# Quick Capture Plugin
**URL:** https://community.qfield.org/t/quick-capture-plugin/1547
**Category:** Show and tell
**Created:** [22 March 2026 19:38 UTC](https://community.qfield.org/t/quick-capture-plugin/1547 "2026-03-22T19:38:19Z")
**Posts on this page:** 8
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### Author:  [@coastalrocket](https://community.qfield.org/u/coastalrocket)
#### Post date: [22 March 2026 19:38 UTC](https://community.qfield.org/t/quick-capture-plugin/1547/1 "2026-03-22T19:38:19Z")
Hi there,
I’d like to share a plugin I’ve been working on. It creates big buttons for one-tap feature recording. The idea is for quick reporting of features where a simple ‘type’ is all that is needed. Possibly to be used dashboard-mounted if legal in your location 🙂
Available here - [GitHub - coastalrocket/quick\_capture: qfield plugin for big button feature capture · GitHub](https://github.com/coastalrocket/quick_capture)
A small video here - [https://drive.google.com/file/d/13ZTyG25pMBqYC8au4-E\_lVpwvIjfMmT8/view?usp=sharing](https://drive.google.com/file/d/13ZTyG25pMBqYC8au4-E_lVpwvIjfMmT8/view?usp=sharing) that shows the default buttons being replaced by buttons defined by a non-spatial table in the project.
It supports photo capture, though that’s a couple of more interactions - can’t be avoided i think.
Thanks to Pascal for some advice in getting Qfield running in my dev environment. Most grateful.
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### Author:  [@Mathieu\_Pellerin](https://community.qfield.org/u/Mathieu_Pellerin)
#### Post date: [23 March 2026 06:55 UTC](https://community.qfield.org/t/quick-capture-plugin/1547/2 "2026-03-23T06:55:31Z")
@coastalrocket , that’s a super nice plugin you’re developing, thanks for sharing this with the community!
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### Author:  [@Eduards\_Vanags](https://community.qfield.org/u/Eduards_Vanags)
#### Post date: [24 March 2026 18:25 UTC](https://community.qfield.org/t/quick-capture-plugin/1547/3 "2026-03-24T18:25:10Z")
Amazing, this would help me! How do I install it? URL to file?
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### Author:  [@coastalrocket](https://community.qfield.org/u/coastalrocket)
#### Post date: [25 March 2026 08:55 UTC](https://community.qfield.org/t/quick-capture-plugin/1547/4 "2026-03-25T08:55:06Z")
Yes, QField Settings \> Manage plugins \> Install plugin from URL \> enter [https://github.com/coastalrocket/quick\_capture/archive/refs/tags/v1.0.9.zip](https://github.com/coastalrocket/quick_capture/archive/refs/tags/v1.0.9.zip)
For ‘one tap’ capture there’s also [GitHub - FeelGood-GeoSolutions/FeelGood-OneTapMeasurement: QField plugin for 1-tap-point-creation with extra features · GitHub](https://github.com/FeelGood-GeoSolutions/FeelGood-OneTapMeasurement) and [GitHub - 2LT-Hyakutaro/OneTapMultiFeature: QField plugin for handling one-tap-creation of various kind of features · GitHub](https://github.com/2LT-Hyakutaro/OneTapMultiFeature)
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### Author:  [@Eduards\_Vanags](https://community.qfield.org/u/Eduards_Vanags)
#### Post date: [25 March 2026 13:59 UTC](https://community.qfield.org/t/quick-capture-plugin/1547/5 "2026-03-25T13:59:42Z")
im trying out your plugin. What specifics there are for the point layer? I add a point layer, with a single text atribute (lenght 10), But it shows me - No editable layers found ☹
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### Author:  [@coastalrocket](https://community.qfield.org/u/coastalrocket)
#### Post date: [25 March 2026 17:28 UTC](https://community.qfield.org/t/quick-capture-plugin/1547/6 "2026-03-25T17:28:24Z")
Did you select the layer from the plugin’s settings menu? Do a long press on the settings dialog to make the menu appear. You have to select a layer and a ‘type’ field - which will your text attribute.
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### Author:  [@Eduards\_Vanags](https://community.qfield.org/u/Eduards_Vanags)
#### Post date: [26 March 2026 18:21 UTC](https://community.qfield.org/t/quick-capture-plugin/1547/7 "2026-03-26T18:21:05Z")
Ahhh my, fault was didn’t have ‘type‘ atribute. Is it possible to somewhat customize the action buttons?
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### Author:  [@coastalrocket](https://community.qfield.org/u/coastalrocket)
#### Post date: [26 March 2026 22:40 UTC](https://community.qfield.org/t/quick-capture-plugin/1547/8 "2026-03-26T22:40:47Z")
Yes, I’ve updated the instructions at [GitHub - coastalrocket/quick\_capture: qfield plugin for big button feature capture · GitHub](https://github.com/coastalrocket/quick_capture)
You can basically hold down the settings button to display a dialog and edit the comma-delimited types to change the capture types. If you want to add icons or change the colour you need a lookup table called ‘quick\_capture\_types’. There’s an example project you can inspect in the instructions.