[Qgis-developer] QGIS Server - GetPrint request does not respect text boxes size and position if dynamic content passed

[René-Luc D'Hont]

Hi Marco


> I guess yes. 'adjustSizeToText()' works for text, not html. Html support
> for composer label was added recently to the composer label class. Please
> adapt the relevant lines to work with html labels too.


I'll adapt it


>
> >Question for Marco, Why removed label, if the request doesn't define a
> value ? Why not used the default value ?
>
> The idea was that the web client has the possibility to remove an
> advertised text label completely if it is not used. E.g. if a composition
> defines a text item with id 'author', the web client can simply ignore it
> if it does not want to have author's name printed. Note that the labels
> without ids are not removed as they are considered to be fix, so not
> subject to client text replacement (original meaning of label id was that
> this text item is subject to text replacement by web client. Later, the id
> has been generalized as an id for every item type).
>
> Another possibility would be to remove the item only if the client gives
> an empty text and use the default text otherwise. What do you think?
>


I prefer to remove the label only if the user gives an empty text.
Can I do it ?


Regards,
René-Luc


On 27.05.2013 22:23, rldhont wrote:

> Hi Marco and other devs,
>>
>> In src/mapserver/qgsconfigparser.**cpp:530 we can read :
>>
>>   //replace label text
>>   foreach ( QgsComposerLabel *currentLabel, composerLabels )
>>   {
>>     QString title = parameterMap.value( currentLabel->id().toUpper() );
>>
>>     if ( title.isEmpty() )
>>     {
>>       //remove exported labels not referenced in the request
>>       if ( !currentLabel->id().isEmpty() )
>>       {
>>         c->removeItem( currentLabel );
>>         delete currentLabel;
>>       }
>>       continue;
>>     }
>>
>>     currentLabel->setText( title );
>>     currentLabel->**adjustSizeToText();
>>   }
>>
>> This code is used to draw composer label with value defined by the QGIS
>> WMS Server Request GetPrint.
>>
>> The bug defined in the issues #7894 http://hub.qgis.org/issues/**7894<http://hub.qgis.org/issues/7894>is probably du to the method adjustSizeToText()
>> Someone can confim it ?
>>
>> Question for Marco, Why removed label, if the request doesn't define a
>> value ? Why not used the default value ?
>>
>> Regards,
>> René-Luc D'Hont
>> 3Liz
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