[Qgis-developer] [QGIS-UX] Fwd: "No symbol" renderer... thoughts?

[Anita Graser]

+1 for a "no symbol" renderer. I also had a use case when styling OSM data.
I guess it should be either the first or the last option on the
renderer list. Probably the last.

Best wishes,
Anita


On Mon, Jun 30, 2014 at 3:21 PM, Alexandre Neto <senhor.neto at gmail.com> wrote:
> I think "No symbol" renderer is more straight forward option.
>
> Alexandre Neto
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> On Mon, Jun 30, 2014 at 2:17 PM, Anita Graser <anitagraser at gmx.at> wrote:
>>
>> Forwarded from the developer mailing list: What's the preferred UX
>> solution for functionality to suppress symbols when only labels are
>> needed?
>>
>>
>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> From: Nyall Dawson <nyall.dawson at gmail.com>
>> Date: Mon, Jun 30, 2014 at 2:38 PM
>> Subject: [Qgis-developer] "No symbol" renderer... thoughts?
>> To: qgis-developer <qgis-developer at lists.osgeo.org>
>>
>>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I find I'm often adding layers to a map solely for labelling, and
>> having to set the symbology for these layers to a 100% transparent
>> symbol so that the features themselves aren't shown.
>>
>> This seems rather hacky and inefficient, since QGIS is still rendering
>> these feature, they just aren't being shown. Consequently, I'd like to
>> add a better method for having layers with no visible features.
>>
>> As far as I can see, there's three possible options for this:
>> - Add a "no symbols" renderer.
>> - Allow the first symbol layer to be removed, so that a symbol can
>> have no layers
>> - Add "no fill"/"no line"/"no marker" symbol layers
>>
>> What would be the preferred solution, from a design and UX view? I'm
>> leaning toward the "no symbols" renderer option myself, but thought
>> I'd seek feedback before digging into this.
>>
>> Nyall
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