Class: QgsLayoutRenderContext

class qgis.core.QgsLayoutRenderContext(layout: QgsLayout)

Bases: PyQt5.QtCore.QObject

Constructor for QgsLayoutRenderContext.

Stores information relating to the current rendering settings for a layout.

New in version 3.0.

Parameters

layout

class Flag

Bases: int

FlagAntialiasing = 8
FlagDebug = 2
FlagDisableTiledRasterLayerRenders = 256
FlagDrawSelection = 128
FlagForceVectorOutput = 32
FlagHideCoverageLayer = 64
FlagOutlineOnly = 4
FlagRenderLabelsByMapLayer = 512
FlagUseAdvancedEffects = 16
class Flags

Bases: sip.wrapper

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

boundingBoxesVisible(self) → bool

Returns True if the item bounding boxes should be drawn.

Return type

bool

childEvent(self, QChildEvent)
connectNotify(self, QMetaMethod)
currentExportLayer(self) → int

Returns the current item layer to draw while exporting. QgsLayoutItem subclasses which support multi-layer SVG exports must check this and customize their rendering based on the layer.

If layer is -1, all item layers should be rendered.

Deprecated since version Items: should now handle this themselves, via QgsLayoutItem.exportLayerBehavior() and returning QgsLayoutItem.nextExportPart().

Return type

int

customEvent(self, QEvent)
disconnectNotify(self, QMetaMethod)
dpi(self) → float

Returns the dpi for outputting the layout.

See also

setDpi()

Return type

float

dpiChanged

Emitted when the context’s DPI is changed. [signal]

exportThemes(self) → List[str]

Returns a list of map themes to use during the export.

Items which handle layered exports (e.g. maps) may utilize this list to export different representations of the item as export layers, as they iterate through these included themes.

New in version 3.10.

Return type

List[str]

flags(self) → QgsLayoutRenderContext.Flags

Returns the current combination of flags used for rendering the layout.

See also

setFlags()

See also

setFlag()

See also

testFlag()

Return type

QgsLayoutRenderContext.Flags

flagsChanged

Emitted whenever the context’s flags change.

See also

setFlags() [signal]

Parameters

flags (Union[QgsLayoutRenderContext.Flags) –

gridVisible(self) → bool

Returns True if the page grid should be drawn.

See also

setGridVisible()

Return type

bool

isPreviewRender(self) → bool

Returns True if the render current being conducted is a preview render, i.e. it is being rendered inside a QGraphicsView widget as opposed to a destination device (such as an image).

Return type

bool

isSignalConnected(self, QMetaMethod) → bool
measurementConverter(self)QgsLayoutMeasurementConverter

Returns the layout measurement converter to be used in the layout. This converter is used for translating between other measurement units and the layout’s native unit.

Return type

QgsLayoutMeasurementConverter

pagesVisible(self) → bool

Returns whether the page items are be visible in the layout. This setting effects both display of the page boundaries in layout views and whether they will be rendered in layout exports.

Return type

bool

predefinedScales(self) → List[float]

Returns the current list of predefined scales for use with the layout.

New in version 3.10.

Return type

List[float]

predefinedScalesChanged

Emitted when the list of predefined scales changes.

New in version 3.10: [signal]

receivers(self, PYQT_SIGNAL) → int
renderContextFlags(self) → QgsRenderContext.Flags

Returns the combination of render context flags matched to the layout context’s settings.

Return type

QgsRenderContext.Flags

selectionColor(self) → QColor

Gets color that is used for drawing of selected vector features

New in version 3.4.

Return type

QColor

sender(self) → QObject
senderSignalIndex(self) → int
setBoundingBoxesVisible(self, visible: bool)

Sets whether the item bounding boxes should be visible.

Parameters

visible (bool) –

setCurrentExportLayer(self, layer: int = - 1)

Sets the current item layer to draw while exporting. QgsLayoutItem subclasses which support multi-layer SVG exports must check the currentExportLayer() and customize their rendering based on the layer.

