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

[Ramon Andiñach]

On 02/07/2014, at 18:28 , Giuseppe Sucameli wrote:

> +1, single click selects one feature and drag selects features by rectangle.
> Of course, we must default the selection tool to the rectangle one, in addition we must change the tooltip (and maybe the icon too?) to something more appropriate.
> 
> 
> On Wed, Jul 2, 2014 at 12:19 PM, Nyall Dawson <nyall.dawson at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Am 02.07.2014 12:02, schrieb Nathan Woodrow:
> >>
> >> 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.
> 
> 
> For the record, I'm changing my vote to a +1 for the merge. If a
> single click performs a "select single polygon" action, then I think
> this is the ideal behaviour.
> 
> Nyall
> -- 
> Giuseppe Sucameli

While I agree that the rectangle select achieves the same as the single point tool (and more), I'm watching most of the other users at my work and noticing that they seem to expect to have to change tools.

If the default was changed to rectangle, I'd expect that most would change it the first time that they needed to do a single point select anyway.

-ramon.