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I have a layer where shapes are defined by rules (country) and secondly by categories (a type). I then select (check box) the country to show the shapes only for that country. This works very well, as I change them on each composer and display data relevant to that country. The problem is with the labels: they show up for all countries all the time and I cannot hide them.

Does anyone know how to make QGIS label only the shapes that are showing up?

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  • Tested on 2.8.3: same problem.
    – jfarjona
    Aug 5, 2015 at 16:11

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What version of QGIS are you using?

I'm using 2.8 and I can style a layer by 'name' and also label it, and then turn off one of the features in the layer with a checkbox in the legend, and it isn't labelled any more.

Brighton added and labelled.

Brighton removed and not labelled.

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    Thanks much Alex. I am using QGIS 2.10.1. I have rule-based classification and then under it, I have made a category (see the image I just added). If I have only one level, then it work as it works for you, but with two levels it shows the labels always... is that a bug?
    – jfarjona
    Aug 5, 2015 at 15:35
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    Hi @jfarjona, sounds like a bug. Probably best reporting it here with a simple to reproduce case: hub.qgis.org/projects/quantum-gis/issues
    – Alex Leith
    Aug 6, 2015 at 2:24
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In QGIS 2.8 and 2.10 (maybe in earlier versions as well, can't check right now) there is an option in the Label-Settings to define which feature will be labeled. You can enter these settings as shown in the screenshot below. There you can build a query adjusting to your needs.

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  • Thanks, this could be a way. Do you know in which variable is recorded if the current polygon is being shown?
    – jfarjona
    Aug 5, 2015 at 15:38
  • I'm not sure if there is a variable for that. Maybe you can build a query using country and type like you aldready do for the classification. Then you would have to enter some values, e.g. "country"='Argentina' to adjust the labels to your current display, but this seems like a very un-elegant way to do this :/ has anyone else some ideas?
    – user14956
    Aug 7, 2015 at 6:39

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