Subgroup: Symbol

Class: QgsSymbolButton

class qgis.gui.QgsSymbolButton(parent: QWidget = None, dialogTitle: str = '')

Bases: PyQt5.QtWidgets.QToolButton

Construct a new symbol button. Use dialogTitle string to define the title to show in the symbol settings dialog.

A button for creating and modifying QgsSymbol settings.

The button shows a preview icon for the current symbol, and will open a detailed symbol editor dialog (or panel widget) when clicked.

New in version 3.0: Methods

actionEvent
changeEvent
checkStateSet
childEvent
closeEvent
connectNotify
contextMenuEvent
copyColor Copies the current symbol color to the clipboard.
copySymbol Copies the current symbol to the clipboard.
create
customEvent
destroy
dialogTitle Returns the title for the symbol settings dialog window.
disconnectNotify
dragEnterEvent
dragLeaveEvent
dragMoveEvent
dropEvent
enterEvent
event
focusInEvent
focusNextChild
focusNextPrevChild
focusOutEvent
focusPreviousChild
hideEvent
hitButton
initPainter
initStyleOption
inputMethodEvent
isSignalConnected
keyPressEvent
keyReleaseEvent
layer Returns the layer associated with the widget.
leaveEvent
mapCanvas Returns the map canvas associated with the widget.
metric
minimumSizeHint
mouseDoubleClickEvent
mouseMoveEvent
mousePressEvent
mouseReleaseEvent
moveEvent
nativeEvent
nextCheckState
paintEvent
pasteColor Pastes a color from the clipboard to the symbol.
pasteSymbol Pastes a symbol from the clipboard.
receivers
registerExpressionContextGenerator Register an expression context generator class that will be used to retrieve an expression context for the button when required.
resizeEvent
sender
senderSignalIndex
setColor Sets the current color for the symbol.
setDialogTitle Sets the title for the symbol settings dialog window.
setLayer Sets a layer to associate with the widget.
setMapCanvas Sets a map canvas to associate with the widget.
setSymbol Sets the symbol for the button.
setSymbolType Sets the symbol type which the button requires.
sharedPainter
showEvent
sizeHint
symbol Returns the current symbol defined by the button.
symbolType Returns the symbol type which the button requires.
tabletEvent
timerEvent
updateMicroFocus
wheelEvent

Signals

changed Emitted when the symbol’s settings are changed.

Attributes

actionEvent()
changeEvent(self, e: QEvent)
changed

Emitted when the symbol’s settings are changed.

See also

symbol()

See also

setSymbol() [signal]

checkStateSet()
childEvent()
closeEvent()
connectNotify()
contextMenuEvent()
copyColor(self)

Copies the current symbol color to the clipboard.

See also

pasteColor()

copySymbol(self)

Copies the current symbol to the clipboard.

See also

pasteSymbol()

create()
customEvent()
destroy()
dialogTitle(self) → str

Returns the title for the symbol settings dialog window.

See also

setDialogTitle()

disconnectNotify()
dragEnterEvent(self, e: QDragEnterEvent)
dragLeaveEvent(self, e: QDragLeaveEvent)
dragMoveEvent()
dropEvent(self, e: QDropEvent)
enterEvent()
event()
focusInEvent()
focusNextChild()
focusNextPrevChild()
focusOutEvent()
focusPreviousChild()
hideEvent()
hitButton()
initPainter()
initStyleOption()
inputMethodEvent()
isSignalConnected()
keyPressEvent()
keyReleaseEvent()
layer(self) → QgsVectorLayer

Returns the layer associated with the widget.

See also

setLayer()

leaveEvent()
mapCanvas(self) → QgsMapCanvas

Returns the map canvas associated with the widget.

See also

setMapCanvas()

metric()
minimumSizeHint(self) → QSize
mouseDoubleClickEvent()
mouseMoveEvent(self, e: QMouseEvent)
mousePressEvent(self, e: QMouseEvent)
mouseReleaseEvent()
moveEvent()
nativeEvent()
nextCheckState()
paintEvent()
pasteColor(self)

Pastes a color from the clipboard to the symbol. If clipboard does not contain a valid color or string representation of a color, then no change is applied.

See also

copyColor()

pasteSymbol(self)

Pastes a symbol from the clipboard. If clipboard does not contain a valid symbol then no change is applied.

See also

copySymbol()

receivers()
registerExpressionContextGenerator(self, generator: QgsExpressionContextGenerator)

Register an expression context generator class that will be used to retrieve an expression context for the button when required.

resizeEvent(self, event: QResizeEvent)
sender()
senderSignalIndex()
setColor(self, color: Union[QColor, Qt.GlobalColor, QGradient])

Sets the current color for the symbol. Will emit a changed() signal if the color is different to the previous symbol color.

setDialogTitle(self, title: str)

Sets the title for the symbol settings dialog window.

See also

dialogTitle()

setLayer(self, layer: QgsVectorLayer)

Sets a layer to associate with the widget. This allows the widget to setup layer related settings within the symbol settings dialog, such as correctly populating data defined override buttons.

See also

layer()

setMapCanvas(self, canvas: QgsMapCanvas)

Sets a map canvas to associate with the widget. This allows the widget to fetch current settings from the map canvas, such as current scale.

See also

mapCanvas()

setSymbol(self, symbol: QgsSymbol)

Sets the symbol for the button. Ownership of symbol is transferred to the button.

See also

symbol()

See also

changed()

setSymbolType(self, type: QgsSymbol.SymbolType)

Sets the symbol type which the button requires. If the type differs from the current symbol type, the symbol will be reset to a default symbol style of the new type.

See also

symbolType()

sharedPainter()
showEvent(self, e: QShowEvent)
sizeHint(self) → QSize
symbol(self) → QgsSymbol

Returns the current symbol defined by the button.

See also

setSymbol()

See also

changed()

symbolType(self) → QgsSymbol.SymbolType

Returns the symbol type which the button requires.

See also

setSymbolType()

tabletEvent()
timerEvent()
updateMicroFocus()
wheelEvent()