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In order to style a map comprised by OSM data (shapefiles), I want to use rule-based style. This is very handy, however: the data has so many attributes with lots of values that I somehow loose the overview.

Suppose I want to style different road types. In the properties window, I open the "fields" tab to see my options. I decide that I want to style according to the field "highway". Is there a way to see the possible values for this attribute without opening the attribute table? What I want to see is something like a list

  • primary
  • secondary
  • tertiary
  • motorway
  • residential
  • ...

This could enable making good and fast decisions on layer styles. If there is such an option, I hope someone can indicate it.

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  • Thank you for your useful comment, @Joseph. I wonder if there is a possibility to see the unique values when editing the style properties? Using the field calculator, I can open either one or the other window which is not so very helpful.
    – yenats
    Mar 15, 2017 at 11:35
  • Most welcome, will post the comment as an answer for the convenience of others :)
    – Joseph
    Mar 15, 2017 at 15:47

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If you want to see the unique values for fields whilst editing your When you edit a rule, click the ellipses button for the Filter option. This opens up the expression string builder (which has a very similar interface like the Field Calculator). Again, you can select the Fields and Values list and load all unique values:

Editing rule

Unique values

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    This is perfect, thank you. When I opened the field calculator or the filter option, the right section wasn't visible. It opened by clicking on the right edge of the window and moving left.
    – yenats
    Mar 16, 2017 at 8:57
  • @yenats - Most welcome, glad it helped! Yes...the closed tab can be quite annoying :)
    – Joseph
    Mar 16, 2017 at 10:07

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