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

[Mathieu Pellerin]

* note: there is no keyboard shortcut to delete a group, doh. :)




On Sat, Sep 6, 2014 at 1:12 PM, Mathieu Pellerin <nirvn.asia at gmail.com>
wrote:

> 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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