Geography Reference
In-Depth Information
Transparency
The transparency slider allows you to make the layer transparent.
This allows you to “see through” the layer to reveal layers lower in
the map stack.
Label
The Label field allows you to specify the name that appears next to
the symbol in the legend. So for the
world_borders
layer, we might
name it “World Borders.”
Point Symbol
This drop-down contains the available symbols for a point. When
you select one from the list, it will be used to render the points on
the layer.
Point Size
This allows you to change the size of the symbol. The size is spec-
ified in points just as font sizes are in your word processor.
Outline Style
For line and polygon layers, you can specify the style of the line
used to draw the feature or its outline. This also works with the
basic point symbols (box, triangle, circle, and diamond). QGIS pro-
vides a number of style choices, including solid, dashed, dotted,
and various combinations of dot-dash.
Outline Color
You can specify the color of the outline for the basic point symbols
as well as for line and polygon layers. Just click the colored box to
the right of the option to open the color selector. The color selector
is platform specific, so its appearance will depend on whether you
are running Windows, OS X, or in the case of Linux, your Linux
windows manager (for example, KDE vs. Gnome vs. XFCE, etc.).
Outline Width
This option lets you specify the width of the line in pixels (used for
line and polygon layers).
Fill Color
For a polygon layer, you can specify the color used to fill the poly-
gons or basic point symbols. Again, just click the colored box to
the right of the option to open the color selector.
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