[Qgis-user] layer order

[Andreas Neumann]

Hi Carl, 

It might be - that by accident - you enabled the overwriting of the
layer order. There is a separate "Layer Order Panel" that might be
visible or not. It has a checkbox with which you can toggle which panel
has preference: the "Layers" or the "Layer Order" panel. 

Reasoning behind this separation: In some more complex projects it might
be desirable to structure layers into groups (hierarchically) by topics
while this might contradict the actual layer order (which is a flat
list). Usually, you want to first draw all polygon layers, then line
layers on top, followed by points. This might not match the grouping
defined in the Layers panel. 

So go to "View" --> "Panels" --> "Layer Order" and see if you enabled
the "Control rendering order" checkbox. If yes, deactivate and your
layers should be ordered like defined in the "Layers" panel. 

Hope this helps, 

Greetings, 

Andreas 

On 2019-03-11 04:02, Boswell, Carl A - (cboswell) wrote:

>> 

> Up until now the layers listed were displayed in the map in a hierarchy defined by their position in the list, i.e. the one above in the list would overwrite the symbols of one below when the coordinates were the same.  All of a sudden the order seems to be by date, meaning that layers that were added earlier overtake precedence over those added later, regardless of their order in the list.  I can find no "switch" that can change this problem.  This seems to apply whether the layer is a vector file or imported from a .csv file.  Any help would be appreciated. 
> 
> Thanks, 
> C 
> 
> Carl Boswell 
> 520-954-7053 
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