Subgroup: Layer

Class: QgsLayerTreeModel

class qgis.core.QgsLayerTreeModel(rootNode: QgsLayerTree, parent: QObject = None)

Bases: PyQt5.QtCore.QAbstractItemModel

Construct a new tree model with given layer tree (root node must not be null pointer). The root node is not transferred by the model.

The QgsLayerTreeModel class is model implementation for Qt item views framework. The model can be used in any QTreeView, it is however recommended to use it with QgsLayerTreeView which brings additional functionality specific to layer tree handling.

The model listens to the changes in the layer tree and signals the changes as appropriate, so that any view that uses the model is updated accordingly.

Behavior of the model can be customized with flags. For example, whether to show legend or whether to allow changes to the layer tree.

See also

QgsLayerTreeView

New in version 2.4: Methods

addLegendToLayer
autoCollapseLegendNodes Return at what number of legend nodes the layer node should be collapsed.
beginInsertColumns
beginInsertRows
beginMoveColumns
beginMoveRows
beginRemoveColumns
beginRemoveRows
beginResetModel
changePersistentIndex
changePersistentIndexList
childEvent
columnCount
connectNotify
connectToLayer
connectToLayers
connectToRootNode
createIndex
currentIndex Get index of the item marked as current.
customEvent
data
decodeData
disconnectFromLayer
disconnectFromLayers
disconnectFromRootNode
disconnectNotify
dropMimeData
encodeData
endInsertColumns
endInsertRows
endMoveColumns
endMoveRows
endRemoveColumns
endRemoveRows
endResetModel
filterLegendNodes Filter nodes from QgsMapLayerLegend according to the current filtering rules
findLegendNode Searches through the layer tree to find a legend node with a matching layer ID and rule key.
flags flags(self) -> QgsLayerTreeModel.
iconGroup
index
index2legendNode Return legend node for given index.
index2node Return layer tree node for given index.
indexOfParentLayerTreeNode
indexes2nodes Convert a list of indexes to a list of layer tree nodes.
invalidateLegendMapBasedData
isSignalConnected
layerLegendChanged
layerLegendNodes Return filtered list of active legend nodes attached to a particular layer node (by default it returns also legend node embedded in parent layer node (if any) unless skipNodeEmbeddedInParent is true)
layerNeedsUpdate
layerOriginalLegendNodes Return original (unfiltered) list of legend nodes attached to a particular layer node
layerStyleOverrides Get map of map layer style overrides (key: layer ID, value: style name) where a different style should be used instead of the current one
layerTreeNodeFont Get font for a particular type of layer tree node.
legendCleanup
legendEmbeddedInParent
legendFilterByScale Returns the scale which restricts the legend nodes which are visible.
legendFilterMapSettings Returns the current map settings used for the current legend filter (or null if none is enabled)
legendIconEmbeddedInParent
legendInvalidateMapBasedData
legendMapViewData Get hints about map view - to be used in legend nodes.
legendNode2index Return index for a given legend node.
legendNodeData
legendNodeDataChanged
legendNodeEmbeddedInParent Return legend node that may be embedded in parent (i.
legendNodeFlags
legendNodeIndex
legendNodeRowCount
legendParent
legendRootIndex
legendRootRowCount
mimeData
mimeTypes
node2index Return index for a given node.
nodeAddedChildren
nodeCustomPropertyChanged
nodeLayerLoaded
nodeLayerWillBeUnloaded
nodeNameChanged Updates model when node’s name has changed
nodeRemovedChildren
nodeVisibilityChanged
nodeWillAddChildren
nodeWillRemoveChildren
parent
persistentIndexList
receivers
recursivelyEmitDataChanged emit dataChanged() for layer tree node items
refreshLayerLegend Force a refresh of legend nodes of a layer node.
refreshScaleBasedLayers Updates layer data for scale dependent layers, should be called when map scale changes.
removeLegendFromLayer
removeRows
resetInternalData
rootGroup Return pointer to the root node of the layer tree.
rowCount
sender
senderSignalIndex
setAutoCollapseLegendNodes Set at what number of legend nodes the layer node should be collapsed.
setCurrentIndex Set index of the current item.
setData
setFlag Enable or disable a model flag
setFlags Set OR-ed combination of model flags
setLayerStyleOverrides Set map of map layer style overrides (key: layer ID, value: style name) where a different style should be used instead of the current one
setLayerTreeNodeFont Set font for a particular type of layer tree node.
setLegendFilter Filter display of legend nodes for given map settings
setLegendFilterByMap Force only display of legend nodes which are valid for given map settings.
setLegendFilterByScale Force only display of legend nodes which are valid for a given scale.
setLegendMapViewData Give the layer tree model hints about the currently associated map view so that legend nodes that use map units can be scaled currectly
setRootGroup Reset the model and use a new root group node
supportedDropActions
testFlag Check whether a flag is enabled
timerEvent

