Hi Mike I've done a search for a feature request for this for QGIS. <https://github.com/qgis/QGIS/issues> I can't see anything, I see similar things but not actually what you are asking. You may want to include this as a new feature request as it is kinda cool.
Cheers Em On Tue, 12 Sept 2023 at 04:57, Mike Treglia via QGIS-User < qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org> wrote: > Thanks, Keith, for pointing me to that documentation. > > That's really helpful. I guess I had gotten confused with some > functionality with web-map exports in QGIS2Web - leaflet maps - in that > form, a field with an html-formatted hyperlink would function as a > hyperlink (though a hyperlink label still just seems to be formatted as a > link, but not function as one.) > > I also see that in the Print Composer, manually using the "Add Label" > functionality enables one to include html-formatted hyperlinks, which > function in exported PDFs (when "render as html" is checked in the label > properties in the print composer). So, it looks like there is almost the > functionality I'm looking for, but not quite. If there's a way to place > labels from a map layer in a print composer in the right spots, that could > potentially work, but that seems challenging - I can't wrap my brain around > how that would functionally even work. > > Welcome any other ideas folks have, or how others have worked through > this. It seems like the alternative options to doing this fully in QGIS > would involve exporting the PDF and working in PDF-editing software to > incorporate the links. > > Best, > Mike > > > > On Mon, Sep 11, 2023 at 11:10 AM Keith Jenkins <kgjenk...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> I don't think the label "HTML formatting" currently supports links. >> The supported HTML is just a subset of HTML, mainly focused on visual >> styles: >> >> """ >> The HTML formatting option enables the proper rendering of some HTML >> tags to customize the label. The supported HTML tags are: >> >> * Color, applicable to text, underline, strikethrough, and overline >> * Font properties (font family, font size, bold and italic) >> * Superscript and subscript components in text >> """ >> >> https://docs.qgis.org/testing/en/docs/user_manual/style_library/label_settings.html#text-tab >> >> Keith >> >> On Mon, Sep 11, 2023 at 9:28 AM Mike Treglia via QGIS-User >> <qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org> wrote: >> > >> > Hi all, >> > >> > Working on a project where the desired output is PDF map, where the >> labels are hyperlinks. From searching around, it seems like there are, at >> least historically, some challenges related to this functionality and Qt, >> which might still be present? >> > >> > I'm finding that in the Print Composer in QGIS, I can add a label that >> functions as a hyperlink in an exported PDF (using the "render as HTML" >> functionality"), but labels associated with a layer, placed in the main map >> window, do not function as hyperlinks when exported as a PDF. >> > >> > Thus, wanted to check if maybe either I'm missing something - like this >> is/should be possible, or if not directly, maybe there's an efficient >> work-around? I'm working in QGIS 3.32-2 most immediately for testing this, >> on Windows. >> > >> > Thanks, all, for any insights! >> > Mike >> > >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > QGIS-User mailing list >> > QGIS-User@lists.osgeo.org >> > List info: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user >> > Unsubscribe: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user >> > _______________________________________________ > QGIS-User mailing list > QGIS-User@lists.osgeo.org > List info: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user > Unsubscribe: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user > -- Emma Hain — Product Manager/Senior GIS Analyst e...@north-road.com / 0414 512 782 [image: https://north-road.com] *North Road* Cartography • Development • Spatial Analysis ------------------------------ *north-road.com* <http://north-road.com> <https://twitter.com/northroadgeo> <https://www.linkedin.com/company/north-road-studios> <https://www.facebook.com/North-Road-997236690392419/home>
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