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Add "Rename Item" to the Legend Node menu (Request in QGIS)

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#11,137 opened on Jul 28, 2026

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Request for documentation

From pull request qgis/QGIS#66788 Author: @JanCaha QGIS version: 4.4

Add "Rename Item" to the Legend Node menu

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Description

A small follow up to the #66238 that adds "Rename Item" to the menu for QgsLayerTreeModelLegendNode if the node is editable.

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Read the linked QGIS PR (#66788) to understand the new Rename Item menu, then locate the Legend Node documentation page to add the feature description.
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