Project: QGIS

Version: 3.16

Feature: Support for rotated ticks/annotation

Tick marks and annotations on a map frame in the print composer can now be rotated, allowing them to align with a rotated map frame as described in issue 36904. It works for both rotated maps and reprojected grids.

The following options have been added:

  • Ticks:
    • Rotate ticks (if unchecked, ticks get drawn as before, not taking angle into account)
    • Rotated ticks alignment (whether ticks should have a constant length, or be aligned orthogonaly)
    • Skip low angled ticks (an angle threshold below which ticks aren't drawn, so you can skip ticks for grid lines that are, for example, too close to being parallel with the map edge)
  • Annotations:
    • Parallel to Tick (Next To/ Horizontal / Vertical Ascending / Vertical Descending)
    • Draw low angled (if checked, skipped ticks above will still get an annotation)

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This feature was funded by Kanton Solothurn

This feature was developed by Olivier Dalang, OPENGIS.ch