[layouts] Allow for atlas geometries to reshape the frame of map items (Request in QGIS) #10223
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Request for documentation
From pull request qgis/QGIS#63103
Author: @nirvn
QGIS version: 4.0
[layouts] Allow for atlas geometries to reshape the frame of map items
PR Description:
Description
This PR adds a new clip frame function to our atlas clipping code which, when enabled, reshapes layout map items frames to match the (polygon) geometry of the current atlas feature.
In action:
Screencast.From.2025-09-08.09-31-33.mp4
This can come in super handy when dealing with vector tile base maps or mostly vector-driven renderings where the canvas background color is an integral part of the rendering (which until now would not have been clipped).