Hi Michaël, Having a feature count readily available is a nice addition for a quick overview in the Jump environment, either as a tooltip or displayed in the status bar.
If you prefer it as a layer tooltip, may I suggest you drop the layer name (since that's redundant information) and prefix the [#objects] with a description. Honestly, it took me a while to clue in to what the [#] was actually indicating as I was panning around and the number kept changing. Perhaps something like: Feature Count: [#objects] But, I do agree that this should only be used if there is no layer description. That way, ppl can override it if they want. If that works in the LayerNameRenderer class, that's great. Thanx for your efforts Michaël, it's appreciated. Cheers, Kevin Michael Michaud wrote: > Hi Kevin (and others for advice) > > Sorry for the annoyance, I realize that the ToolTipText content is > defined in the LayerNameRenderer class, and that I overrode the previous > behaviour, adding a method directly in the TreeLayerNamePanel. > I added the number of objects in the tooltip because I found it useful > to have a quick access to this information, but we have also this > information in the layer property (right click), so that it is not > absolutely necessary to have it in the tooltip > > By the way, I can move my code into LayerNameRenderer and add the number > (#objects) of objects only if there is no description, or in both cases, > or never : > > * layer name (never or only when there is no description = previous > behaviour) > * layer name [#objects] (only if there is no description or in both > cases = actual behaviour) > * layer name: description (never or only if there is no description = > overriden behaviour) > * layer name: description [#objects] (in both cases = possible bbehaviour) > > Just let me know your thought about your preferences > > Michaël > > Kevin Neufeld a écrit : >> On Aug10, michaudm committed a tooltip addition to the >> com\vividsolutions\jump\workbench\ui\TreeLayerNamePanel.java file >> (revision 1531 "Display the number of features after the layer name in >> the layer name tooltip"). >> >> It used to be that the Tooltip for a layer was derived by overriding >> com.vividsolutions.jump.workbench.model.Layer#getDescription(). >> >> This no longer works. >> >> I have a couple of custom Layers that retrieve features from a PostGIS >> database dynamically. The tooltip on these layers is used to display >> the current SQL query used in this DataStore, but this change in >> revision 1531 overrides that. >> >> Can someone please commit the attached patch, or alternatively, find a >> way to display michaudm's change to all Layers that don't return >> something useful when overriding >> com.vividsolutions.jump.workbench.model.Layer#getDescription(). >> >> Cheers, >> Kevin >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge >> Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes >> Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world >> http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Jump-pilot-devel mailing list >> Jump-pilot-devel@lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jump-pilot-devel > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge > Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes > Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world > http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ > _______________________________________________ > Jump-pilot-devel mailing list > Jump-pilot-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jump-pilot-devel ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ Jump-pilot-devel mailing list Jump-pilot-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jump-pilot-devel
