Hi, I'd love to have these label backgrounds and drop shadows in QGIS 2.0. Makes sense to me to include this work despite feature freeze since a major effort was made already to improve labeling in QGIS 2.0.
so +1 from my side. Thank you for your work, Larry. Andreas Am 30.03.2013 12:32, schrieb Larry Shaffer: > 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 > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
