Class: QgsMapToolIdentifyFeature

class qgis.gui.QgsMapToolIdentifyFeature(canvas: QgsMapCanvas, vl: QgsVectorLayer = None)

Bases: QgsMapToolIdentify

QgsMapToolIdentifyFeature is a map tool to identify a feature on a chosen layer

Parameters
  • canvas (QgsMapCanvas) – the map canvas

  • vl (QgsVectorLayer = None) – the vector layer. The map tool can be initialized without any layer and can be set afterward.

The QgsMapToolIdentifyFeature class is a map tool to identify a feature on a chosen layer. Once the map tool is enable, user can click on the map canvas to identify a feature. A signal will then be emitted.

Methods

canvasReleaseEvent

param e

childEvent

connectNotify

customEvent

derivedAttributesForPoint

Returns derived attributes map for a clicked point in map coordinates.

disconnectNotify

identify

Performs the identification.

identifyLayer

Call the right method depending on layer type

identifyMeshLayer

Identifies data from active scalar and vector dataset from the mesh layer

identifyRasterLayer

identifyVectorLayer

isSignalConnected

keyPressEvent

param e

receivers

restoreCanvasPropertiesOverrides

Clears canvas properties overrides previously set with setCanvasPropertiesOverrides()

sender

senderSignalIndex

setCanvasPropertiesOverrides

Overrides some map canvas properties inside the map tool for the upcoming identify requests.

setLayer

change the layer used by the map tool to identify

timerEvent

toCanvasCoordinates

transformation from map coordinates to screen coordinates

toLayerCoordinates

transformation from screen coordinates to layer’s coordinates

toMapCoordinates

transformation from screen coordinates to map coordinates

toMapCoordinatesV2

transformation from layer’s coordinates to map coordinates (which is different in case reprojection is used)

Signals

featureIdentified

featureIdentified(self, QgsFeature) [signal] featureIdentified(self, int) [signal]

canvasReleaseEvent(self, e: QgsMapMouseEvent)
Parameters

e (QgsMapMouseEvent) –

childEvent(self, QChildEvent)
connectNotify(self, QMetaMethod)
customEvent(self, QEvent)
derivedAttributesForPoint(self, point: QgsPoint) → Dict[str, str]

Returns derived attributes map for a clicked point in map coordinates. May be 2D or 3D point.

disconnectNotify(self, QMetaMethod)
featureIdentified

featureIdentified(self, QgsFeature) [signal] featureIdentified(self, int) [signal]

identify(self, x: int, y: int, layerList: Iterable[QgsMapLayer] = [], mode: QgsMapToolIdentify.IdentifyMode = QgsMapToolIdentify.DefaultQgsSetting) → List[QgsMapToolIdentify.IdentifyResult]

Performs the identification.

Parameters
  • x – x coordinates of mouseEvent

  • y – y coordinates of mouseEvent

  • layerList – Performs the identification within the given list of layers. Default value is an empty list, i.e. uses all the layers.

  • mode – Identification mode. Can use Qgis default settings or a defined mode. Default mode is DefaultQgsSetting.

Returns

a list of IdentifyResult*

identify(self, x: int, y: int, mode: QgsMapToolIdentify.IdentifyMode, layerType: Union[QgsMapToolIdentify.LayerType, QgsMapToolIdentify.Type] = QgsMapToolIdentify.AllLayers) -> List[QgsMapToolIdentify.IdentifyResult] Performs the identification. To avoid being forced to specify IdentifyMode with a list of layers this has been made private and two publics methods are offered

Parameters
  • x – x coordinates of mouseEvent

  • y – y coordinates of mouseEvent

  • mode – Identification mode. Can use Qgis default settings or a defined mode.

  • layerType – Only performs identification in a certain type of layers (raster, vector, mesh). Default value is AllLayers.

