[Qgis-developer] [QGIS-UX] Context menu on canvas

[Denis Rouzaud]

On 02.09.2014 14:48, Martin Dobias wrote:
> Hi Nathan
>
> On Mon, Sep 1, 2014 at 8:19 PM, Nathan Woodrow <madmanwoo at gmail.com> 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.
> One thing I am wondering about it how would that work with map tools
> that handle right clicks... would the context menu open only for the
> basic tools like pan / zoom?
>
> In general I don't think people will miss right click to go back to
> previous tool - especially if it will be replaced with something
> stronger.
+1
I think that right click should be totally disabled for the rest of the 
app and only be used for the contextual menu.
It would avoid confusion and bad user experience.

>
> Cheers
> Martin
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