[Qgis-developer] Re: New composer draw shapes

[John C. Tull]

On a similar vein, the new rotation options are very useful also. Perhaps a rotation option could be added for legend items also?

Cheers,
John

On Nov 19, 2009, at 9:18 AM, John C. Tull wrote:

> Marco,
> 
> You've been reading my mind. I was thinking of this exact feature yesterday. Thanks for adding this quite helpful function to the ever-improving composer!
> 
> A couple of quick comments:
> 
> 1) The Shape outline color and shape fill color are redundant with the Frame color and Background color options if using a rectangle fill. Are the frame and background color options needed at all?
> 2) The Background color options do not appear to do anything for me, so perhaps need to be removed from the ui, or made functional assuming there is an interest for a background fill behind an ellipse or triangle.
> 3) The opacity setting is non-functional.
> 4) It would be ideal if the user could set opacity for the shape outline and/or fill.
> 
> Thanks,
> John