[Qgis-user] How to Rotate Labels for Line

[Tom Lennon]

Hi Lee;
I agree using 2.8.3. Rotation around point features is limited to quadrant
1 and 4, the names cannot be turned upside down. Rotation of 120 degrees
gives the same as -30 degrees. Rotation of 180 or -180 results in 0
rotation. However if the point feature is  set to label around the point
the position of the name is altered and the end of the name is used to set
distance from the point and the position is rotated 180 degrees.

Turning the labels upside down on line features or even changing the label
direction to off the line seems to not work.
Tom

On Sat, Aug 22, 2015 at 3:50 PM, Lee Hachadoorian <
Lee.Hachadoorian+L at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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
>
> --
> Lee Hachadoorian
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> Assistant Director, Professional Science Master's in GIS
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