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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Is it possible you drew the polygon as an Annotation object instead of an object in your vector layer? Easy enough to do, and they don’t appear in the layers menu.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US"> QGIS-User <qgis-user-bounces@lists.osgeo.org>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Jose Sanchez via QGIS-User<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, March 7, 2024 1:33 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Adam Nielsen <a.nielsen@shikadi.net>; qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Qgis-user] Cannot erase a polygon<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="ES-MX">Hi Adam,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="ES-MX">Thanks for replying. Yes I can zoom in and out of the polygon. I also closed the Project several times and nothing happens.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="ES-MX">If it is a QGIS bug, it means I better redo the Project? Or is ther a alternative solution?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="ES-MX">Thanks,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="ES-MX">Jose<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="ES-MX">From: </span></b><span lang="ES-MX"><a href="mailto:a.nielsen@shikadi.net">Adam Nielsen</a><br>
<b>Sent: </b>miércoles, 6 de marzo de 2024 08:46 p. m.<br>
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<b>Subject: </b>Re: [Qgis-user] Cannot erase a polygon<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="ES-MX"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="ES-MX">> I created a vector layer to make a polygon. I later accidentally<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="ES-MX">> erased the layer but the polygon was not erased. Now it seems like a<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="ES-MX">> template and hides all the layers below. Even if I turn off all<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="ES-MX">> layers, the polygon is still there. How can I erase the polygon?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="ES-MX"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="ES-MX">Can you zoom in on the polygon or is it fixed? If you can zoom in then<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="ES-MX">it looks like a QGIS bug, but if the polygon is fixed and you cannot<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="ES-MX">zoom in on it then it looks like a bug in your graphics card drivers.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="ES-MX"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="ES-MX">Have you tried to close and re-open the project to see if that gets rid<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="ES-MX">of it?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="ES-MX"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="ES-MX">Cheers,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="ES-MX">Adam.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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