[Qgis-user] Comfortable attribute-editing plugin?

[Stephan Holl]

Hello Andreas, Marco,

Andreas Neumann <a.neumann at carto.net>, [20110718 - 11:42:44]

>  HI Stephan,
> 
>  This does not need a plug-in. It is already built in to QGIS.
> 
>  There is a setting which allows the direct opening of a form with
> the identify tool, if there is a direct hit. You need to change the 
>  following settings:
> 
>  Menue Settings --> Options --> Map Tools --> Mode "Top Down, Stop at 
>  First"y^
>  same dialogue, just below: enable checkbox "Open feature form, if a 
>  single feature is identified".

Thanks a bunch, this is what I was after.

Also the additional hints are appreciated, but I think the above way is
the way to go first.

Best

	Stephan

> 
> 
>  -----------
> 
>  As to the form:
> 
>  there are two options:
>  a) customize the widgets (you can set widgets, like checkboxes, 
>  comboboxes, sliders, hide, set read-only, text editor, etc.) - but
> the form will always stay in a table
> 
>  You can adjust this in the Layer properties dialogue --> tab
> "Fields" --> column "Edit widget"
> 
>  b) design your own form in qt-designer, save it as a .ui file. You
> need to name the widgets identical to the column name.
> 
>  After saving the file to the .ui (preferably relative to the .qgs 
>  project file), you can specify it in the layer properties dialogue
> --> "General" tab --> Edit ui file. After this setting, QGIS will
> display your custom dialogue instead of the standard dialogue. It
> will fill in and read values to/from this form and save the data
> along with your geometric edits.
> 
>  Hope this helps?
> 
>  Andreas
> 
>  On Mon, 18 Jul 2011 11:20:27 +0200, Stephan Holl wrote:
> > Dear QGIS-users,
> >
> > I am looking for a Plugin which helps my users editing their
> > attribute-data.
> >
> > The usecase:
> >   we habe point-data living in a PostGIS-Table. What we need is a 
> > tool
> >   which selects a point an opens a window where the attributes can
> > be edited directly. Is there something arround? The usual way of 
> > selecting
> >   a point, change to the attribute-table, enable editing and type 
> > into
> >   the somewhat small rows does not seem valuable.
> >
> > Looking forward for your suggestions.
> >
> > Best
> >
> > 	Stephan
> 



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