"Select by location" does not give any warning whe using layers with different CRS

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Author Name: Olivier Dalang (@olivierdalang)
Original Redmine Issue: 12974
Affected QGIS version: master
Redmine category:processing/qgis

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Hi !

The "Select by location" tool does not work with layers with different CRS.
Currently, there's no warning message, the selection simply doesn't work (I didn't test, but it probably does the computation as if the CRS was the same for the two layers).

Since QGIS allows on the fly reprojection, I think this limitation should not exist.

Best,

Olivier

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Author Name: Giovanni Manghi (@gioman)

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This is a long standing request, see #14476

Until implemented I think that the actual bug here is that no warning is issued (other tools do).

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• status_id was changed from Open to Feedback
• subject was changed from "Select by location" does not work with different CRS to "Select by location" does give any warning whe using layers with different CRS

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Author Name: Giovanni Manghi (@gioman)

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We are on the path of getting rid of the "vector" menu tools and access them only through the Processing toolobox, where the user is warned when inputs have different CRSs.

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• resolution was changed from to wontfix
• status_id was changed from Feedback to Closed
• subject was changed from "Select by location" does give any warning whe using layers with different CRS to "Select by location" does not give any warning whe using layers with different CRS

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Author Name: Giovanni Manghi (@gioman)

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The "ftools" category is being removed from the tracker, changing the category of this ticket to "Processing/QGIS" to not leave the category orphaned.