[Qgis-user] North arrow in QGIS

[Nyall Dawson]

On Wed, 13 Feb 2019 at 20:12, Andreas Neumann <a.neumann at carto.net> wrote:
>
> Hi Nyall,
>
> If it is that easy to do (without a lot of duplication (in code and UI))
> then I would also be in favor of adding a new separate item for
> north-arrows.
>
> It would then just point to the folder that contains the images of
> north-arrows and could display the image browser of the available
> north-arrows in a non-collapsed state.
>

Right, I'll add it to the TODO list :)

> There is a  reason it is collapsed by default: The folders contain thousands of
> images (depending on your configuration). The images may reside on
> network drives and it slows down everything a lot. I'd rather have this
> section collapsed than having it block my interface for 10 seconds while
> it is browsing and opening these image folders.

This is actually avoidable, as the main SVG fill/marker picture
selector populates in the background. It's just that the layout
picture widget hasn't been reworked to use this same selector yet.

Nyall

> Andreas
>
> Am 13.02.19 um 10:17 schrieb Nyall Dawson:
> > On Wed, 13 Feb 2019 at 19:01, Bernhard Ströbl <bernhard.stroebl at jena.de> wrote:
> >
> >> coming back to the original question: I would not mind to have an
> >> additional button for the north arrow, which would be a shortcut to
> >> create the image, choose a default north-arrow svg and connect it with
> >> the map.
> > This is entirely possible without major work -- e.g. the current "add
> > arrow" item tool is just a shortcut for drawing lines with an arrow
> > head automatically enabled. The end result is the same as if you'd
> > drawn a line then turned on the arrowhead.
> >
> > We could easily do the same for north arrows, and have the action
> > insert a picture, link it to the largest map in the layout by default,
> > and default to a NICE north arrow picture.
> >
> > Nyall
> >
> >> Bernhard
> >>
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