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Régis Haubourg edited this page Feb 4, 2014 · 6 revisions

Note: this sections is a bit poor in QGIS manual. Please tell if you have time or ressources to fill it up!

Toolbar button description:

Open labeling properties button image : Open Labeling properties for current layer

Show pinned labels button : Show pinned labels with a green box.

Pin Label Tool : Pin Label button. Use it to fix (clic), unfix (shift + clic) or toggle pin state (ctrl+clic)

Show/Hide Label tool : SHow/Hide Label button. Draw a rectangle to show (clic) or hide (shift+ clic) labels in the rectangle

Move label tool: Move label tool. Just clic and drag your label to a new location.

Rotate label tool: Rotate label tool

Change Label Properties tool: Change Label Properties tool. Shows following dialog for clicked label:

Change label properties dialog

1.Fix labels to current location (Pin) 2.Move labels 3.Reset label location (Unpin) 4.Rotate / change label properties (color, font, alignement, etc..)

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