[Qgis-user] Display only selected vector line feature

[Morgan Fletcher]

Thank you, Emma. I get it. It took me a bit to figure out the UX. I
appreciate your help.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1cDhBI-pHJDzoTuy3mi66Mtj9ENI6pvOr/view?usp=sharing

Replying with a google drive link for a screenshot, so it makes it through
to the group.

Morgan

On Sun, Jun 1, 2025 at 7:55 PM Emma Hain <emma at north-road.com> wrote:

> 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
>>> [image: https://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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