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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-GB link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#548DD4'>Having recently come back to QGIS after not using it for several years, I’m unable to get to a problem with new shapefiles that I try to create.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#548DD4'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#548DD4'>I’m using 3.34.0 but have tried 3.40.1 with the same results. I’ve been investigating for a while and tried to simplify.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#548DD4'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#548DD4'>I create a simple test file (point, line or polygon) and it is at the top of the Layers list so should always display above the other layers – scale dependent visibility isn’t selected.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#548DD4'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#548DD4'>If I display labels for the layer they display as expected, If I try Symbology however the text continues to display correctly (i.e. over all the other layers) but the symbol is displayed many layers lower so is invisible unless those layers are disabled.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#548DD4'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#548DD4'>Something is going on that is well beyond my skill level!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#548DD4'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0070C0;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>Andrew Chapman<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>