Layer Tree Tools (sort, group, snapshot)

 

SORTING

  Options:
 

• root only

  • Sorts nodes in root only.

• order within all groups (root included)

  • Sorts nodes in all groups, including root.

• within selected group(s)

  • Sorts nodes only in selected group(s).
  • Does not sort nodes in sub-groups.

• extract and sort all in root

  • Moves all layers to root and sorts them.
  • Groups get deleted.

 

NAME

Sorts layers based on their name.
 
Options:
 

• A-Z
• Z-A

 

Sort order:

• alphabetical
• natural

 

From Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_sort_order):

 

In computing, natural sort order (or natural sorting) is the ordering of strings in alphabetical order, except that multi-digit numbers are treated atomically, i.e., as if they were a single character. Natural sort order has been promoted as being more human-friendly ("natural") than machine-oriented, pure alphabetical sort order.[1]

For example, in alphabetical sorting, "z11" would be sorted before "z2" because the "1" in the first string is sorted as smaller than "2", while in natural sorting "z2" is sorted before "z11" because "2" is treated as smaller than "11".

Alphabetical sorting:

    z11
    z2

Natural sorting:

    z2
    z11

 

NAME SORTING EXAMPLE

    
├── SERBIA                
│   ├── Belgrade  
│   ├── Novi Sad  
│   ├── Niš  
│   └── Kragujevac  
└── CROATIA  
    ├── Zagreb  
    ├── Osijek  
    ├── Rijeka  
    └── Split  
  

 

  
          root only           .  order within all groups (root included)  .      selected group(s) only    .  extract all and sort in root
                              .                                           .                                .
├── CROATIA                   .  ├── CROATIA                              .  ├── SERBIA                    .  ├── Belgrade 
│   ├── Zagreb                .  │   ├── Osijek                           .  │   ├── Belgrade              .  ├── Kragujevac
│   ├── Osijek                .  │   ├── Rijeka                           .  │   ├── Novi Sad              .  ├── Niš
│   ├── Rijeka                .  │   ├── Split                            .  │   ├── Niš                   .  ├── Novi Sad
│   └── Split                 .  │   └── Zagreb                           .  │   └── Kragujevac            .  ├── Osijek
└── SERBIA                    .  └── SERBIA                               .  └── CROATIA (selected group)  .  ├── Rijeka
    ├── Belgrade              .      ├── Belgrade                         .      ├── Osijek                .  ├── Split
    ├── Novi Sad              .      ├── Kragujevac                       .      ├── Rijeka                .  └── Zagreb
    ├── Niš                   .      ├── Niš                              .      ├── Split                 .
    └── Kragujevac            .      └── Novi Sad                         .      └── Zagreb                .

GEOMETRY

 
Sorts layers based on their geometry.
 
NOTE: even though RASTERS and GROUPS are not geometry types, they are treated as such when sorting in order to provide the user more flexibility on the type order.
 
Options:

• list order of geometries
  • polygon, line, point, raster, groups

 

GEOMETRY EXAMPLE

 

  
├── SERBIA
│   ├── Belgrade (polygon)
│   ├── Novi Sad (polygon)
│   ├── Niš (point)
│   └── Kragujevac (point)
├── CROATIA
│   ├── Zagreb (point)
│   ├── Osijek (point)
│   ├── Rijeka (line)
│   └── Split (line)
├── Sarajevo (point)
├── Banja Luka (line)
├── Mostar (polygon)
└── Bosnia and Herzegovina (raster)
  

 

  
Order example:
    1.) line
    2.) point
    3.) polygon
    4.) groups
    5.) raster
  

