neumann at carto.net>wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> +1 for removing it. Maybe an auto-generated name that does not clash
>>>> with existing composer names would be useful - which the user can later
>>>> on rename.
>>>>
>>>> The user will have to set paper format anyway. In this step he can also
>>>> set the composer name.
>>>>
>>>> Andreas
>>>>
>>>> Am 25.01.2014 09:04, schrieb kimaidou:
>>>> > Hi Martin
>>>> >
>>>> > +1 for removing it, as it is a step I usually skip too. But only if we
>>>> > provide a input field in the composer properties tab to allow to
>>>> add/change
>>>> > the name directly in the opened composer (above the paper size for
>>>> > example). This way I won't need to open the composer manager only to
>>>> rename
>>>> > it afterwards.
>>>> >
>>>> > Michael
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> > 2014/1/25 Martin Dobias <wonder.sk at gmail.com>
>>>> >
>>>> >> Hi
>>>> >>
>>>> >> Is there any good reason for the small pop-up dialog asking for
>>>> >> composer name when user wants to create a new composer? There is the
>>>> >> composer manager where the composer can be renamed at any time, so to
>>>> >> me it looks like an unnecessary step and I would be happy to remove
>>>> it
>>>> >> :-)
>>>> >>
>>>> >> Regards
>>>> >> Martin
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