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Improve usability of batch import of vector layers #2267

Open qissue-bot opened 5 years ago

qissue-bot commented 5 years ago

Author Name: jekhor - (jekhor -) Original Redmine Issue: 2280, https://issues.qgis.org/issues/2280

Original Assignee: nobody -

When adding of vector layer, we can select many files in the file selection dialog. But for every file separate dialog with list of sublayers will be shown, even if all files have identical list of sublayers. It makes batch import inconvenient.

For example, I want to open all my GPX tracks without of converting it to single GPX file or to SHP.

I don't know how to 'fix' this. Probably, dialog with both files and common sublayers will be solution.

qissue-bot commented 5 years ago

Original Redmine Comment Author Name: Giovanni Manghi (Giovanni Manghi) Original Date: 2009-12-14T03:56:47.000Z

Replying to "jekhor":/issues/show/2280:

For example, I want to open all my GPX tracks without of converting it to single GPX file or to SHP.

add vector layer -> dataset (browse) -> and then select "gpx" as the extension to look for

I get it wrong?

qissue-bot commented 5 years ago

Original Redmine Comment Author Name: jekhor - (jekhor -) Original Date: 2009-12-14T04:10:41.000Z

Replying to [comment:1 lutra]:

add vector layer -> dataset (browse) -> and then select "gpx" as the extension to look for

I get it wrong?

And now try to select 100 files and add them as layers... :)

qissue-bot commented 5 years ago

Original Redmine Comment Author Name: Giovanni Manghi (Giovanni Manghi) Original Date: 2009-12-14T04:15:18.000Z

And now try to select 100 files and add them as layers... :)

right. What are the other ogr data types that offer to choose among subalyers?

qissue-bot commented 5 years ago

Original Redmine Comment Author Name: Johannes Kroeger (Johannes Kroeger) Original Date: 2017-08-16T15:13:57.189Z

I would like to add another voice in support of this.

The problem also arises when loading multiple layers from a single file if their CRS has to be selected for each and every one.

It would be great to say "always load layer(s) X from the selected files" and "always use CRS Y for any layers in the selected files".

This is a problem for users, see eg the recently published making-of from a Washington Post designer: https://source.opennews.org/articles/eclipse-predictor/

qissue-bot commented 5 years ago

Original Redmine Comment Author Name: Giovanni Manghi (Giovanni Manghi) Original Date: 2017-08-16T15:30:24.714Z

This is a problem for users, see eg the recently published making-of from a Washington Post designer: https://source.opennews.org/articles/eclipse-predictor/

"...QGIS terrible UI..."

very constructive.