From: Michaël M. <mic...@fr...> - 2012-01-23 20:14:54
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Hi, > I can see the advantage in clone and move. I think that this tool is > most useful when digitising and adding new features into that same > layer. Replicate features is clearly made for copying features from > one layer into another. That's also what I have been using it. Perhaps > we will want to have them both, even it is hard to guess the > difference between clone and replicate. But mayby only the Clone tool > needs to be on the right click menu and replicate could be only > available from the Edit menu? Agree with that. > Have you developers discovered that both these tools (clone and > replicate) seem to be happy with pasting features also > into non-editable layers? Didn't notice, you're right, this is incorrect. Michaël > -Jukka Rahkonen- > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Giuseppe Aruta wrote: > Jukka, > clone items not only duplicate items but also set the copies on > editing mode and opens move-item tool: it allows users to clone > and move objects on the workbench with only one click - the > regular duplicate item doesn't have these capabilities. It has > some possible usages, cloning object used for point simbology or > duplicate buildings which have the same shape. I rather use more > this Clone Tool for my maps than the regular Duplicate one - but > this is my point of view, more than this I made that tool. > Regarding your second question, I will try to find a solution. > Note that probabily Replicate Item tool has the same behaviour (I > will give a test, too) > > Giuseppe > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > *Da:* Rahkonen Jukka <Juk...@mm...> > *A:* 'OpenJump develop and use' > <jum...@li...> > *Inviato:* Lunedì 23 Gennaio 2012 10:08 > *Oggetto:* [JPP-Devel] Difference between right click Clone items > and replicate-selected-items? > > Hi, > > There are two tools in the right click menu which seem to almost > the same thing. Clone items does not ask anything, it just clones. > Are there other meaningful differences. > > I notices that if I have selected items from many layers the Clone > items is cloning them all into one of the selected layers. It > seems to be usually the layer that is highest on the layer legend > but not always. Because the behaviour is not easy to predict, > would it be better to make this tool usable only if user has > exactly one editable layer selected? > > -Jukka Rahkonen- > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Try before you buy = See our experts in action! > The most comprehensive online learning library for Microsoft > developers > is just $99.99! Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL - plus HTML5, CSS3, > MVC3, > Metro Style Apps, more. Free future releases when you subscribe now! > http://p.sf.net/sfu/learndevnow-dev2 > _______________________________________________ > Jump-pilot-devel mailing list > Jum...@li... > <mailto:Jum...@li...> > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jump-pilot-devel > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Try before you buy = See our experts in action! > The most comprehensive online learning library for Microsoft developers > is just $99.99! Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL - plus HTML5, CSS3, MVC3, > Metro Style Apps, more. Free future releases when you subscribe now! > http://p.sf.net/sfu/learndevnow-dev2 > > > _______________________________________________ > Jump-pilot-devel mailing list > Jum...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jump-pilot-devel |