[Qgis-developer] Rule based labeling

[Andreas Neumann]

 Hi Martin,

 Thanks for the pointer.

 In my experience, the labeling is often (most of the time) disconnected 
 from other symbolization rules. Generally I need fewer rules for 
 labeling as I am using for the general symbolization.

 So in my opinion the two should not be linked together.

 Andreas

 On Tue, 24 Jan 2012 15:42:06 +0100, Martin Dobias wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 23, 2012 at 5:41 PM, Andreas Neumann 
> <a.neumann at carto.net> wrote:
>> What I would need:
>>
>> if rule A applies, I'll have these font settings
>> if rule B applies, I'll have these font settings
>> etc.
>>
>> Also, it would be nice to have different labels for different scale 
>> ranges
>> (e.g. different label text) for another scale range.
>>
>> How hard would it be to implement such rule-based labeling?
>
> Hi Andreas
>
> Nathan has outlined two possibilities here:
> http://hub.qgis.org/projects/quantum-gis/wiki/RuleBasedLabelingIdeas
>
> Both have some pros and cons, both are doable. The scenario when
> labeling rules are independent from layer symbology is probably more
> straightforward to implement and easier to use with only few rules 
> for
> labels. On the other hand, if labels were attached to symbols, the
> fine-grained labeling settings would not require duplicate rules for
> symbology and labeling.
>
> Regards
> Martin

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