Bug report #21387: Unavailable layers because of a moved folder - QGIS Application - QGIS Issue Tracking

Bug report #21387

Unavailable layers because of a moved folder

Added by Edward H over 5 years ago. Updated over 5 years ago.

Status:	Closed
Priority:	Normal
Assignee:	Alessandro Pasotti
Category:	Vectors
Affected QGIS version:	3.7(master)	Regression?:	No
Operating System:	Any	Easy fix?:	No
Pull Request or Patch supplied:	Yes	Resolution:	fixed/implemented
Crashes QGIS or corrupts data:	No	Copied to github as #:	29204

Description

Hi,

I have an issue in QGIS 3.6 (Windows 10 / 64 bits) with the replacement or the renaming a folder/layer.

If a folder or a layer is moved/renamed, the (new) "file requester" appears (cf unavailable 1.jpeg) and after browsing the new sources of files (cf unavailable 2.jpeg) all the files recovered appears on the top of the layers area, checked (because it's my default settings) and not in the right group and un-checked (cf unavailable 3.jpeg)

thanks if anyone can look at this.

unavailable 1.JPG (450 KB) Edward H, 2019-02-26 09:53 AM

unavailable 2.JPG (446 KB) Edward H, 2019-02-26 09:53 AM

unavailable 3.JPG (662 KB) Edward H, 2019-02-26 09:53 AM

test QGIS issue folder.zip (25.3 KB) Edward H, 2019-02-26 02:11 PM

Associated revisions

Revision 5bc2183d
Added by Alessandro Pasotti over 5 years ago

Keep group and checked state when handling bad layers

Fixes #21387 - Unavailable layers because of a moved folder

Revision 452d4b26
Added by Alessandro Pasotti over 5 years ago

Keep group and checked state when handling bad layers

Fixes #21387 - Unavailable layers because of a moved folder

Revision af972502
Added by Alessandro Pasotti over 5 years ago

Keep group and checked state when handling bad layers

Fixes #21387 - Unavailable layers because of a moved folder

History

#1 Updated by Alessandro Pasotti over 5 years ago

Status changed from Open to Feedback
Assignee set to Alessandro Pasotti

It would be very helpful if you could attach a zip file with a minimal project and data to reproduce the issue.

#2 Updated by Edward H over 5 years ago

File test QGIS issue folder.zip added

Thank's for the prompt answer and I attach a zip file like you asked me

steps to reproduce this issue :

- open the project in the zip file
- have a look at the distribution of layers into the groups
- quit the project
- rename one of the folders
- re-open the project
- re-assign the correct name of the folder for each unavailable layers
- this layers move on the top and they are checked by default and a group is empty

#3 Updated by Alessandro Pasotti over 5 years ago

Thank you for sharing the project and data.

So, basically, the issue is that the original layer's group and checked/unchecked state are not preserved when handling bad layers from the dialog?

#4 Updated by Edward H over 5 years ago

Yes exactly and also found at the top of the layer's panel
And in my case, I have a lot of layer's group and folders change names regularly in Windows...

#5 Updated by Alessandro Pasotti over 5 years ago

Category changed from Unknown to Vectors
Status changed from Feedback to Open

#6 Updated by Giovanni Manghi over 5 years ago

Status changed from Open to Feedback

Is this really a regression?

#7 Updated by Edward H over 5 years ago

This is certainly not a regression regarding the development of qgis functionalities (and for bug tracking) but in terms of user experience it's pretty annoying to lose its organization of layers.
By the way, it works fine on the LTR version :)