Signals

Attributes

ActionHierarchical
AllowLegendChangeState
AllowNodeChangeVisibility
AllowNodeRename
AllowNodeReorder
DeferredLegendInvalidation
ShowLegend
ShowLegendAsTree
UseEmbeddedWidgets
ActionHierarchical = 65536
AllowLegendChangeState = 32768
AllowNodeChangeVisibility = 16384
AllowNodeRename = 8192
AllowNodeReorder = 4096
DeferredLegendInvalidation = 8
class Flag

Bases: int

class Flags

Bases: sip.wrapper

QgsLayerTreeModel.Flags(Union[QgsLayerTreeModel.Flags, QgsLayerTreeModel.Flag]) QgsLayerTreeModel.Flags(QgsLayerTreeModel.Flags)

ShowLegend = 1
ShowLegendAsTree = 4
UseEmbeddedWidgets = 16
addLegendToLayer(self, nodeL: QgsLayerTreeLayer)
autoCollapseLegendNodes(self) → int

Return at what number of legend nodes the layer node should be collapsed. -1 means no auto-collapse (default).

beginInsertColumns()
beginInsertRows()
beginMoveColumns()
beginMoveRows()
beginRemoveColumns()
beginRemoveRows()
beginResetModel()
changePersistentIndex()
changePersistentIndexList()
childEvent()
columnCount(self, parent: QModelIndex = QModelIndex()) → int
connectNotify()
connectToLayer(self, nodeLayer: QgsLayerTreeLayer)
connectToLayers(self, parentGroup: QgsLayerTreeGroup)
connectToRootNode(self)
createIndex()
currentIndex(self) → QModelIndex

Get index of the item marked as current. Item marked as current is underlined.

customEvent()
data(self, index: QModelIndex, role: int = Qt.DisplayRole) → Any
decodeData()
disconnectFromLayer(self, nodeLayer: QgsLayerTreeLayer)
disconnectFromLayers(self, parentGroup: QgsLayerTreeGroup)
disconnectFromRootNode(self)
disconnectNotify()
dropMimeData(self, data: QMimeData, action: Qt.DropAction, row: int, column: int, parent: QModelIndex) → bool
encodeData()
endInsertColumns()
endInsertRows()
endMoveColumns()
endMoveRows()
endRemoveColumns()
endRemoveRows()
endResetModel()
filterLegendNodes(self, nodes: Iterable[QgsLayerTreeModelLegendNode]) → List[QgsLayerTreeModelLegendNode]

Filter nodes from QgsMapLayerLegend according to the current filtering rules

findLegendNode(self, layerId: str, ruleKey: str) → QgsLayerTreeModelLegendNode

Searches through the layer tree to find a legend node with a matching layer ID and rule key.

Parameters:
  • layerId – map layer ID
  • ruleKey – legend node rule key
Returns:

QgsLayerTreeModelLegendNode if found

New in version 2.14.

flags(self, index: QModelIndex) → Qt.ItemFlags

flags(self) -> QgsLayerTreeModel.Flags Return OR-ed combination of model flags

iconGroup() → QIcon
index(self, row: int, column: int, parent: QModelIndex = QModelIndex()) → QModelIndex
index2legendNode(index: QModelIndex) → QgsLayerTreeModelLegendNode

Return legend node for given index. Returns null for invalid index

New in version 2.6.

