Setting and Managing Layers > Managing Layers

Layer Properties Window

There are many tabs in the Layer Properties window, each of which can be used to set different properties of the layer. Take vector layer (e.g. Shp and geo) for example. The names and the functions of the tabs in Layer Properties window are:

Source: users can set layer name and its path, and add comments.

Coordinate System: users can select, create, and edit the coordinate system.

Display: users can set the display of layer displaying, including Visible Scale, Reference Scale, showing Map Tip or not, and Transparency,etc.

Symbology: it means the classification of data in layer. Users can set symbol type, symbol label, and symbol color, etc.

Selection: users can set whether the layer is selectable or not and selection symbol.

Fields: it shows how the fields and hyperlinks are set.
Feature Filter: The function allows users to define filter condition, creat query expression then decide whether to display the filtered features on the map.

Relate and Joint: it sets how the attribute table is related or joined with other attribute table.

Label: it sets the display of the labels, such as whether to show labels or not, which field to be text label, setting font and color of text symbol.