Hi Nyall, Yes, I think it would be great fit for a crowdfunding effort.
Do you think that it would be possible to, at some point in time, use a layer/feature geometry instead? Thanks! I will be waiting for the next crowdfunding campaign to back it up. Alex Nyall Dawson <nyall.daw...@gmail.com> escreveu no dia quinta, 21/06/2018 às 23:32: > On Wed, 20 Jun 2018 at 04:20, Alexandre Neto <senhor.n...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > I am looking for a way to create a map with an irregular (non-rectangle) > frame. > > > > There is blog post from Anita showing how to do it but it needs a white > mask all around the map. While I need it to be transparent. > > > > I don't think this is possible yet without going the SVGs way, but maybe > someone have so cool trick to share. > > > > As others have commented - this isn't possible properly within QGIS > yet. But I've been slowly chipping away at various underlying > requirements to allow this to happen. Most of these bits are in place > now, but we lack: > > 1. The ability to set a shape as a mask for another shape within > layouts. This should be implemented using the existing > "polygon"/shapes feature, e.g. by selecting an item and a shape and > right clicking -> "set clipping mask" > > 2. Some code to push this masking shape down into the renderer - > specifically to set the map boundary polygon for the labeling engine > (so that the labeling engine knows if a label will be cut off/visible > inside the clipping shape) > > 3. Handling for grids with clipping masks > > This might be a good candidate for inclusion in the next round of > print layout crowd funding.... I'll add it to the list! > > Nyall > -- Alexandre Neto --------------------- @AlexNetoGeo http://sigsemgrilhetas.wordpress.com http://gisunchained.wordpress.com
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