Feature request #3651

Possibility to set rotation constraint for pal label candidate generation

Added by John Tull about 13 years ago. Updated over 11 years ago.

Status:Closed
Priority:Low
Assignee:Marco Hugentobler
Category:Vectors
Pull Request or Patch supplied:No Resolution:
Easy fix?:No Copied to github as #:13710

Description

For new generation labeling, in order to get field-based rotation to work (or even show fields as available), you must also set x and y fields. Additionally, the rotations are not applied unless you edit the layer and move a label.

The expectation is that you can set a field for rotation whether or not you have x and y position fields for a given layer. Additionally, the rotation should be applied without having to first edit the individual labels.

History

#1 Updated by Marco Hugentobler about 13 years ago

The new labeling has two distinct modes:
1. fully automatic mode: pal library determines possible positions and rotations (depending on placement options set)
2. fully data defined mode: one candidate position with fixed position and optionally rotation is forced

What you describe would be a way to go with 1. but to specify a rotation. This is not totally impossible, but requires enhancements in the candidate generation code of the pal library. I'm therefore changing the type of this ticket.

#2 Updated by Giovanni Manghi over 12 years ago

  • Target version changed from Version 1.7.0 to Version 1.7.4

#3 Updated by Giovanni Manghi about 12 years ago

  • Target version changed from Version 1.7.4 to Version 2.0.0

#4 Updated by Pirmin Kalberer over 11 years ago

  • Target version changed from Version 2.0.0 to Future Release - Nice to have

#5 Updated by Larry Shaffer over 11 years ago

  • Pull Request or Patch supplied set to No
  • Status changed from Open to Closed

This should be fixed with commit 8a347eb and subsequent followup commits.

Please reopen if necessary.

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