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Finer granularity in the toolbars: separte edit and commit tools

Details

  • Type: Improvement Improvement
  • Status: Closed Closed
  • Priority: Minor Minor
  • Resolution: Unresolved
  • Affects Version/s: UDIG 1.1.M7
  • Fix Version/s: UDIG 1.4.1
  • Component/s: application
  • Labels:
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  • Environment:
    linux/gnu/X/Gnome by Ubuntu

Description

The toolbars should have finer granularity. For example, the Commit/Rollback should be in their own toolbar and disabled by default. Similarly, the EditFeatures tools should be on their own.

The current toolbars are a bit confusing partly because the tool icons are very similar, partly because everything is active and in one long line.

--adrian

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Jesse Eichar added a comment -
In one of the next versions we are considering changing the toolbars so they there is a category toolbar and a tool toolbar. I know that doesn't make sense. Let me try again.

There will be essentially the current tool bar that we have now except there will not be a drop down arrow allowing the tools to be selected that way. Instead the buttons will be fixed and their icons will be fixed. When a button is pressed a tool bar below the current one will be populated with all the tools available. (So it is possible to tell at a glance what tools are available and which one is active.) Each tool bar will also have a preferences button on it for quick access to the preference setting or that category of tools.

  
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Jesse Eichar added a comment - In one of the next versions we are considering changing the toolbars so they there is a category toolbar and a tool toolbar. I know that doesn't make sense. Let me try again. There will be essentially the current tool bar that we have now except there will not be a drop down arrow allowing the tools to be selected that way. Instead the buttons will be fixed and their icons will be fixed. When a button is pressed a tool bar below the current one will be populated with all the tools available. (So it is possible to tell at a glance what tools are available and which one is active.) Each tool bar will also have a preferences button on it for quick access to the preference setting or that category of tools.   
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John Hudson added a comment -
This is still relevant as of revision 31335
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John Hudson added a comment - This is still relevant as of revision 31335

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    Reporter:
    Adrian Custer
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