Hi list.

I would like to have more control on the label placement, using features with 
labels on a vector layer. 

I have several features added to a vector layer, rendering in SVG. I use the 
style attribute "label" to set a label text for the point, and the "labelAlign" 
attribute to set the alignment. But I don't feel that the "labelAlign" property 
is doing what I want, I would like more control of where my label ends up. So I 
looked into the SVG specification and the DOM elements created by OpenLayers 
for my features and labels and found the "dx" and "dy" attributes, which don't 
seem to be used in OpenLayers renderers. Is this a design decision or is it 
just an area which noone have looked into?

What I would like to do is to be able to set the SVG specific properties, like 
"dx" and "dy" on the tspan element, to fine tune the placement of the labels. 
Are there any more possibilities to control this than using the "labelAlign" 
today? 

If there is some kind of documentation of the label handling out there that I 
haven't found, I would be happy to be pointed in the right direction.

Thanks!
- Niklas
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