Feature request #4464: Selection colour could be above polygon points - QGIS Application - QGIS Issue Tracking

Feature request #4464

Selection colour could be above polygon points

Added by Gerhardus Geldenhuis over 12 years ago. Updated over 9 years ago.

Status:	Closed
Priority:	Low
Assignee:	-
Category:	GUI
Pull Request or Patch supplied:	No	Resolution:
Easy fix?:	No	Copied to github as #:	14391

Description

When using the "Select Single Feature" button on a map that is zoomed out it is almost impossible in some case to see the actual selection as the polygon points are to many. The suggestion is to make the selection the top layer so that it will show above the polygon points. Please see the attached image as an example. It is possible to see the selection better when zooming in but this is not nessearily convenient when you want to select a large number of polygons over a big area for which you would need to be zoomed out.

Screenshot-2.png (33.8 KB) Gerhardus Geldenhuis, 2011-10-29 03:34 PM

History

#1 Updated by Nathan Woodrow over 12 years ago

IMO making the polygon edit points below the selection is impractical as it would make editing hard.

This is simply a scale issue when in edit mode and not every operation works at every scale. I would suggest turning off editing when you need to select something at such large scales.

#2 Updated by Giovanni Manghi over 12 years ago

Status changed from Open to Feedback

#3 Updated by Gerhardus Geldenhuis over 12 years ago

Turning off editing would defy the point. When I submitted this suggestion I was trying to merge a number of polygons that represent a river into one section. I had to zoom out to see all of the sections. If you are not in edit mode then you can't merge/edit anything. Perhaps such a feature could be scale dependant?