The original version of this document is located at https://docs.qfield.org/how-to/map-styling
All style settings from QGIS are directly supported by QField. This
includes all renderer types like graduated, categorized, rule based,
2.5D as well as data defined symbology.
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In QField, objects are identified with a name. The expression to
generate this name can be defined by opening the attribute table in QGIS
and switching to the form view. Choose the appropriate field or an
expression in the list there. Starting from QGIS 3, this can be done
directly from the
Vector Layer Properties > Display page.
The display expression is also used to search in layers.
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Some layers in a project are just there for pure visual purpose. Such
layers should not show up when a user taps somewhere to identify
objects.
Some other layers serve as source of information and shouldn’t be
modified by the user. It is possible to protect layers from editing
attributes or adding and deleting features.
It is also possible to configure which layers are searchable.
To configure identify, readonly and searchable behavior, go to the
Project > Properties > Data Sources
page and activate the checkboxes to match your
desired behavior.
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QField enables you to use all the custom fonts you might want and need.
There are two different possibilities to register additional fonts:
<drive>:/Android/data/ch.opengis.qfield/files/QField/fonts
those will be made accessible to all projects and individual datasets..ttf
or .otf
) in a fonts
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or .qgz
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It is possible to embed SVG symbols directly within a QGIS projects.