[Qgis-user] Short(er)cut to Field Calculator or alternate technique?

[Stephane Goldstein]

Hi.

Maybe the MultiEdit plugin can save you some time.
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From: Jeffrey Durrence
Sent: 05/14/13 08:25 PM
To: qgis-user at lists.osgeo.org
Subject: [Qgis-user] Short(er)cut to Field Calculator or alternate technique?

Hi, One of my most frequent needs is to visually identify and select groups of vector objects and assign attribute values to these groups. Here's my typical work flow... 1. Select multiple items (point and click multiple, polygon, rectangle, etc) 2. Go to layer attribute table 3. Select field calculator 4. Within field calculator, choose "only update selected features" and "update existing field." Enter the value and apply. 5. Close the attribute layer (if I don't take this step, I spend lots of time waiting on the attribute table's display to update with my new attribute values). 6. Save the layer 7. Return to step 1 I could save myself a good bit of time if there was a direct shortcut to the field calculator from the main qgis display. The only reason that I'm opening the attribute table now is to reveal the shortcut to the field calculator. Is there a way to start this tool from the main qgis window without opening the attribute table? I've looked around, but I can't find a way to do this. Thanks for your help, Jeffrey My platform... Ubuntu 12.04 64 Bit, QGIS version: 1.8.0-Lisboa QGIS code revision: exported Compiled against: Qt4.8.1 Running against Qt 4.8.1 Compiled against GDAL/OGR 1.9.2 Running against GDAL/OGR 1.9.2 GEOS Version 3.3.3 PostgreSQL Client Version 9.1.6 SpatiaLite Version 3.1.0-RC2 QWT Version 5.2.2 -- Jeffrey Durrence McLean Engineering Company jeffrey.durrence at mcleanengineering.com _______________________________________________ Qgis-user mailing list Qgis-user at lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user
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