[Qgis-user] North arrow in QGIS

[Frank Sokolic]

Hi,

I think from a user point of view the north arrow is not considered to 
be an image so having a separate north-arrow item makes good sense. I 
find the current method of adding a north arrow confusing as it requires 
the user  to know the following:
(a) North arrows are not added by clicking "Add Arrow"
(b) North arrows are added by clicking "Add Picture"
(c) North arrows are in the "Search Directories" section of the image 
properties but this section is collapsed by default so the user has to 
know that they must open this section and then scroll to the north arrows

I don't find this very intuitive.

Regards, Frank.

On 2019/02/13 09:12, Andreas Neumann wrote:
>
> Hi Hugo,
>
> I was initially also puzzled by the fact there is no "north-arrow" 
> item for the layout. But if you think about it a bit longer, than you 
> realize, that it is just as efficient adding an image and synchronize 
> the rotation to one chosen map, than it is to add a north-arrow, 
> choose an image and synchronize it with a chosen map.
>
> Do you really think, having a separate item for north-arrow is more 
> efficient? How many clicks do you save by having a separate item?
>
> Greetings,
>
> Andreas
>
> Am 13.02.19 um 06:11 schrieb Hugo Paul:
>>
>> Good day
>>
>> I was wondering if there is a more efficient method for adding a 
>> north arrow to a map layout in QGIS than adding an image?
>>
>> Something as simple as just clicking somewhere add -> north arrow, 
>> and then being able to choose various styles.
>>
>> Is something like this available?
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Hugo
>>
>>
>>
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