[Qgis-user] show labels only, if objects are activated/visible

[Bernhard Ströbl]

Hi Andreas,

don't we have rule-based labelling?
CASE WHEN <condition> THEN 'bla' ELSE 'blub' END

Problem is that you may have to rewrite all the rules that you already 
have written in the rule-based style.

Bernhard

Am 30.04.2015 10:21, schrieb Andreas Neumann:
> Hi Otto,
>
> I don't think that this is possible. As far as I know the labeling is
> totally disconnected from the symbology. Only global filters on the
> whole layer (the filter in the general tab in the layer properties) is
> honored by both labeling and the rest of the symbology. The rest is
> totally disconnected.
>
> I can see value in what you want, but I doubt it is easily possible.
>
> It would also help if we would have rule based labeling, so we could at
> least apply similar rules to the labels as we apply to the symbology of
> features.
>
> Larry probably knows more about that.
>
> Andreas
>
> On 30.04.2015 09:44, Otto Dassau wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> is it possible to show labels only, if the objects are activated/visible?
>>
>> I use the rule based renderer with two nested rules, both categorized
>> rendering, like:
>>
>> Cat 1
>> #####
>>
>> Road 1
>>           Cat 2
>>           ######
>>
>>        |_ Lukas
>>        |_ Frank
>>        |_ Markus
>>        |_ Georg
>>
>> Road 2
>>
>>        |_ John
>>        |_ Leo
>>        |_ Herbert
>>
>>
>> If I deactivate labeling for some values in the first categorized
>> rendering (Cat 1), objects and labels are invisible. But if I deactivate
>> labeling for some values in the second categorized rendering (Cat 2),
>> objects are invisible but labels are still shown.
>>
>> Is there a way how to solve this in the rule based renderer?
>>
>> Thanks a lot
>> Otto
>>


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