[Qgis-developer] standardisation of the editing map tools: modify behaviour of press-pan-release tools

[Ramon Andiñach]

On 24/09/2014, at 21:52 , Bernhard Ströbl wrote:

> Bottom line:
> 1) Intuitive is what you are used to.
This admittedly is true.

> 2) The way it currently works in QGIS is IMHO more intuitive because I am used to it :) and it is the way graphic software works (I tried LibreOfficeDraw, Inkscape and GIMP for a start).
and I think most people these days will bump into one of these (or a commercial equivalent) before a CAD.

> 3) I wouldn't say this to be a "change with not many consequences".
++1 I'd view it as a large change to the way a user interacts with the program.

> IMHO QGIS should do it similar to other GIS packages (how is this solved in e.g. ArcGIS or MapInfo?) because users coming from similar software packages should feel at home, not those coming from CAD.
> 
> I am not saying the idea is bad but the consequences might be larger than you expect especially for occasional users if the behaviour of the tools is different from what they would expect from their prior experience (of other GIS or graphic software).

I'll fire up MI today and have a look.

-ramon.