Hi Andrew, The logic is that one often wants label positions separate from the actual geometry. The new label tool allows x/y positions not only for point geometries (where one can use the point geometry), but also for line and area features. If x/y columns are empty, QGIS uses the featurue geometry, if one manually moves the labels, x/y columns are used. This way one can mix manual and automatic labeling.
If you want fully automatic labeling just create dummy x/y columns and never manually move labels around. Does it sound illogical to you? Andreas On 09/13/2011 04:58 PM, Andrew Chapman wrote: > I'm trying to find a way to use data defined positioning with the new > labelling to replicate what is possible in the old labelling, namely > aligning and rotating about the point specified for a layer. > With the new labelling, fields have to be selected for label distance X & Y > coordinates before the horizontal & vertical alignment plus rotation are > enabled. Is there a logical reason why alignment and rotation aren't > available by default? > I tried creating a dummy field (always NULL values) and selecting it for > distance, X & Y. This enables the other fields (to the extent that I can > select them), but they seem to have no effect. > Am I missing something or do I need to file a bug report? > > Andrew > > _______________________________________________ > Qgis-developer mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer _______________________________________________ Qgis-developer mailing list [email protected] http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer
