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

Anita Graser anitagraser at gmx.at
Sun Apr 30 13:19:48 PDT 2017 

Hi,

We just finished our discussion on the unified add layer dialog and we are
optimistic that it will make its way into 3.0. You can find a short summary
of the planned steps at the end of the doc:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1aMX9jOfl10q8oETRzOHSHnRpHCc7UJ1dDnCCq3VyTAY/edit?usp=sharing

Please feel free to ask if there are any questions.

Best wishes,
Anita




On Fri, Apr 28, 2017 at 1:28 PM, Stéphane Henriod <stephanebek at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Very good!
>
> Looking forward to hearing the outcome of these discussions!
>
> Cheers and thanks for your support here
>
> Stéphane
>
>
> “When you travel, remember that a foreign country is not designed to make
> you comfortable. It is designed to make its own people comfortable." --
> Clifton Fadiman
>
> 2017-04-27 22:54 GMT+06:00 Alexandre Neto <senhor.neto at gmail.com>:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Some of my colleagues will be in Essen for QGIS Developers meeting. They
>> will bring this up, and try to get the opinion of other developers. I'm
>> sure everyone there will be interested in contributing with ideas for it.
>>
>> So, let's wait for now.
>>
>> Thanks for your work.
>>
>> Stéphane Henriod <stephanebek at gmail.com> escreveu no dia quinta,
>> 27/04/2017 às 09:42:
>>
>>> Hi all
>>>
>>> I would be more than happy to help push this new feature forward but I
>>> am not really sure what is needed now?
>>>
>>> Alexandre, I think you mentioned that your company might be interested
>>> to implement this unique "Add layer" button. Does the Gdoc now contain
>>> sufficient information for you to move on and identify what can
>>> realistically be done? Or is there a need for more polishing?
>>>
>>> Thanks in advance!
>>>
>>> Stéphane
>>>
>>>
>>> Le vendredi 21 avril 2017, Stéphane Henriod <stephanebek at gmail.com> a
>>> écrit :
>>>
>>>> Done!
>>>>
>>>> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1aMX9jOfl10q8oETRzOHSHnRp
>>>> HCc7UJ1dDnCCq3VyTAY/edit?usp=sharing
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> “When you travel, remember that a foreign country is not designed to
>>>> make you comfortable. It is designed to make its own people comfortable."
>>>> -- Clifton Fadiman
>>>>
>>>> 2017-04-20 14:47 GMT+06:00 Alexandre Neto <senhor.neto at gmail.com>:
>>>>
>>>>> Fine with me.
>>>>>
>>>>> Stéphane Henriod <stephanebek at gmail.com> escreveu no dia terça,
>>>>> 18/04/2017 às 05:46:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi all
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Harrissou has quite intensively re-organised the doc, which is now,
>>>>>> IMO, much clearer. Thanks for that!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> But lots of changes are in "suggestion mode". I'd like to accept all
>>>>>> those changes to increase the clarity and readability. Any objection on
>>>>>> this?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks and cheers
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Stéphane
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Le mercredi 12 avril 2017, Alexandre Neto <senhor.neto at gmail.com> a
>>>>>> écrit :
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hi Stéphane,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I believe it's a great starting point, very complete (I would not
>>>>>>> remember/consider some types of data).
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> We still need to fill the second page and discuss the possible UI/UX
>>>>>>> implementation. Then, we will need some developers (I'm not a developer) to
>>>>>>> consider the requests and filter what would be hard or impossible to tackle.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Our best chance to have this implemented is by doing baby steps. I
>>>>>>> would not consider more data format/providers than the ones we have in the
>>>>>>> manage layers toolbar in this first phase.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thanks!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Stéphane Henriod <stephanebek at gmail.com> escreveu no dia terça,
>>>>>>> 11/04/2017 às 12:57:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Hi Alexandre
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> this is indeed great!
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Is the gdoc as it is now helpful enough for you to design a
>>>>>>>> possible implementation? Or, if not, what other inputs / comments would be
>>>>>>>> necessary?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Cheers
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Stéphane
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Le lundi 10 avril 2017, Alexandre Neto <senhor.neto at gmail.com> a
>>>>>>>> écrit :
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Hello all,
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> At Boundless we are planning to put some development time in this
>>>>>>>>> "unified add layer" button/feature. As others already did, our idea was to
>>>>>>>>> use the browser panel as a base for replacing most of the buttons and add
>>>>>>>>> any capabilities that are still missing.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> So, let's work together to find what are those missing pieces, and
>>>>>>>>> how it would be the best way to implement it. We will put our thoughts in
>>>>>>>>> the Google document. As soon we have it stabilized we can start creating a
>>>>>>>>> QEP for it.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Alexandre Neto
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Stéphane Henriod <stephanebek at gmail.com> escreveu no dia quinta,
>>>>>>>>> 6/04/2017 às 12:14:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Thanks Harrissou!
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> I took the liberty to remove the first table (that I created) and
>>>>>>>>>> to leave only yours. It is more complete anyway
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Cheers
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Stéphane
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Le mercredi 5 avril 2017, DelazJ <delazj at gmail.com> a écrit :
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> I took the liberty to do some changes to the doc (especially add
>>>>>>>>>>> a new table with more detailed features on the existing tools + comments).
>>>>>>>>>>> It's supposed to replace the table already drafted but I didn't go so far
>>>>>>>>>>> without a review.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> 2017-04-05 10:36 GMT+02:00 DelazJ <delazj at gmail.com>:
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Hi Stéphane,
>>>>>>>>>>>> actually there's no more UX team (list). UX mailing list has
>>>>>>>>>>>> been shut down months ago because it used to refer to dev list for most of
>>>>>>>>>>>> decisions/advices so UX matters are now discussed either in the dev mailing
>>>>>>>>>>>> list (we maybe can keep this thread) or, I guess until QGIS3 release, in
