Feature request #1788: Overview should show extent of overview items, not all project layers - QGIS Application - QGIS Issue Tracking

Feature request #1788

Overview should show extent of overview items, not all project layers

Added by John Tull over 15 years ago. Updated about 12 years ago.

Status:	Closed
Priority:	Low
Assignee:	-
Category:	Map Legend
Pull Request or Patch supplied:	No	Resolution:	fixed
Easy fix?:	No	Copied to github as #:	11848

Description

Currently, the overview defaults to the extent of the largest layer in the qgis project. Often, there is a layer that is beyond the extent of what you want to see in an overview. E.g., there may be a file that covers all of Europe, but you only want the overview map to show the outline of Germany, the area of primary interest. If the overview is only showing the outline of Germany, it should only cover the extents of Germany, not all of Europe.

Associated revisions

Revision 2613cf6a
Added by Radim Blazek about 12 years ago

keep extent of overview set to union of extents of layer in overview; dont shrink on resize; fixes #1788

History

#1 Updated by John Tull over 13 years ago

Another example of how this works poorly: If I have a layer in the overview as a docked item below the layer legend, I can make the overview map shrink by adjusting the overview pane up and down (taller and shorter). With each subsequent movement of the window up and down, the overview map shrinks further. Again, the overview map should be pegged to the extent of the largest layer in the overview.