 

  
            root only                .  order within all groups (root included)  .          selected group(s) only       .  extract all and sort in root
                                     .                                           .                                       .
├── Banja Luka (line)                .  ├── Banja Luka (line)                    .  ├── SERBIA                           .  ├── Banja Luka (line)
├── Sarajevo (point)                 .  ├── Sarajevo (point)                     .  │   ├── Belgrade (polygon)           .  ├── Rijeka (line)
├── Mostar (polygon)                 .  ├── Mostar (polygon)                     .  │   ├── Novi Sad (polygon)           .  ├── Split (line)
├── SERBIA                           .  ├── SERBIA                               .  │   ├── Niš (point)                  .  ├── Sarajevo (point)
│   ├── Belgrade (polygon)           .  │   ├── Niš (point)                      .  │   └── Kragujevac (point)           .  ├── Niš (point)
│   ├── Novi Sad (polygon)           .  │   ├── Kragujevac (point)               .  ├── CROATIA (selected group)         .  ├── Kragujevac (point)
│   ├── Niš (point)                  .  │   ├── Belgrade (polygon)               .  │   ├── Rijeka (line)                .  ├── Zagreb (point)
│   └── Kragujevac (point)           .  │   └── Novi Sad (polygon)               .  │   ├── Split (line)                 .  ├── Osijek (point)
├── CROATIA                          .  ├── CROATIA                              .  │   ├── Zagreb (point)               .  ├── Mostar (polygon)
│   ├── Zagreb (point)               .  │   ├── Rijeka (line)                    .  │   └── Osijek (point)               .  ├── Belgrade (polygon)
│   ├── Osijek (point)               .  │   ├── Split (line)                     .  ├── Sarajevo (point)                 .  ├── Novi Sad (polygon)
│   ├── Rijeka (line)                .  │   ├── Zagreb (point)                   .  ├── Banja Luka (line)                .  └── Bosnia and Herzegovina (raster)
│   └── Split (line)                 .  │   └── Osijek (point)                   .  ├── Mostar (polygon)                 .
└── Bosnia and Herzegovina (raster)  .  └── Bosnia and Herzegovina (raster)      .  ├── Bosnia and Herzegovina (raster)  .

 

FEATURE COUNT

 
Sorts layers based on their feature count.
 
Options:

• highest to lowest
• lowest to highest

 
*Only vector layers have feature count.
 

FEATURE COUNT EXAMPLE

 

  
├── SERBIA
│   ├── Belgrade (1,681,405)
│   ├── Novi Sad (368,967)
│   ├── Niš (249,501)
│   └── Kragujevac (171,186)
├── CROATIA
│   ├── Zagreb (769,944)
│   ├── Osijek (96,848)
│   ├── Rijeka (108,622)
│   └── Split (161,312)
├── Sarajevo (275,524)
├── Banja Luka (185,042)
├── Mostar (105,797)
  

 

          root only           .  order within all groups (root included)  .    selected group(s) only      .  extract all and sort in root
                              .                                           .                                .
├── Sarajevo (275,524)        .  ├── Sarajevo (275,524)                   .  ├── SERBIA                    .  ├── Belgrade (1,681,405)
├── Banja Luka (185,042)      .  ├── Banja Luka (185,042)                 .  │   ├── Belgrade (1,681,405)  .  ├── Zagreb (769,944)
├── Mostar (105,797)          .  ├── Mostar (105,797)                     .  │   ├── Novi Sad (368,967)    .  ├── Novi Sad (368,967)
├── SERBIA                    .  ├── SERBIA                               .  │   ├── Niš (249,501)         .  ├── Sarajevo (275,524)
│   ├── Belgrade (1,681,405)  .  │   ├── Belgrade (1,681,405)             .  │   └── Kragujevac (171,186)  .  ├── Niš (249,501)
│   ├── Novi Sad (368,967)    .  │   ├── Novi Sad (368,967)               .  ├── CROATIA (selected group)  .  ├── Banja Luka (185,042)
│   ├── Niš (249,501)         .  │   ├── Niš (249,501)                    .  │   ├── Zagreb (769,944)      .  ├── Kragujevac (171,186)
│   └── Kragujevac (171,186)  .  │   └── Kragujevac (171,186)             .  │   ├── Split (161,312)       .  ├── Split (161,312)
├── CROATIA                   .  ├── CROATIA                              .  │   ├── Rijeka (108,622)      .  ├── Rijeka (108,622)
│   ├── Zagreb (769,944)      .  │   ├── Zagreb (769,944)                 .  │   └── Osijek (96,848)       .  ├── Mostar (105,797)
│   ├── Osijek (96,848)       .  │   ├── Split (161,312)                  .  ├── Sarajevo (275,524)        .  ├── Osijek (96,848)
│   ├── Rijeka (108,622)      .  │   ├── Rijeka (108,622)                 .  ├── Banja Luka (185,042)      .
│   └── Split (161,312)       .  │   └── Osijek (96,848)                  .  ├── Mostar (105,797)          .
  

