New Labeling Tools for QGIS

Three new label editing tools found their way into the QGIS developer version:

move label tool … move text labels to a new position
rotate label tool … allows for interactive rotation of labels
label property tool … opens a dialog where users can manipulate the properties and text of a label

These tools allow you to mix fixed label positions and automatic label positioning inside a project. If the x or y attribute value is NULL, the position will be set automatically. When a label position is changed using “move label tool”, the position is written into the attribute fields and the label position for this feature is fixed.

To use these tools on existing layers, add x, y and rotation attribute fields (type double). By default, all values will be NULL and thus the layer will be labeled automatically. Now you’re ready to move and rotate the labels as you like.

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