QGIS for Archaeologists – A Basic Guide Contents

QGIS for Archaeologists – A Basic Guide
11.3. 28BAdd a Legend / Key
Now let’s add a Legend to our map, showing the meaning of the different objects and layers.
The ADD LEGEND TOOL is on the left hand side of the screen above the add scale tool.
Click-drag the new legend into place (tip: if you hold down the shift key, while clicking and dragging,
any object you’re adding to the canvas will stay as a regular square).
Figure 57: Legend Added
There are now a lot of items in the key which aren’t being displayed in the current map view. This is
because the list of items in the key is being generated automatically from the layers list of your
project. To make things tidier and clearer, let’s get rid of some of the layers from the key.
In the Item Properties tab there is a box called Legend Items, find the check-box marked Auto update
and uncheck it. You can now change which items appear in the key, and also the order in which they
appear, and their titles. The buttons under the legend items box control how the key headings are
displayed. The blue arrow buttons control the display order and the plus and minus signs allow you
to add and delete layers from the key.
Get rid of everything except the two anti-landing trench layers, and the two historic county layers.
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