[Qgis-user] Label Formatting - Wrap on character with "wordwrap"

[damien stephens]

Try something along the lines of
Case when length ("name") < 15 then "name" else wordwrap ("name",15) end

I havent got my computer with me, but might be a work around.

On Mon, 6 Jun 2016, 6:40 PM <Burghardt.Scholle at stadt.wolfsburg.de> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I created a bug report for this issue: http://hub.qgis.org/issues/14963
>
> Regards
> Burghardt
>
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> > Betreff: [Qgis-user] Label Formatting - Wrap on character with "wordwrap"
> >
> > Hi all,
> >
> > my System: Ubuntu 14.04, QGIS 2.8.7 / 2.14.2
> >
> > I want label a layer with long attribute values. The label should wrap
> after a
> > number of characters. For this I use the function "wordwarp" in the
> > expression string builder (e.g. "wordwrap("name", 15)"). In the output
> > preview the wordwrap is displayed correctly. But in the map all the words
> > with less than (e.g.) 15 characters will be hidden and the wordwrap will
> not
> > be displayed.
> > Am I doing something wrong? Can anyone give me a hint?
> >
> > Best regards
> > Burghardt
> >
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