[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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Comment(by jef):

 Replying to [comment:6 timlinux]:
 > 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.

 Are you sure that you don't use a symbology-ng renderer?  Looks like those
 don't work with the rotation tool.

 > 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.

 The tool buttons are now delayed (the default).

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Ticket URL: <http://trac.osgeo.org/qgis/ticket/2938#comment:7>
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