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I have QGIS 2.4.0. Until just today, the "Delete ring" feature worked just fine. Now it no longer works at all. I rebooted and even reinstalled QGIS 2.4, and it didn't fix the problem.

But I also still have QGIS 2.2.0. "Delete ring" works fine on that.

Why did "Delete ring" on QGIS 2.4 stop working?

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  • Now it also stopped working in QGIS 2.2. When I try using "Delete Ring" in 2.2, it comes up with an error message that says "Snap tolerance: Could not snap segment."
    – Tim Brown
    Commented Aug 14, 2014 at 9:33
  • Now I notice that it works if I start a new project that includes just the layer in question. It doesn't work on the larger project that uses multiple layers.
    – Tim Brown
    Commented Aug 14, 2014 at 15:40
  • Tim, you are right. Delete ring worked much better in earlier versions. I use 2.8.1 Vienna, and are able to delete rings only if a zoom in and clicking the empty space within the ring. I played around with snapping options and tolerance, without any effect. Hope it'll be fixed soon.
    – nunatak
    Commented Nov 18, 2015 at 14:07

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I haven't used any features which require Snapping so this is not a difinitive answer but I hope it might lead you to some kind of solution:

Settings > Options... > Digitizing

Check that the Default snap mode is not off. You may need to add a value for the tolerance.

Digitizing options

Afterwards, you can access the options for snapping via Settings > Snapping Options...

Snapping options

This will give you a set of options from a new dock window which opens at the bottom of the main window shown in the following image (this is assuming the snapping options opened in a dock window box is checked from the Digitizing options shown in the first image)

Snapping options window

Play around again with the values/options and hope that something works!

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    I just tried this, but it's still messed up.
    – Tim Brown
    Commented Aug 14, 2014 at 15:02
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    Ring tool still seems to be broken in in QGIS 3.2.1
    – maskin
    Commented Jul 27, 2018 at 14:45
  • @maskin - You should submit a bug report :)
    – Joseph
    Commented Jul 31, 2018 at 10:13
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    @Joseph True, I need to make some time to do that, and setup the accounts. :-)
    – maskin
    Commented Aug 24, 2018 at 16:00
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    @Joseph Bug raised, issues.qgis.org/issues/19784
    – maskin
    Commented Sep 6, 2018 at 9:56
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Snap tolerance is saved in the project file. So it may help to create a new project file, adding all layers one by one.

Or investigate the .qgs file with a good text editor (like notepad++).

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In my QGIS 2.4.0, the "delete ring" doesn't work when I have "on the fly" CRS transformation turned on.

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You might test the idea that you have non-compliant data in your layer. Create a new layer by making a very small buffer (0.0001 m for instance) and then carry out the operation on that. There are also tools in the vector menu to test for errors in the data.

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