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How do I toggle the edit mode for many layers with QGIS 3.16 and PostGIS layers? Maybe there is a plugin or a function in the UI.

I don't want to select each layer and switch the edit mode separately.

When I select some layers and use the toggle edit mode function, only one of the layers switches its mode.

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    But you can only edit one layer at a time - so why toggle editing for a bunch of them?
    – Erik
    Sep 22, 2021 at 9:39
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    Have a look at oslandia.com/en/2017/10/10/… ( "Users can switch all the layers in edit mode at once. A real time saver.")
    – Thomas B
    Sep 22, 2021 at 9:50
  • Thanks, this project option was unknown for me. Maybe that will help, because my users have to work with very complex situations with features from dozens of layers. And within a short time they have to update or insert features from many of this layers.
    – Peter
    Sep 22, 2021 at 11:19

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You can loop through layers you want to enable editing for and toggle editing in the Python console.

for lyr in QgsProject.instance().mapLayers().values():
    if lyr.name() in ['layer 1', 'layer 2', 'layer 3']:
        lyr.startEditing()

You could leave out the if to toggle editing for all layers, or use

lyr.name() not in ['layer 4' , 'layer 5']

if there are only a few you don't want to toggle editing on for

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    Yes, of course that is possible. But I was searching for a solution for "non-professional" users.
    – Peter
    Sep 22, 2021 at 11:23
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    Then please be more specific in your question. Nowhere do you mention "non-professional users".
    – Matt
    Sep 22, 2021 at 11:51
  • Yes, you are right. sorry. I edited the question now.
    – Peter
    Sep 27, 2021 at 7:10

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