[Qgis-user] Polygons and labels

[Giovanni Manghi]

On Wed, 2011-09-07 at 15:36 +0000, ambrish dhaka wrote:
> Dear all,
> Labelling polygons in a multi-polygon unit (for eg group of islands)
> has become an embarrassment. If there are at least 2 dozen of small
> island units along with one big island. Then they all show the labels
> of the same name at least 2 dozen times, which simply is a mess of the
> labelling system.
> I need that labelling should be only of the largest island even though
> selection makes them select all at one go.

use the new generation label engine, it will not label by default the
parts of a multipolygon.