 

ENCODING

 
Sorty layers based on their encoding.
 
Options:

• list order of all encodings in the layer tree

 
*Only vector layers have feature count.
**Memory layers don't have encoding and their encoding is reported as 'None' in the list.
 

ENCODING EXAMPLE

 

     
├── SERBIA
│   ├── Belgrade (UTF-8)
│   ├── Novi Sad (UTF-8)
│   ├── Niš (WINDOWS 1251)
│   └── Kragujevac (UTF-16)
├── CROATIA
│   ├── Zagreb (UTF-32)
│   ├── Split (UTF-32)
│   ├── Rijeka (ISO 8859-1)
│   └── Osijek (UTF-16)
├── Sarajevo (UTF-16)
├── Banja Luka (UTF-32)
├── Mostar (UTF-8)
   
 

 

   
Order example:
     1.) UTF-32
     2.) UTF-16
     3.) UTF-8
     4.) WINDOWS 1251
     5.) ISO 8859-1
   
 

 

        root only             .  order within all groups (root included)  .       selected group(s) only   .  extract all and sort in root
                              .                                           .
├── Banja Luka (UTF-32)       .  ├── Banja Luka (UTF-32)                  .  ├── SERBIA                    .  ├── Banja Luka (UTF-32)
├── Sarajevo (UTF-16)         .  ├── Sarajevo (UTF-16)                    .  │   ├── Belgrade (UTF-8)      .  ├── Zagreb (UTF-32)
├── Mostar (UTF-8)            .  ├── Mostar (UTF-8)                       .  │   ├── Novi Sad (UTF-8)      .  ├── Split (UTF-32)
├── SERBIA                    .  ├── SERBIA                               .  │   ├── Niš (WINDOWS 1251)    .  ├── Kragujevac (UTF-16)
│   ├── Belgrade (UTF-8)      .  │   ├── Kragujevac (UTF-16)              .  │   └── Kragujevac (UTF-16)   .  ├── Sarajevo (UTF-16)
│   ├── Novi Sad (UTF-8)      .  │   ├── Belgrade (UTF-8)                 .  ├── CROATIA (selected group)  .  ├── Osijek (UTF-16)
│   ├── Niš (WINDOWS 1251)    .  │   ├── Novi Sad (UTF-8)                 .  │   ├── Zagreb (UTF-32)       .  ├── Mostar (UTF-8)
│   └── Kragujevac (UTF-16)   .  │   └── Niš (WINDOWS 1251)               .  │   ├── Split (UTF-32)        .  ├── Belgrade (UTF-8)
├── CROATIA                   .  ├── CROATIA                              .  │   ├── Osijek (UTF-16)       .  ├── Novi Sad (UTF-8)
│   ├── Zagreb (UTF-32)       .  │   ├── Zagreb (UTF-32)                  .  │   └── Rijeka (ISO 8859-1)   .  ├── Niš (WINDOWS 1251)
│   ├── Split (UTF-32)        .  │   ├── Split (UTF-32)                   .  ├── Sarajevo (UTF-16)         .  ├── Rijeka (ISO 8859-1)
│   ├── Rijeka (ISO 8859-1)   .  │   ├── Osijek (UTF-16)                  .  ├── Banja Luka (UTF-32)       .
│   └── Osijek (UTF-16)       .  │   └── Rijeka (ISO 8859-1)              .  ├── Mostar (UTF-8)            .
   
