Project: QGIS

Version: 3.34

Feature: Settings for overriding selection color and selection symbol for vector layers

New layer rendering settings allow users to control the color and symbol that will be used in place of the system or project defaults when highlighting selected features.

This setting is defined for each layer and is useful to improve the visibility of selected features by the application of an explicitly defined symbology.

This is useful in various scenarios, including instances where:

  • The layer uses a symbol color or style that matches the selection symbology, resulting in the feature selection not being visible
  • A line layer uses a thin symbol, and coloring selected lines does not make them visible enough
  • Layers with complex symbology (such as raster/ gradient fills/ lines/ shapeburst with a color ramp) would not have a default selection color applied. In these scenarios, the user can now specify a simpler symbol to use for selected features within the layer.

This feature was developed by Nyall Dawson