[Qgis-user] data defined labelling field details?

[a.neumann at carto.net]

 On Tue, 11 Jan 2011 18:17:46 -0800, Alex Mandel wrote:
> Last I read, you can create an X and Y columns and leave them blank 
> if
> you want auto placement to occur (with new symbology). This also 
> wraps
> into the new ability(might be another plugin) to simply drag a label 
> to
> a new location and have it update the table automatically with the 
> new
> coordinates of the label.

 yes - mixing of automatically and manually placed labels is already 
 possible. However, you have to create separate x/y columns. If the 
 values are present, the manual mode is used, if they aren't present, the 
 fall back is automatic labeling.

 Andreas