Class: QgsLayoutItemRegistry

class qgis.core.QgsLayoutItemRegistry(parent: QObject = None)

Bases: PyQt5.QtCore.QObject

Creates a new empty item registry.

QgsLayoutItemRegistry is not usually directly created, but rather accessed through QgsApplication.layoutItemRegistry().

See also

populate()

Registry of available layout item types.

QgsLayoutItemRegistry is not usually directly created, but rather accessed through QgsApplication.layoutItemRegistry().

A companion class, QgsLayoutItemGuiRegistry, handles the GUI behavior of layout items.

New in version 3.0:

Methods

addLayoutItemType

Registers a new layout item type.

addLayoutMultiFrameType

Registers a new layout multiframe type.

childEvent

connectNotify

createItem

Creates a new instance of a layout item given the item type, and target layout.

createMultiFrame

Creates a new instance of a layout multiframe given the multiframe type, and target layout.

customEvent

disconnectNotify

isSignalConnected

itemMetadata

Returns the metadata for the specified item type.

itemTypes

Returns a map of available item types to translated name.

multiFrameMetadata

Returns the metadata for the specified multiframe type.

populate

Populates the registry with standard item types.

receivers

resolvePaths

Resolve paths in properties of a particular symbol layer.

sender

senderSignalIndex

timerEvent

Signals

multiFrameTypeAdded

Emitted whenever a new multiframe type is added to the registry, with the specified type and visible name.

typeAdded

Emitted whenever a new item type is added to the registry, with the specified type and visible name.

Attributes

Layout3DMap

LayoutAttributeTable

LayoutFrame

LayoutGroup

LayoutHtml

LayoutItem

LayoutLabel

LayoutLegend

LayoutManualTable

LayoutMap

LayoutMarker

LayoutPage

LayoutPicture

LayoutPolygon

LayoutPolyline

LayoutScaleBar

LayoutShape

LayoutTextTable

PluginItem

class ItemType

Bases: int

Layout3DMap = 65651
LayoutAttributeTable = 65649
LayoutFrame = 65647
LayoutGroup = 65637
LayoutHtml = 65648
LayoutItem = 65636
LayoutLabel = 65641
LayoutLegend = 65642
LayoutManualTable = 65652
LayoutMap = 65639
LayoutMarker = 65653
LayoutPage = 65638
LayoutPicture = 65640
LayoutPolygon = 65644
LayoutPolyline = 65645
LayoutScaleBar = 65646
LayoutShape = 65643
LayoutTextTable = 65650
PluginItem = 75650
addLayoutItemType(self, metadata: QgsLayoutItemAbstractMetadata) bool

Registers a new layout item type. Takes ownership of the metadata instance.

Parameters

metadata (QgsLayoutItemAbstractMetadata) –

Return type

bool

addLayoutMultiFrameType(self, metadata: QgsLayoutMultiFrameAbstractMetadata) bool

Registers a new layout multiframe type. Takes ownership of the metadata instance.

Parameters

metadata (QgsLayoutMultiFrameAbstractMetadata) –

Return type

bool

childEvent(self, QChildEvent)
connectNotify(self, QMetaMethod)
createItem(self, type: int, layout: QgsLayout) QgsLayoutItem

Creates a new instance of a layout item given the item type, and target layout.

Parameters
Return type

QgsLayoutItem

createMultiFrame(self, type: int, layout: QgsLayout) QgsLayoutMultiFrame

Creates a new instance of a layout multiframe given the multiframe type, and target layout.

See also

createItem()

Parameters
Return type

QgsLayoutMultiFrame

customEvent(self, QEvent)
disconnectNotify(self, QMetaMethod)
isSignalConnected(self, QMetaMethod) bool
itemMetadata(self, type: int) QgsLayoutItemAbstractMetadata

Returns the metadata for the specified item type. Returns None if a corresponding type was not found in the registry.

Parameters

type (int) –

Return type

QgsLayoutItemAbstractMetadata

itemTypes(self) Dict[int, str]

Returns a map of available item types to translated name.

Return type

Dict[int, str]

multiFrameMetadata(self, type: int) QgsLayoutMultiFrameAbstractMetadata

Returns the metadata for the specified multiframe type. Returns None if a corresponding type was not found in the registry.

See also

itemMetadata()

Parameters

type (int) –

Return type

QgsLayoutMultiFrameAbstractMetadata

multiFrameTypeAdded

Emitted whenever a new multiframe type is added to the registry, with the specified type and visible name. [signal]

Parameters
  • type (int) –

  • name (str) –

populate(self) bool

Populates the registry with standard item types. If called on a non-empty registry then this will have no effect and will return False.

Return type

bool

receivers(self, PYQT_SIGNAL) int
resolvePaths(self, type: int, properties: Dict[str, Any], pathResolver: QgsPathResolver, saving: bool)

Resolve paths in properties of a particular symbol layer. This normally means converting relative paths to absolute paths when loading and converting absolute paths to relative paths when saving.

Parameters
  • type (int) –

  • properties (Dict[str) –

  • pathResolver (QgsPathResolver) –

  • saving (bool) –

sender(self) QObject
senderSignalIndex(self) int
timerEvent(self, QTimerEvent)
typeAdded

Emitted whenever a new item type is added to the registry, with the specified type and visible name. [signal]

Parameters
  • type (int) –

  • name (str) –