[Qgis-developer] Do we need a single select map tool?

[Bernhard Ströbl]

Hi,

let me jump in here...
a large +1 from me to only keep the select by rectangle tool. I never 
use select by point.

Bernhard

Am 02.07.2014 12:02, schrieb Nathan Woodrow:
> On Wed, Jul 2, 2014 at 5:20 PM, Matthias Kuhn <matthias.kuhn at gmx.ch
> <mailto:matthias.kuhn at gmx.ch>> wrote:
>
>     Users might be used to the select single feature tool and miss it.
>
>
> The tools have the same behavior so it will be no change to how the user
> does selecting.  Most will not even see the change.
>
>     While it's possible for somebody to get used to new interaction designs
>     it's an effort and it's not where you want to spend your time worrying.
>
>
> Let me worry about where I spend my time.  I'm a big boy :)
>
>     Second - and more important - The selection tools are already collapsed
>     and an additional button there is only shown on demand and not always.
>     Therefore the visual clutter impact is minimal.
>
>
> It's not visual clutter in the sense of having them all in a row on the
> toolbar.  That isn't the issue.  The issue is having two tools which do
> the same thing when we can merge into one.  Consider the zoom tool, we
> don't have a "zoom on click" and a "zoom to area" tool, we have one tool
> for both jobs.
>
> The select tool in the composer also is dual action in this sense so it
> makes sense to have one tool in the canvas that is the same.
>
>     I would rather spend
>     the effort on removing / collapsing buttons on the UI which are always
>     visible but hardly ever used than tools which may be redundant but are
>     only a slight annoyance.
>
>
> The slight annoyances build up, hence why pruning like this is a good idea.
>
> - Nathan
>
>
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