Class: QgsLayoutViewTool

class qgis.gui.QgsLayoutViewTool(view: QgsLayoutView, name: str)

Bases: PyQt5.QtCore.QObject

Constructor for QgsLayoutViewTool, taking a layout view and tool name as parameters.

Abstract base class for all layout view tools. Layout view tools are user interactive tools for manipulating and adding items to QgsLayoutView widgets.

New in version 3.0.

Parameters
class Flag

Bases: int

FlagSnaps = 2
class Flags

Bases: sip.wrapper

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

action(self) → QAction

Returns the action associated with the tool or None if no action is associated.

See also

setAction()

Return type

QAction

activate(self)

Called when tool is set as the currently active layout tool. Overridden implementations must take care to call the base class implementation.

activated

Emitted when the tool is activated. [signal]

childEvent(self, QChildEvent)
connectNotify(self, QMetaMethod)
customEvent(self, QEvent)
deactivate(self)

Called when tool is deactivated. Overridden implementations must take care to call the base class implementation.

deactivated

Emitted when the tool is deactivated. [signal]

disconnectNotify(self, QMetaMethod)
flags(self) → QgsLayoutViewTool.Flags

Returns the current combination of flags set for the tool.

See also

setFlags()

Return type

QgsLayoutViewTool.Flags

ignoredSnapItems(self) → List[QgsLayoutItem]

Returns a list of items which should be ignored while snapping events for this tool.

Return type

List[QgsLayoutItem]

isClickAndDrag(self, startViewPoint: QPoint, endViewPoint: QPoint) → bool

Returns True if a mouse press/release operation which started at startViewPoint and ended at endViewPoint should be considered a “click and drag”. If False is returned, the operation should be instead treated as just a click on startViewPoint.

Parameters
  • startViewPoint (QPoint) –

  • endViewPoint (QPoint) –

Return type

bool

isSignalConnected(self, QMetaMethod) → bool
itemFocused

Emitted when an item is “focused” by the tool, i.e. it should become the active item and should have its properties displayed in any designer windows. [signal]

Parameters

item (QgsLayoutItem) –

keyPressEvent(self, event: QKeyEvent)

Key press event for overriding. Default implementation does nothing.

Parameters

event (QKeyEvent) –

keyReleaseEvent(self, event: QKeyEvent)

Key release event for overriding. Default implementation does nothing.

Parameters

event (QKeyEvent) –

layout(self)QgsLayout

Returns the layout associated with the tool.

See also

view()

Return type

QgsLayout

layoutDoubleClickEvent(self, event: QgsLayoutViewMouseEvent)

Mouse double-click event for overriding. Default implementation does nothing.

Parameters

event (QgsLayoutViewMouseEvent) –

layoutMoveEvent(self, event: QgsLayoutViewMouseEvent)

Mouse move event for overriding. Default implementation does nothing.

Parameters

event (QgsLayoutViewMouseEvent) –

layoutPressEvent(self, event: QgsLayoutViewMouseEvent)

Mouse press event for overriding. Default implementation does nothing. Note that subclasses must ensure that they correctly handle cases when a layoutPressEvent is called without a corresponding layoutReleaseEvent (e.g. due to tool being changed mid way through a press-release operation).

Parameters

event (QgsLayoutViewMouseEvent) –

layoutReleaseEvent(self, event: QgsLayoutViewMouseEvent)

Mouse release event for overriding. Default implementation does nothing. Note that subclasses must ensure that they correctly handle cases when a layoutPressEvent is called without a corresponding layoutReleaseEvent (e.g. due to tool being changed mid way through a press-release operation).

Parameters

event (QgsLayoutViewMouseEvent) –

receivers(self, PYQT_SIGNAL) → int
sender(self) → QObject
senderSignalIndex(self) → int
setAction(self, action: QAction)

Associates an action with this tool. When the setLayoutTool method of QgsLayoutView is called the action’s state will be set to on. Usually this will cause a toolbutton to appear pressed in and the previously used toolbutton to pop out.

See also

action()

Parameters

action (QAction) –

setCursor(self, cursor: Union[QCursor, Qt.CursorShape])

Sets a user defined cursor for use when the tool is active.

Parameters

cursor (Union[QCursor) –

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

Sets the combination of flags that will be used for the tool.

See also

flags()

Parameters

flags (Union[QgsLayoutViewTool.Flags) –

timerEvent(self, QTimerEvent)
toolName(self) → str

Returns a user-visible, translated name for the tool.

Return type

str

view(self)QgsLayoutView

Returns the view associated with the tool.

See also

layout()

Return type

QgsLayoutView

wheelEvent(self, event: QWheelEvent)

Mouse wheel event for overriding. Default implementation does nothing.

Parameters

event (QWheelEvent) –