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I have a "QGIS Generated Color Map Export File" in .txt format. I'm trying to load it using QGIS 2.18 but the only file extension QGIS will accept is .qml file format. This question relates what I'm trying to do but provides no explanation as to how to load a non-qml file.
The file I'm trying to utilize is located here: http://www.warrenpinnacle.com/prof/SLAMM/GCPLCC/slamm_colors_qgis.txt
My apologies for the off-the-record answer. For me it seems you have found a bug :-)
I can reproduce your problem and did not find a solution/explanation for it...
Before ADDED INFORMATION
Strange, but I don't think it's a bug. In QGIS 2.4 I loaded a vector layer, applied a style by loading a .qml saved in QGIS 2.2, and there were no issues. I made a small change in the value map, saved it as a new .qml and loading it again went smoothly.
If you mention '... when I edit them', do you mean you select another color range from the dropdown menu? Because that's perfectly possible without losing your value-description settings. Just don't click 'Classify' because that will mess up your value map according to the classification mode you selected. But I guess you know all that...
Opening a .qml file in Notepad, you normally should see your value map at the top. Something like:
<ranges>
<range symbol="0" lower="0.000000" upper="12000.000000" label="No data"/>
<range symbol="1" lower="12000.000000" upper="16000.000000" label="12000 - 16000"/>
<range symbol="2" lower="16000.000000" upper="21000.000000" label="16000 - 21000"/>
<range symbol="3" lower="21000.000000" upper="25000.000000" label="21000 - 25000"/>
<range symbol="4" lower="25000.000000" upper="29000.000000" label="25000 - 29000"/>
</ranges>
After your comment, this will probably help you further.
IF I understand what you're doing, you try to edit the values map under the Fields tab, and there you find a column called 'Edit Widget'.
I did not dig out that functionality yet, but assuming you just want to apply a style on a vector layer (nice colors and dito labels), open the Properties window of the vector layer you like to apply a style on, and do as follows.
Check out that the name of the attribute/field (stored in the .qml file) corresponds with an existing attribute in the table of your vector layer. If not, just select from the dropdown menu the column/field/attribute you like to show in your map with your style (B). In the .qml file, you can find the attribute's name in the 3th line:
<renderer-v2 attr="FIELD_OF_INTEREST" symbollevels="1" type="graduatedSymbol">
If you're still happy with the style you loaded, fine! If not, edit the number of classes, choose a color ramp and a classification mode. If you're not satisfied with the lower and upper values of the generated classes, double-click in the area depicted with the red rectangle (C).
All done, you'll notice that the applied changes (color and value map) will appear as a legend.
Try to modify this template:
**Here is an example of a working .qml:**
`<!DOCTYPE qgis PUBLIC 'http://mrcc.com/qgis.dtd' 'SYSTEM'>
<qgis version="2.18.18" minimumScale="inf" maximumScale="1e+08" hasScaleBasedVisibilityFlag="0">
<pipe>
<rasterrenderer opacity="1" alphaBand="-1" classificationMax="11.485" classificationMinMaxOrigin="unknown" band="1" classificationMin="0.5" type="singlebandpseudocolor">
<rasterTransparency/>
<rastershader>
<colorrampshader colorRampType="DISCRETE" clip="0">
<item alpha="179" value="1" label="<= 1" color="#0571b0"/>
<item alpha="179" value="4" label="1 - 4" color="#92c5de"/>
<item alpha="179" value="6" label="4 - 6" color="#f7f7f7"/>
<item alpha="179" value="8" label="6 - 8" color="#f4a582"/>
<item alpha="166" value="inf" label="> 8" color="#ca0020"/>
</colorrampshader>
</rastershader>
</rasterrenderer>
<brightnesscontrast brightness="0" contrast="0"/>
<huesaturation colorizeGreen="128" colorizeOn="0" colorizeRed="255" colorizeBlue="128" grayscaleMode="0" saturation="0" colorizeStrength="100"/>
<rasterresampler maxOversampling="2"/>
</pipe>
<blendMode>0</blendMode>
</qgis>
Best Answer
I think you are trying to open the .txt file from the Style buttom. You must open the file from another place. Review this picture where I opened your file without a problem. I made a red circle in the folder icon you need to use.