MerginMaps / MerginMaps/qgis-plugin

Show layer names in project status dialog

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enhancement
Dominant language
Python
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3d 12h
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Description

An idea: the way how we display the changes in the project status dialog may not be most intuitive for users - we show added/modified/removed files and optionally some extra details about changes (in case of gpkg files). How about we would by default refer to map layers (with their names+icons as in QGIS layer tree) rather than the underlying files, and only other file types (like pictures) would be treated on a file-based way like now?

Possibly there could be switch between these two views...

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Research direction

Start by locating the project status dialog and the QGIS layer tree integration used to display layer names and icons. Determine how file-based changes and GeoPackage details are currently represented, then define whether the default layer view and an optional file view are both required; done means the dialog clearly handles layers and non-layer files.

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Assessment

Tech stack
python
Domain
desktop
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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