[QGIS-Developer] Concerns re UX of new "duplicate features" actions in 2.99

[David Signer]

Hi Nyall  
  
I'll start with it today. So possibly it's done before the 23th.  
  
We could keep it as an Action, only enabled when the layer is editable.  
This would include an attribute of MapLayerAction, if it should be enabled only in editable mode or always (first case for the duplication-action). The user actions would need such a attribute as well.   
Probably we could integrate this attribute as another scope-value, and use the scopes as well for the MapLayerActions.  
Then we need to decide on what scopes it should be displayed:  
- Canvas (in the main toolbar)  
- Layer (in the toolbar of attribute list)  
- Feature (in the actions of attribute form, right click on a feature in the form view, right click on the feature on canvas)  
- Field (right click on a field in row of attribute table, right click on field at identify result panel)  
  
What do you think?  
  
Thanks for the ini-configuration anyway. Probably we will need it as well.   
  
Regards  
David  

> On 19 February 2018 at 16:24, Nyall Dawson  wrote:   
> > On 15 February 2018 at 03:16, David Signer  wrote:   
> >> Dear all   
> >>   
> >> I agree (and I guess everyone else does), that it's not okay that this   
> >> feature is enabled when the layers are not in editable mode. I already   
> >> started to fix that, but because of time I had to decide to finish it next   
> >> week.   
> >>   
> >> Anyway, there is still the question, where it should appear. IMHO it should   
> >> be everywhere, where you can add and delete features. If it's a MapTool it   
> >> could be there as well, I think. I'll have to think about that.   
> >   
> > Thanks for your flexibility here!   
> >   
> > What's the chance of getting this resolved before 3.0 final? If we   
> > can't, can we please ifdef this out for 3.0 release and defer to 3.2?   
> >   
>   
> In https://github.com/qgis/QGIS/pull/6399 I implement a advanced   
> settings option, "tools\showDuplicateFeatureActions" to control   
> whether these actions are shown. By default it's off, but interested   
> organisations can set the flag in their qgis_global_settings.ini to   
> show these actions.   
>   
> I think that's a fair approach - it means that users/organisations   
> which require this feature can still use it in 3.0, whilst at the same   
> time avoiding exposing the functionality to users by default until it   
> is refined.   
>   
> Nyall
  
  
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