If layer is -1, all item layers will be rendered.

Deprecated since version Items: should now handle this themselves, via QgsLayoutItem.exportLayerBehavior() and returning QgsLayoutItem.nextExportPart().

Parameters

layer (int = -1) –

setDpi(self, dpi: float)

Sets the dpi for outputting the layout. This also sets the corresponding DPI for the context’s measurementConverter().

See also

dpi()

Parameters

dpi (float) –

setExportThemes(self, themes: Iterable[str])

Sets a list of map themes to use during the export.

Items which handle layered exports (e.g. maps) may utilize this list to export different representations of the item as export layers, as they iterate through these included themes.

See also

exportThemes()

New in version 3.10.

Parameters

themes (Iterable[str]) –

setFlag(self, flag: QgsLayoutRenderContext.Flag, on: bool = True)

Enables or disables a particular rendering flag for the layout. Other existing flags are not affected.

See also

setFlags()

See also

flags()

See also

testFlag()

Parameters
setFlags(self, flags: Union[QgsLayoutRenderContext.Flags, QgsLayoutRenderContext.Flag])

Sets the combination of flags that will be used for rendering the layout.

See also

setFlag()

See also

flags()

See also

testFlag()

Parameters

flags (Union[QgsLayoutRenderContext.Flags) –

setGridVisible(self, visible: bool)

Sets whether the page grid should be visible.

See also

gridVisible()

Parameters

visible (bool) –

setPagesVisible(self, visible: bool)

Sets whether the page items should be visible in the layout. Removing them will prevent both display of the page boundaries in layout views and will also prevent them from being rendered in layout exports.

See also

pagesVisible()

Parameters

visible (bool) –

setPredefinedScales(self, scales: Iterable[float])

Sets the list of predefined scales to use with the layout. This is used for maps which are set to the predefined atlas scaling mode.

New in version 3.10.

Parameters

scales (Iterable[float]) –

setSelectionColor(self, color: Union[QColor, Qt.GlobalColor])

Sets color that is used for drawing of selected vector features

See also

selectionColor()

New in version 3.4.

Parameters

color (Union[QColor) –

setSimplifyMethod(self, method: QgsVectorSimplifyMethod)

Sets the simplification setting to use when rendering vector layers.

If the simplify method is enabled, it apply to all vector layers rendered inside map items.

This can be used to specify global simplification methods to apply during map exports, e.g. to allow vector layers to be simplified to an appropriate maximum level of detail during PDF exports (avoiding excessive PDF size due to huge numbers of vertices).

The default is to use no simplification.

Note

This simplification method is only used during non-preview renders.

See also

simplifyMethod()

New in version 3.10.

Parameters

method (QgsVectorSimplifyMethod) –

setTextRenderFormat(self, format: QgsRenderContext.TextRenderFormat)

Sets the text render format, which dictates how text is rendered (e.g. as paths or real text objects).

New in version 3.4.3.

Parameters

format (QgsRenderContext.TextRenderFormat) –

simplifyMethod(self)QgsVectorSimplifyMethod

Returns the simplification settings to use when rendering vector layers.

If enabled, it will apply to all vector layers rendered for the map.

The default is to use no simplification.

Note

This simplification method is only used during non-preview renders.

New in version 3.10.

Return type

QgsVectorSimplifyMethod

testFlag(self, flag: QgsLayoutRenderContext.Flag) → bool

Check whether a particular rendering flag is enabled for the layout.

See also

setFlags()

See also

setFlag()

See also

flags()

Parameters

flag (QgsLayoutRenderContext.Flag) –

Return type

bool

textRenderFormat(self) → QgsRenderContext.TextRenderFormat

Returns the text render format, which dictates how text is rendered (e.g. as paths or real text objects).

New in version 3.4.3.

Return type

QgsRenderContext.TextRenderFormat

timerEvent(self, QTimerEvent)