Class: QgsLayoutView

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

Bases: PyQt5.QtWidgets.QGraphicsView

Constructor for QgsLayoutView.

A graphical widget to display and interact with QgsLayouts.

QgsLayoutView manages the layout interaction tools and mouse/key events.

New in version 3.0:

Methods

actionEvent

alignSelectedItems

Aligns all selected items using the specified alignment.

changeEvent

childEvent

closeEvent

connectNotify

contextMenuEvent

copyItems

Cuts or copies the a list of items, respecting the specified operation.

copySelectedItems

Cuts or copies the selected items, respecting the specified operation.

create

currentLayout

Returns the current layout associated with the view.

currentPage

Returns the page visible in the view.

customEvent

deleteItems

Delete the specified items.

deleteSelectedItems

Deletes all selected items.

deltaForKeyEvent

Returns the delta (in layout coordinates) by which to move items for the given key event.

deselectAll

Deselects all items in the view.

destroy

disconnectNotify

distributeSelectedItems

Distributes all selected items using the specified distribution.

dragEnterEvent

param e

dragLeaveEvent

dragMoveEvent

drawBackground

drawForeground

drawFrame

dropEvent

emitZoomLevelChanged

enterEvent

event

eventFilter

focusInEvent

focusNextChild

focusNextPrevChild

focusOutEvent

focusPreviousChild

groupSelectedItems

Groups all selected items.

hasItemsInClipboard

Returns True if the current clipboard contains layout items.

hideEvent

initPainter

initStyleOption

inputMethodEvent

invertSelection

Inverts the current selection, selecting deselected items and deselecting and selected items.

isSignalConnected

keyPressEvent

param event

keyReleaseEvent

param event

leaveEvent

lockSelectedItems

Locks any selected items, preventing them from being interacted with by mouse interactions.

lowerSelectedItems

Lowers the selected items down the z-order.

menuProvider

Returns the provider for context menus.

metric

mouseDoubleClickEvent

param event

mouseMoveEvent

param event

mousePressEvent

param event

mouseReleaseEvent

param event

moveEvent

moveSelectedItemsToBottom

Lowers the selected items to the bottom of the z-order.

moveSelectedItemsToTop

Raises the selected items to the top of the z-order.

nativeEvent

paintEvent

param event

pasteItems

Pastes items from clipboard, using the specified mode.

previewMode

Returns the preview mode which may be used to modify the view's appearance.

previewModeEnabled

Returns True if a preview effect is being used to alter the view's appearance.

pushStatusMessage

Pushes a new status bar message to the view.

raiseSelectedItems

Raises the selected items up the z-order.

receivers

resizeEvent

param event

resizeSelectedItems

Resizes all selected items using the specified resize mode.

scaleSafe

Scales the view in a safe way, by limiting the acceptable range of the scale applied.

scrollContentsBy

param dx

selectAll

Selects all items in the view.

selectNextItemAbove

Selects the next item above the existing selection, by item z order.

selectNextItemBelow

Selects the next item below the existing selection, by item z order.

sender

senderSignalIndex

setCurrentLayout

Sets the current layout to edit in the view.

setHorizontalRuler

Sets a horizontal ruler to synchronize with the view state.

setMenuProvider

Sets a provider for context menus.

setPreviewMode

Sets the preview mode which should be used to modify the view's appearance.

setPreviewModeEnabled

Sets whether a preview effect should be used to alter the view's appearance.

setSectionLabel

Sets a section label, to display above the first page shown in the view.

setTool

Sets the tool currently being used in the view.

setVerticalRuler

Sets a vertical ruler to synchronize with the view state.

setViewportMargins

setZoomLevel

Sets the zoom level for the view, where a zoom level of 1.0 corresponds to 100%.

setupViewport

sharedPainter

showEvent

tabletEvent

timerEvent

tool

Returns the currently active tool for the view.

ungroupSelectedItems

Ungroups all selected items.

unlockAllItems

Unlocks all locked items in the layout.

unsetTool

Unsets the current view tool, if it matches the specified tool.

updateMicroFocus

viewChanged

Updates associated rulers and other widgets after view extent or zoom has changed.

viewportEvent

viewportMargins

viewportSizeHint

visiblePageNumbers

Returns a list of page numbers for pages which are currently visible in the view.

visiblePages

Returns a list of page items which are currently visible in the view.

wheelEvent

param event

zoomActual

Zooms to the actual size of the layout.

zoomFull

Zooms the view to the full extent of the layout.

zoomIn

Zooms in to the view by a preset amount.

zoomOut

Zooms out of the view by a preset amount.

zoomWidth

Zooms the view to the full width of the layout.