 

 

FILETYPE

 
Sorts layers based on their extension.
 
Options:

• list order of extensions of loaded files in layer tree

 
*Memory layers don't exist as files on drive and their filetype is reported as 'memory'.
 

FILETYPE EXAMPLE

 

    
├── SERBIA
│   ├── Belgrade.shp
│   ├── Novi Sad.geojson
│   ├── Niš.shp
│   └── Kragujevac.geojson
├── CROATIA
│   ├── Zagreb.tif
│   ├── Split.csv
│   ├── Osijek.tif
│   └── Rijeka.csv
├── Sarajevo.tif
├── Banja Luka.csv
├── Mostar.shp

Order example:  
    1.) .tif  
    2.) .geojson  
    3.) .shp  
    4.) .csv  

 

        root only             .  order within all groups (root included)  .    selected group(s) only      .  extract all and sort in root
                              .                                           .                                .
├── Sarajevo.tif              .  ├── Sarajevo.tif                         .  ├── SERBIA                    .  ├── Sarajevo.tif
├── Mostar.shp                .  ├── Mostar.shp                           .  │   ├── Belgrade.shp          .  ├── Zagreb.tif
├── Banja Luka.csv            .  ├── Banja Luka.csv                       .  │   ├── Novi Sad.geojson      .  ├── Osijek.tif
├── SERBIA                    .  ├── SERBIA                               .  │   ├── Niš.shp               .  ├── Novi Sad.geojson
│   ├── Belgrade.shp          .  │   ├── Novi Sad.geojson                 .  │   └── Kragujevac.geojson    .  ├── Kragujevac.geojson
│   ├── Novi Sad.geojson      .  │   ├── Kragujevac.geojson               .  ├── CROATIA (selected group)  .  ├── Mostar.shp
│   ├── Niš.shp               .  │   ├── Belgrade.shp                     .  │   ├── Zagreb.tif            .  ├── Belgrade.shp
│   └── Kragujevac.geojson    .  │   └── Niš.shp                          .  │   ├── Osijek.tif            .  ├── Niš.shp
├── CROATIA                   .  ├── CROATIA                              .  │   ├── Split.csv             .  ├── Banja Luka.csv
│   ├── Zagreb.tif            .  │   ├── Zagreb.tif                       .  │   └── Rijeka.csv            .  ├── Split.csv
│   ├── Split.csv             .  │   ├── Osijek.tif                       .  ├── Sarajevo.tif              .  ├── Rijeka.csv
│   ├── Osijek.tif            .  │   ├── Split.csv                        .  ├── Banja Luka.csv            .
│   └── Rijeka.csv            .  │   └── Rijeka.csv                       .  ├── Mostar.shp                .
  

 

STORAGE TYPE

 
Sorty layers based on their storage type as reported by QGIS.
 
Options:

• list order of storage types of loaded layers in layer tree

 

STORAGE EXAMPLE

 

├── SERBIA
│   ├── Belgrade (ESRI Shapefile)
│   ├── Novi Sad (GeoJSON)
│   ├── Niš (ESRI Shapefile)
│   └── Kragujevac (GeoJSON)
├── CROATIA 
│   ├── Zagreb (SQLite)
│   ├── Osijek (SQLite)
│   ├── Split (CSV)
│   └── Rijeka (CSV)
├── Sarajevo (SQLite)
├── Banja Luka (CSV)
├── Mostar (ESRI Shapefile)
    

 

