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

[Anita Graser]

8 May 2020 22:59:02 Nyall Dawson <nyall.dawson at gmail.com>:

> 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".

Thanks, that's it.

It would be awesome to have some indicator for the existence of this feature. Maybe an eye icon like in the composer item list?

Regards
Anita



>
> 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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