[Qgis-user] updating printer composer

[Nyall Dawson]

On 31 Aug 2016 4:14 PM, <dave.potts at pinan.co.uk> wrote:
>
> Thaks, as with all things Qgis it can be done, but finding out how or
where the button is always an interesting challenge.
>
> In this case the Items properties tab is on the right hand side on the
main screen, between Composition and Atlas generation, near the command
history window.
> I was expecting to find it under one of the icons when I first started
looking.
>
> Thanks for providing the information

The "refresh" button on the toolbar is also a handy shortcut for this.

Nyall

>
>
> August 30 2016 9:30 PM, "Bernd Vogelgesang" <bernd.vogelgesang at gmx.de>
wrote:
>>
>> Hi Dave,
>> yes it's possible. And it is quite easy:
>> select your map frame in the composer -> select the "Item properties"
tab -> Hit the "Update preview" button
>> Cheers
>> Bernd
>> Am 30.08.2016, 22:07 Uhr, schrieb <dave.potts at pinan.co.uk>:
>>
>>
>>
>>>
>>> Hi List,
>>>
>>> I am having run with the print composer :-(
>>>
>>> If I work on the main qgus window and create a map image the way that I
want it, then open a print composer and drag an image of the map on to the
print compose.  It looks rather nice.  Then I discover that I have left off
some vital feature,  I go and edit the main map, but the print composer
ignores the change.  I have to remove the map image from the print composer
and re add it.
>>>
>>> Is there any way I can just get the composer to reload/refresh  the
image on the composer to match the main image on the qgis window with out
having to readd it ?
>>>
>>> Dave.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Bernd Vogelgesang
>> Siedlerstraße 2
>> 91083 Baiersdorf/Igelsdorf
>> Tel: 09133-825374
>
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