>>>>>>>>>>>> the qgis3_UIX_discussion repository.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>>>>>>>> Harrissou
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> 2017-04-05 10:19 GMT+02:00 Stéphane Henriod <
>>>>>>>>>>>> stephanebek at gmail.com>:
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Hi all
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> there have been a few additions in the Gdoc already (not sure
>>>>>>>>>>>>> from whom) but I don't know if this is already sufficient for developers to
>>>>>>>>>>>>> take this up?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Also, I am not sure how to reach out to the UX team. Through a
>>>>>>>>>>>>> separate mailing list? Or is it sufficient to have it here
>>>>>>>>>>>>> https://github.com/qgis/qgis3_UIX_discussion/issues/1 ?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Cheer
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Stéphane
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Le mardi 4 avril 2017, Stéphane Henriod <stephanebek at gmail.com>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> a écrit :
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Thanks Nyall!
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Here I just created a Gdoc to collect info mentioned in your
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> points 1-4 + a:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1aMX9jOfl10q8oETRzOHSHnRp
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> HCc7UJ1dDnCCq3VyTAY/edit?usp=sharing
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> All interested, feel free to contribute, I might not have the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> full overview
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Thanks and cheers
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Stéphane
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> “When you travel, remember that a foreign country is not
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> designed to make you comfortable. It is designed to make its own people
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> comfortable." -- Clifton Fadiman
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 2017-04-04 13:53 GMT+06:00 Nyall Dawson <
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> nyall.dawson at gmail.com>:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 4 April 2017 at 17:46, Stéphane Henriod <
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> stephanebek at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> > Thanks a lot Anita for the info!
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> > I re-located the issue: http://hub.qgis.org/issues/9451
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> > Not sure though if this will make it alive again. Let's
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> see if this seems to
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> > be a priority for enough users...
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I'd say a good plan to move this forward would be to:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 1. conduct a thorough survey of what's available via the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> individual
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> add vector layer dialogs vs what's currently available in
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> the browser
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 2. rank each of the missing settings vs whether or not they
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> are still required
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 3. file issues for these missing settings
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 4. ...and get these fixed/implemented
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> a. While this is underway I'd also suggest the UX team could
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> test and
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> evaluate Anita's plugin to identify whether the browser
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> alone is a
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> sufficient replacement or whether some tweaks would be
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> required to
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> make it a suitable replacement without any loss of "user
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> friendliness"
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 1,2,3 and (a) don't require any development experience, so
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> would be a
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> great project for any interested user to undertake. I
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> suspect 4
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> wouldn't be much work for a developer either after all this
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> groundwork
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> is done.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Nyall
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> “When you travel, remember that a foreign country is not
>>>>>>>>>>>>> designed to make you comfortable. It is designed to make its own people
>>>>>>>>>>>>> comfortable." -- Clifton Fadiman
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
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>>>>>>>>>> comfortable." -- Clifton Fadiman
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>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>> Alexandre Neto
>>>>>>>>> ---------------------
>>>>>>>>> @AlexNetoGeo
>>>>>>>>> http://sigsemgrilhetas.wordpress.com
>>>>>>>>> http://gisunchained.wordpress.com
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> “When you travel, remember that a foreign country is not designed
>>>>>>>> to make you comfortable. It is designed to make its own people
>>>>>>>> comfortable." -- Clifton Fadiman
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>> Alexandre Neto
>>>>>>> ---------------------
>>>>>>> @AlexNetoGeo
>>>>>>> http://sigsemgrilhetas.wordpress.com
>>>>>>> http://gisunchained.wordpress.com
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --
>>>>>>
>>>>>> “When you travel, remember that a foreign country is not designed to
>>>>>> make you comfortable. It is designed to make its own people comfortable."
>>>>>> -- Clifton Fadiman
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --
>>>>> Alexandre Neto
>>>>> ---------------------
>>>>> @AlexNetoGeo
>>>>> http://sigsemgrilhetas.wordpress.com
>>>>> http://gisunchained.wordpress.com
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>>
>>> “When you travel, remember that a foreign country is not designed to
>>> make you comfortable. It is designed to make its own people comfortable."
>>> -- Clifton Fadiman
>>>
>>> --
>> Alexandre Neto
>> ---------------------
>> @AlexNetoGeo
>> http://sigsemgrilhetas.wordpress.com
>> http://gisunchained.wordpress.com
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