Order example:
    1.) GeoJSON
    2.) ESRI Shapefile
    3.) CSV
    4.) SQLite
    

 

          root only                .  order within all groups (root included)  .        selected group(s) only       .  extract all and sort in root
                                   .                                           .                                     .
├── Mostar (ESRI Shapefile)        .  ├── Sarajevo (SQLite)                    .  ├── SERBIA                         .  ├── Novi Sad (GeoJSON)
├── Banja Luka (CSV)               .  ├── Banja Luka (CSV)                     .  │   ├── Belgrade (ESRI Shapefile)  .  ├── Kragujevac (GeoJSON)
├── Sarajevo (SQLite)              .  ├── Mostar (ESRI Shapefile)              .  │   ├── Novi Sad (GeoJSON)         .  ├── Mostar (ESRI Shapefile)
├── SERBIA                         .  ├── SERBIA                               .  │   ├── Niš (ESRI Shapefile)       .  ├── Belgrade (ESRI Shapefile)
│   ├── Belgrade (ESRI Shapefile)  .  │   ├── Novi Sad (GeoJSON)               .  │   └── Kragujevac (GeoJSON)       .  ├── Niš (ESRI Shapefile)
│   ├── Novi Sad (GeoJSON)         .  │   ├── Kragujevac (GeoJSON)             .  ├── CROATIA (selected group)       .  ├── Banja Luka (CSV)
│   ├── Niš (ESRI Shapefile)       .  │   ├── Belgrade (ESRI Shapefile)        .  │   ├── Split (CSV)                .  ├── Rijeka (CSV)
│   └── Kragujevac (GeoJSON)       .  │   └── Niš (ESRI Shapefile)             .  │   ├── Rijeka (CSV)               .  ├── Split (CSV)
├── CROATIA                        .  ├── CROATIA                              .  │   ├── Zagreb (SQLite)            .  ├── Sarajevo (SQLite)
│   ├── Zagreb (SQLite)            .  │   ├── Split (CSV)                      .  │   └── Osijek (SQLite)            .  ├── Zagreb (SQLite)
│   ├── Osijek (SQLite)            .  │   ├── Rijeka (CSV)                     .  ├── Sarajevo (SQLite)              .  ├── Osijek (SQLite)
│   ├── Split (CSV)                .  │   ├── Zagreb (SQLite)                  .  ├── Banja Luka (CSV)               .
│   └── Rijeka (CSV)               .  │   └── Osijek (SQLite)                  .  ├── Mostar (ESRI Shapefile)        .
  

 

SIZE ON DISK

 
Sorts layers based on their file size on disk.
 
Options:

• ascending
• descending

 
If sidecar files are reported by QGIS, they are also included in sum.
 

SIZE ON DISK EXAMPLE

 

├── SERBIA
│   ├── Belgrade (5 MB)
│   ├── Novi Sad (4 MB)
│   ├── Niš (3 MB)
│   └── Kragujevac (7 MB)
├── CROATIA
│   ├── Split (2 MB)
│   ├── Rijeka (8 MB)
│   ├── Zagreb (1 MB)
│   └── Osijek (6 MB)
├── Mostar (9 MB)
├── Banja Luka (11 MB)
├── Sarajevo (10 MB)

 

    used option:  [x] most to less

        root only          .  order within all groups (root included)  .      selected group(s) only    .  extract all and sort in root
                           .                                           .                                .
├── Banja Luka (11 MB)     .  ├── Banja Luka (11 MB)                   .  ├── SERBIA                    .  ├── Banja Luka (11 MB)
├── Sarajevo (10 MB)       .  ├── Sarajevo (10 MB)                     .  │   ├── Belgrade (5 MB)       .  ├── Sarajevo (10 MB)
├── Mostar (9 MB)          .  ├── Mostar (9 MB)                        .  │   ├── Novi Sad (4 MB)       .  ├── Mostar (9 MB)
├── SERBIA                 .  ├── SERBIA                               .  │   ├── Niš (3 MB)            .  ├── Rijeka (8 MB)
│   ├── Belgrade (5 MB)    .  │   ├── Kragujevac (7 MB)                .  │   └── Kragujevac (7 MB)     .  ├── Kragujevac (7 MB)
│   ├── Novi Sad (4 MB)    .  │   ├── Belgrade (5 MB)                  .  ├── CROATIA (selected group)  .  ├── Osijek (6 MB)
│   ├── Niš (3 MB)         .  │   ├── Novi Sad (4 MB)                  .  │   ├── Rijeka (8 MB)         .  ├── Belgrade (5 MB)
│   └── Kragujevac (7 MB)  .  │   └── Niš (3 MB)                       .  │   ├── Osijek (6 MB)         .  ├── Novi Sad (4 MB)
├── CROATIA                .  ├── CROATIA                              .  │   ├── Split (2 MB)          .  ├── Niš (3 MB)
│   ├── Split (2 MB)       .  │   ├── Rijeka (8 MB)                    .  │   └── Zagreb (1 MB)         .  ├── Split (2 MB)
│   ├── Rijeka (8 MB)      .  │   ├── Osijek (6 MB)                    .  ├── Mostar (9 MB)             .  ├── Zagreb (1 MB)
│   ├── Zagreb (1 MB)      .  │   ├── Split (2 MB)                     .  ├── Banja Luka (11 MB)        .
│   └── Osijek (6 MB)      .  │   └── Zagreb (1 MB)                    .  ├── Sarajevo (10 MB)          .
  

