[QGIS-trac] Re: [Quantum GIS] #3605: on trunk, legend items vertical spacing inconsistent, worked fine with 1.6

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#3605: on trunk, legend items vertical spacing inconsistent, worked fine with 1.6
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   Reporter:  nirvn             |              Owner:  mhugent      
       Type:  bug               |             Status:  new          
   Priority:  minor: annoyance  |          Milestone:  Version 1.7.0
  Component:  Map Legend        |            Version:  Trunk        
   Keywords:                    |   Platform_version:               
   Platform:  All               |           Must_fix:  No           
Status_info:  0                 |  
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Comment(by nirvn):

 Yep, the roads & rivers is basically a road layer + a river layer with
 empty layer name.

 I don't understand the logic behind inserting vertical layer space in the
 flow when a user leaves the layer name empty (a declaration the user wants
 to skip the layer name and group its symbol with symbol(s) above it).

 Look at the new file attached (legend-simple-scenario.jpg). This is, IMO,
 a typical legend case scenario, and it looks pretty bad with the added
 vertical spacing on empty layer names. Setting the layer spacing to 0 in
 favor of adjusting symbol space doesn't work well as it leaves no space
 between the legend title and the legend symbols. Setting layer spacing to
 0 also removes all spacing for group (which could have been another
 alternative)

 Re the "if I don't like it" argument, I actually don't think this is about
 me liking the situation or not as much as considering this change a visual
 regression (again, see latest attachment). If the user that complained
 about lack of layer space, he/she should name the layer, or even put a few
 empty spaces in the layer name to indicate to qgis he/she wants a space.

 The changeset also reverse a consistent behavior of qgis since at least
 qgis 1.2. This is bound to affect more than one user :)

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Ticket URL: <http://trac.osgeo.org/qgis/ticket/3605#comment:3>
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