[Qgis-developer] Context menu on canvas

Randal Hale rjhale at northrivergeographic.com
Mon Sep 1 06:34:55 PDT 2014


+100

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I know that is a very ArcMap centric list - but I've been in Arcmap most 
of the weekend.

Randy


On 09/01/2014 09:19 AM, Nathan Woodrow wrote:
> Hey all,
>
> I would like to discuss the possibility of having a right click 
> context menu on the canvas.  I know there is a current feature of 
> swapping to the last used map tool but I feel this is a weak feature 
> compared to what we could have in a context menu. The one main point 
> though is the context menu should not expose anything that isn't 
> already in the UI, it can be a shortcut but it can't be context menu only.
>
> Some current things I was thinking of are:
>
> Last Tool
> Second Last Tool
> ------------------------
> Copy
> Paste
> -----------------------
> Feature Info
> -----------------------
> etc
> etc
>
> We could also add things like snapping options if holding control.
>
> Thoughts?  Will anything really miss the swap to last tool feature? 
>  IMO adding a context menu adds a lot of quick access options for us.
>
> I will of course do a QEP about this.
>
> - Nathan
>
>
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