 

LAST MODIFIED

 

          root only              .  order within all groups (root included)  .      selected group(s) only       .  extract all and sort in root
                                 .                                           .                                   .
├── SERBIA                       .  ├── Sarajevo (2024-04-06)                .  ├── SERBIA                       .  ├── Niš (2024-01-11)
│   ├── Belgrade (2024-05-30)    .  ├── Banja Luka (2024-04-22)              .  │   ├── Belgrade (2024-05-30)    .  ├── Novi Sad (2024-02-01)
│   ├── Novi Sad (2024-02-01)    .  ├── Mostar (2024-07-31)                  .  │   ├── Novi Sad (2024-02-01)    .  ├── Kragujevac (2024-03-06)
│   ├── Niš (2024-01-11)         .  ├── SERBIA                               .  │   ├── Niš (2024-01-11)         .  ├── Sarajevo (2024-04-06)
│   └── Kragujevac (2024-03-06)  .  │   ├── Niš (2024-01-11)                 .  │   └── Kragujevac (2024-03-06)  .  ├── Banja Luka (2024-04-22)
├── CROATIA                      .  │   ├── Novi Sad (2024-02-01)            .  ├── CROATIA (selected group)     .  ├── Split (2024-05-07)
│   ├── Split (2024-05-07)       .  │   └── Kragujevac (2024-03-06)          .  │   ├── Split (2024-05-07)       .  ├── Belgrade (2024-05-30) 
│   ├── Rijeka (2024-06-15)      .  │   ├── Belgrade (2024-05-30)            .  │   ├── Zagreb (2024-05-31)      .  ├── Zagreb (2024-05-31)
│   ├── Zagreb (2024-05-31)      .  ├── CROATIA                              .  │   ├── Rijeka (2024-06-15)      .  ├── Rijeka (2024-06-15)
│   └── Osijek (2024-12-02)      .  │   ├── Split (2024-05-07)               .  │   └── Osijek (2024-12-02)      .  ├── Mostar (2024-07-31)
├── Mostar (2024-07-31)          .  │   ├── Zagreb (2024-05-31)              .  ├── Mostar (2024-07-31)          .  ├── Osijek (2024-12-02)
├── Banja Luka (2024-04-22)      .  │   ├── Rijeka (2024-06-15)              .  ├── Banja Luka (2024-04-22)      .
├── Sarajevo (2024-04-06)        .  │   └── Osijek (2024-12-02)              .  ├── Sarajevo (2024-04-06)        .
  

