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

Mon Jun 5 05:42:05 PDT 2017

On Mon, Jun 5, 2017 at 1:54 PM, Stéphane Henriod <stephanebek at gmail.com>
wrote:

> 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
>

Hi,

thanks for testing!

>
> - "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")
>

yeah, I know,  this has been already discussed in the PR comments, please
have a look.

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

Sorry, I've no graphics design skills, and this task is really something
that a not-programmer can contribute to. Changing the icons was not in
scope btw.

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

Not sure I understand what you mean here, probably need more details, and
it seems like a bug.

>
> - 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"
>

If I'm not mistaken, the order is  the same order we had before for the
menu items and the icons, I did not alter the order (at least that was not
my intention).

> - 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.
>

This is totally unrelated, but AFAIK there are plans to add some default
xyz maps to the mix for 3.0.

>
> Thanks again, I will try to test it a bit deeper in the coming days
>
> Cheers
> Stéphane
>
>
Thanks again for the feed-back!

Cheers.

>
> 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>
>> 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> 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
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>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> 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
>>
>
>
> --
>
> “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
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