print composer - Putting scale bar labels below scale bar in QGIS?

Thursday, 22 February 2018

print composer - Putting scale bar labels below scale bar in QGIS?

I added two scale elements to my map composition. For layout harmonisation, I want the ticks and the label text below the scale bar.

Standard is this:

What I want is this (manually changed in the image):

Is there an option in QGIS for this?

Answer

I don't think there's an option yet which allows you to put the units below the scalebar. An alternative could be to:

Modify your current scalebar and set its Font colour to match the background colour:
```
Item Properties > Fonts and colours > Font colour
```

Copy your scalebar and paste it directly below your original scalebar. Then set its Font colour to black and its Line colour to transparent:
```
Item Properties > Fonts and colours > Font colour

                                    > Line colour
```

You can then select your scalebars and group them, allowing you to move them easily as if they were one:

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