Hi all, I've recently been made aware of an issue regarding creating new print compositions from templates.
Currently, the logic used here is: 1. For all map items in the template, check the stored map extent 2. If this stored extent intersects the full extent of the layers in the map canvas, then keep it. If not, reset the map item's extent to match the map canvas. I think this logic could be refined. The issue is that any project with a "global" basemap layer (such as a wms/xyz tiled/QuickMapServices/etc layer) will ALWAYS satisy the "stored extent intersects the full canvas extent" requirement, so the map item's extent will never be altered. Possible solutions I can see are: 1. Change the test to be "if the stored extent has any intersection with the CURRENT map canvas extent, keep it. Otherwise reset it to the map canvas extent." 2. (more intrusive, but more flexible) Add a new "template settings" section to composer map item properties, with a checkbox for "Store map extent for use in templates". If checked, the stored map extent in the template will ALWAYS be used for that map. If unchecked, the map's extent will ALWAYS be reset to match the current canvas extent. It's an extra setting, but possibly making the logic explicit and visible to users will actually make this behaviour simpler to understand. What are other's thoughts? Nyall _______________________________________________ QGIS-Developer mailing list QGIS-Developer@lists.osgeo.org List info: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer Unsubscribe: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer
