creating new metadata item in GDAL Metadata widget not working

[Andreas Janz]

How to reproduce:

1. Creating a new item:

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2. Click Apply and Ok to close the dialog

3. Re-open the GDAL Metadata → new item is missing again

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[Andreas Janz]

Maybe just make the GDAL Metadata widget read-only and remove the edit buttons for v3.9?

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[Benjamin Jakimow]

AFAIK it is working, but the xml data is written twice: 1. as in the table, but afterwards QGIS overwrites the aux.xml data with it’s own in-memory state. The re-load therefore updates the previous state.

[Andreas Janz]

Not quit sure why you concider it “is working”, when QGIS is overwriting my changes again. From a user perspective, it isn’t working.

Let’s just make it a metadata reader, instead of an editor. Hide the buttons for v3.9. If you can fix this in the future, just show the buttons again.

[Benjamin Jakimow]

Checked for ENVI, where it seems to work. Can you provide a list of file formats where it is not working? Seems to be an issue with the GDAL drivers

[Andreas Janz]

I testet with GTiff.

Most important formats are: GTiff, VRT and ENVI. Would be good, if those are working correctly.

Most important format is GTiff.

[Benjamin Jakimow]

Tested with tif and envi bsq in QGIS 3.24. worked fine Please test and re-open if necessary

[Andreas Rabe]

If I remember correctly, we decided to not edit raster sources inside the Layer Properties dialog.

So, shouldn't the GDAL Metadata widget be a read-only widget?

[Andreas Rabe]

This also relates to the Band Properties:

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Are changes applied to source?