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Custom project file name instead of qris_project.gpkg #129

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joewheaton opened this issue Oct 18, 2022 · 0 comments
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Custom project file name instead of qris_project.gpkg #129

joewheaton opened this issue Oct 18, 2022 · 0 comments
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joewheaton commented Oct 18, 2022

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I bring this up in Riverscapes/QRAVEPlugin#55 and Eor shut me down. We have to think about what is logical to a user. I know why you are doing it this way. It makes sense to always name the file qris_project.gpkg and it is easier in both QRiS and QRAVE for you to use a standard 'Open File Dialog" and just limit what file extensions or file names it can see and display.

However, I content that neither QRiS or QRAVE are doing what is logical to a user. We have a nice "Name" field in the Create New Project and Edit Project Properties dialog. You already have a strategy for creating a "safe" folder name (e.g. removing spaces and special characters):
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Can we make a custom dialog for Open Existing QRiS Project, that is really only allowing users to select a folder that contains in its root a qris_project.gpkg, and when it finds one of those it displays the actual name of the project in that tree. I know what I am asking is a pain in the ass. But we need to think about user experience and what is logical...

@joewheaton joewheaton added the enhancement New feature or request label Oct 18, 2022
@philipbaileynar philipbaileynar added the question Further information is requested label Apr 3, 2023
@philipbaileynar philipbaileynar changed the title Consider carefully naming strategy of projects to use a safe name of the "Project Name" instead of qris_project.gpkg Custom Project file name instead of qris_project.gpkg Apr 3, 2023
@philipbaileynar philipbaileynar changed the title Custom Project file name instead of qris_project.gpkg Custom project file name instead of qris_project.gpkg Apr 3, 2023
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