Feature request #9479

change composer item frame join style to miter join

Added by Mathieu Pellerin - nIRV over 10 years ago. Updated about 10 years ago.

Status:Closed
Priority:Normal
Assignee:Nyall Dawson
Category:Map Composer/Printing
Pull Request or Patch supplied:No Resolution:fixed/implemented
Easy fix?:No Copied to github as #:18071

Description

QGIS is great, and its composer rocks; however, the current frame join style isn't great (see attached map frame), it really isn't playing nice when it comes to thick frames. Doing more and more compositions via qgis itself, this has become a near-daily irritant.

Relying on miter join would be a much nicer setting for near-all case scenarios. It's also be in line with Inkscape (where miter join is default) and HTML/CSS styling (where miter join is the only avaiable option)

Ideally, it would be nice for the frame panel of composer items to offer the three possible joint styles (bevel, miter, round). No string translation needed as strings already present for the Outline: Simple line symbology.

miter_join_argument.png (639 KB) Mathieu Pellerin - nIRV, 2014-02-03 05:05 AM

History

#1 Updated by Mathieu Pellerin - nIRV over 10 years ago

Just a small update on the above. I think there's both an issue and a feature request at play here :)

The issue: the current join style (bevel) used in qgis composer is not very friendly to most layouts; that IMO is worth fixing before 2.2 release and should involve modifying most probably a single line of code.
The request: to offer the most versatility, the user should be able to select join style used by composer items via a drop down list (just like outline: simple line symbology).

#2 Updated by Nyall Dawson over 10 years ago

  • Tracker changed from Bug report to Feature request

#3 Updated by Mathieu Pellerin - nIRV about 10 years ago

  • Resolution set to fixed/implemented
  • % Done changed from 0 to 100
  • Assignee set to Nyall Dawson
  • Status changed from Open to Closed

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