Returns

a list of IdentifyResult

identify(self, geometry: QgsGeometry, mode: QgsMapToolIdentify.IdentifyMode, layerType: Union[QgsMapToolIdentify.LayerType, QgsMapToolIdentify.Type]) -> List[QgsMapToolIdentify.IdentifyResult] Performs identification based on a geometry (in map coordinates)

identify(self, geometry: QgsGeometry, mode: QgsMapToolIdentify.IdentifyMode, layerList: Iterable[QgsMapLayer], layerType: Union[QgsMapToolIdentify.LayerType, QgsMapToolIdentify.Type]) -> List[QgsMapToolIdentify.IdentifyResult] Performs identification based on a geometry (in map coordinates)

identify(self, x: int, y: int, mode: QgsMapToolIdentify.IdentifyMode, layerList: Iterable[QgsMapLayer], layerType: Union[QgsMapToolIdentify.LayerType, QgsMapToolIdentify.Type] = QgsMapToolIdentify.AllLayers) -> List[QgsMapToolIdentify.IdentifyResult] Performs the identification. To avoid being forced to specify IdentifyMode with a list of layers this has been made private and two publics methods are offered

Parameters
  • x – x coordinates of mouseEvent

  • y – y coordinates of mouseEvent

  • mode – Identification mode. Can use Qgis default settings or a defined mode.

  • layerList – Performs the identification within the given list of layers.

  • layerType – Only performs identification in a certain type of layers (raster, vector, mesh).

Returns

a list of IdentifyResult

identifyLayer(self, results: Iterable[QgsMapToolIdentify.IdentifyResult], layer: QgsMapLayer, point: QgsPointXY, viewExtent: QgsRectangle, mapUnitsPerPixel: float, layerType: Union[QgsMapToolIdentify.LayerType, QgsMapToolIdentify.Type] = QgsMapToolIdentify.AllLayers) → bool

Call the right method depending on layer type

identifyMeshLayer(self, results: Iterable[QgsMapToolIdentify.IdentifyResult], layer: QgsMeshLayer, point: QgsPointXY) → bool

Identifies data from active scalar and vector dataset from the mesh layer

Works only if layer was already rendered (triangular mesh is created)

New in version 3.6.

identifyRasterLayer(self, results: Iterable[QgsMapToolIdentify.IdentifyResult], layer: QgsRasterLayer, point: QgsPointXY, viewExtent: QgsRectangle, mapUnitsPerPixel: float) → bool
identifyVectorLayer(self, results: Iterable[QgsMapToolIdentify.IdentifyResult], layer: QgsVectorLayer, point: QgsPointXY) → bool
isSignalConnected(self, QMetaMethod) → bool
keyPressEvent(self, e: QKeyEvent)
Parameters

e (QKeyEvent) –

receivers(self, PYQT_SIGNAL) → int
restoreCanvasPropertiesOverrides(self)

Clears canvas properties overrides previously set with setCanvasPropertiesOverrides()

New in version 3.4.

sender(self) → QObject
senderSignalIndex(self) → int
setCanvasPropertiesOverrides(self, searchRadiusMapUnits: float)

Overrides some map canvas properties inside the map tool for the upcoming identify requests.

This is useful when the identification is triggered by some other piece of GUI like a 3D map view and some properties like search radius need to be adjusted so that identification returns correct results. Currently only search radius may be overridden.

When the custom identification has finished, restoreCanvasPropertiesOverrides() should be called to erase any overrides.

New in version 3.4.

setLayer(self, vl: QgsVectorLayer)

change the layer used by the map tool to identify

Parameters

vl (QgsVectorLayer) –

timerEvent(self, QTimerEvent)
toCanvasCoordinates(self, point: QgsPointXY) → QPoint

transformation from map coordinates to screen coordinates

toLayerCoordinates(self, layer: QgsMapLayer, point: QPoint)QgsPointXY

transformation from screen coordinates to layer’s coordinates

toLayerCoordinates(self, layer: QgsMapLayer, point: QgsPointXY) -> QgsPointXY transformation from map coordinates to layer’s coordinates

toLayerCoordinates(self, layer: QgsMapLayer, rect: QgsRectangle) -> QgsRectangle trnasformation of the rect from map coordinates to layer’s coordinates

toMapCoordinates(self, point: QPoint)QgsPointXY

transformation from screen coordinates to map coordinates

toMapCoordinates(self, layer: QgsMapLayer, point: QgsPointXY) -> QgsPointXY transformation from layer’s coordinates to map coordinates (which is different in case reprojection is used)

toMapCoordinatesV2(self, layer: QgsMapLayer, point: QgsPoint)QgsPoint

transformation from layer’s coordinates to map coordinates (which is different in case reprojection is used)

Note

available in Python bindings as toMapCoordinatesV2