Class: QgsColorButton

class qgis.gui.QgsColorButton(parent: QWidget = None, cdt: str = '', registry: QgsColorSchemeRegistry = None)

Bases: PyQt5.QtWidgets.QToolButton

Construct a new color ramp button. Use parent to attach a parent QWidget to the dialog. Use cdt string to define the title to show in the color ramp dialog Use a color scheme registry for color swatch grids to show in the drop-down menu. If not specified, the button will use the global color scheme registry instead

A cross platform button subclass for selecting colors. Will open a color chooser dialog when clicked. Offers live updates to button from color chooser dialog. An attached drop-down menu allows for copying and pasting colors, picking colors from the screen, and selecting colors from color swatch grids.

New in version 2.5:

Methods

actionEvent

activatePicker

Activates the color picker tool, which allows for sampling a color from anywhere on the screen

allowOpacity

Returns whether opacity modification (transparency) is permitted for the color.

behavior

Returns the behavior for when the button is clicked.

changeEvent

param e

checkStateSet

childEvent

closeEvent

color

Returns the currently selected color.

colorDialogTitle

Returns the title for the color chooser dialog window.

colorSchemeRegistry

Returns the color scheme registry for the button, which controls the color swatch grids that are shown in the button's drop-down menu.

connectNotify

context

Returns the context string for the color button.

contextMenuEvent

copyColor

Copies the current color to the clipboard

create

createMenuIcon

Creates an icon for displaying a color in a drop-down menu.

customEvent

defaultColor

Returns the default color for the button, which is shown in the button's drop-down menu for the "default color" option.

destroy

disconnectNotify

dragEnterEvent

Reimplemented to accept dragged colors

dragLeaveEvent

Reimplemented to reset button appearance after drag leave

dragMoveEvent

dropEvent

Reimplemented to accept dropped colors

enterEvent

event

param e

focusInEvent

focusNextChild

focusNextPrevChild

focusOutEvent

focusPreviousChild

hideEvent

hitButton

initPainter

initStyleOption

inputMethodEvent

isNull

Returns True if the current color is null.

isSignalConnected

keyPressEvent

Reimplemented to allow canceling color pick via keypress, and sample via space bar press

keyReleaseEvent

leaveEvent

linkToProjectColor

Sets the button to link to an existing project color, by color name.

linkedProjectColorName

Returns the linked project color name, if set.

metric

minimumSizeHint

rtype

QSize

mouseDoubleClickEvent

mouseMoveEvent

Reimplemented to allow dragging colors from button

mousePressEvent

Reimplemented to detect right mouse button clicks on the color button and allow dragging colors

mouseReleaseEvent

Reimplemented to allow color picking

moveEvent

nativeEvent

nextCheckState

noColorString

Returns the string used for the "no color" option in the button's drop-down menu.

paintEvent

pasteColor

Pastes a color from the clipboard to the color button.

receivers

resizeEvent

param event

sender

senderSignalIndex

setAllowOpacity

Sets whether opacity modification (transparency) is permitted for the color.

setBehavior

Sets the behavior for when the button is clicked.

setButtonBackground

Sets the background pixmap for the button based upon color and transparency.

setColor

Sets the current color for the button.

setColorDialogTitle

Set the title for the color chooser dialog window.

setColorSchemeRegistry

Sets the color scheme registry for the button, which controls the color swatch grids that are shown in the button's drop-down menu.

setContext

Sets the context string for the color button.

setDefaultColor

Sets the default color for the button, which is shown in the button's drop-down menu for the "default color" option.

setNoColorString

Sets the string to use for the "no color" option in the button's drop-down menu.

setShowMenu

Sets whether the drop-down menu should be shown for the button.

setShowNoColor

Sets whether the "no color" option should be shown in the button's drop-down menu.

setShowNull

Sets whether a set to null (clear) option is shown in the button's drop-down menu.

setToDefaultColor

Sets color to the button's default color, if set.

setToNoColor

Sets color to a totally transparent color.

setToNull

Sets color to null.

sharedPainter

showEvent

param e

showMenu

Returns whether the drop-down menu is shown for the button.

