[feature][labeling] Expose Justify text alignment option for use

in multiline point/polygon labels

Allows multiline labels to be "justify" aligned

python/core/auto_generated/labeling/qgspallabeling.sip.in

@@ -167,7 +167,8 @@ class QgsPalLayerSettings
       MultiLeft,
       MultiCenter,
       MultiRight,
-      MultiFollowPlacement
+      MultiFollowPlacement,
+      MultiJustify,
     };
 
 

src/app/labeling/qgslabelpropertydialog.cpp

@@ -203,6 +203,9 @@ void QgsLabelPropertyDialog::init( const QString &layerId, const QString &provid
     case QgsPalLayerSettings::MultiRight:
       defaultMultilineAlign = QStringLiteral( "right" );
       break;
+    case QgsPalLayerSettings::MultiJustify:
+      defaultMultilineAlign = QStringLiteral( "justify" );
+      break;
     case QgsPalLayerSettings::MultiFollowPlacement:
       defaultMultilineAlign = QStringLiteral( "follow label placement" );
       break;
@@ -592,6 +595,7 @@ void QgsLabelPropertyDialog::fillMultiLineAlignComboBox()
   mMultiLineAlignComboBox->addItem( tr( "Left" ), "Left" );
   mMultiLineAlignComboBox->addItem( tr( "Center" ), "Center" );
   mMultiLineAlignComboBox->addItem( tr( "Right" ), "Right" );
+  mMultiLineAlignComboBox->addItem( tr( "Justify" ), "Justify" );
 }
 
 void QgsLabelPropertyDialog::fillHaliComboBox()

src/core/labeling/qgspallabeling.cpp

@@ -3188,6 +3188,10 @@ void QgsPalLayerSettings::parseTextFormatting( QgsRenderContext &context )
         {
           aligntype = QgsPalLayerSettings::MultiFollowPlacement;
         }
+        else if ( str.compare( QLatin1String( "Justify" ), Qt::CaseInsensitive ) == 0 )
+        {
+          aligntype = QgsPalLayerSettings::MultiJustify;
+        }
         dataDefinedValues.insert( QgsPalLayerSettings::MultiLineAlignment, QVariant( static_cast< int >( aligntype ) ) );
       }
     }

src/core/labeling/qgspallabeling.h

@@ -311,8 +311,9 @@ class CORE_EXPORT QgsPalLayerSettings
       MultiLeft = 0,
       MultiCenter,
       MultiRight,
-      MultiFollowPlacement /*!< Alignment follows placement of label, e.g., labels to the left of a feature
+      MultiFollowPlacement, /*!< Alignment follows placement of label, e.g., labels to the left of a feature
                                will be drawn with right alignment*/
+      MultiJustify, //!< Justified
     };
 
     //TODO QGIS 4.0 - Remove -- moved to QgsLabelEngineObstacleSettings

src/core/labeling/qgsvectorlayerlabelprovider.cpp

@@ -618,6 +618,8 @@ void QgsVectorLayerLabelProvider::drawLabelPrivate( pal::LabelPosition *label, Q
       hAlign = QgsTextRenderer::AlignCenter;
     else if ( tmpLyr.multilineAlign == QgsPalLayerSettings::MultiRight )
       hAlign = QgsTextRenderer::AlignRight;
+    else if ( tmpLyr.multilineAlign == QgsPalLayerSettings::MultiJustify )
+      hAlign = QgsTextRenderer::AlignJustify;
 
     QgsTextRenderer::Component component;
     component.origin = outPt;

src/gui/labeling/qgslabelinggui.cpp

@@ -192,6 +192,7 @@ QgsLabelingGui::QgsLabelingGui( QgsVectorLayer *layer, QgsMapCanvas *mapCanvas,
   mFontMultiLineAlignComboBox->addItem( tr( "Left" ), QgsPalLayerSettings::MultiLeft );
   mFontMultiLineAlignComboBox->addItem( tr( "Center" ), QgsPalLayerSettings::MultiCenter );
   mFontMultiLineAlignComboBox->addItem( tr( "Right" ), QgsPalLayerSettings::MultiRight );
+  mFontMultiLineAlignComboBox->addItem( tr( "Justify" ), QgsPalLayerSettings::MultiJustify );
 
   // connections for groupboxes with separate activation checkboxes (that need to honor data defined setting)
   connect( mBufferDrawChkBx, &QAbstractButton::toggled, this, &QgsLabelingGui::updateUi );