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

Mon Jun 5 06:28:56 PDT 2017

Ismail Sunni <imajimatika at gmail.com> escreveu no dia segunda, 5/06/2017 às
09:28:

> Ah yes, sorry. I was thinking that button will do the same thing like in
> the toolbar (I also didn't read the tooltip).
>
>
Probably a sign that a distinct Icon is needed.

> Thanks!
>
> On Mon, Jun 5, 2017 at 2:59 PM, Alessandro Pasotti <apasotti at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> On Mon, Jun 5, 2017 at 9:50 AM, Ismail Sunni <imajimatika at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Allesandro,
>>>
>>> I just tried the new add layer button. It looks great! One thing that I
>>> found, when I click the add layer button in the browser panel, there is
>>> nothing happening.
>>>
>>> I made a gif to show it : http://imgur.com/EPGFuEz
>>>
>>
>>
>> Works for me. Make sure you selected a layer before pushing that button.
>>
>>
>>
>>> I build QGIS master on MacOS, for 27850fb00e
>>>
>>> Best regards.
>>>
>>> On Mon, Jun 5, 2017 at 1:51 PM, Alessandro Pasotti <apasotti at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> 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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>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
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>>>>>>>> Alessandro Pasotti
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>>>>>> Alessandro Pasotti
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>>>>>
>>>>>
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>>>>>
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