Hi Niklas, thank you for your ideas, why don't you file an "enhancement" ticket on github so that people can discuss it there?
Attaching a few mockups about your proposed changes would also be helpful. Kind regards. On Fri, Jun 7, 2024 at 9:12 AM Niklas Alt via QGIS-Developer < qgis-developer@lists.osgeo.org> wrote: > Dear QGIS Developers, > > I am a long time user, first time subscriber to this list. I am active > though for some years within the local > OSGeo Chapter of Germany FOSSGIS (and the QGIS user group), so some > people on the list might be able > to put a face on this message. > > I am always expressing my gratitude to the QGIS dev-community in > personal, so let me start with a big thank you. > I have been using QGIS for the last 10 years and our community has come > a long way. > > Now to my issue: A few versions back QGIS has started to expand raster > files with a legend, once they are > added to the layer-panel. We are working mostly with georeferenced > historical maps, so for the most part > the maps are simple RGB files with transparency. And often we add dozens > of maps which make up a city. > Leading to long lists of expanded legends informing about the fact that > all maps are made up of RGB color bands. > > Additionaly we are relying on the opacity slider, which can be added to > the layer tree, allowing for a convenient > way to control the opacity of the added maps. However the slider is only > visible when the map is expanded in the layer-panel. > > I have posted a while back on mastodon and have added some images for > illustrative purposes: > > https://fedihum.org/@oshistory/111821429135997460 > > Perhaps the following alterations might be considered for an improved UX: > > - new raster layers are collapsed by default (users who need to > inspect the legend can toggle it) > - users can decided if they want the legend to be displayed. This > could for instance be set within the Legend > Tab of the Layer Properties panel. In fact, there already is an > option to use a placeholder, maybe a simple boolean > checkbox could serve as a graphical control item > - maybe the legend and other UI Elements (like the mentioned opacity > slider) could be seperated. > > Best Wishes, > > Niklas Alt, Marburg, Germany > > > -- > Niklas Alt Wiss. MA. Hessisches Institut für Landesgeschichte > Wilhelm-Röpke-Str. 6C 35032 Marburg fon +49 (0)6421 28-91759 fax -24799 > > Hinweise zur Verarbeitung Ihrer personenbezogenen Daten finden Sie > unterhttps://hlgl.hessen.de/datenschutzhinweise > > _______________________________________________ > QGIS-Developer mailing list > QGIS-Developer@lists.osgeo.org > List info: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer > Unsubscribe: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer > -- Alessandro Pasotti QCooperative: www.qcooperative.net ItOpen: www.itopen.it
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