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Open with DSM - Source select configure from uri #9091

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8 changes: 8 additions & 0 deletions docs/user_manual/managing_data_source/opening_data.rst
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Expand Up @@ -200,6 +200,7 @@ mesh data sources:
* :menuselection:`Export Layer --> To File...`
* :guilabel:`Add Layer to Project`
* :guilabel:`Layer Properties`
* :guilabel:`Open with Data Source Manager...`
* :menuselection:`Manage --> Rename "<name of file>"...` or
:guilabel:`Delete "<name of file>"...`
* :guilabel:`Show in Files`
Expand All @@ -222,6 +223,13 @@ the layers have been added to the project):
* The attribute table for vector sources (in the :guilabel:`Attributes`
panel).

Use :guilabel:`Open with Data Source Manager...` to directly open and configure the
data source in the :guilabel:`Data Source Manager` using the URI of your data source.
This will simplify the process of adding a layer from the :guilabel:`Browser`
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This will simplify the process of adding a layer from the :guilabel:`Browser`
This simplifies the process of adding a layer from the :guilabel:`Browser`

by allowing you to set specific opening options for the data source.
It is currently available for OGR (including the dedicated GPKG source select), GDAL,
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Given that it is about the leaves of the browser tree, let's hide unavailable the OGR and GDAL entries and maybe should we replace this with

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It is currently available for OGR (including the dedicated GPKG source select), GDAL,
It is currently available for vector (including the dedicated GeoPackage entry), raster,

and Spatialite data sources.
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and Spatialite data sources.
and SpatiaLite data sources.

Also we might update the table at https://docs.qgis.org/testing/en/docs/user_manual/introduction/browser.html#database-entries (and definitely consider moving this browser section to that dedicated page, as was the initial intention when we created that page).

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I will move the browser section to the Browser chapter in another PR.


To add a layer to the project using the :guilabel:`Browser`:

#. Enable the :guilabel:`Browser` as described above.
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