Notification of modified theme

[bkepl]

I love this plugin, and now rarely use the native QGIS interface.

There are two things I would like to see:

1. When I turn layers or symbologies on or off that aren’t in the selected theme, a * should be displayed with the theme name, just as a * is displayed with the file name when a modification is made to the file.
2. When opening a project file, the theme displaying in this plugin should be the theme the file was saved with rather than the first theme alphabetically.

Thank you for a great and very useful plugin.

[mach0]

Hi and thanks for your report, I will look into it as soon as possible - but currently busy with other work and renovating house.. might take some time

[bkepl]

Thank you. Here’s one other thing you may want to test for: modifying themes with your add-on could *possibly* cause a layout that has been set to a theme to “forget” what layers are used in the theme and proceeds to draw all the layers in the project, even when that theme displays properly on the map canvas. I say “possibly” because the problem may have nothing to do with this add-on, but the reason I think it might is because a project where I used this add-on extensively suddenly got that problem. I am going to re-create the project layer-by-layer and see if I can resolve this. Thanks, Bruce

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[bkepl]

I guess you can ignore that. I noticed a couple things today while trying to resurrect the theme-dependent layouts in my project: 1) The themes in the file just got corrupt, somehow (even though on the map canvas they worked properly), so my only option was starting an empty map and copying in the layers from the original file. 2) Themes, when viewed on the map canvas, will allow unticking a group only, and all layers in the group will, as expected, not display. If a layout uses this theme as its source, any sub-layers of the group that are ticked WILL display, so, if one wants to use this feature, all layers that are not intended to be in that layout must be explicitly unticked. (However, in the case of the project I am fixing, explicitly turning off unused layers in a theme didn’t help with the layouts hanging when I opened them.) So now I’m happily using your plugin again. I have an issue that may interest you as someone who has developed a plugin. With layers, different symbologies for a layer can be properly controlled by themes, i.e. theme1 can display only symbology1, theme2 can display only symbology2, etc. I find this very useful because I can create several different symbologies for a single layer, therefore not having to add that layer multiple times. This behavior does not, sadly, extend to labeling. I have devised a work-around using dummy layers I can include in a theme to control the labeling when I switch to that theme or use it in a layout, but it’s certainly not ideal. I have submitted this as a feature request (that multiple labeling schemes for a layer can behave like multiple symbology schemes), but meanwhile, it would be nice to see an add-on developed for this. I have to believe that QGIS would natively be able to support this because, if I do not use a theme behind a layout, I can lock layers and styles for the layout. This WILL support using multiple labeling schemes on a single layer, where one labeling schemes is in one layout and a different labeling scheme (for the same layer) can be in another. Thanks, again, for your development of the very useful Theme Selector plug-in. Bruce

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On Tue, Mar 17, 2020 at 11:55 PM B. Keplinger ***@***.***> wrote: Thank you. Here’s one other thing you may want to test for: modifying themes with your add-on could *possibly* cause a layout that has been set to a theme to “forget” what layers are used in the theme and proceeds to draw all the layers in the project, even when that theme displays properly on the map canvas. I say “possibly” because the problem may have nothing to do with this add-on, but the reason I think it might is because a project where I used this add-on extensively suddenly got that problem. I am going to re-create the project layer-by-layer and see if I can resolve this. Thanks, Bruce On Thu, Feb 13, 2020 at 1:37 PM Werner Macho ***@***.***> wrote: > Hi and thanks for your report, I will look into it as soon as possible - > but currently busy with other work and renovating house.. might take some > time > > — > You are receiving this because you authored the thread. > Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub > <#4?email_source=notifications&email_token=AM5H6UBTK57TSYWHNCVALD3RCWHN3A5CNFSM4KRIYWE2YY3PNVWWK3TUL52HS4DFVREXG43VMVBW63LNMVXHJKTDN5WW2ZLOORPWSZGOELWDU5I#issuecomment-585906805>, > or unsubscribe > <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AM5H6UAGDKELCWRCMSVGX6DRCWHN3ANCNFSM4KRIYWEQ> > . >

[mach0]

Hi again and thanks for the review.
What I lately discovered is that when I add a theme I am getting asked twice after clicking on OK .
Can you please check if that is only my Computer or if this is a bug?

[bkepl]

Aha!, it’s not just me! That does happen, but not consistently. I’ll try to pay attention and see if there is something consistent behind this behavior.

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On Thu, Mar 19, 2020 at 3:56 AM Werner Macho ***@***.***> wrote: Hi again and thanks for the review. What I lately discovered is that when I add a theme I am getting asked twice after clicking on OK . Can you please check if that is only my Computer or if this is a bug? — You are receiving this because you authored the thread. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#4 (comment)>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AM5H6UHXPPCCVF3TVYF37EDRIHFZ3ANCNFSM4KRIYWEQ> .

[bkepl]

I noticed your latest update is much improved. I rarely use QGIS's native theme selector.

I think it would be great to incorporate in your plugin some of the other items in the Themes menu, such as All Layers On/Off, etc. But as it stands right now it's awesome.

One last thing to note: it would be nice if it remembered docking status between sessions.

[mach0]

thanks for you comment .
I am currently investigating if there is a way to remember docking status in plugins (should be possible).

[bkepl]

Some plugins do remember docking status. One plugin I love gained that feature in a recent update. (Some plugins dock themselves when QGIS starts, even when I undock them. Very annoying!)

[mach0]

hi, do you probably remember which plugin that was? So that I can take a look instead of searching and searching ;)

[bkepl]

Nothing like replying really late. I'm just cleaning out and organizing email.

I haven't had QGIS open for quite a while... I'm pretty sure this is the plugin (I don't think there are any others like it): https://plugins.qgis.org/plugins/layout_panel-main/

This one also remains docked: https://plugins.qgis.org/plugins/latlontools/

I like both of these plugins a lot, especially the first, which I submitted as a feature request before I knew of it.

I should also mention that when I first installed it, it didn't remain docked; that came with an update.

-Bruce