[Qgis-developer] Data-defined buttons for "en masse" size and rotation

[Anita Graser]

Hi Vincent,

On Mon, Jan 19, 2015 at 11:20 AM, Vincent Mora
<vincent.mora at oslandia.com> wrote:
>  The changes are illustrated in the attached files.

Thanks a lot for the mockups!

> I don't have the "Continuous size assistant" right now, but it will be a
> dialog with a selection of the scale function (Flannery, Area, Linear) with
> a preview (a legend) on the side.

That sounds like a good idea. You mentioned that Flannery will be the
recommended function. What's your reasoning behind that?
Concerning the area scale function, I'm always wondering if it assumes
square or circle area.

The name "Continuous size assistant" seems a little difficult to
understand. I probably wouldn't know what to expect of such a tool
without giving it a test run. Maybe the context menu entry could
simply be "Configure data-defined size".

> The dialog will propose some buttons to
> auto-set the function parameters (minValue and maxValue) by analyzing the
> data.

Will it be possible to select different percentiles?

> "en masse"

Concerning the term "en masse" itself, I also wonder if it's the most
easily to understand term. Maybe we could be talking about the "master
size" and "master rotation" but probably some native speaker could
suggest a clear and simple name for this feature.

Best wishes
Anita