SVG and raster images can be embedded in project #4563
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@andreasneumann @rduivenvoorde you were among the happiest people 😄 when the feature was committed. Can you check whether there's some valuable information missing or that i'd have misunderstood, please? |
| QGIS needs to resolve the path in order to display the corresponding image | ||
| * load the file from a remote URL: as above, on the success of the connection | ||
| depends the image retrieval | ||
| * embed the SVG file into the item: the file is saved as a base64 string within |
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"the file is saved as a base64 string within"
Is this relevant for users? It's not exposed anywhere, and could potentially be changed in future.
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Maybe just "the file is embedded inside the current project, style database, or print layout template."
| * embed the SVG file into the item: the file is saved as a base64 string within | ||
| the symbol or label, and also in the project, an associated style or a print | ||
| layout template file. THe SVG file is then always rendered as part of the item. | ||
| A convenient way to share projects with custom SVG symbols. |
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This is a convenient way to create self-contained projects with custom SVG symbols which can be easily shared amongst different users and installations of QGIS.
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@nyalldawson Thanks for the quick review. Any element regarding the print layout case? |
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It's not currently supported in print layouts |
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Trying to help by updating some comments and adding some of @nyalldawson's comments as suggestions.
Co-Authored-By: Håvard Tveite <havard.tveite@nmbu.no> Co-Authored-By: Nyall Dawson <nyall.dawson@gmail.com>
Fix #3219, fix #3216, fix #2815, fix #2814