[Qgis-user] Alternative labels on each iteration?

[Neumann, Andreas]

Hi Tobias, 

You don't need regex. There is a replacement table: see
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xaepblv3uMU 

But I think the replacements will always apply, not just in the case
there is no space for the full label. 

Andreas 

On 2017-03-17 10:13, Tobias Wendorff wrote:

> Seems like this is not supported right now.
> 
> Substitutions really need regex or expression functionality :(
> 
> -- 
> Von einem iPhone gesendet und wird daher Fehler enthalten...
> 
> Am 16.03.2017 um 01:25 schrieb Tobias Wendorff <tobias.wendorff at tu-dortmund.de>:
> 
>> Hi there!
>> 
>> In ArcGIS, Mapnik and Mapserver it is possible to use alternative fields for labeling on each iteration. This makes it possible to use abbreviations when the full label does not fit in the map.
>> 
>> Is this also possible in QGIS? Perhaps even driven by Python?
>> 
>> ArcGIS has the nice feature to manually browse through each label variant for label editing.
>> 
>> Best regards,
>> Tobias 
>> 
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