#1614: WXGUI regression - attribute table management doesn't work
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Reporter: marisn | Owner: grass-dev@…
Type: defect | Status: new
Priority: major | Milestone: 6.4.3
Component: wxGUI | Version: 6.4.2
Keywords: | Platform: MSWindows Vista
Cpu: Unspecified |
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When opening vector attribute table manager's tab "Manage tables", it's
impossible to interact with any of it's GUI elements - adding a new
column, renaming existing column, deleting existing column is not
possible. GUI elements aren't grayed out, still it's not possible to enter
values, use drop-down menus etc.
6.4.0 works just fine on the same vector map - a major issue as existing
functionality has been broken in a stable release.
Well, calling it a "regression" is quite offensive expression;-) You
should be allowed to modify only attribute tables which are linked to the
maps from your current mapset, make sense to you? See title of tab which
contains info about *readonly* mode.
Replying to [comment:1 martinl]:
> Well, calling it a "regression" is quite offensive expression;-) You
should be allowed to modify only attribute tables which are linked to the
maps from your current mapset, make sense to you? See title of tab which
contains info about *readonly* mode.
ah I see, you are referring to winGRASS only. After some testing I can
confirm that attribute manager is broken in the sense you reported in
GRASS 6.4.2. Anyway GRASS 6.4.3 seems to be OK (please could you confirm
it?)
Just working with a colleague who is trying to create a GRASS-based
training workshop next summer. She is on Windows with 6.4.2 and indeed the
table manager and layer manager windows are locked and inaccessible.
This is not an access issue because we tried it with a file freshly
imported into a map set that she owns. This is a serious problem for data
management with the Windows version.
If there is a fix that could be applied to the windows binary package it
would be a big help.
I'm planning to teach a graduate course using GRASS next fall and most
students will probably have windows based systems. This is a serious
problem that needs to be fixed for windows users. Is there a fix?
Replying to [comment:5 cmbarton]:
> I'm planning to teach a graduate course using GRASS next fall and most
students will probably have windows based systems. This is a serious
problem that needs to be fixed for windows users. Is there a fix?
AFAIK no fix available. I would guess that we will release till autumn
(September?) 6.4.3 which doesn't contain this bug.
Replying to [comment:4 cmbarton]:
> Just working with a colleague who is trying to create a GRASS-based
training workshop next summer. She is on Windows with 6.4.2 and indeed the
table manager and layer manager windows are locked and inaccessible.
>
> This is not an access issue because we tried it with a file freshly
imported into a map set that she owns. This is a serious problem for data
management with the Windows version.