Bug report #13720

Disable some digitizing tools when point (non multipoint) layer is being edited

Added by Harrissou Santanna about 9 years ago. Updated almost 6 years ago.

Status:Closed
Priority:Normal
Assignee:-
Category:Digitising
Affected QGIS version:master Regression?:No
Operating System: Easy fix?:No
Pull Request or Patch supplied:No Resolution:end of life
Crashes QGIS or corrupts data:No Copied to github as #:21747

Description

Toggle editing a point shapefile layer.
Are available advanced digitizing tools like Add Part, Delete Part, Merge Feature(s). I'm wondering why these tools are available for this type of layer since:
- trying to merge features states : "The union operation would result in a geometry type that is not compatible with the current layer and therefore is canceled"
- Add part : the parts are added with the clic but when saving the layer, there are vanished silently (should i open a specific ticket?)
- Delete part : impossible to test it since I wasn't able to add a multipart shapefile. Saving a postgis multipoint into shapefile only keeps the single part features.

I don't know if shapefile format doesn't allow multiparts point features or if it's QGIS that doesn't support it (creating a shapefile only offers point type no multipoint) but there should be coherence between tools available and capabilities.

History

#1 Updated by Giovanni Manghi about 9 years ago

  • Target version deleted (Version 2.14)
  • Subject changed from Digitizing tools available are not coherent with (multipart) shapefile editing capabilities to Disable some digitizing tools when point (non multipoint) layer is being edited

correct. Multi-point layers/shapefiles are certainly possible and the described tools work as expected with them. It is confusing to leave them active for non multi-point layers and so return to users error messages.

#2 Updated by Harrissou Santanna about 9 years ago

I don't know if it was a local issue or a third-part one but I can currently merge point features, add and delete part in a shapefile layer.
Things look coherent now from a shapefile format point of view.

#3 Updated by Giovanni Manghi over 7 years ago

  • Regression? set to No
  • Easy fix? set to No

#4 Updated by Giovanni Manghi almost 6 years ago

  • Resolution set to end of life
  • Status changed from Open to Closed

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