Feature #3498

Add a flag "Label only selected features"

Added by Paolo Cavallini over 2 years ago. Updated 8 months ago.

Status:New Start Date:
Priority:Low Due date:
Assigned to:- % Done:

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Category:Labelling
Target version:Version X - Unplanned
Platform:All Resolution:
Platform version: Patch supplied:No
Status info:0

Description

It would be useful to add such a flag; currently this can be done with several workarounds, but all of them are rather ugly

History

#1
Updated by Paolo Cavallini over 2 years ago

This only for new labeling system

#2
Updated by Giovanni Manghi over 1 year ago

  • Target version changed from Version 1.7.0 to Version 1.7.4

#3
Updated by Giovanni Manghi about 1 year ago

  • Target version changed from Version 1.7.4 to Version 2.0.0

#4
Updated by Giovanni Manghi about 1 year ago

  • Category changed from Symbology to Labelling
  • Assigned to deleted (nobody -)
  • Patch supplied set to No

#6
Updated by regis Haubourg 10 months ago

I think 'label selected only' option is a great option, different from pin/unpin tools, since the last one requires advanced fields, and then possibility to modify or duplicate dataset.. Users often can't do that. It remains a tools dedicated to heavy labeling for me. A fantastic one of course ;-)
The only thing is that there is no way to save selection in a QGS project, correct me if i'm wrong. "label only selected" tool without ability to save it sounds quite useless to me, or at least dedicated to throwable work.
Implementing selection persistence in QGS can be really tricky. This is an unsolvable issue with Mapinfo, full of caveats..

I would rather spend efforts on refactoring labeling so that labels could be placed into layer order control dialog. That way, we could easyly generate masks (plugin Mask for example) and put labels under it.. How does that sounds to you?

#7
Updated by Pirmin Kalberer 8 months ago

  • Target version changed from Version 2.0.0 to Version X - Unplanned

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