[Qgis-user] Display only selected vector line feature

[Emma Hain]

no, you just categorise them (the second half of the email).  Make sure
you turn on the Layer styling panel
<https://docs.qgis.org/3.40/en/docs/user_manual/introduction/general_tools.html#layer-styling-panel>
.
QGIS allows you to turn them on and off as required (just tick them).


Kind regards
Em

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On Mon, 2 Jun 2025 at 12:52, Morgan Fletcher <morgan at hahaha.org> wrote:

> Thank you. I want to show each feature alone, one at a time. Do I have to
> move them to one per layer?
>
> Morgan
>
> On Sun, Jun 1, 2025, 6:51 PM Emma Hain <emma at north-road.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi Morgan
>>
>> I am not sure which you are asking, but will provide solutions to each:
>> The selection colour is by default, yellow opaque. To change your
>> selection colour, go to Properties/General and change the selection colour
>> there.
>> [image: image.png]
>>
>> To render each of the roads in a unique colour for each, choose the
>> Catergorised type of styling in the layer's styling tab. Choose the unique
>> value, such as name or FID.
>> [image: image.png]
>>
>>
>> Kind regards
>> Em
>>
>> Emma Hain — Product Manager/Senior GIS Analyst
>> emma at north-road.com
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>> On Mon, 2 Jun 2025 at 09:10, Morgan Fletcher via QGIS-User <
>> qgis-user at lists.osgeo.org> wrote:
>>
>>> I've georeferenced an old map, added a shapefile layer, and used vector
>>> line features with styling to highlight the roads in yellow on the map. If
>>> I select one of the features in the attribute table, it is rendered in a
>>> bright, opaque yellow, as opposed to the semi-transparent styling I've
>>> chosen for the layer:
>>>
>>>
>>> https://drive.google.com/file/d/1On7gx0ZOq1bG_EAVfyGUSdNnZRXJdx6o/view?usp=sharing
>>>
>>> I put all the roads - 18 - in one layer. I want to be able to
>>> selectively render each road as a semi-transparent yellow line, rather than
>>> have all 18 simultaneously shown. Is that possible?
>>>
>>> Morgan
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