XRefProperties read the stored cross-reference position with
QMetaEnum::keyToValue() and cast the result straight to
Qt::AlignmentFlag. An empty value gives -1. Earlier versions saved
xrefpos="" into projects and the settings file (18 of the 29 shipped
examples that carry cross-reference settings have it), and -1 matches
no branch of DynamicElementTextItem::setXref_item(), so the
cross-reference stayed at (0,0): the top-left corner of the label,
on top of it.
fromXml() fell back to AlignBottom only when the attribute was
missing, and fromSettings() only when the key was missing (#296), so
an empty value kept producing the bad position and was saved back
empty on every save.
Both now go through one helper that returns AlignBottom for an empty,
unknown, or not-offered value. The next save writes "AlignBottom", so
affected projects heal once resaved.
tst_xrefpos covers fromXml(), fromSettings() and the rewrite on save;
it fails 5 of 14 cases without this change. Exporting
examples/2612_ats_singlephase.qet to SVG before and after shows every
slave cross-reference moving from over its label to below it.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01ELKpbGxqJd7EFiTUypBtVe
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