Subgroup: Attribute

Class: QgsAttributeForm

class qgis.gui.QgsAttributeForm(vl: QgsVectorLayer, feature: QgsFeature = QgsFeature(), context: QgsAttributeEditorContext = QgsAttributeEditorContext(), parent: QWidget = None)

Bases: PyQt5.QtWidgets.QWidget

Methods

actionEvent
addInterface Takes ownership
aggregateFilter The aggregate filter is only useful if the form is in AggregateFilter mode.
changeAttribute Call this to change the content of a given attribute.
changeEvent
childEvent
closeEvent
connectNotify
contextMenuEvent
create
customEvent
destroy
disconnectButtonBox
disconnectNotify
dragEnterEvent
dragLeaveEvent
dragMoveEvent
dropEvent
editable Returns if the form is currently in editable mode.
enterEvent
event
eventFilter Intercepts keypress on custom form (escape should not close it)
feature
focusInEvent
focusNextChild
focusNextPrevChild
focusOutEvent
focusPreviousChild
hideButtonBox
hideEvent
initPainter
inputMethodEvent
isSignalConnected
keyPressEvent
keyReleaseEvent
layer Returns the layer for which this form is shown
leaveEvent
metric
mode Returns the current mode of the form.
mouseDoubleClickEvent
mouseMoveEvent
mousePressEvent
mouseReleaseEvent
moveEvent
nativeEvent
paintEvent
receivers
refreshFeature reload current feature
resetSearch Resets the search/filter form values.
resetValues Sets all values to the values of the current feature
resizeEvent
save Save all the values from the editors to the layer.
sender
senderSignalIndex
setEditCommandMessage Sets the edit command message (Undo) that will be used when the dialog is accepted
setFeature Update all editors to correspond to a different feature.
setMessageBar Sets the message bar to display feedback from the form in.
setMode Sets the current mode of the form.
setMultiEditFeatureIds Sets all feature IDs which are to be edited if the form is in multiedit mode
sharedPainter
showButtonBox
showEvent
tabletEvent
timerEvent
updateMicroFocus
wheelEvent

Signals

attributeChanged Notifies about changes of attributes
closed Emitted when the user selects the close option from the form’s button bar.
featureSaved Is emitted, when a feature is changed or added [signal]
filterExpressionSet Is emitted when a filter expression is set using the form.
flashFeatures Emitted when the user chooses to flash a filtered set of features.
modeChanged Emitted when the form changes mode.
widgetValueChanged Notifies about changes of attributes
zoomToFeatures Emitted when the user chooses to zoom to a filtered set of features.

Attributes

AddFeatureMode
AggregateSearchMode
FilterAnd
FilterOr
IdentifyMode
MultiEditMode
ReplaceFilter
SearchMode
SingleEditMode
AddFeatureMode = 1
AggregateSearchMode = 4
FilterAnd = 1
FilterOr = 2
class FilterType

Bases: int

IdentifyMode = 5
class Mode

Bases: int

MultiEditMode = 2
ReplaceFilter = 0
SearchMode = 3
SingleEditMode = 0
actionEvent()
addInterface(self, iface: QgsAttributeFormInterface)

Takes ownership

Parameters:iface
aggregateFilter(self) → str

The aggregate filter is only useful if the form is in AggregateFilter mode. In this case it will return a combined expression according to the chosen filters on all attribute widgets.

New in version 3.0.

attributeChanged

Notifies about changes of attributes

Parameters:
  • attribute – The name of the attribute that changed.
  • value – The new value of the attribute.

Deprecated since version since: 3.0 [signal]

changeAttribute(self, field: str, value: Any, hintText: str = '')

Call this to change the content of a given attribute. Will update the editor(s) related to this field.

Parameters:
  • field – The field to change
  • value – The new value
  • hintText – A hint text for non existent joined features
changeEvent()
childEvent()
closeEvent()
closed

Emitted when the user selects the close option from the form’s button bar.

New in version 2.16: [signal]

connectNotify()
contextMenuEvent()
create()
customEvent()
destroy()
disconnectButtonBox(self)
disconnectNotify()
dragEnterEvent()
dragLeaveEvent()
dragMoveEvent()
dropEvent()
editable(self) → bool

Returns if the form is currently in editable mode.

Returns:Editable mode of this form
enterEvent()
event()
eventFilter(self, object: QObject, event: QEvent) → bool

Intercepts keypress on custom form (escape should not close it)

Parameters:
  • object – The object for which the event has been sent
  • event – The event which is being filtered
Returns:

true if the event has been handled (key was ESC)

feature(self) → QgsFeature
featureSaved

Is emitted, when a feature is changed or added [signal]

filterExpressionSet

Is emitted when a filter expression is set using the form.

Parameters:
  • expression – filter expression
  • type – filter type

New in version 2.16: [signal]

flashFeatures

Emitted when the user chooses to flash a filtered set of features.

New in version 3.0: [signal]

focusInEvent()
focusNextChild()
focusNextPrevChild()
focusOutEvent()
focusPreviousChild()
hideButtonBox(self)
hideEvent()
initPainter()
inputMethodEvent()
isSignalConnected()
keyPressEvent()
keyReleaseEvent()
layer(self) → QgsVectorLayer

Returns the layer for which this form is shown

Returns:Layer
leaveEvent()
metric()
mode(self) → QgsAttributeForm.Mode

Returns the current mode of the form.

New in version 2.16.

See also

setMode()

modeChanged

Emitted when the form changes mode.

Parameters:mode – new mode [signal]
mouseDoubleClickEvent()
mouseMoveEvent()
mousePressEvent()
mouseReleaseEvent()
moveEvent()
nativeEvent()
paintEvent()
receivers()
refreshFeature(self)

reload current feature

resetSearch(self)

Resets the search/filter form values.

New in version 2.16.

resetValues(self)

Sets all values to the values of the current feature

resizeEvent()
save(self) → bool

Save all the values from the editors to the layer.

Returns:True if successful
sender()
senderSignalIndex()
setEditCommandMessage(self, message: str)

Sets the edit command message (Undo) that will be used when the dialog is accepted

Parameters:message – The message
setFeature(self, feature: QgsFeature)

Update all editors to correspond to a different feature.

Parameters:feature – The feature which will be represented by the form
setMessageBar(self, messageBar: QgsMessageBar)

Sets the message bar to display feedback from the form in. This is used in the search/filter mode to display the count of selected features.

Parameters:messageBar – target message bar

New in version 2.16.

setMode(self, mode: QgsAttributeForm.Mode)

Sets the current mode of the form.

Parameters:mode – form mode

New in version 2.16.

See also

mode()

setMultiEditFeatureIds(self, fids: object)

Sets all feature IDs which are to be edited if the form is in multiedit mode

Parameters:fids – feature ID list

New in version 2.16.

sharedPainter()
showButtonBox(self)
showEvent()
tabletEvent()
timerEvent()
updateMicroFocus()
wheelEvent()
widgetValueChanged

Notifies about changes of attributes

Parameters:
  • attribute – The name of the attribute that changed.
  • value – The new value of the attribute.
  • attributeChanged – If true, it corresponds to an actual change of the feature attribute

New in version 3.0.1: [signal]

zoomToFeatures

Emitted when the user chooses to zoom to a filtered set of features.

New in version 3.0: [signal]