Bug report #16514

Label distance incorrect for labels below a line

Added by Nathan Perry about 7 years ago. Updated over 5 years ago.

Status:Closed
Priority:Normal
Assignee:-
Category:Labelling
Affected QGIS version:2.18.2 Regression?:No
Operating System: Easy fix?:No
Pull Request or Patch supplied:No Resolution:end of life
Crashes QGIS or corrupts data:No Copied to github as #:24420

Description

When placing labels along a polyline feature, setting the label distance does not have the correct effect for labels located beneath the line (i.e., when the top of the label is against the line).

To reproduce:
1. Label a polyline feature.
2. Select Line Orientation Dependent position, so that the label is sometimes placed beneath the line.
3. Set the label distance to a positive amount, such as 0.5 mm.

Labels that are located beneath the line will be closer to it than those that are above it. (See attached image, where all label distances are set to 0.5 mm.) By comparison, labels set by perimeter in a polygon feature appear to be located correctly.

DemoProject.zip (112 KB) Nathan Perry, 2017-05-05 04:59 AM

Screen Shot 2017-05-16 at 1.20.14 PM.png (72.1 KB) Nathan Perry, 2017-05-16 07:21 PM

Screen Shot 2018-03-29 at 9.47.47 AM.png (56.7 KB) Nathan Perry, 2018-03-29 03:48 PM

History

#1 Updated by Nyall Dawson about 7 years ago

  • Status changed from Open to Feedback

I can't reproduce (on master). Are you able to attach a sample project which demonstrates this issue? It may only show up when combined with some other combination of label settings.

#2 Updated by Nathan Perry about 7 years ago

Yes. I should note that with this project, the issue seems to affect the polygon layer as well as the line layer.

#3 Updated by Nyall Dawson about 7 years ago

I can't reproduce on 2.18.7. Try updating?

#4 Updated by Nathan Perry about 7 years ago

I have the most current version available, 2.18.2-1 for Mac OS.

#5 Updated by Giovanni Manghi about 7 years ago

  • Status changed from Feedback to Open

Nathan Perry wrote:

I have the most current version available, 2.18.2-1 for Mac OS.

I have also seen it on 2.18.2 on macOS. If I find some time I will try to install 2.18.7 on the same platform and test also there.

#6 Updated by Nathan Perry about 7 years ago

2.18.7 is now released for Mac, and I can confirm the issue remains.

#7 Updated by Nathan Perry over 6 years ago

And by way of update, still occurring in version 3.0.

#8 Updated by Giovanni Manghi over 5 years ago

  • Resolution set to end of life
  • Status changed from Open to Closed

End of life notice: QGIS 2.18 LTR

Source:
http://blog.qgis.org/2019/03/09/end-of-life-notice-qgis-2-18-ltr/

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