QGIS Cheatsheet

GUI Beschreibung

There are more Layers to the GUI of QGIS which arent visible. To open these click on View Panels. To open more Toolbars you are able to open them by clicking on View Toolbars

A different method is to right click on a grey bar in the toolbar area. Now you should be able to see both Panels and Toolbars.

Status bar

From left to right:

Coordinate: Show the coordinates your mouse is hovering over in the map window. The coordinates are in reference to the choosen Coordinate Reference System (CRS).
Scale: Shows the scale on which the map is visible on the map view. The scale can be changed by either zooming in, zooming out or by selecting one of the predefined options in the dropdown
Magnifier: By clicking on the lock you can enable the option to zoom in and out without altering the scale. The Default value is 100%.
Rotation: Can be used to rotate the map clockwise.
Rendering: Can be used to disable the rendering of the map temporarily.
By clicking on the the dialog for the selection of the Coordinate Reference System opens.
By clicking the the log messages show up.

Menu and Toolbar

Navigation in the map view

Table 1. Navigation in the map view
Name	Shortcut	Description
Map pan	`Space`, `Page Up`, `Page Down` or the Arrow Keys	Move the map
Pan map to selection		Pans the map to the selected element
Zoom in	`Ctrl`+`Alt`+`+` or mouse wheel	Zoom into the map
Zoom out	`Ctrl`+`Alt`+`-` or mouse wheel	Zoom out of the map
Zoom full	`Ctrl`+`Shift`+`F`	Zoom out to show the full map
Zoom to selection	`Ctrl`+`J`	Zoom to the selected element
Zoom to layer		Zoom to the selected layer
Zoom to native resolution		Zoom to the native resolution (100%)
Zoom last		Zoom to the last zoom
Zoom next		Zoom to the next

Project managment

Table 2. Project managment
Name	Shortcut	Description
New Project	`Ctrl`+`N`	Create a new project
Open Project	`Ctrl`+`O`	Open an existing project Opens the Dialog to create a new print layout
Save	`Ctrl`+`S`	Save the project
Save as…	`Ctrl`+`Shift`+`S`	Save the project as…
Properties	`Ctrl`+`Shift`+`P`	Open the project properties
New print layout	`Ctrl`+`P`	Opens the Dialog to create a new print layout
Search	`Ctrl`+`K`	Opens the search bar

Layer management

Table 3. Layer management
Name	Shortcut	Description
Data source manager	`Ctrl`+`L`	Add a new layer
New GeoPackage layer	`Ctrl`+`Shift`+`N`	Add a new GeoPackage Layer
Add vector layer	`Ctrl`+`Shift`+`V`	Add a new vector layer
Add raster layer	`Ctrl`+`Shift`+`R`	Add a new raster layer
Remove selected layer	`Ctrl`+`D`	Remove the selected layer
Toggle layers view	`Ctrl`+`1`	Toggle the layers view
Toggle browser view	`Ctrl`+`2`	Toggle the browser view

Table 4. Analysis Tools
Name	Shortcut	Description
Identify Features	`Ctrl`+`Shift`+`I`	Identify features on the map view by clicking on them
Select feature		Select a features by area or single click
Select feature by value	`F3`	Select features by value
Open Attribute table	`F6`	Open the Attribute table
Open Attribute table with selected features only	`Shift`+`F6`	Open the Attribute table with selected features only
Open Attribute table with visible features only	`Ctrl`+`F6`	Open the Attribute table with visible feautres only

Advanced Tools

Table 5. Advanced Tools
Name	Menu option	Shortcut	Description
Processing Toolbox		`Ctrl`+`Alt`+`T`	Opens the Processing Toolbox
Python Console		`Ctrl`+`Alt`+`P`	Opens the Python Console

For more shortcuts and information read the QGIS documentation

Additional questions? Contact the QGIS community!

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