[Qgis-user] How to Rotate Labels for Line

[Lee Hachadoorian]

I need to add labels to a line layer which I want to sit on the "wrong" 
side of the line. I am trying to accomplish this by setting the label 
placement to:

* Parallel
* Below line only (Above line unchecked)
* Line orientation dependent position
* Rotation = 180

With "Show upside-down labels" on rendering tab set to always.

This does succeed in printing label below line, but not rotating the 
label. I tried other rotation values, and they seem to have no effect. I 
also tried setting placement to Horizontal to see if Parallel was, 
basically, ignoring the rotation in order to force the label to be 
parallel, and that has no effect.

I confirmed that rotation value does work as expected for polygon and 
point layers. I notice the docs 
(http://docs.qgis.org/2.8/en/docs/user_manual/working_with_vector/vector_properties.html#labels-menu) 
specifically say that rotation is available for point and polygon, but 
is silent on the issue of lines. And yet the option is present in the 
dialog box.

Thanks,
--Lee

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Lee Hachadoorian
Assistant Professor in Geography, Temple University
Assistant Director, Professional Science Master's in GIS
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