[QGIS-trac] Re: [Quantum GIS] #2938: Add advance selection tools to core

[Quantum GIS]

#2938: Add advance selection tools to core
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        Reporter:  jpalmer                           |         Owner:  nobody        
            Type:  patch                             |        Status:  reopened      
        Priority:  major: does not work as expected  |     Milestone:  Version 1.6.0 
       Component:  MapCanvas                         |       Version:  Trunk         
      Resolution:                                    |      Keywords:  maptool select
Platform_version:                                    |      Platform:  All           
        Must_fix:  No                                |   Status_info:  0             
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Changes (by timlinux):

  * status:  closed => reopened
  * resolution:  fixed =>


Comment:

 Hi all

 Regarding r14071 (see also #1949) which adds the new selection tools,
 there are a number of issues with this change.

 - I think they consume too much toolbar space
 - In the view menu, the select new tool actions cause the menus after the
 view menu to be unusable on gnome on screens <= 768px high since you can
 not move the adjacent menus after the view menu (now longer with the
 select tools) is opened.
 - In the course we are running here the tools are confusing users
 - Selection seems to break some features like rotating point symbols
 interactively when the layer is being edited
 - Using the ALT modifier for selection using intersection rather than
 enclosure is not a good choice since on linux Alt-mousedrag moves the
 whole window container
 - The tooltips should indicate the modifier needed for intersection
 (although it might be nicer to have intersection the default behaviour as
 it is consistent with existing user experience and make the enclosure
 behaviour activated by a modifier key).

 My suggestion to address the above is as follows:

 - create a view submenu for the additional tools
 - display only the select by rectangle tool and the deselect tool in the
 toolbar (rest need activation via the menu)
 - make the rectangle tool select by single click as before (removing the
 need for the single click icon)
 - revert the default behaviour to intersection and make enclosure active
 by modifier key.

 I am reopening this ticket in the hopes that these issues can be
 addressed.

 Best regards

 Tim

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.osgeo.org/qgis/ticket/2938#comment:2>
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