Feature request #5787

Trivalent checkbox for layer visibility

Added by Olivier redlead almost 12 years ago. Updated almost 7 years ago.

Status:Open
Priority:Normal
Assignee:-
Category:GUI
Pull Request or Patch supplied:No Resolution:
Easy fix?:No Copied to github as #:15279

Description

Hi !

When there are a lots of layer and a lots of groups, it would be extremely useful to have trivalent checkboxes for layer visibility.

A layer could either be "visible", "hidden", "inherit".

So, in a group, you could have some layers set to "hidden" and some set to "inherit".

This way, no matter what the group's visibility is, some layer could always be hidden (which you would set for data you don't intend to use for the moment), and some always visible (which you would set for data you want to see no matter what the group visibility is).
You could toggle the group's visibility without loosing that setup.

Typical example : (V for visible, H for hidden, I for inherit, * for elements that are visible in the ned)

H gr_forgeground
- I buildings
- I streets
- I lots
- V city_boundary*

I gr_data
- H water_protection
- I pollution*

I GROUP_Zones
- H forest
- I land_usage*

Cool ! You can toggle the whole foreground group without having to recheck "boundaries" that you always want to see.

Thanks !

History

#1 Updated by Alexander Bruy almost 12 years ago

Maybe related to #4762

#2 Updated by Paolo Cavallini over 11 years ago

  • Target version set to Version 2.0.0

#3 Updated by Pirmin Kalberer over 11 years ago

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

#4 Updated by Giovanni Manghi almost 7 years ago

  • Easy fix? set to No

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