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Posted on February 21, 2023 (Updated on July 10, 2025)

Render only features located around the the mouse cursor in QGIS?

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How do I control feature rendering order in QGIS?

To resolve this in QGIS, choose the Layer Properties and in the Symbology tab tick the option – Control feature rendering order. Then choose the Order button…. Here you can define the order of how your map features are drawn in the map.
 

How do I select a feature by click in QGIS?

The first option, “Select Feature(s)” allows you to do what its name suggests, select the desired features. Click on the layer on the left that contains the features you want to select. Let’s go with “TorontoHospitals”. Once it’s selected, go to “View”, “Select”, and then the first option, “Select Feature(s)”.

How do you make certain features available at specific scales in QGIS?

Scale dependent visibility checkbox to activate the feature, then set the minimum and maximum scale values. You can determine the scale values by first zooming to the level you want to use and noting the scale value in the QGIS status bar.

How do I clear selected features in QGIS?

On the top menu click on VIEW, then move the mouse cursor down to SELECT, over to the right to in order to scroll down to the last item: DESELECT FEATURES FROM ALL LAYERS. Clicking on the command DESELECT FROM ALL LAYERS will remove the selection status in both the attribute table and the MAP VIEW.

How do I show only selected features in QGIS maps?

To show only selected features in a QGIS attribute table, click the filter options button in the bottom right corner of the attribute table. Then choose ‘Show Selected Features’. QGIS filtering options also have other useful presets that may prevent you from even needing a selection.

How do I set QGIS to default settings?

The initial QGIS GUI configuration can be restored by one of the methods below:

  1. unchecking Enable customization option in the Customization dialog or click the Check All button.
  2. pressing the [Reset] button in the QSettings frame under Settings ‣ Options menu, System tab.

Why can’t I select features in QGIS?

Unlike some other GIS programs, QGIS is heavily reliant on the layers panel to control inputs. So to select from a layer you first need to highlight it in the layers panel. This makes the layer active and thus selectable. This is also the same for copying features.
 

How do I use the select by location tool?

How to use Select By Location

  1. On the Map tab, in the Selection group, click Select By Location.
  2. Specify the input layer containing the features that will be evaluated against the other layer.
  3. Specify the spatial relationship rule if different from the default.

How do you select features in GIS?

Select features

  1. On the ribbon, click the Edit tab and show the editing panes.
  2. In the active tool pane, click the Selection tool drop-down arrow. and choose a selection method.
  3. Select the features using the pointer. Selected features appear highlighted on the map.


How do I change the order of fields in QGIS?

Right-click the column headings in the attribute table. Select “Organize columns” in the drop-down menu. Then, just drag the heading to the position you want it to be in (See the image of the “organize table columns” box below). Click OK .
 

What lets you adjust the order of the layering of objects when rendering content?

The z-index attribute lets you adjust the order of the layering of objects when rendering content.
 

How do I reorder layers in QGIS?

The order of layers can be changed by simply dragging and dropping them up and down the legend.

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