On 28 March 2018 at 04:56, Bernd Vogelgesang <bernd.vogelges...@gmx.de> wrote: > I think it is not worth the effort to ask for that. > The devs had plenty of time to add a specific north arrow tool, but > obviously had no great interest in it. > The map canvas and the composer window are completely different things, so > there is no automatism to have the same features within both. > And actually it is quite clever to use the same tool for adding north arrows > or any other image with one button ... it's just about telling the users > where to look for.
Actually I disagree - I think there's room here to add a dedicated "north arrow" button to layout designer which adds a picture item but automatically defaults it to a nice north-arrow picture and sets to the match the main map's rotation. There would be no code duplication - it would still just be a standard picture item, but with some nice defaults so that new users can easily create north arrows. We do this approach in 3.0 with "line arrow" items too - effectively they are just the same as polyline items, but default to having an arrow marker on their end point. Nyall > > > > Am 27.03.2018, 17:37 Uhr, schrieb knussear <knuss...@mac.com>: > >> Well I have to go and find north arrows if I want them in my print layout. >> But when I'm just viewing them in my map they are available under >> "decorations". It would be great if I could access the "decorations" in >> the >> print layout - since they already exist somewhere within the app. >> >> >> >> -- >> Sent from: http://osgeo-org.1560.x6.nabble.com/QGIS-User-f4125267.html >> _______________________________________________ >> Qgis-user mailing list >> Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org >> List info: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user >> Unsubscribe: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user > > > > -- > Bernd Vogelgesang > Siedlerstraße 2 > 91083 Baiersdorf/Igelsdorf > Tel: 09133-825374 > > _______________________________________________ > Qgis-user mailing list > Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org > List info: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user > Unsubscribe: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user _______________________________________________ Qgis-user mailing list Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org List info: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user Unsubscribe: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user