[Qgis-user] Display only selected vector line feature

[Emma Hain]

Excellent!
The other way that is a bit more time consuming is to use the same layer
but duplicate it and filter per feature - but it is sorta the same thing.

Kind regards
Em

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On Tue, 3 Jun 2025 at 06:02, Morgan Fletcher <morgan at hahaha.org> wrote:

> 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
>>
>> Emma Hain — Product Manager/Senior GIS Analyst
>> emma at north-road.com
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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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