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Where do I find the settings for QGIS?
Some basic options for QGIS can be selected using the Options dialog. Select the menu option Settings ‣ Options. The tabs where you can customize your options are described below. Select the Style (QGIS restart required) and choose between ‘Oxygen’,’Windows’,’Motif’,’CDE’, ‘Plastique’ and ‘Cleanlooks’ ( ).
How to enable or disable macros in QGIS?
If you first activate Create new project from default project and then save a project in the project templates folder. Enable macros . This option was created to handle macros that are written to perform an action on project events. You can choose between ‘Never’, ‘Ask’, ‘For this session only’ and ‘Always (not recommended)’.
How to switch on and off QGIS widgets?
QGIS is highly configurable through the Settings menu. Choose between Panels, Toolbars, Project Properties, Options and Customization. In the Panels‣ menu, you can switch on and off QGIS widgets. The Toolbars‣ menu provides the possibility to switch on and off icon groups in the QGIS toolbar (see figure_panels_toolbars ).
How to copy features in QGIS to other applications?
Copy features as ‘Plain text, no geometry’, ‘Plain text, WKT geometry’, or ‘GeoJSON’ when pasting features in other applications. Attribute table behavior : set filter on the attribute table at the opening. There are three possibilities: ‘Show all features’, ‘Show selected features’ and ‘Show features visible on map’.
Some basic options for QGIS can be selected using the Options dialog. Select the menu option Settings ► Options . You can modify the options according to your needs. Some of the changes may require a restart of QGIS before they will be effective.
Which is the best tool to configure QGIS?
QGIS is highly configurable. Through the Settings menu, it provides different tools to: Style Manager…: create and manage symbols, styles and color ramps. Custom Projections…: create your own coordinate reference systems.
How to change the icon size in QGIS?
Some basic options for QGIS can be selected using the Options dialog. Select the menu option Settings ‣ Options. The tabs where you can optimize your options are: Change icon size between 16, 24 and 32 pixel. Define double click action in legend (choose between ‘open layer properties’ and ‘open ‘) attribute table. Prompt for raster sublayers .
Where do I find the QGIS log messages?
Since QGIS 1.8 it’s possible to track the QGIS messages. You can activate Log Messages in the menu Settings ‣ Panels and follow the messages in the General and Plugin tab during loading and operation. In the properties window for the project under Settings ‣ Project Properties or Settings ‣ Project Properties you set project specific options.
How to change the placement of labels in QGIS?
In QGIS, you can do this by changing the position of the labels to be rendered directly over the points they refer to. Open the Layer labeling settings dialog for the places layer. Select the Placement option from the options list. Click on the Offset from point button.
What can I do with default styles menu in QGIS?
The Default Styles menu lets you control how new layers will be drawn when they do not have an existing .qml style defined. You can also set the default transparency level for new layers and whether symbols should have random colors assigned to them.
When to use a default CRS in QGIS?
Use a default CRS: a preselected CRS is applied by default to any new project and is left unchanged when adding layers to the project. The choice will be saved for use in subsequent QGIS sessions.
Where do I find my project templates in QGIS?
You can browse through your files and define a directory where you find your user-defined project templates. This will be added to Project ► New From Template. If you first activate Create new project from default project and then save a project in the project templates folder.