Feature request #6183

There is no check that the style of a vector layer matches the type of data (e.g. line vs polygon)

Added by Alister Hood over 12 years ago. Updated about 9 years ago.

Status:Closed
Priority:Normal
Assignee:-
Category:Symbology
Pull Request or Patch supplied:No Resolution:fixed/implemented
Easy fix?:No Copied to github as #:15497

Description

e.g. 1 - copy and paste style:
- Right-click on a polygon layer in the TOC and click "Copy style"
- ("accidentally") right-click on a polyline layer in the TOC and click "Paste style"
- The polyline layer becomes invisible (you may need to pan the canvas slightly for it to be updated), because its style is for the wrong type of layer
- Open the style tab of the layer properties - the polygon style is shown; there are no error messages or anything. It seems the only way to get a style for the correct type of data is to copy and paste styles from another polyline layer, or remove the layer and add it again.

e.g. 2 - opening a project:
- save the project you were using for e.g. 1
- reopen the project
- the layer still has the wrong style and there are no error messages or anything. This 2nd case would be a problem if someone overwrites a layer with a different type of data without you knowing.

History

#1 Updated by Paolo Cavallini over 12 years ago

  • Target version set to Version 2.0.0

#2 Updated by Pirmin Kalberer about 12 years ago

  • Target version changed from Version 2.0.0 to Future Release - Nice to have

#3 Updated by Médéric RIBREUX about 9 years ago

  • Resolution set to fixed/implemented
  • Status changed from Open to Closed

Hello, bug triage...

in QGIS 2.13 master, you cannot paste a style to another geometry type layer. There is also an error message:

Cannot paste style to layer with a different geometry type: Your copied style does not match the layer you are pasting to

So I am closing this feature request...

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