[Qgis-developer] Proposal: move the "Remove layer(s)" button

[Mathieu Pellerin]

I don't think you should comparing adding group/dataset against deleting a
group/dataset legend layer. The latter is already unified via either a
single keyboard shortcut and a single mouse right-click -> remove action.
On 6 Sep 2014 13:04, "aperi2007" <aperi2007 at gmail.com> wrote:

>  Hi,
> I guess in a GIS oriented product
> Is necessary to avoid to mix the interface characteristics (the group is
> an interface object) and the data characteristics (the shapefile is not an
> interface object).
>
> I guess more beter if add/remove dataset is separated phisically from
> add/remove a group.
>
> The dataset is a phicical think. The shapefile is using separately from
> the qgis project.
> The group is not separately from qgis project.
>
> I guess is good question to have a "remove group" but avoiding to have a
> only button "ADD Everything" or an only button "Remove everything"
>
> Also I guess is important to help to understand when we are on dataset
> (physical) and when we are on interface (logical).
>
> Regards,
>
> A.
>
> Il 06/09/2014 07:10, Mathieu Pellerin ha scritto:
>
>     Greetings,
>
> I'd like to circulate a UX proposal and see how people react.
>
>  For a very long time, QGIS' Layers toolbar has featured a "Remove
> layer(s)" button. I have seen two issues with the button:
>  - Its placement becomes really odd when plugins add button(s) to the
> Layers toolbar (for e.g. the New Memory Layer plugin as pictured here [
> http://imgur.com/CEcIC3K,QvUzrti ])
>  - It can only remove vector/raster layers, won't remove groups
>
>  With the recent improvements done by Martin Dobias on the legend, and in
> particular with his addition of a layer panel embedded toolbar, I propose
> that:
>  - The "Remove layer(s)" button be moved to the layer panel embedded
> toolbar [ http://imgur.com/CEcIC3K,QvUzrti#1 ]
>  - The button functionally is improved so it can also deal with the
> removal of group(s)
>
>  Alternatively, we could get rid of the button altogether since layers
> and groups can be removed via right click or keyboard shortcut, but I
> suspect the touch screen based users might object.
>
>  Any objection to moving the button to the new layers toolbar?
>
>  Math
>
>
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