[Qgis-developer] No symbol renderer... thoughts?

2014-06-30 Thread Nyall Dawson
Hi all, I find I'm often adding layers to a map solely for labelling, and having to set the symbology for these layers to a 100% transparent symbol so that the features themselves aren't shown. This seems rather hacky and inefficient, since QGIS is still rendering these feature, they just aren't

Re: [Qgis-developer] No symbol renderer... thoughts?

2014-06-30 Thread Andreas Neumann
Hi, I like the idea of the no symbols renderer. Probably the easiest of the proposed solutions for the user. Andreas Am 30.06.2014 12:38, schrieb Nyall Dawson: Hi all, I find I'm often adding layers to a map solely for labelling, and having to set the symbology for these layers to a 100%

Re: [Qgis-developer] No symbol renderer... thoughts?

2014-06-30 Thread Mathieu Pellerin
I'd vote for the last option as it'd be compatible with rule based symbology, which could be useful when coupled with the [x] show layer count (simple eg creating a ELSE rule with a no-symbol layer to keep track of nb of features not rendered.). Math On 30 Jun 2014 19:38, Nyall Dawson

Re: [Qgis-developer] No symbol renderer... thoughts?

2014-06-30 Thread RĂ©gis Haubourg
Hi, excellent idea if we get speed improvement ! I don't have QGIS running here right now, but I remember having seen a no symbol checkbox in rule based renderer. If we look for consistant UI, we should have the same checkbox for classical renderers on symbol level. I remember being puzzled when

Re: [Qgis-developer] No symbol renderer... thoughts?

2014-06-30 Thread Nathan Woodrow
I'd vote for the last option as it'd be compatible with rule based symbology, which could be useful when coupled with the [x] show layer count (simple eg creating a ELSE rule with a no-symbol layer to keep track of nb of features not rendered.). You can already have no symbol for a rule.

Re: [Qgis-developer] No symbol renderer... thoughts?

2014-06-30 Thread Mathieu Pellerin
Ahh, one learns everyday. When checked, are the labels still drawn? On 1 Jul 2014 06:36, Nathan Woodrow madman...@gmail.com wrote: I'd vote for the last option as it'd be compatible with rule based symbology, which could be useful when coupled with the [x] show layer count (simple eg creating