[Qgis-user] Geometries of labels - automatic positioning (no covering)

[Matej Mailing]

Hi,

How can I try this option of the rendering engine that displays the
labeling candidate paths so I could play with the number of candidates?

Thanks,
Matej

Dne petek, 12. februar 2021 je Régis Haubourg <regis.haubourg at gmail.com>
napisal(-a):

> Hi,
>
> no magic anwser here again. But when I face this kind of need, I switch
> on the option of the rendering engine that displays the labeling
> candidate paths, and play a lot with the number of candidates.
>
> Of course, the more candidates, the more CPU work, but the more chances
> to have a 99 % good result.
>
> Best luck
>
> Régis
>
>
> On 12/02/2021 14:02, Matej Mailing wrote:
> > Hi Silvio.
> >
> > Basically my issue is that I need to have all the symbols and labels
> > visible, but since the number of those is huge, I want to have the
> > need to place them automatically as much as possible. If somehow I
> > could use the collision engine to recalculate the positions -  I just
> > need the labels to be visible, the exact label position (little more
> > to the each side as it must be to avoid colliding) is not important, I
> > just need them to be visible near the objects basically...
> >
> > Positioning every label by hand takes an enormous amount of time of
> > manual work that seems to be meaningless in the current state of
> > automation :)
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Matej
> >
> > V V pet., 12. feb. 2021 ob 12:49 je oseba silvio.bentzien
> > <silvio.bentzien at protonmail.com> napisala:
> >> Hey Matej,
> >>
> >> please disregard my last message. I got lost in the thread.
> >>
> >>
> >> Would it help your problem if you lock the scale of your project and
> use the Magnifier to zoom in and out? That way, you can lock the symbols
> and labels to the scale you want to plot your map in and you would have
> greater awareness and control over the placement of you labels. (assuming
> that changing label positions manually is feasible in your case)
> >>
> >> greetings,
> >> silvio
> >>
> >>
> >> ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐
> >> On Thursday, February 11, 2021 3:08 PM, Matej Mailing <mailing at tam.si>
> wrote:
> >>
> >>> Thanks, I already have this enabled.
> >>>
> >>> What I would like is to achieve this result (img1) instead now having
> >>> labels covering each other as in img2.
> >>>
> >>> Thanks,
> >>> Matej
> >>>
> >>> V V tor., 9. feb. 2021 ob 14:02 je oseba Matej Mailing
> >>> mailing at tam.si napisala:
> >>>
> >>>> Thanks, I already have this enabled.
> >>>> What I would like is to achieve this result (img1) instead now having
> >>>> labels covering each other as in img2.
> >>>> Thanks,
> >>>> Matej
> >>>> V V tor., 9. feb. 2021 ob 13:34 je oseba Richard Duivenvoorde
> >>>> rdmailings at duif.net napisala:
> >>>>
> >>>>> On 2/9/21 1:29 PM, Matej Mailing wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>>> Hello Regis,
> >>>>>> I cannot find that option you mention: "the placement option "always
> >>>>>> displays" on the layers"
> >>>>>> I seem to have checked all the options - I am using QGIS 3.16.3.
> >>>>> See screenshot, it is in the last tab, checkbox "Show all labels for
> this layer (including colliding labels)"
> >>>>> Regards,
> >>>>> Richard Duivenvorde
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