showNoColor

Returns whether the "no color" option is shown in the button's drop-down menu.

showNull

Returns whether the set to null (clear) option is shown in the button's drop-down menu.

sizeHint

rtype

QSize

tabletEvent

timerEvent

transparentBackground

Returns a checkboard pattern pixmap for use as a background to transparent colors

unlink

Unlinks the button from a project color.

updateMicroFocus

wheelEvent

Signals

cleared

Emitted when the color is cleared (set to null).

colorChanged

Emitted whenever a new color is set for the button.

colorClicked

Emitted when the button is clicked, if the button's behavior is set to SignalOnly

unlinked

Emitted when the color is unlinked, e.g.

Attributes

ShowDialog

SignalOnly

class Behavior

Bases: int

baseClass

alias of qgis._gui.QgsColorButton

ShowDialog = 0
SignalOnly = 1
actionEvent(self, QActionEvent)
activatePicker(self)

Activates the color picker tool, which allows for sampling a color from anywhere on the screen

allowOpacity(self) bool

Returns whether opacity modification (transparency) is permitted for the color.

Return type

bool

Returns

True if opacity modification is allowed

New in version 3.0.

behavior(self) QgsColorButton.Behavior

Returns the behavior for when the button is clicked.

Return type

QgsColorButton.Behavior

Returns

behavior when button is clicked

See also

setBehavior()

changeEvent(self, e: QEvent)
Parameters

e (QEvent) –

checkStateSet(self)
childEvent(self, QChildEvent)
cleared

Emitted when the color is cleared (set to null).

See also

setToNull()

New in version 3.12: [signal]

closeEvent(self, QCloseEvent)
color(self) QColor

Returns the currently selected color.

Return type

QColor

Returns

currently selected color

See also

setColor()

colorChanged

Emitted whenever a new color is set for the button. The color is always valid. In case the new color is the same no signal is emitted, to avoid infinite loops.

Parameters

color (Union[QColor) – New color [signal]

colorClicked

Emitted when the button is clicked, if the button’s behavior is set to SignalOnly

Parameters

color (Union[QColor) – button color

See also

setBehavior()

See also

behavior() [signal]

colorDialogTitle(self) str

Returns the title for the color chooser dialog window.

Return type

str

Returns

title for the color chooser dialog

colorSchemeRegistry(self) QgsColorSchemeRegistry

Returns the color scheme registry for the button, which controls the color swatch grids that are shown in the button’s drop-down menu.

Return type

QgsColorSchemeRegistry

Returns

color scheme registry for the button. If returned value is 0 then all color swatch grids are hidden from the button’s drop-down menu.

connectNotify(self, QMetaMethod)
context(self) str

Returns the context string for the color button. The context string is passed to all color swatch grids shown in the button’s drop-down menu, to allow them to customize their display colors based on the context.

Return type

str

Returns

context string for the color button’s color swatch grids

See also

setContext()

contextMenuEvent(self, QContextMenuEvent)
copyColor(self)

Copies the current color to the clipboard

See also

pasteColor()

create(self, window: sip.voidptr = 0, initializeWindow: bool = True, destroyOldWindow: bool = True)
createMenuIcon(color: Union[QColor, Qt.GlobalColor, QGradient], showChecks: bool = True) QPixmap

Creates an icon for displaying a color in a drop-down menu.

If showChecks set to True, then a checkboard pattern will be shown behind semi-transparent colors.

New in version 3.6.

Parameters
  • color (Union[QColor) –

  • showChecks (bool = True) –

Return type

QPixmap

customEvent(self, QEvent)
defaultColor(self) QColor

Returns the default color for the button, which is shown in the button’s drop-down menu for the “default color” option.

