AW: [Qgis-developer] printing branch ready for testing

[John C. Tull]

On Aug 20, 2008, at 10:46 AM, John C. Tull wrote:

> On Aug 19, 2008, at 12:45 AM, Hugentobler Marco wrote:
>
>> Hi John,
>>
>> Thanks for your feedback.
>>
>>> After I add a map, trying to add
>>> another map to the composer window seems to fail
>>
>> After adding one item to the composer, the active tool  
>> automatically switches to 'select'. Because usually, people want to  
>> move or resize an item after adding it. Does it work if you choose  
>> the 'addMap' Tool a second time for the second map?
>
> No, this happens after selecting the "Add Map Item" tool. When I  
> select that tool, then draw a rectangle on the canvas, nothing  
> happens. No debug output and the rectangle disappears. There are no  
> new items added to the canvas.
>
> I can add labels and legends, just not additional map items.
>
> John

After grouping a map item with a legend, then moving the grouped item  
(not sure if the latter part made a difference), I was then able to  
add a new map item as expected. If you have a Mac, this might be  
something to try to help work out the issue.

John