Feature request #3008

Reimplement map decorations as annotation widgets

Added by Tim Sutton about 14 years ago. Updated over 10 years ago.

Status:Closed
Priority:Low
Assignee:Tim Sutton
Category:Map Canvas
Pull Request or Patch supplied:No Resolution:fixed/implemented
Easy fix?:No Copied to github as #:13068

Description

Our plugins menu is cluttered already and some of the plugins would be better suited to being implemented as core functionality (e.g. scalebar, north arrow etc. For a long time I have wanted to implement the idea of mapwidgets - small widgets that can be dragged and arbitrarily placed on the map. Marco's mapannotation tools actually take us towards that idea nicely so I thought I would start reimplementing some decorations as subclasses of QgsMapAnnotation to get a feel of how suitable the api would be for generic widget api.

I'm attaching my first proof of concept for this (warning its still rough around the edges) which implements the scalebar as a widget. My idea to build out the widgets list at the upcoming hackfest in Wroclaw, Poland.

Also we should give some thought to making the implementation more generic (e.g. a special type of plugin?) so that it is not needed to do so many changes to app and gui for each new widget type.

I welcome comments and suggestions and will update the patch (with aim including in 1.6 if I can get it all polished nicely).

Tim

scalebarwidget_v1.diff Magnifier - Patch for scalebar widget generated against r14228 (69.6 KB) Tim Sutton, 2010-09-15 03:46 AM

History

#1 Updated by Giovanni Manghi almost 13 years ago

  • Target version changed from Version 1.7.0 to Version 1.7.4

#2 Updated by Jürgen Fischer over 12 years ago

  • Pull Request or Patch supplied set to No
  • Status changed from Open to Feedback

Meanwhile the plugins were integrated to app - my guess is that this is done.

#3 Updated by Giovanni Manghi over 12 years ago

  • Target version changed from Version 1.7.4 to Version 2.0.0

#4 Updated by Pirmin Kalberer almost 12 years ago

  • Target version changed from Version 2.0.0 to Future Release - Nice to have

#5 Updated by Giovanni Manghi over 10 years ago

  • Resolution set to fixed/implemented
  • Status changed from Feedback to Closed

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