I cannot figure it out to move Labels in an QGis-Layer. I added two columns (x,y) and set these columns as Data-defined-Position in the layer-properties as descriped in some (older) threads (e.g. How does manual Label Placement in QGIS 1.9 work? or Is there a way to manually place labels in QGIS?).
The button to move the label is greyed out.
I am using a shp-layer with polygones in QGis 2.14.
Is there a way to to this (without using a plugin)?
Best Answer
From your screenshot I suspect that you are setting the data defined x and y to the expressions
"x"
and"y"
, rather then directly binding them to the field itself.Make sure you use the "attribute field" submenu in the data defined popup menu and select your x and y fields from that menu, rather then using expressions.