Class: CharacterWidget

class qgis.gui.CharacterWidget(parent: QWidget = None)

Bases: PyQt5.QtWidgets.QWidget

Constructor for CharacterWidget.

A widget for displaying characters available in a preset font, and allowing users to select an individual character.

Parameters

parent

actionEvent(self, QActionEvent)
changeEvent(self, QEvent)
character(self) → str

Returns the currently selected character in the widget.

See also

setCharacter()

New in version 3.0.

Return type

str

characterSelected

Emitted when a character is selected in the widget. [signal]

Parameters

character (str) –

childEvent(self, QChildEvent)
clearCharacter(self)

Clears the currently selected character in the widget.

See also

character()

See also

setCharacter()

closeEvent(self, QCloseEvent)
columns(self) → int

Returns the number of columns of characters shown in the widget.

Return type

int

connectNotify(self, QMetaMethod)
contextMenuEvent(self, QContextMenuEvent)
create(self, window: sip.voidptr = 0, initializeWindow: bool = True, destroyOldWindow: bool = True)
customEvent(self, QEvent)
destroy(self, destroyWindow: bool = True, destroySubWindows: bool = True)
disconnectNotify(self, QMetaMethod)
dragEnterEvent(self, QDragEnterEvent)
dragLeaveEvent(self, QDragLeaveEvent)
dragMoveEvent(self, QDragMoveEvent)
dropEvent(self, QDropEvent)
enterEvent(self, QEvent)
event(self, QEvent) → bool
focusInEvent(self, QFocusEvent)
focusNextChild(self) → bool
focusNextPrevChild(self, bool) → bool
focusOutEvent(self, QFocusEvent)
focusPreviousChild(self) → bool
font(self) → QFont

Returns the font shown in the widget

See also

setFont()

New in version 3.0.

Return type

QFont

hideEvent(self, QHideEvent)
initPainter(self, QPainter)
inputMethodEvent(self, QInputMethodEvent)
isSignalConnected(self, QMetaMethod) → bool
keyPressEvent(self, event: QKeyEvent)
Parameters

event (QKeyEvent) –

keyReleaseEvent(self, QKeyEvent)
leaveEvent(self, QEvent)
metric(self, QPaintDevice.PaintDeviceMetric) → int
mouseDoubleClickEvent(self, QMouseEvent)
mouseMoveEvent(self, event: QMouseEvent)
Parameters

event (QMouseEvent) –

mousePressEvent(self, event: QMouseEvent)
Parameters

event (QMouseEvent) –

mouseReleaseEvent(self, QMouseEvent)
moveEvent(self, QMoveEvent)
nativeEvent(self, Union[QByteArray, bytes, bytearray], sip.voidptr) → Tuple[bool, int]
paintEvent(self, event: QPaintEvent)
Parameters

event (QPaintEvent) –

receivers(self, PYQT_SIGNAL) → int
resizeEvent(self, event: QResizeEvent)
Parameters

event (QResizeEvent) –

sender(self) → QObject
senderSignalIndex(self) → int
setCharacter(self, character: str)

Sets the currently selected character in the widget.

See also

character()

Parameters

character (str) –

setColumns(self, columns: int)

Sets the number of columns of characters to show in the widget.

New in version 3.0.

Parameters

columns (int) –

setFont(self, font: QFont)

Sets the font to show in the widget.

See also

font()

New in version 3.0.

Parameters

font (QFont) –

setFontSize(self, fontSize: float)

Sets the font size (in points) to render in the widget.

New in version 3.0.

Parameters

fontSize (float) –

setFontStyle(self, fontStyle: str)

Sets the font style to show in the widget.

New in version 3.0.

Parameters

fontStyle (str) –

sharedPainter(self) → QPainter
showEvent(self, QShowEvent)
sizeHint(self) → QSize
Return type

QSize

squareSize(self) → int

Returns the size (in pixels) of the square used to render each character preview.

Return type

int

tabletEvent(self, QTabletEvent)
timerEvent(self, QTimerEvent)
updateFontMerging(self, enable: bool)
Parameters

enable (bool) –

updateMicroFocus(self)
wheelEvent(self, QWheelEvent)