Bug report #7167: Scale box input doesn't get converted to 1:xxxx - QGIS Application - QGIS Issue Tracking

Bug report #7167

Scale box input doesn't get converted to 1:xxxx

Added by Patrick Dunford over 11 years ago. Updated over 9 years ago.

Status:	Closed
Priority:	Low
Assignee:	-
Category:	GUI
Affected QGIS version:	master	Regression?:	No
Operating System:	Windows	Easy fix?:	No
Pull Request or Patch supplied:	No	Resolution:	fixed/implemented
Crashes QGIS or corrupts data:	No	Copied to github as #:	16220

Description

In version 1.8 when you type a scale input into the scale box it automatically converts to 1:xxxx (the number you typed in)
1.9 does not do this so you end up with a scale of 2000:1 or whatever.

Is this a bug or a feature. If latter is there any way a setting will control this behaviour.

History

#1 Updated by Giovanni Manghi over 11 years ago

Priority changed from Normal to Severe/Regression
Target version set to Version 2.0.0

I would say that is a bug and a regression.

#2 Updated by Magnus Homann over 11 years ago

Priority changed from Severe/Regression to Low

I think this is the right behaviour. If you want 1:2000, it's easy to write. If you want 2000:1 it is also easu to write. If you enter 2000, that is the same as 2000:1.