Bug report #1685
Print composer does not work
| Status: | Closed | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Priority: | Low | ||
| Assignee: |  nobody - | ||
| Category: | - | ||
| Affected QGIS version: | Regression?: | No | |
| Operating System: | OS X | Easy fix?: | No |
| Pull Request or Patch supplied: | Resolution: | fixed | |
| Crashes QGIS or corrupts data: | Copied to github as #: | 11745 |
Description
The print composer does not work. I get a blank window, and obviously no controls work.
History
#1
Updated by Paolo Cavallini over 15 years ago
Worksforme - could you please check carefully and report some more details?
You get a blank window, but can you add objects on it?
#2
Updated by vince - over 15 years ago
No, it is blank and remains blank. No interactions are possible. The icons and dialog are displayed, but none will function. I join a screen copy.
#3
Updated by Paolo Cavallini over 15 years ago
- Status changed from Open to Closed
- Resolution set to worksforme
Please click on the "Add new map" and "Add legend" buttons: do they work? They do in all the installation I have tried. Please reopen the ticket if they still do not work.
#4
Updated by vince - over 15 years ago
- Resolution deleted (
worksforme) - Status changed from Closed to Feedback
I know that, I am not dumb :)
Nothing work. I can't add a thing. No menu item nor any icon will produce any visible result.
It might be some side effect of the Macports installation framework, but where should I look to get further informations?
#5
Updated by vince - over 15 years ago
It might be a duplicate of #1654 (q. v.).
#6
Updated by John Tull over 15 years ago
I wonder if this is related to the plugin issues I have been having. Does the Print Composer use qt3 libs? Some versions of qt4.5 do not provide qt3 lib support.
#7
Updated by John Tull over 15 years ago
I just installed a version of Qt-4.5 with the qt3 lib support, and that has fixed the issue for me. Try getting qt3-lib support in qt 4.5 and that should fix it, although qt3-lib dependencies should be resolved in qgis code to make this a non-problem.
#8
Updated by vince - over 15 years ago
Thanks. It is impossible for me to get qt3 backsupport because, at least on MacOS X, that breaks 64-bit builds (qt3 backsupport relies on the legacy Carbon C toolkit which, unlike the modern Objective C Cocoa, is 32-bit only). At any rate, I wonder if the qt3 legacy support will be compatible with Snow Leopard, forecast for September.
#9
Updated by John Tull over 15 years ago
@vince: Indeed, I had upgraded to the native Cocoa qt-4.5, but had to revert to 32-bit carbon to get qgis behaving well. Ideally, the qt3 legacy code should be updated to qt4.
#10
Updated by simonb - over 15 years ago
Testing with OS X 10.5.7 and Qgis 1.1.0-Pan (Unstable) installed from http://www.kyngchaos.com/files/software/unixport/Qgis-1.1.0-3-Leopard.dmg.
Works for me, although the "Composer Item Properties" and "Map Extent" widgets are crushed to unreadability for certain object types unless the Print Composer dialog window is expanded from initial default size. See screenshot "Print Composer Widgets.png"
#11
Updated by Giovanni Manghi over 15 years ago
- Status changed from Feedback to Closed
- Resolution set to fixed
Replying to [comment:10 simonb]:
Testing with OS X 10.5.7 and Qgis 1.1.0-Pan (Unstable) installed from http://www.kyngchaos.com/files/software/unixport/Qgis-1.1.0-3-Leopard.dmg.
Works for me, although the "Composer Item Properties" and "Map Extent" widgets are crushed to unreadability for certain object types unless the Print Composer dialog window is expanded from initial default size. See screenshot "Print Composer Widgets.png"
this is a problem that is common to the other platforms, and depends also by the size of the font used in your desktop environment. I close this ticket because the original problem seems to be resolved. I'll check if a ticket has already been filed about the readability problems in the composer.
#12
Updated by vince - over 15 years ago
Ok, the problem seems to be fixed with the latest SVN. Thanks.