[Qgis-developer] Geometry modifiers for labeling
Andreas Neumann
a.neumann at carto.net
Wed Jan 13 05:09:53 PST 2016
Hi Mathieu,
That's cool - I haven't thought about the font markers. I thought they
can only display a single character - but apparently, with data-defined
characters you can also have more than one character and expressions.
Quite powerful!
I tested it with start and end markers and it works fine!
The only drawback is that labels appear up-side-down - something that
the label engine takes care of.
Andreas
On 13.01.2016 13:59, Mathieu Pellerin wrote:
>
> Andreas,
>
> As an useful alternative to labels for short strings (ie a few
> characters), you can use the font marker with a data-defined character(s).
>
> M
>
> On 13 Jan 2016 19:07, "Andreas Neumann" <a.neumann at carto.net
> <mailto:a.neumann at carto.net>> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I wonder if the recently added geometry modifiers could be
> introduced also for labeling in a future QGIS release?
>
> Use case:
> Label a linear feature multiple times with different label text.
> E.g. a label at the beginning of the line, a label somewhere along
> the feature, and a different label at the end of the line.
>
> @Matthias: this would be for the waste-water management
> application where we need a main label and two minor levels at
> certain map scales numbering the pipes/reaches flowing into a
> manhole or special structure.
>
> Andreas
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