Bug report #14146: "Merge Attributes" tool doesn't change values when they are typed - QGIS Application - QGIS Issue Tracking

Bug report #14146

"Merge Attributes" tool doesn't change values when they are typed

Added by Harrissou Santanna over 8 years ago. Updated over 8 years ago.

Status:	Closed
Priority:	Severe/Regression
Assignee:	Nyall Dawson
Category:	Digitising
Affected QGIS version:	2.12.2	Regression?:	No
Operating System:		Easy fix?:	No
Pull Request or Patch supplied:	No	Resolution:
Crashes QGIS or corrupts data:	No	Copied to github as #:	22148

Description

Add features to a layer (I'm using a PostGIS layer. Didn't try with shapes)
Select them and try to merge their attributes with an already existing feature.
If you select the value to use in the drop-down list, it's applied but it doesn't work if you type the value in the "Merge" row.
Doesn't work in 2.12.3

Associated revisions

Revision 3f94adc8
Added by Nyall Dawson over 8 years ago

Make entering manual values in merge attributes dialog more user
friendly (fix #14146)

Previously, if a value was manually entered it would be ignored if
the user forgot to change the combo box from the "skip" value
to some other value (even though that value would not be used).

Now, there's a new "manual" value in the combo box, and manually
entering a value will switch the combo automatically to the
"manual" option.

History

#1 Updated by Nyall Dawson over 8 years ago

Status changed from Open to Feedback

Are you sure that you've changed the combo box at the top of the table from the default "skip" value?

#2 Updated by Harrissou Santanna over 8 years ago

Indeed, you are right I haven't changed it. But in the case the new value I want to set is not yet in the features attributes, how can I set it? The workaround is to change the combobox value from the "skip" value to any other value and then type the desired value. a bit complicated, no?
Could we imagine that as soon as the user begins typing a value in a "Merge" cell, the "skip" value of this field becomes something else ? (to avoid skip while user has set a value)