[QGIS-Developer] Editing CSV files?

[Alexander Bruy]

Hi Mike,

I think you are loading CSV via Data Source Manager using the
delimited text data provider, while when you drag-and-drop it the OGR
provider is used. These providers have different capabilities,
so this is a normal situation.

вт, 17 бер. 2026 р. о 14:39 Elstermann, Mike via QGIS-Developer
<qgis-developer at lists.osgeo.org> пише:
>
> Hello everyone,
>
> when I load a CSV file (without geometry) via the ‘Data Source Manager’ in QGIS 3 and QGIS 4, I cannot edit it in the attribute table. However, if I drag the CSV file into the project, the attribute table can be edited just as easily as with other datasets.
>
> Is this normal? If so, why? Or can this perhaps be adjusted so that the CSV file is always editable?
>
> Thanks, mikeE.
>
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