[Qgis-user] Proposed attribute table UI redesign

[stefaan dondeyne]

Hi Nathan
 
This looks great to me and it's an excellent initiative.
 
My only concern is that if "the advanced search" is plainly replaced by "Advanced" it may not be clear what's behind it
 
Could "search" and "search advanced" not be replaced by an icon, whereby the advanced one would have the same icon but with a "+"  or so?
 
Best wishes and thanks a lot
 
Stefaan 



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From: Nathan Woodrow <madmanwoo at gmail.com>
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Sent: Monday, 14 November 2011, 9:54
Subject: [Qgis-user] Proposed attribute table UI redesign


Hi all, 

Today I was looking at some different ways to redesign and optimize the attribute table UI and have come up with a design that I think works well but would like to get some feedback first.

I have made two screenshots, showing the old and new dialog at the same size and using the same Qt theme.

Just a plain comparison screenshot : http://dl.dropbox.com/u/6170988/Plain.png
Comparison screenshot with notes : http://dl.dropbox.com/u/6170988/Noted.png 

The main things are:
	1. Make the min row height to 16.  This removes the empty space below the text in the current UI and allows more rows to be shown with less wasted space.
	2. Reduce some of the margins around the controls.
	3. Move the search stuff to the top in order to give search text more space and group the items better. All search options at the top.
	4. Replace Advanced search button with a hyperlink style button.  This is less distracting from a UI point of view IMO.
	5. Remove Search button as Enter on the keyboard does the same thing. Is a button really needed?
	6. Split buttons at bottom into two groups.  Actions for current selection and stuff that only works in edit mode e.g. adding new column. Over all you can show about 4 more rows depending on the theme.  Having the search at the top for me feels better as it is less cramped then where it is now and makes more sense to click Show Selected Only and seeing the results below. 

Anyone have any thoughts about the design?

- Nathan
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