[mapserver-users] Label opacity

[Steve Lime]

Ticket #3033 (http://trac.osgeo.org/mapserver/ticket/3033) in case anyone is interested.

Steve

>>> On 6/1/2009 at 10:11 AM, in message <4A23A967.5157.008F.0 at dnr.state.mn.us>,
"Steve Lime" <Steve.Lime at dnr.state.mn.us> wrote:
> Not at the moment, no. The label cache rendering takes place independently of 
> layer drawing and
> layer opacity isn't taken into account when labels are rendered. Probably 
> should be... I start a 
> ticket. Labels would need their own OPACITY keyword in this case or would 
> have to respect LAYER
> OPACITY.
> 
> Labels drawn independently of the cache, e.g. LABELPRECACHE ON are affected 
> by LAYER OPACITY
> but are not subject to collision avoidance.
> 
> Steve
> 
>>>> On 6/1/2009 at 2:04 AM, in message <op.uut29gj65gjz8p at activate-sjc0.adobe.com>,
> "David Nugent" <davidn at datalinktech.com.au> wrote:
>> Hello all,
>> 
>> While OPACITY [1-100] works fine for drawing features and symbols (ie.  
>> anything described in a STYLE section within the layer), it does not seem  
>> to affect labels.
>> 
>> OPACITY does not appear to be a valid keyword in a LABEL section, so is  
>> there a way of achieving less than 100% opaque labels?
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> David
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