[Qgis-developer] Are there plans to create a unique "Add layer" tool?

[Stéphane Henriod]

Hi all

I must say that Anita's hack seems quite handy and straight forward from a
user's perspective. Would it be heavy to "just" integrate into the Master
QGIS? I would be happy to help with testing. More, I unfortunately cannot
do :-)

Cheers

Stéphane



Le lundi 3 avril 2017, Tim Sutton <tim at kartoza.com> a écrit :

> Hi Anita
>
> On 02 Apr 2017, at 10:21 PM, Anita Graser <anitagraser at gmx.at
> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','anitagraser at gmx.at');>> wrote:
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> On Sun, Apr 2, 2017 at 9:32 PM, Tim Sutton <tim at kartoza.com
> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','tim at kartoza.com');>> wrote:
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>> Hi Harrisou
>>
>> On 02 Apr 2017, at 4:57 PM, DelazJ <delazj at gmail.com
>> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','delazj at gmail.com');>> wrote:
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>> Hi devs,
>>
>> In the documentation team, we plan to rewrite the "Supported data
>> formats" chapter (http://docs.qgis.org/2.14/en/
>> docs/user_manual/working_with_vector/supported_data.html) which actually
>> explores many of the different ways to add (vector) layers to QGIS. It's
>> full of redundant information, not easy to maintain and doesn't expose
>> tools like the browser panel. Discussion at https://github.com/qgis/QGI
>> S-Documentation/issues/1088
>> <https://github.com/qgis/QGIS-Documentation/issues/1088.> if you want to
>> help.
>> Before we engage any time on this restructuring and to avoid doing things
>> twice and because I read some related assertions in the past, I'd like to
>> ask if there's any plan to merge some of these tools for 3.0... And if
>> ever, what's the state of the work ?
>>
>>
>> This has been discussed a number of times, and Nathan made some initial
>> mockups once. But as far as I know, nobody is actively working on this so I
>> don't know if anything will land in 3.0.
>>
>
> ​I've been working with my "unified add layer button" modification for a
> few months now: https://anitagraser.com/2016/07/20/one-add-button-to-
> rule-them-all/​
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> Wouldn't want to go back. I still sometimes use the Add PostGIS layer
> dialog from the menus though.
>
>
> Ah thanks I forgot about your post Anita!
>
> Regards
>
> Tim
>
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> Best wishes,
> Anita
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