 

POSITION

 

(lat min, lat max, lon min, lon max)
  
├── EUROPE
│   ├── Croatia (42.1765993, 46.555029, 13.2104814, 19.4470842)
│   ├── Bosnia and Herzegovina (42.5553114, 45.2764135, 15.7287433, 19.6237311)
│   ├── Slovenia (45.4214242, 46.8766816, 13.3754696, 16.5967702)
│   └── Serbia (42.2322435, 46.1900524, 18.8142875, 23.006309)
├── AFRICA
│   ├── Algeria (18.968147, 37.2962055, -8.668908, 11.997337)7
│   ├── Djibouti (10.9149547, 12.7923081, 41.7713139, 43.6579046)
│   ├── Ecuador (-5.0159314, 1.8835964, -92.2072392, -75.192504)
│   └── Madagascar (-25.6071002, -11.9519693, 43.2202072, 50.4862553)
├── Dominica (15.0074207, 15.7872222, -61.6869184, -61.0329895)
├── Sri Lanka (25.2287738, 25.2303051, 55.1813071, 55.1828523)
├── Cuba (19.6275294, 23.4816972, -85.1679702, -73.9190004)
└── Mongolia (41.5800276, 52.1496, 87.73762, 119.931949)
  

 

    used option: [x] bottom to top

          root only             .  order within all groups (root included)  .      selected group(s) only      .  extract all and sort in root
                                .                                           .                                  .
├── Dominica                    .  ├── Dominica                             .  ├── EUROPE (selected group)     .  ├── Madagascar
├── Cuba                        .  ├── Cuba                                 .  │   ├── Bosnia and Herzegovina  .  ├── Ecuador
├── Sri Lanka                   .  ├── Sri Lanka                            .  │   ├── Serbia                  .  ├── Djibouti
├── Mongolia                    .  ├── Mongolia                             .  │   ├── Croatia                 .  ├── Dominica
├── EUROPE                      .  ├── EUROPE                               .  │   └── Slovenia                .  ├── Cuba
│   ├── Croatia                 .  │   ├── Bosnia and Herzegovina           .  ├── AFRICA                      .  ├── Sri Lanka
│   ├── Bosnia and Herzegovina  .  │   ├── Serbia                           .  │   ├── Algeria                 .  ├── Algeria
│   ├── Slovenia                .  │   ├── Croatia                          .  │   ├── Djibouti                .  ├── Bosnia and Herzegovina
│   └── Serbia                  .  │   └── Slovenia                         .  │   ├── Ecuador                 .  ├── Serbia
├── AFRICA                      .  └── AFRICA                               .  │   └── Madagascar              .  ├── Croatia
│   ├── Algeria                 .      ├── Madagascar                       .  ├── Dominica                    .  ├── Slovenia
│   ├── Djibouti                .      ├── Ecuador                          .  ├── Sri Lanka                   .  └── Mongolia
│   ├── Ecuador                 .      ├── Djibouti                         .  ├── Cuba                        .
│   └── Madagascar              .      └── Algeria                          .  └── Mongolia                    .
  

 

CRS

  Sorts layers based on their CRS (coordinate reference system).

Options (each of the options lists same CRSs in different formats):

• user friendly identifier
• authority identifier
• descriptive name of the CRS
• ellipsoid acronym

 

GROUPING

 
Creates groups with the layers sharing the same selected attribute(s).
Groups are created in order of encountering unique attributes (from top to bottom).
 
Options:

• root only
• group within all groups
• within selected group(s)
• extract all and group in root

 
Additional option:

• group singles
  • if the option is selected, layers that don't share the same attribute are grouped in a separate group
  • default is unselected, lone layers are left ungrouped

 

NAME

 
Groups layers of the same name.
 
Options:

• optionally, can be case-sensitive
• Nodes containing same substring can be grouped together
• Groups (group names) can be ignored when grouping by name
• Nodes can be grouped by matching regular expression

 

GEOMETRY

 
Groups layers based on their geometry.
 
Options:

• not all geometries have to be grouped, and option for each of the types allows you to select which ones you want to group

 
NOTE: grouping multiple geometry types in the same group is not possible.
 

FEATURE COUNT

 
Groups layers with the same feature count.
 
NOTE: only vector layers have feature count.
 

STORAGE TYPE

 
Groups layers with the same storage type.
 
NOTE: only vector layers have storage type.
 

POSITION

 
Groups layers of the same extent.
 
NOTE: Extent must match completely.
 

LAST MODIFIED

 
Groups layers of the same last modified date.
 
