[Qgis-developer] Renaming Save Style -> Save Properties (Vector layer dialog)

[Andreas Neumann]

Hi Nathan,

Yes - I like the idea of a separate tab for import/export of layer
properties.

I guess the "Save style" would then be renamed to "Save Property"?

The only thing I am missing in this mockup is the ability to
check/uncheck all checkboxes. It is kind of boring having to uncheck a
lot of checkboxes if just want the styling or labeling.

Cool - looking forward to these improvements!

Andreas

Am 02.03.2014 11:58, schrieb Nathan Woodrow:
> Andreas,
> 
> Something like this is what I was thinking. (With a better UI of course)
> 
> http://i.imgur.com/2XbNqlp.png
> 
> - Nathan
> 
> 
> On Sun, Mar 2, 2014 at 9:45 PM, Nathan Woodrow <madmanwoo at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> Hey Andreas,
>>
>> I'm not 100% yet.    I'm not sure what it is but I really hate the Load
>> Style../Save Style buttons at the bottom of the dialog.  I was thinking a
>> new page in the properties dialog would be better with the title
>> Import/Export.  For me this would mean not having a open another dialog,
>> which I really don't like the idea of, and we have more room to play with.
>>
>> One of my goals is to be able to export just the style part in order to
>> expand the Style Manager to handle prebuilt styles.  I was planning on
>> adding some Save and Load buttons on the style tab that would just load the
>> style information from the .qml file.
>>
>> - Nathan
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Mar 2, 2014 at 9:39 PM, Andreas Neumann <a.neumann at carto.net>wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> How do you envisage to implement this?
>>>
>>> Personally I would think it would be useful to have an export dialogue
>>> where the user can choose (with checkboxes or a list widget) which
>>> properties he wants to export:
>>>
>>> * General properties (like the filtering, encoding, layer alias, scale
>>> dependent visibility, CRS )
>>> * Style properties
>>> * Labeling properties
>>> * Field properties (incl. display field properties)
>>> * Actions
>>> * Joins and Relations (see the new relations manager that Matthias
>>> recently introduced)
>>> * Diagrams
>>> * Metadata
>>>
>>> As a shortcut one should be able to export all at once without having to
>>> press all checkboxes.
>>>
>>> ---------------
>>>
>>> When importing, the importer of the layer properties should list what is
>>> available in the .qml file and offer just the available bits of the
>>> layer properties. Again - a short cut to import all layer properties
>>> would be useful.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Andreas
>>>
>>> Am 01.03.2014 15:42, schrieb Anita Graser:
>>>> Hi Michael,
>>>>
>>>> Am 01.03.2014, 15:55 Uhr, schrieb kimaidou <kimaidou at gmail.com>:
>>>>> I also think it could be great to have a button
>>>>> "save style". But the latest should not lie in the bottom of the layer
>>>>> dialog, but instead in the Style tab only, to avoid confusion.
>>>>
>>>> +1
>>>>
>>>>> By the way, having a "save style" button could also lead to the
>>>>> ability of
>>>>> saving/restoring more than one style for each layer (via a combo box
>>> for
>>>>> the restore button), which could be great too.
>>>>
>>>> This could work quite well. Do you think the "Save style" button could
>>>> be a simple button with the save icon or do we need a labeled button?
>>>>
>>>> Best wishes,
>>>> Anita
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Regards,
>>>>> Michael
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> 2014-03-01 15:01 GMT+01:00 Régis Haubourg <
>>>>> regis.haubourg at eau-adour-garonne.fr>:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi Nathan I agree with your proposal of renaming style by properties.
>>>>>> Users don't understand they also inherit labels, metadata and so on
>>> when
>>>>>> loading a style.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> By the way, I think some improvements can be made for reloading style
>>>>>> use
>>>>>> case. Problem occurs (maybe occured, didn't check recently) when user
>>>>>> want
>>>>>> to transfer graduated or single value style classes from one column to
>>>>>> another. Copying style from another table often leads to that
>>> situation,
>>>>>> where field or expression is not in target table.   I know this can be
>>>>>> tricky since graduated classes are in autosync with numeric data.
>>>>>> Another issue occurs when geometry type is not the same. Maybe we
>>> could
>>>>>> save
>>>>>> at least color when reapplying style (from point to polygon for
>>>>>> instance).
>>>>>> This was my small thread highjack ;-)
>>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Régis
>>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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