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Labels hard to position by hand #27190

Open qgib opened 6 years ago

qgib commented 6 years ago

Author Name: d quintao (d quintao) Original Redmine Issue: 19362

Redmine category:labelling

I select Show labels for a vector layer (name). Then I want to move some labels away from the feature (e.g. a river) so I use the move tools - but the label then flips horizontal, before it was perpendicular to the feature - so I need to rotate it after that, but the anchor point is at a corner so the rotation moves the label on a hinge, making guessing the position difficult, and after rotation the label needs moving again - alot of work clicking between tools.

What I'd like is to be able to move a label's anchor-point (like the vertex tool) to a different place along the feature, and the label auto-aligns to the feature, especially needed for tracks and rivers.

Also, it is so tiring switching between those two tools (move & rotate) - how about Right click on a label to rotate it? Or Shift-click or Alt-click?

Thanks

haubourg commented 5 years ago

There are related QEP pending for a long time now to solve this issue, waiting for someone to support them:

https://github.com/qgis/QGIS-Enhancement-Proposals/issues/62 https://github.com/qgis/QGIS-Enhancement-Proposals/issues/48

SrNetoChan commented 1 year ago

I believe this was already implemented, the move button together with the label anchoring settings, allows to move along the line. Also, I think this is a duplicate of https://github.com/qgis/QGIS/issues/33374. Should we close it?