[Merkaartor] Relation selection usability

[dan at campingfools.com]

> When you say "add member", you mean typing the feature id in the member list
> or do you have something more sophisticated in mind?
I'd prefer to avoid typing feature ids - some of the ways I work with  
are 8 digits long.  Identifying the feature with a click would be my  
preference.  Merkaartor in SVN is documented to work this way (click  
to select relation, ctrl-click to identify feature,  
menu->relation->add member).  However, I cannot get the "add member"  
menu to activate - I am at SVN version 16088.

I assume, that this would append the feature to the tail of the  
relation.  This is where the ability to reorder features within the  
relation would be useful.

> Deleting is already possible with the red cross.
This appears to delete the feature, I meant to request "remove feature  
from relation".  I am (however) able to do this with the menu  
relation->remove member.  This request would be more for consistency -  
one dock/dialog that would be the interface to add, remove, and  
reorder features.

Thanks for the tip on the download - very handy.

Daniel
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Daniel Schudel
dan at campingfools.com


Quoting Chris Browet <cbro at semperpax.com>:

> When you say "add member", you mean typing the feature id in the member list
> or do you have something more sophisticated in mind?
>
> Deleting is already possible with the red cross.
>
> Re download by ID, there actually already is a hidden feature: You can type
> a full API url in the "OSM link" field, e.g "
> http://www.openstreetmap.org/api/0.6/relation[nnn]/full". A specific field
> is a good idea, though.
>
> - Chris -
>
> 2009/6/24 Daniel Schudel <dan at campingfools.com>
>
>>
>> I'd like to add the following requests:
>>
>>
>> Manage the relation members - add, delete, reorder
>> In the download dialog - add a field to download a relation given an ID
>>
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Daniel
>>
>>
>> On Tuesday 23 June 2009 04:23:50 am Chris Browet wrote:
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > It seems the Relations selection is not satisfying for some, yet.
>> >
>> > I'm thinking about adding a specific Relation dock. Those would be the
>> > functionalities:
>> >
>> > - Display all relations intersecting the viewport
>> > - click to highlight a relation (sticky + multiple selection)
>> > - double-click to add a relation to main selection
>> > - "center" + "center & zoom" via contextual menu
>> >
>> > What do you think?
>> >
>> > - Chris -
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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