index2node(self, index: QModelIndex) → QgsLayerTreeNode

Return layer tree node for given index. Returns root node for invalid index. Returns null pointer if index does not refer to a layer tree node (e.g. it is a legend node)

indexOfParentLayerTreeNode(self, parentNode: QgsLayerTreeNode) → QModelIndex
indexes2nodes(self, list: object, skipInternal: bool = False) → List[QgsLayerTreeNode]

Convert a list of indexes to a list of layer tree nodes. Indices that do not represent layer tree nodes are skipped. If skipInternal is true, a node is included in the output list only if no parent node is in the list.

invalidateLegendMapBasedData(self)
isSignalConnected()
layerLegendChanged(self)
layerLegendNodes(self, nodeLayer: QgsLayerTreeLayer, skipNodeEmbeddedInParent: bool = False) → List[QgsLayerTreeModelLegendNode]

Return filtered list of active legend nodes attached to a particular layer node (by default it returns also legend node embedded in parent layer node (if any) unless skipNodeEmbeddedInParent is true)

New in version 2.6.

Note

Parameter skipNodeEmbeddedInParent added in QGIS 2.18

layerNeedsUpdate(self)
layerOriginalLegendNodes(self, nodeLayer: QgsLayerTreeLayer) → List[QgsLayerTreeModelLegendNode]

Return original (unfiltered) list of legend nodes attached to a particular layer node

New in version 2.14.

layerStyleOverrides(self) → Dict[str, str]

Get map of map layer style overrides (key: layer ID, value: style name) where a different style should be used instead of the current one

New in version 2.10.

layerTreeNodeFont(self, nodeType: int) → QFont

Get font for a particular type of layer tree node. nodeType should come from QgsLayerTreeNode.NodeType enumeration

legendCleanup(self)
legendEmbeddedInParent(self, nodeLayer: QgsLayerTreeLayer) → bool
legendFilterByScale(self) → float

Returns the scale which restricts the legend nodes which are visible. The scale value indicates the scale denominator, e.g. 1000.0 for a 1:1000 map. A scale <= 0 indicates that no scale filtering is being performed.

New in version 2.6.

legendFilterMapSettings(self) → QgsMapSettings

Returns the current map settings used for the current legend filter (or null if none is enabled)

New in version 2.14.

legendIconEmbeddedInParent(self, nodeLayer: QgsLayerTreeLayer) → QIcon
legendInvalidateMapBasedData(self)
legendMapViewData(self) → Tuple[float, int, float]

Get hints about map view - to be used in legend nodes. Arguments that are not null will receive values. If there are no valid map view data (from previous call to setLegendMapViewData()), returned values are zeros.

New in version 2.6.

legendNode2index(self, legendNode: QgsLayerTreeModelLegendNode) → QModelIndex

Return index for a given legend node. If the legend node does not belong to the layer tree, the result is undefined. If the legend node is belongs to the tree but it is filtered out, invalid model index is returned.

New in version 2.6.

legendNodeData(self, node: QgsLayerTreeModelLegendNode, role: int) → Any
legendNodeDataChanged(self)
legendNodeEmbeddedInParent(self, nodeLayer: QgsLayerTreeLayer) → QgsLayerTreeModelLegendNode

Return legend node that may be embedded in parent (i.e. its icon will be used for layer’s icon).

New in version 2.18.

legendNodeFlags(self, node: QgsLayerTreeModelLegendNode) → Qt.ItemFlags
legendNodeIndex(self, row: int, column: int, node: QgsLayerTreeModelLegendNode) → QModelIndex
legendNodeRowCount(self, node: QgsLayerTreeModelLegendNode) → int
legendParent(self, legendNode: QgsLayerTreeModelLegendNode) → QModelIndex
legendRootIndex(self, row: int, column: int, nL: QgsLayerTreeLayer) → QModelIndex
legendRootRowCount(self, nL: QgsLayerTreeLayer) → int
mimeData(self, indexes: object) → QMimeData
mimeTypes(self) → List[str]
node2index(self, node: QgsLayerTreeNode) → QModelIndex

Return index for a given node. If the node does not belong to the layer tree, the result is undefined

nodeAddedChildren(self, node: QgsLayerTreeNode, indexFrom: int, indexTo: int)
nodeCustomPropertyChanged(self, node: QgsLayerTreeNode, key: str)
nodeLayerLoaded(self)
nodeLayerWillBeUnloaded(self)
nodeNameChanged(self, node: QgsLayerTreeNode, name: str)

