Dear Allesssandro,

Thank you for the suggestion. I just did that, for any one interested in the discussion it is available at:

https://github.com/qgis/QGIS-Enhancement-Proposals/issues/297

Best Wishes,

Niklas


On 07.06.24 09:17, Alessandro Pasotti wrote:
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 <mailto: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
    <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


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