Workaround for QGIS iShare GIS Print Template Plugin issues

Owned by Kim Stimpson
Last updated: 13 Apr, 2023
2 min read

Unfortunately with versions of QGIS greater than 3.18 there are a couple of known issues with the plugin which require manually editing the exported HTML.

User-Editable Labels are not editable

User-Editable Labels such as Map Title are no longer editable and this is due to a missing ishare-inline-editable class which is not included when the template is exported using the plugin. This can be fixed using the following steps.

  • Design your QGIS template and Export using the iShare GIS Print Template plugin

  • Open the HTML in a text editor such as Notepad++ and navigate to the div for your editable field, such as Enter map title in the following example

  • There are two things you need to do:

    • Add the missing ishare-edit-inline class class="ishare-edit-inline"

    • Add the field Value, used to label the text entry field in the Print Options dialog (with the first letter capitalised), e.g.


      so in this case you need to add ##title. before the actual text and ## after e.g ##title.Enter map title##. To end up with something like this:

  • Save your changes.

Issues generating an A1 Landscape PDF

When generating a PDF using A1 Landscape the output PDF is not in A1 and is not complete. It seems that the size: “A1 landscape” cannot be recognised from the generate PDF functionality. This can be fixed using the following steps.

  • Design your QGIS template and Export using the iShare GIS Print Template plugin

  • Open the HTML in a text editor such as Notepad++ and navigate to the @page object and replace size: A1 landscape; with size: 841mm 594mm ; e.g.

  • Save your changes.