Return type

QColor

Returns

default color for the button. Returns an invalid QColor if the default color option is disabled.

destroy(self, destroyWindow: bool = True, destroySubWindows: bool = True)
disconnectNotify(self, QMetaMethod)
dragEnterEvent(self, e: QDragEnterEvent)

Reimplemented to accept dragged colors

Parameters

e (QDragEnterEvent) –

dragLeaveEvent(self, e: QDragLeaveEvent)

Reimplemented to reset button appearance after drag leave

Parameters

e (QDragLeaveEvent) –

dragMoveEvent(self, QDragMoveEvent)
dropEvent(self, e: QDropEvent)

Reimplemented to accept dropped colors

Parameters

e (QDropEvent) –

enterEvent(self, QEvent)
event(self, e: QEvent) bool
Parameters

e (QEvent) –

Return type

bool

focusInEvent(self, QFocusEvent)
focusNextChild(self) bool
focusNextPrevChild(self, bool) bool
focusOutEvent(self, QFocusEvent)
focusPreviousChild(self) bool
hideEvent(self, QHideEvent)
hitButton(self, QPoint) bool
initPainter(self, QPainter)
initStyleOption(self, QStyleOptionToolButton)
inputMethodEvent(self, QInputMethodEvent)
isNull(self) bool

Returns True if the current color is null.

See also

setShowNull()

See also

showNull()

New in version 2.16.

Return type

bool

isSignalConnected(self, QMetaMethod) bool
keyPressEvent(self, e: QKeyEvent)

Reimplemented to allow canceling color pick via keypress, and sample via space bar press

Parameters

e (QKeyEvent) –

keyReleaseEvent(self, QKeyEvent)
leaveEvent(self, QEvent)
linkToProjectColor(self, name: str)

Sets the button to link to an existing project color, by color name.

This changes the behavior of the button to a “linked” mode. Specifically, the button will show the linked color and respond to changes in the project color scheme by refreshing the displayed color automatically. Additionally, the button’s menu will show items specific to linked color mode, including an option to “unlink” from the project color.

See also

unlink()

New in version 3.6.

Parameters

name (str) –

linkedProjectColorName(self) str

Returns the linked project color name, if set.

New in version 3.6.

Return type

str

metric(self, QPaintDevice.PaintDeviceMetric) int
minimumSizeHint(self) QSize
Return type

QSize

mouseDoubleClickEvent(self, QMouseEvent)
mouseMoveEvent(self, e: QMouseEvent)

Reimplemented to allow dragging colors from button

Parameters

e (QMouseEvent) –

mousePressEvent(self, e: QMouseEvent)

Reimplemented to detect right mouse button clicks on the color button and allow dragging colors

Parameters

e (QMouseEvent) –

mouseReleaseEvent(self, e: QMouseEvent)

Reimplemented to allow color picking

Parameters

e (QMouseEvent) –

moveEvent(self, QMoveEvent)
nativeEvent(self, Union[QByteArray, bytes, bytearray], sip.voidptr) Tuple[bool, int]
nextCheckState(self)
noColorString(self) str

Returns the string used for the “no color” option in the button’s drop-down menu.

Return type

str

Returns

string used for the “no color” menu option

See also

showNoColor()

Note

The “no color” option is only shown if the color button is set to show an alpha channel in the color dialog

paintEvent(self, QPaintEvent)
pasteColor(self)

Pastes a color from the clipboard to the color button. If clipboard does not contain a valid color or string representation of a color, then no change is applied.

See also

copyColor()

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

event (QResizeEvent) –

sender(self) QObject
senderSignalIndex(self) int
setAllowOpacity(self, allowOpacity: bool)

Sets whether opacity modification (transparency) is permitted for the color. Defaults to False.

Parameters

allowOpacity (bool) – set to True to allow opacity modification

See also

allowOpacity()

New in version 3.0.

setBehavior(self, behavior: QgsColorButton.Behavior)

Sets the behavior for when the button is clicked. The default behavior is to show a color picker dialog.

Parameters

behavior (QgsColorButton.Behavior) – behavior when button is clicked

See also

behavior()

setButtonBackground(self, color: Union[QColor, Qt.GlobalColor, QGradient] = QColor())

Sets the background pixmap for the button based upon color and transparency. Call directly to update background after adding/removing QColorDialog.ShowAlphaChannel option but the color has not changed, i.e. setColor() wouldn’t update button and you want the button to retain the set color’s alpha component regardless

Parameters

color (Union[QColor) – Color for button background. If no color is specified, the button’s current color will be used

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

Sets the current color for the button. Will emit a colorChanged signal if the color is different to the previous color.

