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I am new at using QGIS. How can I simply split features in QGIS? The manual tells to simply draw a line through the polygon you want to split. But it doesn't work. The line disappears when finishing it. When I select the polygon and then split it, it sometimes works and sometimes not (an info appears after which it does not split the feature). Does anybody an idea why the tool does not work properly?

Thanks, Hendrik

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Have you enabled editing for that layer? – DavidF Jan 11 at 15:15
yes. sometimes it does split aometimes not. when it does not work, it gives me the info "if one feature is selelected, only this one will be split - what I exactly want to do - to split all polygons of the layer, cancel the selection - which I do not want-" – Hendrik Jan 11 at 15:41
@Hendrik, Have you tried the same workflow method on a different polygon layer to see if you get the same error? – artwork21 Jan 11 at 16:26
not yet, but i have changed one thing. when i do split the polygon from node to node it works without errors so far. so if nesaccary i creat a node on the point where to split the polygon. i think that works. no idea why it does not work properly when splitting between nodes. will try with another plygon layer to see what happens. Thanks – Hendrik Jan 11 at 16:44

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If you want to split your features per hand: Select your vector layer and click editing (red). Then select the scissors(green) and click two-times from one side of the polygon to the other. You will see a small dotted line. After spliting simply unable the editing and choose "save changes". Look into the attribute table to see the changes.

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