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

Mon Jun 5 04:54:07 PDT 2017

Hi Alessandro

First of all, thank you so much for this work, it looks really great
already!

Here a few comments / ideas after a few quick tests, I let you filter which
ones could actually be part of this phase and which ones should be left out
for a future phase 2

- "Raster" is not consistent: it is confusing that the file selector opens
directly. The behavior should mimick the "vector" (open the file selector
only when the user clicks on "browse")

- The "DB2" logo should be cleaned (at least add transparency)

- When I click on "Browse", the file selector window opens behind the Data
Source Manager

- I would change the order of the providers: move the "Delimited text" just
below raster (so that we have all file-based providers together). And maybe
separate (visually) the providers in sections: "Files", "Databases", "Web
services", "Virtual" (or something like this). Also,"ArcGIS Feature Server"
should probably be just after "ArcGIS Map Server"

- It would be super useful to be able to display a basemap (OSM, Google,
etc) directly from the Data Source Manager, without having to configure
"XYZ Tiles" in the browser.Would it be possible in this phase to add 1
entry in the Data source manager "Webmaps" where the user could simply pick
in a drop-down one of the most common webmaps (and could add additional XYZ
tiles)? This would be a golden feature for non-power users.

Thanks again, I will try to test it a bit deeper in the coming days

Cheers
Stéphane

Le lundi 5 juin 2017, Alessandro Pasotti <apasotti at gmail.com> a écrit :

> Hi Stéphane,
>
> Thanks for testing the new dialog!
>
> I think that if you find a bug (a crash or something that doesn't work as
> expected) you should open an issue on the hub and assign it to me.
>
> For general feed-back or change proposal for the UI/UX you can either use
> this thread or make a PR with the proposed changes and discuss them in the
> the PR.
>
> Cheers
>
>
> On Sun, Jun 4, 2017 at 8:14 PM, Stéphane Henriod <stephanebek at gmail.com
> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','stephanebek at gmail.com');>> wrote:
>
>> Hi Alessandro
>>
>> I just downloaded the latest nightly build and will make some tests in
>> the coming days. What would be the most efficient / useful way to give you
>> feedback and comments? On this thread?
>>
>> Thanks and cheers
>>
>> Stéphane
>>
>>
>> Le jeudi 1 juin 2017, Alessandro Pasotti <apasotti at gmail.com
>> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','apasotti at gmail.com');>> a écrit :
>>
>>> On Thu, Jun 1, 2017 at 11:22 AM, Stéphane Henriod <stephanebek at gmail.com
>>> > wrote:
>>>
>>>> I really look forward to testing it :-) Thanks a lot for our
>>>> involvement here!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks to Boundless for funding the development and thanks to all of you
>>> who participated with design, mockups, ideas, comments and reviews!
>>>
>>> This was a nice and effective cooperation.
>>>
>>>
>>> BTW, if you can't wait, a Docker with a nigthly build of the PR branch
>>> is available as "boundlessgeo/qgis-testing-environment:unified-button"
>>>
>>> Cheers
>>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>> Le mercredi 31 mai 2017, Alessandro Pasotti <apasotti at gmail.com> a
>>>> écrit :
>>>>
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>
>>>>> final update: the development of what was in phase 1 is done.
>>>>>
>>>>> Actually, a bit more than phase 1 considering that we've redesigned
>>>>> the delimited text dialog GUI and I've done quite a bit of small
>>>>> refactorings of the providers selection dialogs interfaces.
>>>>>
>>>>> There has been a lot of feed-back, thank you all!
>>>>>
>>>>> As expected, there is no complete agreement over the final GUI bits
>>>>> for the menus and toolbars, and we still miss an icon (the green plus that
>>>>> I've used was only meant as a placeholder). I tried to keep the old toolbar
>>>>> available (disabled by default) mainly because it can spare a click and
>>>>> power users might want it back. Also, the new icon is the most prominent in
>>>>> the left bar and it's the first menu item in the layers menu.
>>>>>
>>>>> I have not a strong opinion about those toolbars and menus but I think
>>>>> I should wait no more and merge it as it is, then give the people some time
>>>>> to test the actual implementation and decide how to improve it.
>>>>>
>>>>> I kept the controversial part in a single commit so that it will be
>>>>> very easy to revert and propose a different placement for menus, icons and
>>>>> toolbars.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Any objections if I proceed?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Wed, May 24, 2017 at 2:29 PM, Alessandro Pasotti <
>>>>> apasotti at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> a quick update:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I've prepared a PR with a working prototype in
>>>>>> https://github.com/qgis/QGIS/pull/4629, I need some feed-back and
>>>>>> some help, expecially UX/UI about if we want it as a dockable dialog too
>>>>>> (and how to make it user-configurable).
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Feed-back welcome (but please keep it limited in scope to phase 1).
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Cheers
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Fri, May 19, 2017 at 9:45 AM, Richard Duivenvoorde <
>>>>>> rdmailings at duif.net> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 19-05-17 01:23, Nyall Dawson wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> > On this note - I've recently discovered the need for some type of
>>>>>>> > reusable layer selection widget which allows choice of existing
>>>>>>> > layers/loading new layers from the file system/loading new layers
>>>>>>> from
>>>>>>> > available db/online connections. This would be extremely valuable
>>>>>>> for
>>>>>>> > processing too!
>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>> > So I'm really glad to hear that you'll be pushing ahead with this
>>>>>>> work
>>>>>>> > - thanks Boundless!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Yep, and thanks Alessandro for the screenie. Makes me want more!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> @Nyall in Essen the talk was to start with what Alessandro wrote in
>>>>>>> his
>>>>>>> email, so 1 dialog 'merging' all buttons/widgets/dialogs into one,
>>>>>>> reuse
>>>>>>> as much as possible. So it was possible to get it into 3.0
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Off course people (.../me) started brainstorming about features which
>>>>>>> w/could be added too :-)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Your idea adds (I think) to the idea to make some kind of
>>>>>>> 'datamanagement-console' in near future, where you can create/copy
>>>>>>> data(!), move data around (browser part) or delete it.
>>>>>>> Your note fits in this isn't it?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Richard
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
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>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> Alessandro Pasotti
>>>>>> w3:   www.itopen.it
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Alessandro Pasotti
>>>>> w3:   www.itopen.it
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>>
>>>> “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
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Alessandro Pasotti
>>> w3:   www.itopen.it
>>>
>>
>>
>> --
>>
>> “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
>>
>>
>
>
> --
> Alessandro Pasotti
> w3:   www.itopen.it
>

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