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

[Jeffrey Durrence]

Nathan,

Thanks for this update!  I'll have to try out the master on a different box.   After causing myself some extra stress chasing dev versions on my primary workstation, I've resorted to being content with as much stable/vanilla packaging on my primary workstations.

Jeffrey

----- Original Message -----
> From: "Nathan Woodrow" <madmanwoo at gmail.com>
> To: "Jeffrey Durrence" <jeffrey.durrence at mcleanengineering.com>
> Cc: "qgis-user" <qgis-user at lists.osgeo.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, May 14, 2013 8:42:09 PM
> Subject: Re: [Qgis-user] Short(er)cut to Field Calculator or alternate technique?
> 
> 
> Jeffrey,
> 
> 
> That is a good point. Done in
> https://github.com/qgis/Quantum-GIS/commit/1bfa7e9636d89f780ca06177b3aebc7dab2b2dbb
> 
> 
> - Nathan
> 
> 
> 
> On Wed, May 15, 2013 at 5:25 AM, Jeffrey Durrence <
> jeffrey.durrence at mcleanengineering.com > wrote:
> 
> 
> 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
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