[QGIS-Developer] dataset icons in Browser tree

[McDonaldR]

Aye, you’re right.

If I press the info button in browser it lists the .DBF, .PRJ, .SHP, .SHX, .XLS, .QGS, .ZIP, .FMW and .LOG files in my directory.  This is for info only.  You can’t interact with these files.

In the Browser panel it lists the .SHP, .XLS, .ZIP and .QGS files and these are the files GDAL / OGR can open.  Which is correct.

Not sure if the screenshot will come through – from QGIS master 0f83a5f

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From: Nathan Woodrow [mailto:madmanwoo at gmail.com]
Sent: 05 July 2017 10:16
To: McDonaldR; qgis-developer at lists.osgeo.org
Subject: Re: [QGIS-Developer] dataset icons in Browser tree


Are you sure? It's never done that for me, it uses ogr to know what files it can open.

On Wed, 5 Jul 2017, 7:00 PM McDonaldR <McDonaldR at angus.gov.uk<mailto:McDonaldR at angus.gov.uk>> wrote:
Smashing!

ArcCatalog also collapses down all the constituent parts and shows one file in the tree instead of all parts of the shapefile or tab file, for example.  However, it also only shows files it can open.   The info button in Browser lists all files in the folder regardless of whether QGIS can open them or not.  I guess we need to think about what the user wants to do with the info they can see in the panel.

Ross

From: Nathan Woodrow [mailto:madmanwoo at gmail.com<mailto:madmanwoo at gmail.com>]
Sent: 05 July 2017 09:29
To: McDonaldR; qgis-developer at lists.osgeo.org<mailto:qgis-developer at lists.osgeo.org>
Subject: Re: [QGIS-Developer] dataset icons in Browser tree


Yep I'm down for that, would look pretty nice if we can I think. Bit like what VS Code, pycharm etc do for different file types.

Would be still handy to see if it's line, point, etc so just need to consider that.

On Wed, 5 Jul 2017, 6:26 PM McDonaldR <McDonaldR at angus.gov.uk<mailto:McDonaldR at angus.gov.uk>> wrote:
Hi List,

This might be on the hit list already.  Is it possible to have different icons for different file types within the QGIS Browser?  I know the standalone Browser is being discontinued but the panel will still be available in the core QGIS.  Different icons would be very useful.

In the QGIS Browser (app and panel) file system based datasets are listed in alphabetical order and each file has either a small raster icon if it is an image format or a small polygon icon if it is not.  For database layers they have a small point, line or polygon icon.

In my second choice GIS (well known!) there is also a browser-like application but it shows the files and datasets with different icons depending on file and data type.  You can see the icons in the screenshots on this page - http://desktop.arcgis.com/en/arcmap/10.3/manage-data/using-arccatalog/a-quick-tour-of-arccatalog.htm

Ross

Ross McDonald | GIS Data Coordinator | Angus Council, People, IT | Angus House, Orchardbank Business Park, Sylvie Way, Forfar DD8 1AT | t: 01307 476419


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