Read QGIS LAB Articles Without Leaving QGIS

Introduction

If you are reading this, you may often follow QGIS LAB articles while working in QGIS. Have you ever thought, “I wish I could do everything in QGIS”?

For readers like you, there is now a “QGIS LAB” plugin that lets you read QGIS LAB articles inside QGIS. This article gives an overview of the plugin and shows how to use it.

Install the plugin

The plugin is named “QGIS LAB”.

To install it, open QGIS and choose Plugins → Manage and Install Plugins from the menu bar to open the Plugin Manager. Go to the All tab and enter QGIS LAB or mierune in the search field to narrow the list. Select the QGIS LAB plugin from the list and install it.

Installing the plugin

For an overview of QGIS plugins and how to install them, see the following article.

Use the plugin

With this plugin, you can read articles, search for them, and save your favorites inside QGIS.

Read articles

After you install the plugin, click the QGIS LAB icon on the toolbar to launch it. You can start reading right away. Articles are sorted by publication date, newest first.

Drag the top of the plugin window to move it freely up, down, left, or right to suit what you are doing.

Search for articles

QGIS LAB has a large number of articles, so finding an older one in the default list takes some effort. The search function is handy in this case.

As on the QGIS LAB website, enter a keyword related to the articles you want to read, such as 新機能 (new features), and the list narrows to the matching articles.

Save articles

You can bookmark articles that you want to read later or visit often.
Click the star button at the top of an article to bookmark it.

A bookmarked article gets a star in the list, and all bookmarked articles appear together on the Saved (保存済み) tab, so you can get to them easily.

Conclusion

This article introduced the “QGIS LAB” plugin, which lets you read QGIS LAB articles inside QGIS.

Give it a try.