[QGIS-Developer] Unabbreviated expression evaluation preview?

[Andreas Neumann]

Agreed - I also like the "Copy to Clipboard" idea.

Andreas

On Mon, 22 Nov 2021 at 14:45, Matthias Kuhn <matthias at opengis.ch> wrote:

> Hi Hannes,
>
> Good request.
> I think it's mainly the way it is for not cluttering the - already heavy -
> interface too much. And potential performance problems if someone tries to
> put the complete qgis source code into the preview (... that might lead to
> other problems too ...)
>
> I'd propose an on-demand popup and integrate a "copy to clipboard" action
> at the same time.
>
> That would justify a feature request on github.
>
> Cheers
> Matthias
>
> On Mon, Nov 22, 2021 at 2:26 PM Johannes Kröger (WhereGroup) <
> johannes.kroeger at wheregroup.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi list,
>>
>> when developing QGIS expression the preview string output of the
>> evaluation at the bottom of the dialog (e. g. Field Calculator) is super
>> helpful. But it gets cut off after ~60 characters so for longer returns
>> you cannot see them fully.
>>
>> Is there an important reason for that cutoff or would it theoretically
>> be possible to display the whole return value (e. g. in a scrollable
>> area if needed)? Maybe that would require a safety limit at a couple of
>> thousand characters but it would allow for more insight.
>>
>> Cheers
>> Hannes
>>
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