Feature request #5560
add option for field display order in identify window
| Status: | Closed | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Priority: | Low | ||
| Assignee: | - | ||
| Category: | GUI | ||
| Pull Request or Patch supplied: | No | Resolution: | fixed/implemented |
| Easy fix?: | No | Copied to github as #: | 15145 |
Description
Identify window displays fields using alphabetic order. Sometimes it's great, sometimes it's confusing since feature form uses table order, (and other GIS too).
Adding a general option to allow user to choose field order for both identify and feature form would be nice.
History
#1
Updated by Hugo Mercier over 12 years ago
- The feature form (ordered by table id) can be displayed from the identify window through the "View feature form" action
- We might consider adding sorting behaviour on the feature form (from the layer properties), since for now it is static
#2
Updated by Regis Haubourg over 12 years ago
Thanks,
I don't understand why table id can't be used in identify window, since it is possible in field tab (layers properties) and feature form.
1. I just finished 4 Qgis training courses, and every student is confused by the use of the feature form for simple interrogation. I really start to think it is the perfect tool for edition, but not for read only work. What do you think of it?
2. I prefer a general option coming along with 'open feature form if a single feature is identified'. It is a user preference I guesse and not a layer parameter. Do you agree with that?
#3
Updated by Hugo Mercier over 12 years ago
Ok, I am not really for the addition of a new user preference to circumvent bad window ergonomics.
If the information is well displayed (and sortable) inside the identify form, we can forget the "View feature form".
We now have to figure out a way to make this window fit into the identify form for each item selected.
#4
Updated by Pirmin Kalberer about 12 years ago
- Target version changed from Version 2.0.0 to Future Release - Nice to have
#5
Updated by Regis Haubourg almost 12 years ago
Hi,
could we imagine that field id is used to order identify results at start, and then let user click on column header to sort alphabetically fields. Drawback, it's impossible to return to native datasource field order unless closing identify windo and reopening it. That looks acceptable to me. Any other idea?
#6
Updated by Antonio Locandro over 10 years ago
Can the identify results display the fields in the order they are in the table? It's very confusing to have the fields order in some way in the table (which I suspect many take the time to order in a particular way for some reason) and then using the identify results window the fields are in another order.
By the way if its alphabetical for some reason it order first capitalized fields and starts again with lower case
#7
Updated by Médéric RIBREUX about 9 years ago
- Status changed from Open to Feedback
Regis Haubourg wrote:
Hi,
could we imagine that field id is used to order identify results at start, and then let user click on column header to sort alphabetically fields. Drawback, it's impossible to return to native datasource field order unless closing identify windo and reopening it. That looks acceptable to me. Any other idea?
Hello, bug triage...
in QGIS 2.13 master (probably in QGIS 2.12.1) the behavior of the identify results is as you described:
- when identifying multiple results, fields are sorted with the field id.
- you can change this order by sorting the "Feature" column: fields are now sorted alphabetically (or reversed alphabetically).
- to return to the field id sort, you have to re-identify the features.
Could we close this feature request ?
#8
Updated by Regis Haubourg about 9 years ago
Yep, I had not been focusing on that part. It is solved.
#9
Updated by Regis Haubourg about 9 years ago
Hi, I don't have rights to close tickets. Can anyone close this one?
#10
Updated by Giovanni Manghi about 9 years ago
- Resolution set to fixed/implemented
- Status changed from Feedback to Closed