Signals

cursorPosChanged

Emitted when the mouse cursor coordinates change within the view.

itemFocused

Emitted when an item is "focused" in the view, i.e. it becomes the active item and should have its properties displayed in any designer windows.

layoutSet

Emitted when a layout is set for the view.

pageChanged

Emitted when the page visible in the view is changed.

statusMessage

Emitted when the view has a message for display in a parent window's status bar.

toolSet

Emitted when the current tool is changed.

willBeDeleted

Emitted in the destructor when the view is about to be deleted, but is still in a perfectly valid state.

zoomLevelChanged

Emitted whenever the zoom level of the view is changed.

Attributes

ClipboardCopy

ClipboardCut

PasteModeCenter

PasteModeCursor

PasteModeInPlace

ClipboardCopy = 1
ClipboardCut = 0
class ClipboardOperation

Bases: int

class PasteMode

Bases: int

PasteModeCenter = 1
PasteModeCursor = 0
PasteModeInPlace = 2
actionEvent(self, QActionEvent)
alignSelectedItems(self, alignment: QgsLayoutAligner.Alignment)

Aligns all selected items using the specified alignment.

Parameters

alignment (QgsLayoutAligner.Alignment) –

changeEvent(self, QEvent)
childEvent(self, QChildEvent)
closeEvent(self, QCloseEvent)
connectNotify(self, QMetaMethod)
contextMenuEvent(self, QContextMenuEvent)
copyItems(self, items: Iterable[QgsLayoutItem], operation: QgsLayoutView.ClipboardOperation)

Cuts or copies the a list of items, respecting the specified operation.

See also

pasteItems()

Parameters
copySelectedItems(self, operation: QgsLayoutView.ClipboardOperation)

Cuts or copies the selected items, respecting the specified operation.

See also

copyItems()

See also

pasteItems()

Parameters

operation (QgsLayoutView.ClipboardOperation) –

create(self, window: sip.voidptr = 0, initializeWindow: bool = True, destroyOldWindow: bool = True)
currentLayout(self) QgsLayout

Returns the current layout associated with the view.

See also

layoutSet()

Return type

QgsLayout

currentPage(self) int

Returns the page visible in the view. This method considers the page at the center of the view as the current visible page.

See also

pageChanged()

Return type

int

cursorPosChanged

Emitted when the mouse cursor coordinates change within the view. The layoutPoint argument indicates the cursor position within the layout coordinate system. [signal]

Parameters

layoutPoint (Union[QPointF) –

customEvent(self, QEvent)
deleteItems(self, items: Iterable[QgsLayoutItem])

Delete the specified items.

Parameters

items (Iterable[QgsLayoutItem]) –

deleteSelectedItems(self)

Deletes all selected items.

See also

deleteItems()

deltaForKeyEvent(self, event: QKeyEvent) QPointF

Returns the delta (in layout coordinates) by which to move items for the given key event.

Parameters

event (QKeyEvent) –

Return type

QPointF

deselectAll(self)

Deselects all items in the view.

See also

selectAll()

destroy(self, destroyWindow: bool = True, destroySubWindows: bool = True)
disconnectNotify(self, QMetaMethod)
distributeSelectedItems(self, distribution: QgsLayoutAligner.Distribution)

Distributes all selected items using the specified distribution.

Parameters

distribution (QgsLayoutAligner.Distribution) –

dragEnterEvent(self, e: QDragEnterEvent)
Parameters

e (QDragEnterEvent) –

dragLeaveEvent(self, QDragLeaveEvent)
dragMoveEvent(self, QDragMoveEvent)
drawBackground(self, QPainter, QRectF)
drawForeground(self, QPainter, QRectF)
drawFrame(self, QPainter)
dropEvent(self, QDropEvent)
emitZoomLevelChanged(self)
enterEvent(self, QEvent)
event(self, QEvent) bool
eventFilter(self, QObject, QEvent) bool
focusInEvent(self, QFocusEvent)
focusNextChild(self) bool
focusNextPrevChild(self, bool) bool
focusOutEvent(self, QFocusEvent)
focusPreviousChild(self) bool
groupSelectedItems(self)

Groups all selected items.

hasItemsInClipboard(self) bool

Returns True if the current clipboard contains layout items.

