Re: [QGIS-Australia-User-Group] Digest for australian-qgis-user-group@googlegroups.com - 5 updates in 2 topics

[Andrew James]

Hi Grant, 

The map is locked, map scale locked. They change position depending on GUI zoom level/mouse wheel. 

Only thing that stops them is manually moving labels. We have 150 critical labels over 10 maps. 

Andrew

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QGIS labelling dramas Episode 4. Zooming in/out makes labels disappear.

Andrew james <andrewfra...@gmail.com>: Oct 05 10:14PM -0700 Hi everyone,   We have critical information in our labels and they disappear in print layout space.   For example: A3 page. labels appear and disappear depending on the screen GUI zoom level. One zoom level / mouse notch and a label disappears.   One must get the view rigtht and then print a PDF without touching the mouse wheel. This is absurdly inconvenient.   Noting as a major QGIS usability issue.   Thank you,   Andrew

Andrew Jeffrey <aljef...@gmail.com>: Oct 06 12:16AM -0700 Hi Andrew,   Regarding the "One zoom level / mouse notch and a label disappears" in the layout. There is the ability to lock layout items, which might help avoid the unintentional changing of scales which affects your output.   [image: Screenshot from 2025-10-06 17-58-43.png]     As for labels appearing/disappearing at different scales. Labels and their rendering are affected by scale e.g the perfect placement at 1:10,000 might not work at 1:25,000 and vice versa. Having a scenario where you have all labels, shown all the time, at all scales always in the ideal placement I don't think is done well in any application.   Speaking from personal experience where I have scenarios where a label must be shown and I need control of the placement. I do the following.   Force labels to "Always Show".   [image: Screenshot from 2025-10-06 18-05-40.png]   Then override the placement with this tool.   [image: Screenshot from 2025-10-06 18-06-54.png]   Even with these options, the labels are only suitable for the scale of the map which I have modified the labels for. They may work okay slightly either side of that scale, but it's the only way that "I know" for managing label placement and forcing visibility.   Hope this helps ease the frustration somewhat.   Andrew

Andrew James <andrewfra...@gmail.com>: Oct 06 07:36PM +1100 Hi Andrew My map item in print layout is locked already. I tried.   Thanks for the other tips, that's great. I'll have a look tomorrow at work.   Got most working now tweaking the settings and changing text size.   Still crazy how that could happen   Andrew

<box...@iinet.net.au>: Oct 06 04:40PM +0800 Hi Andrew,     Have you tried setting and locking the scale in your main map canvas, then arrange labels, then open your print layout?     Does that work?     Cheers Grant       From: australian-qg...@googlegroups.com <australian-qg...@googlegroups.com> On Behalf Of Andrew James Sent: Monday, 6 October 2025 4:36 PM To: australian-qg...@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [QGIS-Australia-User-Group] Re: QGIS labelling dramas Episode 4. Zooming in/out makes labels disappear.     Hi Andrew   My map item in print layout is locked already. I tried.     Thanks for the other tips, that's great. I'll have a look tomorrow at work.     Got most working now tweaking the settings and changing text size.     Still crazy how that could happen     Andrew       On Mon, 6 Oct 2025, 6:16 pm Andrew Jeffrey, <aljef...@gmail.com <mailto:aljeffrey83@gmail.com> > wrote:   Hi Andrew,     Regarding the "One zoom level / mouse notch and a label disappears" in the layout. There is the ability to lock layout items, which might help avoid the unintentional changing of scales which affects your output.             As for labels appearing/disappearing at different scales. Labels and their rendering are affected by scale e.g the perfect placement at 1:10,000 might not work at 1:25,000 and vice versa. Having a scenario where you have all labels, shown all the time, at all scales always in the ideal placement I don't think is done well in any application.     Speaking from personal experience where I have scenarios where a label must be shown and I need control of the placement. I do the following.     Force labels to "Always Show".           Then override the placement with this tool.           Even with these options, the labels are only suitable for the scale of the map which I have modified the labels for. They may work okay slightly either side of that scale, but it's the only way that "I know" for managing label placement and forcing visibility.     Hope this helps ease the frustration somewhat.     Andrew       On Monday, 6 October 2025 at 16:14:01 UTC+11 andrewfra...@gmail.com <mailto:andrewfra...@gmail.com> wrote:   Hi everyone,     We have critical information in our labels and they disappear in print layout space.     For example: A3 page. labels appear and disappear depending on the screen GUI zoom level. One zoom level / mouse notch and a label disappears.     One must get the view rigtht and then print a PDF without touching the mouse wheel. This is absurdly inconvenient.     Noting as a major QGIS usability issue.     Thank you,     Andrew   -- You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the Google Groups "QGIS Australia User Group" group. To unsubscribe from this topic, visit https://groups.google.com/d/topic/australian-qgis-user-group/S-1TK7NxHY0/unsubscribe. To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to australian-qgis-use...@googlegroups.com <mailto:australian-qgis-user-group+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com> . To view this discussion, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/australian-qgis-user-group/b42c0ca7-5197-4d08-b1a6-3bdd8d3419c9n%40googlegroups.com <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/australian-qgis-user-group/b42c0ca7-5197-4d08-b1a6-3bdd8d3419c9n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> .   -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "QGIS Australia User Group" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to australian-qgis-use...@googlegroups.com <mailto:australian-qgis-user-group+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com> . To view this discussion, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/australian-qgis-user-group/CAAqwi9TnAyWfrj4D4bNvBoeky5dp-nYjiwac0zVC-F5qsspLVQ%40mail.gmail.com <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/australian-qgis-user-group/CAAqwi9TnAyWfrj4D4bNvBoeky5dp-nYjiwac0zVC-F5qsspLVQ%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> .

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[box...@iinet.net.au]

Hi Andrew,

 

Sound like it is a real pain. Have you tried text “Placement” settings, “offset from point”, NOT using the “Cartographic” option?

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