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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=DE link=blue vlink=purple style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype",serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Hello Andreas and list,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype",serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype",serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>I am sure I’m not the first one to encounter the problem described below. So I would like to ask again. Maybe someone has an idea?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype",serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype",serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>thanks a lot, the solution from Andreas is working.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype",serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>But the result is not as desired. I was hoping to be able to define a ranking of placement alternatives. That is (in case of ‘B,R‘): place all the labels at the bottom and only if there is a conflict (overlap) with something else place a label at right.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype",serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>But what I get is: most oft he labels are placed right, even without overlap problems (although I put ‘R‘ at the second place of the list). And only a few labels are placed at bottom. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype",serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype",serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>However, the overlap problem is solved.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype",serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype",serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Is there something I could improve?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype",serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype",serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Thank you and best regards, Uwe<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype",serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b>Von:</b> Andreas Neumann <andreas@qgis.org> <br><b>Gesendet:</b> Donnerstag, 12. Januar 2023 22:18<br><b>An:</b> gisfisch@t-online.de<br><b>Cc:</b> qgis-user <qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org><br><b>Betreff:</b> Re: [Qgis-user] problem with cartographic label placement<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Hi Uwe,<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>I just tried it. 'B,BR' worked for me. Just don't use quotes before and after the separator.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Greetings,<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Andreas<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Thu, 12 Jan 2023 at 22:02, Uwe via QGIS-User <<a href="mailto:qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org">qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-top:5.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype",serif'>Hello list,</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype",serif'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype",serif'>for cartographic label placement, according to the help docs it should be possible to define position priorities in a ranking.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype",serif'>But when I open the editor and enter a comma separated list like:</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype",serif'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype",serif'>‘B‘ , ‘BR‘</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype",serif'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype",serif'>I get an error message. Entering just one value it works. But that doesn’t make sense because I need at least two values to let the label move when it collides with a feature.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype",serif'>What can be wrong with my input? I use 3.28.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype",serif'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype",serif'>Thanks a lot for help.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype",serif'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype",serif'>Uwe</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal>_______________________________________________<br>QGIS-User mailing list<br><a href="mailto:QGIS-User@lists.osgeo.org" target="_blank">QGIS-User@lists.osgeo.org</a><br>List info: <a href="https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user" target="_blank">https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user</a><br>Unsubscribe: <a href="https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user" target="_blank">https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user</a><o:p></o:p></p></div></blockquote></div><p class=MsoNormal><br clear=all><br>-- <o:p></o:p></p><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><br>--<br>Andreas Neumann<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://QGIS.ORG" target="_blank">QGIS.ORG</a> board member (treasurer)<o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></body></html>