[QGIS-Developer] Dropping "render" checkbox from status bar

[steven kay]

Yes! I find this useful, sometimes.

Use case: Sometimes I'll use the Db manager to write a query which I add as
a view. With a few million points. Said layer is created dynamically, so it
takes a while to render with the default symbology.

If I can turn off rendering, I don't need to wait for ages for it to
render, I can select the layer and export it as a GPKG, and then import it.

At no point does QGIS GUI become unresponsive - I can just uncheck the box.

I just don't want to wait around for a render I don't need

I hope that makes sense! I'm sure there's a better way in QGIS I'm not
aware of :)

Steven

On Sun, Oct 15, 2023 at 8:39 PM Vedran Stojnović via QGIS-Developer <
qgis-developer at lists.osgeo.org> wrote:

> Hi Nyall,
>
> I find it useful from time to time with complex layer rendering when it
> takes several seconds or more to render a map canvas and I want to
> investigate attributes currently shown on screen.
>
> My procedure is as follows:
> 1) zoom at the appropriate level and lock rendering
> 2) open the attribute table and set it to display items visible on the map
> 3) move around the map zooming in and out and analyzing the results
>
>
> ned, 15. lis 2023. u 21:30 Nyall Dawson via QGIS-Developer <
> qgis-developer at lists.osgeo.org> napisao je:
>
>> Hi list,
>>
>> Question: are there still any valid use cases for the "render"
>> checkbox in the status bar? It's been around forever, and DID have a
>> strong use case when map rendering used to block the QGIS interface.
>> But is there any reason to keep this around in modern QGIS versions?
>>
>> Nyall
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> Vedran Stojnović.
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