Options:

• day

  • Group layers which have been last modified in the same day (does not mean in the last 24h).

• month

  • Group layers which have been last modified in the same month (does not mean within 30 days).

• year

  • Group layers which have been last modified in the same year (does not mean within 1 year).

 

SIZE ON DISK

 
Groups layers based on the provided step in megabytes.
If the step is set to 0, size on disk must match completely in order to be grouped together.
 
Memory layers don't have size on disk property.
 

If sidecar files are reported by QGIS, they are also included in sum.  

FILETYPE

 
Groups layers of the same filetype.
 

CRS

  Groups layers of the same CRS (coordinate reference system).

Options (each of the options lists same CRSs in different formats and creates groups based on the listed names):

• user friendly identifier
• authority identifier
• descriptive name of the CRS
• ellipsoid acronym

SNAPSHOT

 
Snapshot is a simple copy of the current layer tree.
Raster layers are copied by reference (absolute filepath), while for vector layers there is an option to either save by reference or by full copy of the layer attributes.
Full vector layer copy includes layer attributes, features (feature attributes and geometry) and crs.
Memory layers are regardless of the option for standard vector layers fully copied and saved to file.
 
.snp (snapshot) file is saved in the plugin directory in /Snapshots/.
 
.snp files can be shared among other instances of QGIS or other PCs (supported from QGIS 3.0 version).
As the snapshot stores an absolute path, there is no option to 'search for' or 'recover' the new filepath.
If a load fails on some of the layers, a window containing name, type and datasource will display information of the layers that have failed to load.

As of ver 1.1, snapshots include symbology and visibility information. As of ver 1.3.0, snapshots include CRS information in WKT format.  

CREATING SNAPSHOT

 

• Include rasters

  • If the option is ticked, raster absolute filepaths will be saved to a snapshot file.

• Include vector layers

  • If the option is ticked, vector layers absolute filepaths will be saved to a snapshot file.
  • Memory layers are fully copied and saved.

• Copy all vector layers to memory

  • If the option is ticked, instead of saving the absolute filepath, layer properties and features are to a file.
  • Saved properties are: layer crs, layer geometry type, layer name, layer attributes, layer features (feature attributes and feature geometry)

 

LOADING SNAPSHOT

 

• Replace entire tree with the snapshot

  • Clears entire layer tree and loads the snapshot

• Load snapshot into a separate group in root

  • Loads the snapshot in newly created 'snapshot snapshot name' group

 

ADDITIONAL ACTIONS

 
Alongside shortcuts for Sorting and grouping and Snapshost, additional actions allow fast access to some common functions:  

• Actions:
  • Toggle feature count
    • shows layers feature count
  • Reload layers
    • reloads layer data and refresh the map renderer
  • Truncate (delete features in layers)
    • all layer features are deleted, leaving a blank layer
  • Commit changes
    • if layer was open for editing, all changes are saved
  • Copy layers files to directory
    • copies all layers files to selected directory (sidecar files as reported by QGIS are also included)
    • additionally, entire tree can be copied to a directory (for each group, a new directory is created)
    • if multiple files share the same name, a number is appended to the end of the file name (e.g. file_1, file_2, file_3, ...)
    • if multiple groups share the same name, a number is appended to the end of the group name (e.g. group_1, group_2, group_3, ...)
    • memory layers are ignored
    • copies can have original file names, or they can be renamed to the layer name
    • only characters allowed in file names when applying layer name are: [space, a-z, A-Z, 0-9, _] - if a layer name contains a character not allowed in file name, it is replaced with an underscore
  • Vacuum database
    • optimizes the database by removing deleted features and compacting the database file
  • Convert selected annotation layer
    • converts annotation layer to regular vector layers (point, line, polygon)
  • Expand groups with double click
    • expands all groups in the layer tree on double click
  • Move nodes on Alt and arrow key press
    • moves selected node up or down in the layer tree

 
Each of the actions can be done on:  

• individual selected layers
• layers in selected group(s)
  • does not include sub-groups
• all layers