Updates model when node’s name has changed

New in version 3.0.

nodeRemovedChildren(self)
nodeVisibilityChanged(self, node: QgsLayerTreeNode)
nodeWillAddChildren(self, node: QgsLayerTreeNode, indexFrom: int, indexTo: int)
nodeWillRemoveChildren(self, node: QgsLayerTreeNode, indexFrom: int, indexTo: int)
parent(self, child: QModelIndex) → QModelIndex
persistentIndexList()
receivers()
recursivelyEmitDataChanged(self, index: QModelIndex = QModelIndex())

emit dataChanged() for layer tree node items

refreshLayerLegend(self, nodeLayer: QgsLayerTreeLayer)

Force a refresh of legend nodes of a layer node. Not necessary to call when layer’s renderer is changed as the model listens to these events.

refreshScaleBasedLayers(self, index: QModelIndex = QModelIndex())

Updates layer data for scale dependent layers, should be called when map scale changes. Emits dataChanged() for all scale dependent layers.

New in version 2.16.

removeLegendFromLayer(self, nodeLayer: QgsLayerTreeLayer)
removeRows(self, row: int, count: int, parent: QModelIndex = QModelIndex()) → bool
resetInternalData()
rootGroup(self) → QgsLayerTree

Return pointer to the root node of the layer tree. Always a non-null pointer.

rowCount(self, parent: QModelIndex = QModelIndex()) → int
sender()
senderSignalIndex()
setAutoCollapseLegendNodes(self, nodeCount: int)

Set at what number of legend nodes the layer node should be collapsed. Setting -1 disables the auto-collapse (default).

setCurrentIndex(self, currentIndex: QModelIndex)

Set index of the current item. May be used by view. Item marked as current is underlined.

setData(self, index: QModelIndex, value: Any, role: int = Qt.EditRole) → bool
setFlag(self, f: QgsLayerTreeModel.Flag, on: bool = True)

Enable or disable a model flag

setFlags(self, f: Union[QgsLayerTreeModel.Flags, QgsLayerTreeModel.Flag])

Set OR-ed combination of model flags

setLayerStyleOverrides(self, overrides: Dict[str, str])

Set map of map layer style overrides (key: layer ID, value: style name) where a different style should be used instead of the current one

New in version 2.10.

setLayerTreeNodeFont(self, nodeType: int, font: QFont)

Set font for a particular type of layer tree node. nodeType should come from QgsLayerTreeNode.NodeType enumeration

setLegendFilter(self, settings: QgsMapSettings, useExtent: bool = True, polygon: QgsGeometry = QgsGeometry(), useExpressions: bool = True)

Filter display of legend nodes for given map settings

Parameters:
  • settings – Map settings. Setting a null pointer or invalid settings will disable any filter. Ownership is not changed, a copy is made
  • useExtent – Whether to use the extent of the map settings as a first spatial filter on legend nodes
  • polygon – If not empty, this polygon will be used instead of the map extent to filter legend nodes
  • useExpressions – Whether to use legend node filter expressions

New in version 2.14.

setLegendFilterByMap(self, settings: QgsMapSettings)

Force only display of legend nodes which are valid for given map settings. Setting null pointer or invalid map settings will disable the functionality. Ownership of map settings pointer does not change, a copy is made.

New in version 2.6.

setLegendFilterByScale(self, scale: float)

Force only display of legend nodes which are valid for a given scale. The scale value indicates the scale denominator, e.g. 1000.0 for a 1:1000 map. Setting scale <= 0 will disable the functionality.

New in version 2.6.

setLegendMapViewData(self, mapUnitsPerPixel: float, dpi: int, scale: float)

Give the layer tree model hints about the currently associated map view so that legend nodes that use map units can be scaled currectly

New in version 2.6.

setRootGroup(self, newRootGroup: QgsLayerTree)

Reset the model and use a new root group node

New in version 2.6.

supportedDropActions(self) → Qt.DropActions
testFlag(self, f: QgsLayerTreeModel.Flag) → bool

Check whether a flag is enabled

timerEvent()