src/app/composer/qgscomposeritemwidget.cpp

@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ QgsComposerItemWidget::QgsComposerItemWidget( QWidget* parent, QgsComposerItem*
 
   setValuesForGuiElements();
   connect( mItem, SIGNAL( sizeChanged() ), this, SLOT( setValuesForGuiPositionElements() ) );
+  connect( mItem, SIGNAL( itemChanged() ), this, SLOT( setValuesForGuiNonPositionElements() ) );
 
   connect( mTransparencySlider, SIGNAL( valueChanged( int ) ), mTransparencySpnBx, SLOT( setValue( int ) ) );
   connect( mTransparencySpnBx, SIGNAL( valueChanged( int ) ), mTransparencySlider, SLOT( setValue( int ) ) );
@@ -322,15 +323,13 @@ void QgsComposerItemWidget::setValuesForGuiPositionElements()
   mHeightLineEdit->blockSignals( false );
 }
 
-void QgsComposerItemWidget::setValuesForGuiElements()
+void QgsComposerItemWidget::setValuesForGuiNonPositionElements()
 {
   if ( !mItem )
   {
     return;
   }
 
-  setValuesForGuiPositionElements();
-
   mOutlineWidthSpinBox->blockSignals( true );
   mFrameGroupBox->blockSignals( true );
   mBackgroundGroupBox->blockSignals( true );
@@ -343,11 +342,7 @@ void QgsComposerItemWidget::setValuesForGuiElements()
   mItemRotationSpinBox->blockSignals( true );
 
   mBackgroundColorButton->setColor( mItem->brush().color() );
-  mBackgroundColorButton->setColorDialogTitle( tr( "Select background color" ) );
-  mBackgroundColorButton->setColorDialogOptions( QColorDialog::ShowAlphaChannel );
   mFrameColorButton->setColor( mItem->pen().color() );
-  mFrameColorButton->setColorDialogTitle( tr( "Select frame color" ) );
-  mFrameColorButton->setColorDialogOptions( QColorDialog::ShowAlphaChannel );
   mOutlineWidthSpinBox->setValue( mItem->pen().widthF() );
   mItemIdLineEdit->setText( mItem->id() );
   mFrameGroupBox->setChecked( mItem->hasFrame() );
@@ -369,6 +364,22 @@ void QgsComposerItemWidget::setValuesForGuiElements()
   mItemRotationSpinBox->blockSignals( false );
 }
 
+void QgsComposerItemWidget::setValuesForGuiElements()
+{
+  if ( !mItem )
+  {
+    return;
+  }
+
+  mBackgroundColorButton->setColorDialogTitle( tr( "Select background color" ) );
+  mBackgroundColorButton->setColorDialogOptions( QColorDialog::ShowAlphaChannel );
+  mFrameColorButton->setColorDialogTitle( tr( "Select frame color" ) );
+  mFrameColorButton->setColorDialogOptions( QColorDialog::ShowAlphaChannel );
+
+  setValuesForGuiPositionElements();
+  setValuesForGuiNonPositionElements();
+}
+
 void QgsComposerItemWidget::on_mBlendModeCombo_currentIndexChanged( int index )
 {
   Q_UNUSED( index );

src/app/composer/qgscomposeritemwidget.h

@@ -80,7 +80,10 @@ class QgsComposerItemWidget: public QWidget, private Ui::QgsComposerItemWidgetBa
     void on_mItemRotationSpinBox_valueChanged( double val );
 
     void setValuesForGuiElements();
+    //sets the values for all position related (x, y, width, height) elements
     void setValuesForGuiPositionElements();
+    //sets the values for all non-position related elements
+    void setValuesForGuiNonPositionElements();
 
   private:
     QgsComposerItemWidget();

src/app/composer/qgscomposerlegendwidget.cpp

@@ -125,6 +125,7 @@ QgsComposerLegendWidget::QgsComposerLegendWidget( QgsComposerLegend* legend ): m
   {
     legend->model()->setHorizontalHeaderLabels( QStringList() << tr( "Item" ) << tr( "Title style" ) );
     mItemTreeView->setModel( legend->model() );
+    connect( legend, SIGNAL( itemChanged() ), this, SLOT( setGuiElements() ) );
   }
 
   QgsComposerLegendWidgetStyleDelegate* styleDelegate = new QgsComposerLegendWidgetStyleDelegate();

src/core/composer/qgscomposeritem.cpp

@@ -229,10 +229,7 @@ bool QgsComposerItem::_readXML( const QDomElement& itemElem, const QDomDocument&
   }
 
   //rotation
-  if ( itemElem.attribute( "itemRotation", "0" ).toDouble() != 0 )
-  {
-    setItemRotation( itemElem.attribute( "itemRotation", "0" ).toDouble() );
-  }
+  setItemRotation( itemElem.attribute( "itemRotation", "0" ).toDouble() );
 
   //uuid
   mUuid = itemElem.attribute( "uuid", QUuid::createUuid().toString() );