[Qgis-user] Removing a layer name from the legend

[Nyall Dawson]

On Sat, 9 May 2020 at 04:28, Anita Graser <anitagraser at gmx.at> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> In previous versions it was possible to remove the layer name by
> clicking edit on the legend item and deleting the text, as described in
>
> https://gis.stackexchange.com/questions/130625/how-to-remove-layer-names-from-the-print-composer-legend
>
> In master, deleting the text does not delete the layer, the text can be
> changed but not removed completely.

I'd be interested to hear when this changed.

But the "correct" way to remove the layer heading would be to
right-click it and select "hidden".

Nyall

>
> Am I missing something?
>
> My use case: Design a 2 column legend for a single categorized layer
> with 4 categories. Currently, the left column consists of the layer name
> and two categories. The right column contains the remaining two
> categories but they are not well aligned with the category entries in
> the left column. This is because the items in the right column are
> aligned with the top of the layer name. To achieve a nice alignment, I
> would usually delete the layer name but now it seems that I can't.
>
> Regards,
>
> Anita
>
>
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