[Qgis-user] Select several layers at once?

[Nikos Alexandris]

On Thu, 2008-11-13 at 17:14 -0800, Alex Mandel wrote:
> Nikos Alexandris wrote:
> > Dear QGIS community,
> > 
> > I have loaded more than 200 aerial photos and I would like to group
> > them... but not by dragging each of them in a group of course.
> > 
> > Shift and/or Control selection does not work. And I can't find any
> > "layer selection" tool on the menu. Is it possible to perform this with
> > a (python) command at least?
> > 
> > Wouldn't it be a nice feature?
> > 
> > Thank you, Nikos
> > 
> 
> I agree it would be a good feaure.
> A quick hack for now might be to save the project and edit the project
> file in a text editor. Make an example and compare on a small set of files.

I'll have a look at the project files. Thanks for the hint.

> Note - It's only a guess at a hack.
> Alex

Furthermore,
wasn't there (back in earlier QGIS versions) a "duplicate layer" option
in the "right-click" menu on (at least) vector layer? Why should I not
to (re)load a shapefile for instance if I want to compare various
symbology settings?

Kind regards, Nikos