[QGIS-Developer] Get rid of 'Manage Layers Toolbar', or not?

[Mathieu Pellerin]

For the record, this toolbar is already hidden by default.

Some people like the one-button unified dialog, some prefer the individual
provider buttons. I don't see why we'd want / what we'd gain to remove this
hidden-by-default toolbar.

On Sun, Mar 17, 2019, 7:14 PM Richard Duivenvoorde <rdmailings at duif.net>
wrote:

> Hi Frank,
>
> A plugin developers is free to place a button on whatever toolbar he
> wants. In your case the author could also place it in the 'Vector layer'
> toolbar, if you really like a button to have.
> About removing it or not. I'm ok with both options, though I think we
> should refrain for becoming an application in which there are 4 ways to
> do stuff an in that way clutter the application with buttons, panels and
> bars.
>
> I think Andreas option is fine: remove it for some time from the
> 'default' startup panels (for new users) and then later remove it.
>
> Regard,
>
> Richard Duivenvoorde
>
>
> On 17/03/2019 08.08, Frank Sokolic wrote:
> > Hi Richard,
> >
> > I wouldn't like the 'Manage Layers Toolbar' to be removed just yet. I
> > use the 'Spreadsheet layers' plugin a lot and this plugin places an icon
> > on the Manage Layers toolbar. This is very convenient as it means the
> > plugin can be accessed with one click. If the Manage Layers toolbar were
> > removed then users would have to access the plugin through the menu bar
> > (Layer > Add Layer > Add spreadsheet layer) which is slightly less
> > convenient.
> >
> > Perhaps the authors of the plugin, Camptocamp, need to be involved in
> > this discussion?
> >
> > Regards, Frank.
> >
> > On 2019/03/16 14:58, Richard Duivenvoorde wrote:
> >> Porting some Documentation about Mesh layers, written by Rosa during the
> >> Hackfest, I happened to note that there is no 'Add Mesh Layer' icon on
> >> the 'Manage Layers Toolbar' (see screenie).
> >>
> >> So now I wonder: do I create a Feature Request to add 'Add Mesh Layer'
> >> to it (so it opens the DataSource Manager window)?
> >>
> >> OR
> >>
> >> are we planning to get rid of the 'Manage Layers Toolbar' because we
> >> have the new DataSource Manager dialog now?
> >>
> >> Regards,
> >>
> >> Richard Duivenvoorde
> >>
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