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<div class="pre" style="margin: 0; padding: 0; font-family: monospace"><br /> Ok cool. I've been thinking (based on the recent discussion re table<br /> manager plugin) that this existing rename field ability is quite<br /> hidden from users and could do with a better UI. Maybe it's time for<br /><a href="https://github.com/qgis/QGIS-Enhancement-Proposals/issues/37">https://github.com/qgis/QGIS-Enhancement-Proposals/issues/37</a> ...<br /> Nyall<br /><br /></div>
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<div class="pre" style="margin: 0; padding: 0; font-family: monospace">I agree that it would be useful to implement a better UI for the whole fields/widget/form management. It has been on the table for the past 2-3 years, but was never on the top of the list. It could be one topic for the 2017 QGIS grants proposals or for the QGIS-CH sponsoring projects. So far, our (QGIS.ORG/QGIS-CH) financial resources for 2016 are exhausted. Of course, if someone wants to work on this on his free time or finds another sponsor, it would be very nice if this could make it into QGIS 3.x rather sooner than later.</div>
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<div class="pre" style="margin: 0; padding: 0; font-family: monospace">However, I wonder if the management of the drag and drop designer, couldn't be more WYSIWYG. Other GIS software (like Autocad Topobase/Map3d Infrastructure suite (or whatever it is called these days)) can also do this. Can't we embed a form preview and have a better "live" preview of our configuration (e.g. of tabs, groups, widgets, labels, etc. Currently it is a bit like "working in the dark".</div>
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<div class="pre" style="margin: 0; padding: 0; font-family: monospace">Greetings,<br />Andreas</div>
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