Class: QgsEditFormConfig

class qgis.core.QgsEditFormConfig(o: QgsEditFormConfig)

Bases: sip.wrapper

Copy constructor

New in version 3.0.

QgsEditFormConfig() Create a new edit form config. Normally invoked by QgsVectorLayer

Parameters

o

CodeSourceDialog = 2
CodeSourceEnvironment = 3
CodeSourceFile = 1
CodeSourceNone = 0
class EditorLayout

Bases: int

baseClass

alias of QgsEditFormConfig

class FeatureFormSuppress

Bases: int

baseClass

alias of QgsEditFormConfig

GeneratedLayout = 0
class GroupData

Bases: sip.wrapper

Constructor for GroupData

QgsEditFormConfig.GroupData(name: str, fields: Iterable[str])

QgsEditFormConfig.GroupData(QgsEditFormConfig.GroupData)

mFields
mName
class PythonInitCodeSource

Bases: int

baseClass

alias of QgsEditFormConfig

SuppressDefault = 0
SuppressOff = 2
SuppressOn = 1
class TabData

Bases: sip.wrapper

Constructor for TabData

QgsEditFormConfig.TabData(name: str, fields: Iterable[str], groups: Iterable[QgsEditFormConfig.GroupData])

QgsEditFormConfig.TabData(QgsEditFormConfig.TabData)

mFields
mGroups
mName
TabLayout = 1
UiFileLayout = 2
addTab(self, data: QgsAttributeEditorElement)

Adds a new element to the invisible root container in the layout.

This is only useful in combination with EditorLayout.TabLayout.

Parameters

data (QgsAttributeEditorElement) –

attributeEditorElementFromDomElement(self, elem: QDomElement, parent: QgsAttributeEditorElement, layerId: str = '', context: QgsReadWriteContext = QgsReadWriteContext())QgsAttributeEditorElement

Deserialize drag and drop designer elements.

Parameters
Return type

QgsAttributeEditorElement

clearTabs(self)

Clears all the tabs for the attribute editor form with EditorLayout.TabLayout.

initCode(self) → str

Gets Python code for edit form initialization.

Return type

str

initCodeSource(self) → QgsEditFormConfig.PythonInitCodeSource

Returns Python code source for edit form initialization (if it shall be loaded from a file, read from the provided dialog editor or inherited from the environment)

Return type

QgsEditFormConfig.PythonInitCodeSource

initFilePath(self) → str

Gets Python external file path for edit form initialization.

Return type

str

initFunction(self) → str

Gets Python function for edit form initialization. Will be looked up in a Python file relative to the project folder if it includes a module name or if it’s a pure function name it will searched in the Python code set with setInitCode().

Return type

str

invisibleRootContainer(self)QgsAttributeEditorContainer

Gets the invisible root container for the drag and drop designer form (EditorLayout.TabLayout).

New in version 3.

Return type

QgsAttributeEditorContainer

labelOnTop(self, idx: int) → bool

If this returns True, the widget at the given index will receive its label on the previous line while if it returns False, the widget will receive its label on the left hand side. Labeling on top leaves more horizontal space for the widget itself.

Parameters

idx (int) –

Return type

bool

layout(self) → QgsEditFormConfig.EditorLayout

Gets the active layout style for the attribute editor for this layer

Return type

QgsEditFormConfig.EditorLayout

readOnly(self, idx: int) → bool

This returns True if the field is manually set to read only or if the field does not support editing like joins or virtual fields.

Parameters

idx (int) –

Return type

bool

readXml(self, node: QDomNode, context: QgsReadWriteContext)

Read XML information Deserialize on project load

Parameters
removeWidgetConfig(self, widgetName: str) → bool

Remove the configuration for the editor widget with the given name

Parameters

widgetName (str) – The name of the widget.

Return type

bool

Returns

True if a configuration has been removed

setInitCode(self, code: str)

Set Python code for edit form initialization. Make sure that you also set the appropriate function name in setInitFunction().

Parameters

code (str) –

setInitCodeSource(self, initCodeSource: QgsEditFormConfig.PythonInitCodeSource)

Sets if Python code shall be used for edit form initialization and its origin

Parameters

initCodeSource (QgsEditFormConfig.PythonInitCodeSource) –

setInitFilePath(self, filePath: str)

Set Python external file path for edit form initialization. Make sure that you also set the appropriate function name in setInitFunction().

Parameters

filePath (str) –

setInitFunction(self, function: str)

Set Python function for edit form initialization. Will be looked up in a Python file relative to the project folder if it includes a module name or if it’s a pure function name it will searched in the Python code set with setInitCode().

Parameters

function (str) –

setLabelOnTop(self, idx: int, onTop: bool)

If this is set to True, the widget at the given index will receive its label on the previous line while if it is set to False, the widget will receive its label on the left hand side. Labeling on top leaves more horizontal space for the widget itself.

Parameters
  • idx (int) –

  • onTop (bool) –

setLayout(self, editorLayout: QgsEditFormConfig.EditorLayout)

Sets the active layout style for the attribute editor for this layer

Parameters

editorLayout (QgsEditFormConfig.EditorLayout) –

setReadOnly(self, idx: int, readOnly: bool = True)

If set to False, the widget at the given index will be read-only.

Parameters
  • idx (int) –

  • readOnly (bool = True) –

setSuppress(self, s: QgsEditFormConfig.FeatureFormSuppress)

Sets type of feature form pop-up suppression after feature creation (overrides app setting)

Parameters

s (QgsEditFormConfig.FeatureFormSuppress) –

setUiForm(self, ui: str)

Set path to the .ui form. When a string is provided in ui, the layout style will be set to EditorLayout.UiFileLayout, if an empty or a null string is provided, the layout style will be set to EditorLayout.GeneratedLayout. If ui is a URL, a local copy of the file will be made and will be used to create the forms context is provided to save error messages

Parameters

ui (str) –

setWidgetConfig(self, widgetName: str, config: Dict[str, Any]) → bool

Set the editor widget config for a widget which is not for a simple field.

Example: .. code-block:: python

editFormConfig = layer.editFormConfig() editFormConfig.setWidgetConfig( ‘relation_id’, { ‘nm-rel’: ‘other_relation’ } ) layer.setEditFormConfig(editFormConfig)

Parameters
  • widgetName (str) – The name of the widget to configure

  • config (Dict[str) – The config to set for this widget

Return type

bool

Returns

False if a field exists with the provided widgetName. In this case QgsVectorLayer.setEditorWidgetSetup should be used.

staticMetaObject = <PyQt5.QtCore.QMetaObject object>
suppress(self) → QgsEditFormConfig.FeatureFormSuppress

Type of feature form pop-up suppression after feature creation (overrides app setting)

Return type

QgsEditFormConfig.FeatureFormSuppress

tabs(self) → List[QgsAttributeEditorElement]

Returns a list of tabs for EditorLayout.TabLayout obtained from the invisible root container.

Return type

List[QgsAttributeEditorElement]

uiForm(self) → str

Returns the path or URL to the .ui form. Only meaningful with EditorLayout.UiFileLayout

Return type

str

widgetConfig(self, widgetName: str) → Dict[str, Any]

Gets the configuration for the editor widget with the given name.

Parameters

widgetName (str) – The name of the widget.

Return type

Dict[str, Any]

Returns

The configuration for the editor widget or an empty config if the field does not exist

writeXml(self, node: QDomNode, context: QgsReadWriteContext)

Write XML information Serialize on project save

Parameters