Offset position of perimeter labels

[qgib]

Author Name: Nathan Perry (Nathan Perry)
Original Redmine Issue: 16512

Redmine category:labelling

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When using perimeter label placement, could there be a way to offset the label's position along the line from its default placement? This could be either an offset by millimeter/map unit, or perhaps a selection to place the label near the start, center or end of the linestring (similar to existing options for marker placement in the marker line symbology).

This would be useful when a line or polygon has multiple labels from different fields, to avoid clustering of labels at the center of the map extent or linestring.

[qgib]

Author Name: Nathan Perry (Nathan Perry)

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Edited to add: this would also apply to labels located along polyline features.

[pjshelton]

This can be closed out now. The North Road updates to QGIS 3.16 answers this.
https://north-road.com/2020/09/03/line-label-placement-our-gift-to-the-qgis-community/

To do this for polygons requires using geometry generators and the funciton exterior_ring( $geometry )