Hi, In an effort to bring a basic label background feature into 2.0 before for the freeze, I figured out a good approach that makes adding label backgrounds much easier (better late than never, I suppose) [0]. This means that adding SVGs and drop shadows for label backgrounds is only an extra couple of days of work.
Here's a preliminary gui setup [1] (not all may be implemented, but most can easily be). An example of generic rounded-corner rectangles (a la web mapping and many road shields) with a bit of x/y offset to nicely center the text [2]. And, an example of the 'centering' of the background relative to the label contents (background rotated 90 deg relative to text) [3], regardless of label's offset placement (see pink-text label next to point feature). This is a crucial feature for integrating many types of backgrounds. Both examples also show one issue: while labels don't overlap due to collision management, their backgrounds might overlap each other or previously drawn label text. I believe this is fixable, though I don't know how long it will take, off hand. So... basically, I'm asking those who make decisions whether I can work for another week on this feature, for inclusion in 2.0. [0] https://github.com/dakcarto/Quantum-GIS/commits/labeling_bkgrd-symbols_3 [1] http://drive.dakotacarto.com/qgis/labeling_background-gui.png [2] http://drive.dakotacarto.com/qgis/labeling_background-rounded.png [3] http://drive.dakotacarto.com/qgis/labeling_background-rotation.png Regards, Larry Shaffer Dakota Cartography Black Hills, South Dakota
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