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QGIS – Restore Missing Vector menu such as: Geometry Tools Hello, There is a bug in the 2.16.0 Nodebo version of QGIS. This bug hides some vector processing tools (GDAL tools) found under the “Vector” menu. As already reported here… on the QGIS issues tracking page.
Is there a bug in QGIS 2.16.0?
There is a bug in the 2.16.0 Nodebo version of QGIS. This bug hides some vector processing tools (GDAL tools) found under the “Vector” menu. As already reported here… on the QGIS issues tracking page. This is caused as a result of installing “processing tools” as an external plugin.
Why is there no tool in vector menu?
Upon upgrading to QGIS 2.16, I no longer have any of the built-in tool in the Vector menu. The only entries in the menu are related to plugins that I have installed. See the attached screenshot for an example of what this looks like.
How to get the processing Menu Back in QGIS?
The fTools plugin offered these menus and it has been removed from QGIS and is replaced with the processing plugin. Just enable the processing plugin and the menu will be back. Note that you can go to Processing => Options => Menus, to configure in detail which algorithms will be available in the menu.
Why are the GDAL tools missing in QGIS?
According to https://hub.qgis.org/issues/15265, the GDAL tools might get lost if you have the processing tools installed as an external plugin. Since some time, it has become a core plugin, so no need to be in the users .qgis2/python/plugins/processing folder. You can remove that savely.
What does the processing plugin do in QGIS?
When enabled, the Processing plugin adds a Vector menu to QGIS, providing functions ranging from Analysis and Research Tools to Geometry and Geoprocessing Tools, as well as several useful Data Management Tools. See QGIS processing framework for more information about the processing framework.