first docking prototyp

[rduivenvoorde]

@tomkralidis: with some xml hacking and some code changes, I got the dialog workings as a docking widget.

You can only dock it to the right of the map currently.

Not sure if I find it ok or not... Maybe we should reshuffle bit first, or maybe there is just too much content to show, to make it a dockwidget in one of the borders (would be nice to be able to dock it in centre).

Anyway: plz have a look and let us decide if we want to go like this, or that we should review the full ui first to make it better to put in a dock.

[tomkralidis]

Nice! +1 to move ahead like this. I think to dock as a toolbar would reduce the functionality.

Comments:

• needs some code cleanup (we already know that, as this is a poc)
• we should bring the help button back somewhere?
• the natural / init state is docked. Can it be undocked/popped up? Then the user can dock where they like (of course settings take over from there)
• we need to ensure the buttons work again (map extent, set global)

I have the plugin docked below the layer dock and this significantly improves the workflow. Let's push ahead.

[kalxas]

As per the feedback we got from QGIS team, it is preferred to stay to current window style.
I suggest that we keep this modification in the source tree history, under a branch for future reference.

[tomkralidis]

OK, we can keep this closed PR as reference, which shows the changes.

[rduivenvoorde]

ok, pushed my branch to this repo:

https://github.com/geopython/MetaSearch/tree/dock

[kalxas]

cool, thanks