Parameters

color (Union[QColor) – new color for the button

See also

color()

setColorDialogTitle(self, title: str)

Set the title for the color chooser dialog window.

Parameters

title (str) – Title for the color chooser dialog

setColorSchemeRegistry(self, registry: QgsColorSchemeRegistry)

Sets the color scheme registry for the button, which controls the color swatch grids that are shown in the button’s drop-down menu.

Parameters

registry (QgsColorSchemeRegistry) – color scheme registry for the button. Set to 0 to hide all color swatch grids from the button’s drop-down menu.

setContext(self, context: str)

Sets the context string for the color button. The context string is passed to all color swatch grids shown in the button’s drop-down menu, to allow them to customize their display colors based on the context.

Parameters

context (str) – context string for the color button’s color swatch grids

See also

context()

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

Sets the default color for the button, which is shown in the button’s drop-down menu for the “default color” option.

Parameters

color (Union[QColor) – default color for the button. Set to an invalid QColor to disable the default color option.

See also

defaultColor()

setNoColorString(self, noColorString: str)

Sets the string to use for the “no color” option in the button’s drop-down menu.

Parameters

noColorString (str) – string to use for the “no color” menu option

See also

noColorString()

See also

setShowNoColor()

Note

The “no color” option is only shown if the color button is set to show an alpha channel in the color dialog

setShowMenu(self, showMenu: bool)

Sets whether the drop-down menu should be shown for the button. The default behavior is to show the menu.

Parameters

showMenu (bool) – set to False to hide the drop-down menu

See also

showMenu()

setShowNoColor(self, showNoColorOption: bool)

Sets whether the “no color” option should be shown in the button’s drop-down menu. If selected, the “no color” option sets the color button’s color to a totally transparent color.

Parameters

showNoColorOption (bool) – set to True to show the no color option. This is disabled by default.

See also

showNoColor()

Note

The “no color” option is only shown if the color button is set to show an alpha channel in the color dialog

setShowNull(self, showNull: bool, nullString: str = '')

Sets whether a set to null (clear) option is shown in the button’s drop-down menu.

Parameters
  • showNull (bool) – set to True to show a null option

  • nullString (str = '') – translated string to use for the null option. If not set, a default “Clear Color” string will be used.

See also

showNull()

See also

isNull()

New in version 2.16.

setToDefaultColor(self)

Sets color to the button’s default color, if set.

See also

defaultColor()

See also

setToNull()

setToNoColor(self)

Sets color to a totally transparent color.

Note

If the color button is not set to show an opacity channel in the color dialog then the color will not be changed.

See also

setToNull()

setToNull(self)

Sets color to null.

See also

setToNoColor()

See also

cleared()

New in version 2.16.

sharedPainter(self) QPainter
showEvent(self, e: QShowEvent)
Parameters

e (QShowEvent) –

showMenu(self) bool

Returns whether the drop-down menu is shown for the button.

Return type

bool

Returns

True if drop-down menu is shown

See also

setShowMenu()

showNoColor(self) bool

Returns whether the “no color” option is shown in the button’s drop-down menu. If selected, the “no color” option sets the color button’s color to a totally transparent color.

Return type

bool

Returns

True if the no color option is shown.

See also

setShowNoColor()

See also

noColorString()

Note

The “no color” option is only shown if the color button is set to show an alpha channel in the color dialog

showNull(self) bool

Returns whether the set to null (clear) option is shown in the button’s drop-down menu.

See also

setShowNull()

See also

isNull()

New in version 2.16.

Return type

bool

sizeHint(self) QSize
Return type

QSize

tabletEvent(self, QTabletEvent)
timerEvent(self, QTimerEvent)
transparentBackground() QPixmap

Returns a checkboard pattern pixmap for use as a background to transparent colors

Return type

QPixmap

Unlinks the button from a project color.

See also

unlinked()

New in version 3.6.

unlinked

Emitted when the color is unlinked, e.g. when it was previously set to link to a project color and is now no longer linked.

See also

unlink()

New in version 3.6: [signal]

updateMicroFocus(self)
wheelEvent(self, QWheelEvent)