[QGIS-trac] [Quantum GIS] #1580: Status indicator when loading QGIS project files

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#1580: Status indicator when loading QGIS project files
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   Reporter:  neumann                          |              Owner:  nobody
       Type:  enhancement                      |             Status:  new   
   Priority:  minor: annoyance or enhancement  |          Milestone:        
  Component:  GUI                              |            Version:  HEAD  
   Keywords:                                   |   Platform_version:        
   Platform:  Debian                           |           Must_fix:  No    
Status_info:  0                                |  
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 It would be nice if we could have a status indicator when loading a
 qgis-project. Some of my project have 20+ layers and when loading such a
 project, QGIS seems to do nothing for a couple seconds (up to half a
 minute).

 Some of my users then think that the program hangs or crashed.

 I think it would be great to have some sort of indication of what QGIS is
 doing while loading a project, telling the user which dataset it is
 currently loading, rendering or working on:

 Some of the options:
 * Write a message in the statusbar to indicate which layer qgis is
 currently working on
 * a dialogue displaying the progress
 * a progress bar (either in status bar or separate dialogue)
 * a list of layers to load and a status indicator to tell which layer is
 already loaded and which layers are still pending

 Thanks for considering to deal with this enhancement!

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.osgeo.org/qgis/ticket/1580>
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