[Qgis-user] QGIS 3 - Deactivate "boxes" around labels

[Nyall Dawson]

On Thu., 10 Jan. 2019, 18:13 Anna Hujber <anna at hesse-hujber.de wrote:

> Hey community,
>
> I use 3.4.3-Madeira on a Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS.
>
> I was modifying labels on a map when several rectangles appeared around
> and next to the labels. I ignored them first cuz I was busy working on
> making a label appear again I had hidden before and thought the display of
> boxes belonged to one of the labeling tools I was working with. When I had
> arranged my issue, I intended to deactivate the rectangles that had
> appeared around all labels of all layers, assuming that I had somehow
> somewhere clicked on a special view option. However, until now I was not
> able to figure out what those boxes are, how I had made them appear in
> first place and how to get rid of them again.
>
> They also show up in the print layout and on the exported pdf. When I
> click on "new map view", though, they are not shown in the new view.
> Deactivating labels and reactivating them did not change anything.
> Moreover, it is something that applies to all layers, so modifying a
> specific layer's label options should not bring any solution.
>
>From the label setting for one of your layers, look for the little button
in the top right which has a blue/yellow four arrow symbol. Click that, and
then uncheck "draw label candidates"

Nyall

Thank you,
>
> Anna
>
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