[Qgis-user] Selecting Multiple Layers in a Single Click

[Charles Dixon-Paver]

In the table of contents, the manage map themes icon has a drop down menu
with various options for layer visibility management [1].

In the processing tools interface, a toggle selection button is available
which changes the selected layers "checked" status [2].

[1] https://imgur.com/a/jS7roE7
[2] https://imgur.com/a/Uj8eI2T

On Mon, 23 Aug 2021 at 01:47, Mike Flannigan <mflan at mflan.com> wrote:

>
> Selecting multiple layers works good for me.  Is there any way
> to unselect (uncheck) those multiple layers without having to
> group them, and without having to uncheck each one individually?
>
>
> Mike
>
>
> On 8/20/21 4:06 PM, qgis-user-request at lists.osgeo.org wrote:
> > No, it's not a single click operation (qgis has no way to know how many
> > layers you want to choose). But you can use the "shift" and "ctrl"
> > techniques I mentioned before and click the "toggle selection" to
> simplify
> > checking multiple layers in those interfaces.
> >
> > I often use the "select all" option and use the CTRL+click to deselect
> > unwanted layers. That makes it quicker when selecting the majority of
> large
> > layer collections.
> >
> >
> > On Fri, Aug 20, 2021 at 2:34 PM Charles Dixon-Paver <charles at kartoza.com
> >
> > wrote:
> >
> >>> You can select multiple layers by selecting the first layer and holding
> >>> SHIFT, then all the other layers between those two selected should
> also be
> >>> selected.
> >>>
> >>> You can hold the CTRL button and click a layer to toggle it's selected
> >>> status to add or remove it from the selection.
> >>>
> >>> You can then add them to a group or drag their order on the ToC, but to
> >>> toggle all layer visibility you will need to use the hide/ show
> selected
> >>> features option from the layer visibility drop down in the layer panel.
> >>>
> >>>
>
>
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