See also

pasteItems()

Return type

bool

hideEvent(self, QHideEvent)
initPainter(self, QPainter)
initStyleOption(self, QStyleOptionFrame)
inputMethodEvent(self, QInputMethodEvent)
invertSelection(self)

Inverts the current selection, selecting deselected items and deselecting and selected items.

See also

selectAll()

See also

deselectAll()

isSignalConnected(self, QMetaMethod) bool
itemFocused

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

Parameters

item (QgsLayoutItem) –

keyPressEvent(self, event: QKeyEvent)
Parameters

event (QKeyEvent) –

keyReleaseEvent(self, event: QKeyEvent)
Parameters

event (QKeyEvent) –

layoutSet

Emitted when a layout is set for the view.

See also

currentLayout()

See also

setCurrentLayout() [signal]

Parameters

layout (QgsLayout) –

leaveEvent(self, QEvent)
lockSelectedItems(self)

Locks any selected items, preventing them from being interacted with by mouse interactions.

See also

unlockAllItems()

lowerSelectedItems(self)

Lowers the selected items down the z-order.

menuProvider(self) QgsLayoutViewMenuProvider

Returns the provider for context menus. Returned value may be None if no provider is set.

Return type

QgsLayoutViewMenuProvider

metric(self, QPaintDevice.PaintDeviceMetric) int
mouseDoubleClickEvent(self, event: QMouseEvent)
Parameters

event (QMouseEvent) –

mouseMoveEvent(self, event: QMouseEvent)
Parameters

event (QMouseEvent) –

mousePressEvent(self, event: QMouseEvent)
Parameters

event (QMouseEvent) –

mouseReleaseEvent(self, event: QMouseEvent)
Parameters

event (QMouseEvent) –

moveEvent(self, QMoveEvent)
moveSelectedItemsToBottom(self)

Lowers the selected items to the bottom of the z-order.

moveSelectedItemsToTop(self)

Raises the selected items to the top of the z-order.

nativeEvent(self, Union[QByteArray, bytes, bytearray], sip.voidptr) Tuple[bool, int]
pageChanged

Emitted when the page visible in the view is changed. This signal considers the page at the center of the view as the current visible page.

See also

currentPage() [signal]

Parameters

page (int) –

paintEvent(self, event: QPaintEvent)
Parameters

event (QPaintEvent) –

pasteItems(self, mode: QgsLayoutView.PasteMode) List[QgsLayoutItem]

Pastes items from clipboard, using the specified mode.

A list of pasted items is returned.

pasteItems(self, layoutPoint: Union[QPointF, QPoint]) -> List[QgsLayoutItem] Pastes items from clipboard, at the specified layoutPoint, in layout units.

A list of pasted items is returned.

Parameters

mode (QgsLayoutView.PasteMode) –

Return type

List[QgsLayoutItem]

previewMode(self) QgsPreviewEffect.PreviewMode

Returns the preview mode which may be used to modify the view’s appearance. Preview modes are only used if previewModeEnabled() is True.

See also

setPreviewMode()

Return type

QgsPreviewEffect.PreviewMode

previewModeEnabled(self) bool

Returns True if a preview effect is being used to alter the view’s appearance.

Return type

bool

pushStatusMessage(self, message: str)

Pushes a new status bar message to the view. This causes statusMessage() to be emitted, which should cause the message to appear in the status bar for the parent window.

See also

statusMessage()

Parameters

message (str) –

raiseSelectedItems(self)

Raises the selected items up the z-order.

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

event (QResizeEvent) –

resizeSelectedItems(self, resize: QgsLayoutAligner.Resize)

Resizes all selected items using the specified resize mode.

Parameters

resize (QgsLayoutAligner.Resize) –

scaleSafe(self, scale: float)

Scales the view in a safe way, by limiting the acceptable range of the scale applied. The scale parameter specifies the zoom factor to scale the view by.

Parameters

scale (float) –

scrollContentsBy(self, dx: int, dy: int)
Parameters
  • dx (int) –

  • dy (int) –

selectAll(self)

Selects all items in the view.

See also

deselectAll()

selectNextItemAbove(self)

Selects the next item above the existing selection, by item z order.

See also

selectAll()

See also

deselectAll()

selectNextItemBelow(self)

Selects the next item below the existing selection, by item z order.

See also

selectAll()

See also

deselectAll()

sender(self) QObject
senderSignalIndex(self) int
setCurrentLayout(self, layout: QgsLayout)

Sets the current layout to edit in the view.

