[Qgis-developer] show grid on map canvas (similiar to grid used in composer) - strategy?

[John Donovan]

On 10 May 2012 13:06, Nathan Woodrow <madmanwoo at gmail.com> wrote:
> I think if QgsPluginLayer is a usable option that would be the way to go, or
> maybe  QgsVectorLayer  but I suspect that you will need a provider for
> that.
>
> I think having it show up in the legend is a good idea that way it can be
> turned on and off, styled, and ordered as the user needs.  E.g. sometimes I
> might like to have yellow grid lines rather then black.

Good idea. I had originally thought to hide it from the legend so it
was just considered an overlay, but to be able to use the QGIS styling
functionality makes a lot of sense.

-JD