labels

[Bernhard Reiter]

Hi Didrik,

On Thursday 04 October 2007 16:58, Didrik Pinte wrote:
> I'm  thinking about changing the behaviour of "Add/remove Labels"
> button.

yes, it is about time.

> I think this button should toggle a full labelling of a layer. When the
> button is clicked, the list of attributes of the layer is shown, you
> select one attribute. Then all the objects are labelled with this
> selection. For example, you will have all the country names appearing in
> the countries, etc.

The problem with this if you have lots of elements, then you probably cannot
read anything. So we would need a label placement algorithm.

> At the moment, you have to do it shape by shape ... it's annoying ;-)
>
> What is the preferred method ?
> - change the behaviour of the current labelling method
> - add a new button

I am undecided.
The button would work if you try to compose a map.
On the other hand, it is useless in quite a few situations.

Wouldn't the switch of show labels be a "toggle" button for one layer anyway?
So maybe a new button for now it better, because it would work differently.

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