This change is being driven by:
- need for consistent terminology in the api. Currently there's
a confusing mix of border/outline used
- need for consistent terminology in the gui - we have a mix
of "border"/"outline"/"pen"
- bringing QGIS into line with the standard terminology used
in other graphic editing programs
Remove QgsAbstractProperty and subclasses, and instead use a single
QgsProperty class which covers the use of QgsAbstractProperty
and its subclasses. This simplifies the API and avoids pointer
handling. QgsProperty is implicitly shared for memory efficiency
and inexpensive copies.
Instead of defining the suitable field types and values for
properties when registering them to a data defined button,
now properties are fully defined when the valid
property keys are defined.
- create a dedicated set of buttons for addition of tags and smartgroups
to make those actions more visible as well as getting rid of th need to
select a tag/smartgroup to create those (turns out to be quite confusing
for newcomers)
- move UI elements around, regroup {add,remove,edit} symbol buttons to
harmonize with other parts of QGIS; the elements' placement feels much
more natural now
- A new favorite grouping system was added, which the symbols list
widget defaults to
- The selected tag / smartgroup in the symbols list widget now
persists when switching layers (and across sessions)
- The symbols list widget will update the tag / smartgroup combo
box when users add / rename / remove categories
- Users can now directly tag, as well as add to favorites, symbols
while saving those to the style database
- To streamline style management, groups have been removed and
fully replaced by tags
- Tags have been integrated into the import/export user interface
instead of individually setting map canvas, expression context, etc
Will make it more easy in future to add additional parameters
to the widget context
Now the dialogs use a copy of the ramp, and the edited
ramp is retrieved by calling ramp() on the dialog after
it is executed.
Avoids pointer lifetime issues by storing and working
on a ramp pointer which the dialog does not have ownership
on.
Also fix a bunch of leaks relating to cloning color ramps.
QgsVectorColorRamp -> QgsColorRamp
QgsVectorGradientColorRamp -> QgsGradientColorRamp
QgsRandomColors -> QgsRandomColorRamp
QgsRandomColorRamp -> QgsLimitedRandomColorRamp
QgsVectorColorBrewerColorRamp -> QgsColorBrewerColorRamp
These color ramps are used throughout all of QGIS (not
just in vector symbology) and the current names are
misleading.
