<div dir="auto">Hi guys, <div dir="auto">Paul Blottiere submitted a pull request to solve that issue here </div><div dir="auto"><a href="https://github.com/qgis/QGIS/pull/4247">https://github.com/qgis/QGIS/pull/4247</a><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">If it is doing the work and merged, that would deserve backporting to 2.18 branch. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">And yes that issue deserves to be more advertised and also extended to a unlinked "copy" mode. </div><div dir="auto">Wiring it in browser would be a nice way to make it more known too.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Side note: There is already a plugin called layers menu from project to build menu shortcuts to other's project layers. I can't live without it now, pushing that into core would be nice, if someone's willing to fund that, qgis devs would probably be happy to tackle that</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">Le 10 mars 2017 3:19 PM, "Neumann, Andreas" <<a href="mailto:a.neumann@carto.net" target="_blank">a.neumann@carto.net</a>> a écrit :<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif">
<p>Hi Harrissou,</p>
<p>Thanks for tackling this in the documentation.</p>
<p>Some remarks:</p>
<p>- embedded layers are shown with "italic" labels in the layer tree to distinguish them from regular layers.</p>
<p>- all layer properties are "read only", not only styling and labeling, but also any other properties, like field aliases, display values, actions, etc. That's why the layer properties can't be shown to avoid that the user changes stuff which can't be saved in the project.</p>
<p>- if the master project uses an alternative rendering order (defined in the layer order panel of the master project), the layer ordering in the project where the layers are embedded can only be retained "en bloc" and only if you embed the parent group and not individual layers</p>
<p>It may even be that you'll have to also activate the alternative rendering order in the client project if you want to retain, but I am not 100% sure. I just remember that it gave me headaches with the layer rendering order in the past, because it was a bit buggy. Should work well meanwhile though.</p>
<p>Andreas</p>
<p>On 2017-03-10 12:05, DelazJ wrote:</p>
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<div>Hi,<br><br></div>
Actually it's not a new feature. Has been there since.... (available in 1.8 documentation <a href="http://docs.qgis.org/1.8/en/docs/user_manual/introduction/general_tools.html#nesting-projects" target="_blank">http://docs.qgis.org/1.8/en/<wbr>docs/user_manual/introduction/<wbr>general_tools.html#nesting-<wbr>projects</a>)</div>
And as you can see, the documentation has neither been improved since.</div>
Given your discussion I tried to put some highlights on the feature and any review is welcome <a href="https://github.com/qgis/QGIS-Documentation/issues/1748" target="_blank">https://github.com/qgis/QGIS-<wbr>Documentation/issues/1748</a> I'm more a default style user than an embedded layer one so if I miss some advantages in this feature please, let me know.<br><br></div>
Laurence, I didn't check if you had reported the issues yet, otherwise I think removal of some items can be added:<br>- Layer menu --> Labeling<br>- when right-clicking an embedded layer --> Style.<br><br></div>
<div>Given that the Layer Properties dialog is not availbale, there are some actions like "Set Scale visibility of layer", "Set layer CRS", "Filter" (that belong to the Properties --> General menu) that make me fail to understand the real scope of an embedded layer. Are they supposed to be grayed too or not? What kind of changes are really allowed on such a layer or what is really kept from the "source" file?<br><br></div>
<div>Thanks,<br>Harrissou</div>
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<div class="gmail_quote">2017-03-09 21:07 GMT+01:00 Laurence Béchet <span><<a href="mailto:bechet.laurence@gmail.com" target="_blank">bechet.laurence@gmail.com</a>></span>:<br>
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<div>Thanks Andrea. I'll create them. <br> These are not big issues and easy to work around as a user. <br><br> I agree with you this new embedded layers feature is awesome and for little mapping projects like Ark in the Park they are very useful as I have my layout already ready and just need to add what i want to plots: bird territories or past control results or ..... Also if something in the layout changes (new track, pest control grid altered) I only need to modify the 'master' map and it is propagated to all the other maps. Worth a try!<br><br> Kind regards<span class="m_4118756926223086599HOEnZb"><span style="color:#888888"><br> Laurence</span></span><span><br> ARK IN THE PARK Volunteer Co-Ordinator<br> Cascades Ranger Station<br> Falls Road, Waitakere<br> Phone: (09) 810 7014<br><a class="m_4118756926223086599m_6001248879147884687moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.arkinthepark.org.nz" target="_blank">www.arkinthepark.org.nz</a> <a class="m_4118756926223086599m_6001248879147884687moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.forestandbird.org.nz" target="_blank">www.forestandbird.org.nz</a> <br><br></span>
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<p>Hi Laurence,</p>
<p>I can confirm both issues.</p>
<p>Embedded groups show empty (without the layers, only the groups are displayed) in QGIS 3 and they are stylable in the styling dock in 2.18 when they shouldn't be stylable.</p>
<p>However, if your restyle embedded layers in the styling dock, they are, of course not saved back to the original layers. This would be dangerous and probably unwanted in most cases.</p>
<p>The styling dock is fairly new and probably the devs where not aware about the embedded layers feature.</p>
<p>Can you please issue bug reports for both issues?</p>
<p>Embedded layers and groups are probably not used that much in the wild, but I find them incredibly useful. It is one of my favourite QGIS feature and saves you tons of work if you can re-use background layers from other projects, while still being able to identify these layers or snap to them.</p>
<p>Unfortunately, many users and devs are not aware of this feature and it doesn't get much attention.</p>
<p>Thanks,</p>
<p>Andreas</p>
<p>On 2017-03-08 22:10, Laurence Béchet wrote:</p>
<blockquote style="padding:0 0.4em;border-left:#1010ff 2px solid;margin:0">Hi,<br><br> I'm trying to use the embed layers and groups feature. <br> I'm running on Windows8 pro 64bits. <br> I have created a new project and I am loading a group of layers which are my background (streams, lakes, etc ..) in a main project.<br><br> QGIS 2.18.4 QGIS code revision 59c1d21:<br> I get the group loaded nicely. As expected, I cannot access the properties if I double click on the layer. However, if I have the layer styling panel open, I can change the style ... I have not checked what happens to the main project. Question 1: Is this normal? <br><br> QGIS version 2.99.0-Master QGIS code revision 5a543e4: <br> The group appears in the layers panel but none of the layers are displayed. Question 2: Is this normal?<br><br> Kind regards<br> Laurence Bechet<br><br> ARK IN THE PARK Volunteer Co-Ordinator<br> Cascades Ranger Station<br> Falls Road, Waitakere<br> Phone: (09) 810 7014<br><a class="m_4118756926223086599m_6001248879147884687moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.arkinthepark.org.nz" target="_blank">www.arkinthepark.org.nz</a> <a class="m_4118756926223086599m_6001248879147884687moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.forestandbird.org.nz" target="_blank">www.forestandbird.org.nz</a> <br><br>
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