On 23 May 2018 at 18:56, Sören Gebbert <soerengebb...@googlemail.com> wrote: > Dear developers, > i am trying to use the undocumented custom vector layer property > "rendering/renderAboveLabels" in QGIS3 server with no success. > > Storing this property in a QGIS project file enables the rendering of > vector layers after the labeling is done. This works fine on QGIS3 > desktop, but not on QGIS3 server. I looked into the server code and > realized that the QGS WMS server uses two renderers > (QgsMapRendererParallelJob, QgsMapRendererCustomPainterJob) of which > one (QgsMapRendererParallelJob) should support the custom property. > However, i can not convince the server to apply the custom property > when parallel rendering is enabled. > > What am i doing wrong? Are there differences between GQIS3 desktop and > server in handling project files and layer properties? > > Why does QgsMapRendererCustomPainterJob not support the custom > property "rendering/renderAboveLabels"?
It's undocumented for a reason - it was added as a quick hack to support this function in very limited circumstances, but isn't part of the stable or public API as it's not officially supported. In the long term we need a proper, officially supported and stable way to handle this use case. Nyall _______________________________________________ QGIS-Developer mailing list QGIS-Developer@lists.osgeo.org List info: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer Unsubscribe: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer
