Label placement quadrant

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Author Name: Jonathan Moules (Jonathan Moules)
Original Redmine Issue: 12219

Redmine category:labelling

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Labelling, placement.
When using "Offset from point", changing the "quadrant" (anchor) makes only a negligible difference to the placement. As best as I can tell by only 2-3pixels in any given direction.
This is particularly a problem when using data-driven values, as the altered placement is pretty much invisible.

I would therefore suggest another option, the ability to specify the distance offset in that direction.
So if the anchor was top-left, and a distance of 15 pixels was entered, the anchor would be 15 pixels above and left of the point.

(Note: I'm aware of Offset X/Y, but to calculate the required offsets in this use-case adds a significant burden).

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Author Name: Nyall Dawson (@nyalldawson)

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The"cartographic" placement mode introduced in 2.14 supports this feature

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• resolution was changed from to fixed/implemented
• status_id was changed from Open to Closed