[QGIS-Developer] Editable CSV files

[Nyall Dawson]

On 19 July 2017 at 15:45, Andreas Neumann <a.neumann at carto.net> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Is there a particular technical reason why csv/text files aren't editable in
> QGIS? Or is this mainly for historical reasons and it could be implemented
> as editable with reasonable effort?
>

It depends how they are loaded. If you load them using the delimited
text provider, then no, they aren't editable.

BUT.....

if you load them as a ogr layer, they will be! (Since GDAL supports this)

So drag and drop them to QGIS, or add via the "add vector layer"
button and they'll be editable.

Nyall