See also

currentLayout()

See also

layoutSet()

Parameters

layout (QgsLayout) –

setHorizontalRuler(self, ruler: QgsLayoutRuler)

Sets a horizontal ruler to synchronize with the view state.

Parameters

ruler (QgsLayoutRuler) –

setMenuProvider(self, provider: QgsLayoutViewMenuProvider)

Sets a provider for context menus. Ownership of the provider is transferred to the view.

See also

menuProvider()

Parameters

provider (QgsLayoutViewMenuProvider) –

setPreviewMode(self, mode: QgsPreviewEffect.PreviewMode)

Sets the preview mode which should be used to modify the view’s appearance. Preview modes are only used if previewModeEnabled() is True.

See also

previewMode()

Parameters

mode (QgsPreviewEffect.PreviewMode) –

setPreviewModeEnabled(self, enabled: bool)

Sets whether a preview effect should be used to alter the view’s appearance.

Parameters

enabled (bool) – Set to True to enable the preview effect on the view.

See also

setPreviewMode()

setSectionLabel(self, label: str)

Sets a section label, to display above the first page shown in the view.

Parameters

label (str) –

setTool(self, tool: QgsLayoutViewTool)

Sets the tool currently being used in the view.

See also

unsetTool()

See also

tool()

Parameters

tool (QgsLayoutViewTool) –

setVerticalRuler(self, ruler: QgsLayoutRuler)

Sets a vertical ruler to synchronize with the view state.

Parameters

ruler (QgsLayoutRuler) –

QgsLayoutView.setViewportMargins(self, int, int, int, int)
setViewportMargins(self, QMargins) None
setZoomLevel(self, level: float)

Sets the zoom level for the view, where a zoom level of 1.0 corresponds to 100%.

Parameters

level (float) –

setupViewport(self, QWidget)
sharedPainter(self) QPainter
showEvent(self, QShowEvent)
statusMessage

Emitted when the view has a message for display in a parent window’s status bar.

See also

pushStatusMessage() [signal]

Parameters

message (str) –

tabletEvent(self, QTabletEvent)
timerEvent(self, QTimerEvent)
tool(self) QgsLayoutViewTool

Returns the currently active tool for the view.

See also

setTool()

Return type

QgsLayoutViewTool

toolSet

Emitted when the current tool is changed.

See also

setTool() [signal]

Parameters

tool (QgsLayoutViewTool) –

ungroupSelectedItems(self)

Ungroups all selected items.

unlockAllItems(self)

Unlocks all locked items in the layout.

unsetTool(self, tool: QgsLayoutViewTool)

Unsets the current view tool, if it matches the specified tool.

This is called from destructor of view tools to make sure that the tool won’t be used any more. You don’t have to call it manually, QgsLayoutViewTool takes care of it.

Parameters

tool (QgsLayoutViewTool) –

updateMicroFocus(self)
viewChanged(self)

Updates associated rulers and other widgets after view extent or zoom has changed. This should be called after calling any of the QGraphicsView base class methods which alter the view’s zoom level or extent, i.e. QGraphicsView.fitInView().

viewportEvent(self, QEvent) bool
viewportMargins(self) QMargins
viewportSizeHint(self) QSize
visiblePageNumbers(self) List[int]

Returns a list of page numbers for pages which are currently visible in the view.

See also

visiblePages()

Return type

List[int]

visiblePages(self) List[QgsLayoutItemPage]

Returns a list of page items which are currently visible in the view.

Return type

List[QgsLayoutItemPage]

wheelEvent(self, event: QWheelEvent)
Parameters

event (QWheelEvent) –

willBeDeleted

Emitted in the destructor when the view is about to be deleted, but is still in a perfectly valid state. [signal]

zoomActual(self)

Zooms to the actual size of the layout.

See also

zoomFull()

See also

zoomIn()

See also

zoomOut()

zoomFull(self)

Zooms the view to the full extent of the layout.

See also

zoomIn()

See also

zoomOut()

See also

zoomActual()

zoomIn(self)

Zooms in to the view by a preset amount.

See also

zoomFull()

See also

zoomOut()

See also

zoomActual()

zoomLevelChanged

Emitted whenever the zoom level of the view is changed. [signal]

zoomOut(self)

Zooms out of the view by a preset amount.

See also

zoomFull()

See also

zoomIn()

See also

zoomActual()

zoomWidth(self)

Zooms the view to the full width of the layout.

See also

zoomIn()

See also

zoomOut()

See also

zoomActual()