Feature request #10737

Easier loading of qlr files

Added by Paolo Cavallini over 10 years ago. Updated about 6 years ago.

Status:Closed
Priority:Normal
Assignee:Nathan Woodrow
Category:Browser
Pull Request or Patch supplied:No Resolution:
Easy fix?:No Copied to github as #:19121

Description

qlr files are filtered out from the browser, so I do not see an easy way of adding them

Associated revisions

Revision fcf2fcae
Added by Nyall Dawson about 7 years ago

[FEATURE] Show qlr files in browser

Fixes #10737

History

#1 Updated by Nathan Woodrow about 10 years ago

  • Assignee set to Nathan Woodrow

#2 Updated by Sandra Lopes almost 10 years ago

The new layer definition files added recently ist's really great.
But it’s only possible to add .qrl file to a QGIS project through the menu Layer, option add from layer definition file… or by drag and drop the .qlr directly into the GUI, like it is currently possible to do with supported data files.
It would be nice an easy way like a button similar to the Add Vector Layer.
Another thing that could be equal to the Add Vector layer is the possibility to add more than one file at once.

#3 Updated by Giovanni Manghi almost 10 years ago

  • Tracker changed from Bug report to Feature request

#4 Updated by Sylvain M. almost 8 years ago

I confirm the interest of having a button to add QLR directly into QGis.
I add a problem that I encounter every time I open QLR layers : unlike all the other buttons and menus for adding layers, QGis does not remember the last folder used and points to C:\\Users\\myusername.
This forces us to re-examine the entire tree to access each data.

#5 Updated by Mats Elfstrom almost 8 years ago

I second this motion strongly. In the process of setting up a shared QGIS environment, I planned to use *.qlr files to distribute predefined layers for users. It was a surprise that they are missing from the Browser.
Adding the file type there, and making it possible to drag or doubleklick them to add them to the canvas does not seem like a difficult task. Will this be fixed in 3.0?

#6 Updated by Giovanni Manghi over 7 years ago

  • Easy fix? set to No

#7 Updated by olivier olivier about 7 years ago

Hi,

In 2.18 it's possible to drag/drop qlr files to canvas.

Olivier

#8 Updated by Nyall Dawson about 7 years ago

  • Status changed from Open to Feedback

So this can be closed?

#9 Updated by Dominique Lyszczarz about 7 years ago

Qlr files are still missing from the browser, this is an annoying issue for those who mainly use it for loading data. Hope to see this fixed in 3.0

#10 Updated by Giovanni Manghi about 7 years ago

  • Status changed from Feedback to Open

#11 Updated by Nyall Dawson about 7 years ago

  • Status changed from Open to Closed
  • % Done changed from 0 to 100

#12 Updated by Sandra Lopes about 6 years ago

Sylvain M. wrote:

I confirm the interest of having a button to add QLR directly into QGis.
I add a problem that I encounter every time I open QLR layers : unlike all the other buttons and menus for adding layers, QGis does not remember the last folder used and points to C:\\Users\\myusername.
This forces us to re-examine the entire tree to access each data.

Actually QGIS stil does not remember the last folder used in this tool and points to C:\\Users\\myusername

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