Hi, I think that matches this enhancement request: http://hub.qgis.org/issues/3843
Alister > Date: Thu, 11 Aug 2011 17:08:06 +0100 > From: "Andrew Chapman" <[email protected]> > Subject: [Qgis-user] Text styling and placement > To: <[email protected]> > Message-ID: <A5A5E5BB6F8B4766A9243070E6622432@amd64x2> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > I'm using 1.7.0 and trying to define a set of styles for use with text > layers (point shapefiles). There are thousands of such layers (UK Ordnance > Survey) which use attribute codes to classify logical types of text. > What I ideally want to do is use a unique attribute value in a similar way > to styling a point, but for the text, i.e. say set text colour, font, bold, > etc based on a logical attribute value rather than having additional > attributes per feature. The same layer may need to be styled in several > different ways depending on use (e.g. black and white, high contrast, etc) > so adding further attributes isn't attractive. Also, as these should be > non-changeable layers for most users, it could be advantageous for them to > be read-only. > I could load the layer many times, each with each layer only showing (and > therefore styling) a single logical text type, but this could add a LOT of > layers with a major impact on rendering speed. I could save the layer as > several layers, but this would be time consuming to do and also be much > slower to render. > Have I missed a trick, or is this something that I should request as an > enhancement? > > Andrew _______________________________________________ Qgis-user mailing list [email protected] http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user
