Bug report #15435
Measure tools: default unit is hardcoded and doesn't follow choice in Settings dialog
| Status: | Closed | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Priority: | Normal | ||
| Assignee: |  Nyall Dawson | ||
| Category: | Map Tools | ||
| Affected QGIS version: | 2.14.5 | Regression?: | No |
| Operating System: | Easy fix?: | No | |
| Pull Request or Patch supplied: | No | Resolution: | end of life |
| Crashes QGIS or corrupts data: | No | Copied to github as #: | 23361 |
Description
Selecting the "measure line" tool always opens with feet units although in Settings --> Option --> Map tools, the preferred distance unit is meters and meter is the default unit of the crs i'm using. No reason for feet.
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#1
Updated by Harrissou Santanna over 8 years ago
Same thing for area units.
#2
Updated by Nyall Dawson over 8 years ago
Check the project properties
#3
Updated by Harrissou Santanna over 8 years ago
Indeed, it was those units activated in Project properties. Thanks.
Then shouldn't configuration tool rather open this dialog? Otherwise, what's then the purpose of that shortcut?
#4
Updated by Nyall Dawson about 8 years ago
- Status changed from Open to Feedback
I assume it's to customise the appearance and other measure tool settings. Maybe the button should be totally removed to avoid confusion?
#5
Updated by Harrissou Santanna about 8 years ago
Indeed and as pointed in #15436, changing(!) the (global) units settings directly apply to the measurement widget.
However, given that the measurement widget is not a modal dialog, removing the config button would be less painful (though a shortcut is often nice to have). No strong opinion.
Feel free to do what you think is better. Thanks.
#6
Updated by Harrissou Santanna about 8 years ago
Actually, (i'm still a bit puzzled) forget my comment above about units change. Change is applied only if unit is the same as the project properties otherwise, validating the Configuration dialog applies the units set in Project properties (Nyall's first comment above). There is no relation between units in measurement widget and units in global settings dialog. (trying to fix things in doc: https://github.com/qgis/QGIS-Documentation/pull/1446)
IMHO, there's actually no reason for an user to have to set units in Settings while measuring as it's possible to do it directly within the measurement dialog. And if (s)he needs setting the rubberband color or decimal, it's still possible to access the main dialog.
So Better remove the config button to avoid confusion on units behaviour.
#7
Updated by Giovanni Manghi almost 8 years ago
- Status changed from Feedback to Open
#8
Updated by Giovanni Manghi over 7 years ago
- Regression? set to No
- Easy fix? set to No
#9
Updated by Harrissou Santanna about 6 years ago
- Related to Bug report #18891: Changed Ruler distance units do not "stick" - instead always revert to Meters when Ruler Tool is re-selected added
#10
Updated by Giovanni Manghi over 5 years ago
- Resolution set to end of life
- Status changed from Open to Closed
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