[Qgis-user] zoom to point/edit point coordinates

[Carson Farmer]

Tim et al.
>>> One way I thought we could do this is that if the user double clicks
>>> on the canvas while in edit mode we pop up a small dialog to let them
>>> enter x &y. If the double click is on an existing node, the node would
>>> be moved. If its on a non-node, a new vertex can be added there.
>>>
>>> How does that sound?
>>>       
>> Another idea is to use a small dock with two input lines and the 'apply'
>> button. It would appear every time user enters the editing mode and display
>> coordinates of the currently selected vertex. Unfortunately, it reduces the
>> working area...
>>     
>
> I prefer your idea because your way a user could just keep entering
> coordinate pairs to build up a feature without any need for mouse
> clicks. Since docs can be stacked / tabbed it neednt consume a lot of
> screen real estate. The disadvantage of your idea is that we would
> need to implement the concept of a selected vertex probably...
>   
You might not need to, for example, you setup the following:
 If a vertex is selected, the 'apply' button would read 'adjust vertex', 
otherwise, it would read 'add vertex'.

This way it becomes both a new vertex and change vertex tool!

Carson