Arrow are great additions to line styles. They provide the direction of the tracks which is very valuable. However, they can not be rendered with outline which makes them hard to see sometimes. Icons get lost in the map background.
Why not make possible outlines with the same style as the "Basic" line style (a continuous polyline with a given width and color/transparency)?
Best regards, Nils
I like this idea 
Hi guys,
uff ... will be available in next version.
Hi guys,
uff ... will be available in next version.
Great job with the new editor - even more option than I could have hoped for. :)
However, there's a some update problem: If I have a visible track with a pattern and then edit the line style and simply deactivate the pattern, the track on the map is not updated correctly: The pattern is still used, but in a different color. After hiding the track and making it visible again, it's ok.
Also, with arrow patterns, the distance between the arrows varies wildly: On rather straight parts, the have a much bigger distance than when there are more turns and corners. I can imagine that's not easy to get right - perhaps you could still consider a style with bigger distance between the arrows, that looks less intrusive. But I'm nitpicking here.
Great job with the new editor - even more option than I could have hoped for. :)
However, there's a some update problem: If I have a visible track with a pattern and then edit the line style and simply deactivate the pattern, the track on the map is not updated correctly: The pattern is still used, but in a different color. After hiding the track and making it visible again, it's ok.
Also, with arrow patterns, the distance between the arrows varies wildly: On rather straight parts, the have a much bigger distance than when there are more turns and corners. I can imagine that's not easy to get right - perhaps you could still consider a style with bigger distance between the arrows, that looks less intrusive. But I'm nitpicking here.
Hmm,
about first problem, please check if we are talking about state, when track is not selected! Because in case, you tap on a track even with disabled pattern, it will be visible to show correct track direction.
About distance: here we talk about problem in case, you have enabled coloring of track by speed or some other value, right? Yep, I have some problems here, no so easy to solve, but agree it looks weird.
Hmm,
about first problem, please check if we are talking about state, when track is not selected! Because in case, you tap on a track even with disabled pattern, it will be visible to show correct track direction.
About distance: here we talk about problem in case, you have enabled coloring of track by speed or some other value, right? Yep, I have some problems here, no so easy to solve, but agree it looks weird.
Oh, yeah, you're right, my bad - it was the selection arrows. So forget about that.
And the other thing, you're also right, it was a combination of slope coloring and arrows. I assume every section with the same color "starts" a new arrow progression - so the more change in slope the weirder it looks.
But I think that's not important. Arrows over a colored track will probably never look too good and doesn't make much sense.
So I rest my case, great work, thx a lot! :)
Oh, yeah, you're right, my bad - it was the selection arrows. So forget about that.
And the other thing, you're also right, it was a combination of slope coloring and arrows. I assume every section with the same color "starts" a new arrow progression - so the more change in slope the weirder it looks.
But I think that's not important. Arrows over a colored track will probably never look too good and doesn't make much sense.
So I rest my case, great work, thx a lot! :)
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