Merge pull request #8795 from selmaVH1/NewFieldDialog

Field properties (comments and alias) update
qgis · Feb 16, 2024 · e97e713 · e97e713
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diff --git a/docs/user_manual/introduction/browser.rst b/docs/user_manual/introduction/browser.rst
@@ -200,6 +200,7 @@ From the contextual menu of each of these folders or drives, you can:
 * inspect the :guilabel:`Properties...` or the parent :guilabel:`Directory
   Properties...`
 
+.. _database_entries:
 
 Database entries
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diff --git a/docs/user_manual/working_with_vector/img/add_field_comments_aliases.png b/docs/user_manual/working_with_vector/img/add_field_comments_aliases.png
diff --git a/docs/user_manual/working_with_vector/vector_properties.rst b/docs/user_manual/working_with_vector/vector_properties.rst
@@ -2070,6 +2070,19 @@ The layer can be made :ref:`editable <editingvector>` using the |toggleEditing|
 the |newAttribute| :sup:`New field` and |deleteAttribute| :sup:`Delete field`
 buttons.
 
+When creating |newAttribute| :sup:`New field`, the :guilabel:`Comment` option is
+available only for data sources that allow editing comments
+(See :ref:`database_entries` for more details).
+You can also set aliases within :guilabel:`Add Field` dialog, for supported
+OGR formats (GeoPackage and ESRI File Geodatabase).
+
+.. _figure_add_field:
+
+.. figure:: img/add_field_comments_aliases.png
+   :align: center
+
+   Add Field Dialog
+
 You can also rename fields by double-clicking its name. This is only supported
 for data providers like PostgreSQL, Oracle, Memory layer and some GDAL layers
 depending on the GDAL version.