How can I apply Multiline label option in the label property?
Name field contains a lengthy name. I want to wrap it.
My QGIS version is 1.8.
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If you labels contain a new line character (\n) they will be automatically wrapped. If not you can apply a wrapping character in the Advanced section of the labeling tools
The label will be wrapped on the character supplied. If you want to wrap on space just insert a space.
Nathan W
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Nathn W, where i add the "\n" sign? – newGIS Sep 11 '16 at 19:48
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1'Label1: '||"Label1" || '\nLabel2: '|| "Label2" || '\nLabel3: '|| "Label3"|| – Xavier Michael Nov 13 '19 at 14:29
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Since QGIS 2.4 there is very handy new expression builder function called wordwrap that will allow one to automatically wrap a lengthy string using as argument the ideal number of characters that a lime should have and ,optionally, a string delimiter (the default is space).
In the below example the field "sintaxon" is my lengthy values field.
Also notice that I can nest wordwrap several times if I want to use more than one string delimiter. In the example below it uses '-' and the default space.
Alexandre Neto
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This is not the best answer, but it was helpful to me as I wanted to split the label on different characters (space or dash). I had one case of dashes so used
IF("name"='Chester-le-Street', 'Chester-\nle-Street', name).It's a hack, but it's good for my use.
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You could also nest the expression twice to have both a max & min number of characters per line... – raphael Jul 08 '16 at 18:38
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Click the Expression builder icon next to the column field. It looks like a Epsilon, a E. – Alexandre Neto Sep 11 '16 at 20:20
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