Improve the "Handle bad layers" window : better place the "browser" button

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Author Name: Harrissou Santanna (@DelazJ)
Original Redmine Issue: 11039

Redmine category:unknown

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Hi,
In the previous releases, I used to click on the missing layer row and it opens a browser to select its valid path.
The current window offers the possibility to directly rewrite the path in the dialog (and copy/paste), which is really a great improvement when you use database tables or the same folder.

But sometimes, you may need to browse your folders to find where is the valid file and double-clicking on the row does no more do that. It tooks time for me to realize (i did it when reporting this issue by reading #19042 although i've been moving my datas for many weeks) that under the dialog, there was a "browser" button for that. I don't think that it is really intuitive for the user, as this button is among those closing/validating the dialog.

Wouldn't it be better to have at the end of each missing file row a browser button (the push button one with just three dots)? The user directly knows what it does as it becomes IMHO more intuitive.

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Author Name: Jürgen Fischer (@jef-n)

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Not all datasources are file based. And the "Browse button..." allows to set the directory of multiple selected datasources at once.

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Author Name: Harrissou Santanna (@DelazJ)

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Jürgen Fischer wrote:

Not all datasources are file based.

Yes I do agree! So maybe, only those "browsable" should have that button...unless it complicates things.

And the "Browse button..." allows to set the directory of multiple selected datasources at once.

It can still work like that as, if I'm not wrong, in the current behavior, the files that will be affected by the modifications might be selected before browsing. The user will select many rows and push on one of their "browse" button to select the right folder. It's "just" a matter of documentation.

My main point is that it was not so obvious to me that the "Browse" button was designed to browse file for the selected row(s). I haven't really remarked it, I think, supposing that the buttons that are below just manage the whole window.

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Author Name: Giovanni Manghi (@gioman)

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Author Name: Jürgen Fischer (@jef-n)

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[roya0045]

@DelazJ is this still a valid concern?

[DelazJ]

Let's close it. I don't know if it works with non file-based data, but the "Auto find" seems to be a more obvious, prominent tool imho. Thanks

[roya0045]

@DelazJ auto-find only work on file-based data. It could be updated but I'm not sure if its a good idea to implement other cases and how to navigate through them.