[Qgis-developer] [QGIS-UX] Print layout: canvas extent not updated
Alexandre Neto
senhor.neto at gmail.com
Sat Jun 11 13:39:34 PDT 2016
I like the idea of a extent toolbar, with set extent to match map canvas
and the opposite. Also having bookmarks would be nice. Those buttons should
only work for a selected map item, because you may have several maps in the
same composer.
Alexandre Neto
A sáb, 11/06/2016, 17:59, Régis Haubourg <regis.haubourg at gmail.com>
escreveu:
> Agreed. What I found during training session is that the "zoom to map
> extent" buttons are too hard to find for most users. Even some advanced
> users where zooming maps with mouse scroll, not remembering those buttons
> from courses. Maybe some UI tweaking could help here. Why not a button in
> toolbar?
> Cheers
>
>
> Régis
> Le 11 juin 2016 17:54, "Saber Razmjooei" <
> saber.razmjooei at lutraconsulting.co.uk> a écrit :
>
>> The current behaviour is great, but having an option to use spatial
>> bookmarks (to the best scale) within the composer will be ideal:
>> http://hub.qgis.org/issues/12083
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Saber
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Qgis-developer [mailto:qgis-developer-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] On
>> Behalf Of roy roy
>> Sent: 11 June 2016 14:05
>> To: qgis-developer at lists.osgeo.org
>> Subject: Re: [Qgis-developer] [QGIS-UX] Print layout: canvas extent not
>> updated
>>
>> 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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