2 "Browser" entries in View->Panels...

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Author Name: Giuseppe Sucameli (@brushtyler)
Original Redmine Issue: 7613
Affected QGIS version: master

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In View->Panels there are 2 browser entries: "Browser", "Browser (2)".
One must be removed.

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Author Name: Borys Jurgiel (@borysiasty)

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I think two browsers were introduced intentionally, however, the way they co-exist in the menu is quite ugly...

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Author Name: Giuseppe Sucameli (@brushtyler)

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Borys Jurgiel wrote:

I think two browsers were introduced intentionally

I've thought the same, but I'm unable to understand why...

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Author Name: Giovanni Manghi (@gioman)

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Giuseppe Sucameli wrote:

Borys Jurgiel wrote:

I think two browsers were introduced intentionally

I've thought the same, but I'm unable to understand why...

my idea? because dragging and dropping from the toc is not possible and d&d in the same browser is not very functional when you have folders with a lot of layers and a lot of postgis/sl connections :)

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Author Name: Jürgen Fischer (@jef-n)

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Giovanni Manghi wrote:

my idea? because dragging and dropping from the toc is not possible and d&d in the same browser is not very functional when you have folders with a lot of layers and a lot of postgis/sl connections :)

Hey, it's not your's, it's mine! ;) But appearently the reasoning is not unique.

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Author Name: Radim Blazek (@blazek)

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Ugly and confusing, I was convinced that the Browser 2 is a new version of browser.

What about usual "split window" in the browser widget, which would split the widget into two parts with one browser in each part?

Browser 2 should not appear be in 2.0 IMO.

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Author Name: Donovan Cameron (@saultdon)

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I think it should only be one browser panel entry in the qgis application or explain to the users what makes Browser(2) unique.

I'm comparing them and have trouble noticing any visual or functional difference. Is there something special about Browser(2)?

If users want multiple browser(s), can't users just launch the QGIS-Browser application separately and as many times as they like?

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Author Name: Giovanni Manghi (@gioman)

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Donovan Cameron wrote:

I think it should only be one browser panel entry in the qgis application or explain to the users what makes Browser(2) unique.

I'm comparing them and have trouble noticing any visual or functional difference. Is there something special about Browser(2)?

If users want multiple browser(s), can't users just launch the QGIS-Browser application separately and as many times as they like?

see #16541 (comment)

until d&d from/to toc is not available, then browser(2) is actually useful (sometimes).

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Author Name: Jürgen Fischer (@jef-n)

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it's not a bug, it's a feature.

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• status_id was changed from Open to Closed
• resolution was changed from to worksforme