Hi!
When talking about this. I’ve had a thought of improvement of the select tool. 
When there is several features in the same (or almost the same) location in one 
layer it is difficult to select one particular feature. Could we have the same 
functionality with select tool as with identify? Right click gets you a 
pull-down menu with potential features and you can select one from the list 
that gets selected. Understandable? Has this already been thought of? A 
workaround is to use the identify tool with right click. At the bottom of the 
list you can open the attribute table and select the desired features from the 
table. Works but one step more.

Karl-Magnus

Från: Qgis-user [mailto:[email protected]] För Neumann, Andreas
Skickat: den 30 maj 2017 11:11
Till: Martin Bain
Kopia: [email protected]
Ämne: Re: [Qgis-user] Selecting displaced symbols


Hi Martin,

As far as I know, picking is totally independent of the rendering. So the "Info 
tool" doesn't know about the displacement renderer. I know it is not ideal, but 
it is a technical limitation and there are no known workarounds.

You can, however, display the central point (with a separate symbol) so the 
user knows where to pick. Also, you can easily access each individual point by 
changing the identify mode to "Layer choice" - where you get a pull-down menu 
and you can identify each individual point by its "display attribute".

Maybe a dev knows a solution to this problem - but currently I think there are 
no known workarounds.

Andreas

On 2017-05-30 03:39, Martin Bain wrote:
Hi,
I have the familiar situation of a layer with multiple points at the same 
coordinates.  The points have data defined SVG symbols

I’m using the Point Displacement renderer to overcome having overlapping 
symbols.  This definitely makes for an improved appearance.

However if you want to use the info tool or the select tool you cant click on 
the displaced symbol.  You can only select all points via the central point.

Is there a trick to select a point by its offset symbol instead of the true 
coordinates?  I have half a memory of reading something about this once before 
but maybe I imagined it :P

I would prefer to leave the points in their original position – the data is of 
traffic accidents, provided by the state government.

Thank you,
Martin.

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