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Some typo and broken link/reference in QGIS-Browser chapter
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dassau committed Sep 13, 2013
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QGIS Browser
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The QGIS Browser is a new panel in QGIS that lets you easily navigate in your
The QGIS Browser is a panel in QGIS that lets you easily navigate in your
database. You can have access to common vector files (e.g. ESRI shapefile or
MapInfo files), databases (e.g.PostGIS or MSSQL Spatial) and WMS/WFS connections.
You can also view your GRASS data (to get the data into QGIS see :ref:`sec_grass`).
MapInfo files), databases (e.g.PostGIS, Oracle, Spatialite or MSSQL Spatial)
and WMS/WFS connections. You can also view your GRASS data (to get the data
into QGIS see :ref:`sec_grass`).

.. _figure_browser_standalone_metadata:

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Qgis browser as a standalone application to view metadata, preview and attributes |nix|
QGIS browser as a standalone application to view metadata, preview and attributes |nix|

Use QGIS Browser to preview your data. The drag and drop function makes it easy
to get your data into the Map view and the Map legend.
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#. Activate QGIS Browser: Right-click on the tool bar and click |checkbox|:guilabel:`Browser`.
#. Drag the panel into the legend window.
#. Klick on the :guilabel:`Browser` tab.
#. Click on the :guilabel:`Browser` tab.
#. Browse in your database and choose the shapefile folder from qgis_sample_data.
#. Press the :kbd:`Shift` key and klick on airports.shp and alaska.shp .
#. Press the :kbd:`Shift` key and click on airports.shp and alaska.shp .
#. Press the left mouse button then drag and drop the files into the map canvas.
#. Right-click on a layer and choose :guilabel:`Set project CRS from layer`.
For more information see :ref:`label_projections`.
#. Click on |mActionZoomFullExtent| :guilabel:`Zoom Full` to make the layers
visible.

From |qg| 2.0 there is a second browser available. Additional functions like the |mActionAdd|:sup:`Add Selected Layers` and the |mActionFilter|:sup:`Filter files` function were inserted.
From |qg| 2.0 there is a second browser available. Additional functions like
the |mActionAdd|:sup:`Add Selected Layers` and the |mActionFilter|:sup:`Filter files`
function were inserted.

#. Activate a second QGIS Browser: Right-click on the toolbar and click |checkbox|:guilabel:`Browser (2)` .
#. Drag the panel into the legend window.
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In figure_browser_standalone_metadata_ you can see the enhanced functionality
of Qgis browser. The :guilabel:`Param` tab provides the details of your
connection based datasets like PostGIS or MSSQL Spatial. The :guilabel:`Metadata`
tab contains general information about the file (see :ref:`vectormetadatatab`).
tab contains general information about the file (see :ref:`vectormetadatamenu`).
With the :guilabel:`Preview` tab you can have a look at your files without
importing them into your QGIS project. It's also possible to preview the
attributes of your files in the :guilabel:`Attributes` tab.
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