[Qgis-developer] [QGIS-UX] Print layout: canvas extent not updated

[roy roy]

  very often composer layout scale have nothing to do with canvas 
workflow, it should be "static"
as the current behaviour,
thanks, Roy

Il 11/06/2016 13:52, Nathan Woodrow ha scritto:
> +1 for what is currently there.  One of the main reasons I move from 
> MapInfo to QGIS was this, annoying when you are editing and return to 
> print and it's moved on you.
>
> On Sat, Jun 11, 2016 at 9:44 PM, Anita Graser <anitagraser at gmx.at 
> <mailto:anitagraser at gmx.at>> wrote:
>
>     On Sat, Jun 11, 2016 at 1:32 PM, Paolo Cavallini
>     <cavallini at faunalia.it <mailto:cavallini at faunalia.it>> wrote:
>
>         Il 2016-06-10 19:34 DelazJ ha scritto:
>
>             You mean the first time the print layout is opened
>             (created). If so,
>             yes this is the way it used to work (and I think it still
>             does): at
>             the creation the map extent is picked from the canvas.
>
>             But imo there's no reason to have the composer map item
>             extent synced
>             with map canvas each time it's opened.
>
>
>         I'm not sure this is what an user expects. IMHO the typical
>         use case is: I zoom to the area and scale of interest, open a
>         print layout, and go on printing the same area.
>         Am I the only one expecting this?
>
>
>     ​Maybe I'm just used to the current behavior, but for most of my
>     usecases the extent of the print map should stay same while I
>     might be busy fixing details in the main window (and thus zooming
>     and panning around there).
>
>     That's why the current behavior works well for me.
>
>     (cc-ing the UX list for input)
>
>     Best wishes,
>     Anita​
>
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