[Qgis-user] Label positioning options

[Phil Wyatt]

Hi Tomas,

I managed to find this online if you are looking for techie understanding of the labelling placement methods.

https://www.ee.co.za/wp-content/uploads/legacy/PositionIT%202009/PAL_PositIT_Jul09_p56-61.pdf 

Cheers - Phil

-----Original Message-----
From: Qgis-user [mailto:qgis-user-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Tomas Straupis
Sent: Sunday, 2 December 2018 3:33 AM
To: qgis-user ML
Subject: [Qgis-user] Label positioning options

Hello

  In layer option label tab there is a button in the upper right corner (see attached picture).
  It opens automated label positioning options menu.
  https://docs.qgis.org/testing/en/docs/user_manual/working_with_vector/vector_properties.html#setting-the-automated-placement-engine

  I have two questions about it:
  1. Where can I find description of used methods: Chain, Popmusic Tabu/Chain, FALP
  2. Is there a reason why this dialog is so hidden? I was asked about option to show partial labels (on by default) a number of times when people simply could not find where to switch it off :-)

  Thank you

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Tomas