[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):

 * cc: hdus (added)


Comment:

 Hi

 For rotating point symbols, you edit a point layer, and then use the
 symbol rotation tool to rotate the selected point to your specified angle.
 Currently this does not work with the new selection tools.

 Wrt the flyout tool button, I think they are bad usability - it requires
 two clicks to activate a tool which is no more efficient than using the
 menus. It would be nicer to have a single tool displayed (rectangle
 selection) and the rest stowed in the view menu.

 I tried your patch above. The radio buttons would be better placed on the
 map tools panel than the overlay panel.

 Also please note the issue with Alt clicking and dragging remains - alt is
 not a usable modifier key for mouse click & drag actions on unix since in
 most window managers it moves the entire window.

 Best regards

 Tim

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Ticket URL: <http://trac.osgeo.org/qgis/ticket/2938#comment:6>
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