Favourite Layers

QGIS plugin for quickly adding favorite Browser layers to the current project.

Supported Versions

• QGIS minimum version: 3.16
• QGIS maximum version: 4.+
• Compatible with QGIS 3.x on Qt5 and prepared for QGIS 4.x on Qt6.

Features

• Custom QGIS toolbar with one icon button and a drop-down menu.
• The same Favourite Layers menu is also added as an item in the QGIS Layer menu.
• Each favourite layer action uses a QGIS layer-type icon.
• Menu separators can be added and reordered in the settings dialog.
• The last menu item opens the settings dialog.
• Settings dialog has a menu list and a filtered QGIS Browser layer tree.
• Layers can be added by the plus icon button or by dragging Browser layer items into the menu list.
• The favourite list is stored with QgsSettings, so every QGIS user profile keeps its own list.
• If plugin settings are missing, a default OpenStreetMap XYZ tile layer is added to the menu.

Installation

You may install the plugin from the ZIP package stored in the repository folder:

repo/favourite_layers.zip

In QGIS:

1. Open Plugins > Manage and Install Plugins....
2. Open Install from ZIP.
3. Select repo/favourite_layers.zip.
4. Click Install Plugin.
5. Enable Favourite Layers if QGIS does not enable it automatically.

After installation, the plugin adds:

• a Favourite Layers toolbar button with a drop-down menu;
• a Favourite Layers submenu in the QGIS Layer menu.

Screenshots

Favourite Layers toolbar menu:

Favourite Layers submenu in the QGIS Layer menu:

Settings dialog:

License

MIT License. See LICENSE.