[Qgis-user] Re: Enhanced labels in 1.7.0

[Goyo]

2011/3/25 Andrew Chapman <andrew.chapman at donkagen.co.uk>:
> Andreas,
> Thanks for your suggestion - yes, attribute table references are needed for
> label distance, X & Y coordinates before the horizontal & vertical alignment
> fields and rotation are enabled. Pointing all of these to a dummy (null)
> attribute enables the rotation dropdown list, but selecting an attribute
> value for rotation (the same as in the old dialog) gives no rotation.
> On the assumption that I've not made any further incorrect assumptions and
> this functionality is as intended, I'll have to stick with the old labels -
> in the UK Ordnance Survey data that I use, labels are identified in point
> files with an rotation.

What I'm doing in these cases is using the vector plugin to add
geometry columns to the layer.

Goyo