improve copy/pasting in the attribute table

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A list of nice small enhancements or fixes

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improve copy/pasting in the attribute table #9

Open 3nids opened 4 years ago

3nids commented 4 years ago

copy display values, keep order and choice of columns

saberraz commented 4 years ago

It would be great to have something more generic: https://github.com/qgis/QGIS/issues/24538

3nids commented 4 years ago

@saberraz I think we're talking of 2 different workflows here.

copying features => a field mapper makes sense
copying content from the attribute table => if you paste in a sheet or text editor, you expect to get the columns you chose and the represent values to be used rather than raw data.

rbovard commented 4 years ago

@3nids What do you mean with

you expect to get the columns you chose and the represent values to be used rather than raw data

I just tried to export selected features with CTRL+C (which doesn't work here - I need to use the button) and paste them in a sheet, the result is here.

QGIS:

Excel:

LibreOffice:

3nids commented 4 years ago

1) if you have a filter on the columns displayed in the attribute table, it is not taken into account (all columns are copied) 2) if you have value relations, it's the key and not the value which is copied.

We would need a way to distinguish when you copy features and when you copy content from attribute table. We could enable selection of cells, not sure how feasible it is.

rbovard commented 4 years ago

Ok, I get it thanks!

You can add a third point:

Copy field aliases if defined