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

[Carlo A. Bertelli (Charta s.r.l.)]

This is an old debate, GIS programs usually show a very cluttered
interface. It's matter of muscles: more icons, more tools, more power.
Uncluttering the interface would help noviced and power users. I think that
actions that are performed "per feature" (frequently) may benefit from
getting an icon (and a keyboard shortcut) for one-click actions, but
actions that are performed "per map" (relatively unfrequently) should not
get an icon. I'm very fond of the superposition of Layer and Browser panel
because they are mutually exclusive. You may add a layer than switch to the
layer level and manage it – two clicks, but very useful and not in the
front stage. How many times you add a layer to a map?
One thing that should be assured is the complete alignment of Layer -> Add
Layer menu and Browser panel.
I know showing a new icon helps advertising new features, but... let's find
another way, say adding a button to the splash screen...
My two boring cents (sorry!)
c

On Sun, Mar 17, 2019 at 1:24 PM Richard Duivenvoorde <rdmailings at duif.net>
wrote:

> On 17/03/2019 13.19, Mathieu Pellerin wrote:
> > 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.
>
> We'd gain the need to support it: as said, it is missing th 'Add Mesh
> Layer' button currently. So I'd be in favour of removing instead of
> investing time keeping (even hidden) toolbars up to date with new
> functionality.
>
> I'm also aware that adding it is 10 minutes of work, but I think we keep
> too much 'history' in all kind of places in the project: we should not
> be afraid to do some cleanup once and every while?
>
> Richard
>
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