Just have a question here about the use of separate application windows
for the Qgis application main window and the Layout window. Obviously
the separate layout windows can be multiple in number whereas most of
the time we only need one application main window open.
However for me there is the question of having different toolbars and
panels available in the two different types of window. Whilst they do
fulfill different functions of the application, the crossover between
those functions that is easy to achieve when running a script somewhat
blurs the merits of separate windows and raises the question of why
panels and toolbars can only be used in one or the other windows but not
both.
In other words should you have the two distinct types of window or one
window that can have a combination of panels and toolbars from anywhere.
Granted that that would be a challenge if implemented to its fullest
extent since most of the panels and toolbars are specific to each window
type and the canvas would have to become some sort of panel as well.
My view on this is mostly driven by the apparently reasonable conclusion
that the Python scripting console panel should not be limited to only
being able to be docked to the application main window instead of the
layout window as is currently the case. I have a script that performs a
layout export to image and I have to keep switching backwards and
forwards between the main window and the layout window to run the
script, which can be for hundreds of export operations in a day. The
script itself reduces the number of mouse clicks needed to run each of
the individual exports by automatically selecting the layers to make up
an export in the main window.
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