I was using the info tool to change the attributes (because it looks like the info tool is not read-only). So I think we understand each other correctly that there is a different between the editing of attributes using edit geometry or the info tool.
Maybe the info tool should be made completely read-only? Should I post this as a bug? Best regards, Johan de Koning -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jody Garnett Sent: Monday, February 13, 2006 11:37 AM To: User-friendly Desktop Internet GIS Subject: Re: [udig-devel] Attribute editing Johan C. de Koning wrote: > I looked at the tutorial. What I noticed is that changing the attributes is > done by first choose Edit Geometry, than choose Edit and the Default Feature > Editor is shown. Changing the attribute this way is working correctly > because my own FeatureWriter (but I think also FeatureWriters of other > datastores) noticed that the Geometry is changed. This way also the > different between the attributes can be written back to, in my case the > database. > > But I wanted to be sure if I see things the right way. If I do not use Edit > Geometry, but select the Info icon on the toolbar. Click on a geometry to > make the Default Feature Editor visible (or active). Changing attributes > that way and next commit them to write them back to the datastore will not > trigger the FeatureWriter that a Feature is changed. The geometry is not > marked as being changed (like Edit Geometry does). > The info tool is read only, it does not use a feature writer. I admit we used the same view for showing the attribute values, if it is letting you edit (or have the appearance of editing) then this is a bug. > Is this true or not? > true, as the tool is for inspecting not editing data. Now that said there should probably be a way to go between the two and the visual appearance should be different to make what is going on obvious. Am I understanding what you are doing correctly? Jody _______________________________________________ User-friendly Desktop Internet GIS (uDig) http://udig.refractions.net http://lists.refractions.net/mailman/listinfo/udig-devel _______________________________________________ User-friendly Desktop Internet GIS (uDig) http://udig.refractions.net http://lists.refractions.net/mailman/listinfo/udig-devel
