[Qgis-developer] Label rotation

[Marco Hugentobler]

> Hi Marco.
> Thanks for explaining. I still miss a point: if I select a rotation field
> with automatic placement, why labels are not rotated?
> All the best.

Because rotation is part of placement (and done automatically if in automatic 
mode). There was a GUI restriction in the dialog that prevented selecting a 
rotation field without data defined position. Not sure if it is still there.

Regards,
Marco 

Am Dienstag, 16. August 2011, 11.25:11 schrieb Paolo Cavallini:
> Il 16/08/2011 11:21, Marco Hugentobler ha scritto:
> > Hi Paolo
> > 
> > This is intentional. There are two label modes:
> > 
> > 1. automatic placement
> > 
> > 2. fixed placement
> > 
> > The first option assumes the position (including rotation) is fully
> > handled by PAL.
> > 
> > second option: position / rotation comes from user. As soon as you move a
> > label, this mode is active.
> 
> Hi Marco.
> Thanks for explaining. I still miss a point: if I select a rotation field
> with automatic placement, why labels are not rotated?
> All the best.


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