Subgroup: Property

Class: QgsPropertyDefinition

class qgis.core.QgsPropertyDefinition

Bases: sip.wrapper

Constructs an empty property.

QgsPropertyDefinition(name: str, description: str, type: QgsPropertyDefinition.StandardPropertyTemplate, origin: str = ‘’, comment: str = ‘’) Constructor for QgsPropertyDefinition, using a standard property template.

Parameters:
  • name – is used internally and should be a unique, alphanumeric string.
  • description – can be any localised string describing what the property is used for.
  • type – one of the predefined standard property template
  • origin – The origin of the property
  • comment – A free comment for the property

QgsPropertyDefinition(name: str, dataType: QgsPropertyDefinition.DataType, description: str, helpText: str, origin: str = ‘’, comment: str = ‘’) Constructor for custom QgsPropertyDefinitions.

Parameters:
  • name – is used internally and should be a unique, alphanumeric string.
  • dataType – the data type for the property
  • description – can be any localised string describing what the property is used for.
  • helpText – parameter should specify a descriptive string for users outlining the types of value acceptable by the property (eg ‘dashed’ or ‘solid’ for a line style property).
  • origin – The origin of the property
  • comment – A free comment for the property

QgsPropertyDefinition(QgsPropertyDefinition)

Definition for a property.

QgsPropertyDefinition defines the type of values allowed for a property, and handles descriptive names and help text for using the property. Definitions can use one of the predefined standard templates to simplify definition of commonly used property types, such as colors and blend modes.

New in version 3.0: Methods

comment Returns the comment of the property
dataType Returns the allowable field/value data type for the property.
description Descriptive name of the property.
helpText Helper text for using the property, including a description of the valid values for the property.
name Returns the name of the property.
origin Returns the origin of the property.
setComment Sets comment of the property
setDataType Sets the data type
setName Sets the name of the property
setOrigin Sets the origin of the property.
standardTemplate Returns the property’s standard template, if applicable.
supportsAssistant Returns true if the property is of a type which is compatible with property override assistants.

Signals

Attributes

BlendMode
Boolean
CapStyle
ColorNoAlpha
ColorWithAlpha
Custom
DataTypeBoolean
DataTypeNumeric
DataTypeString
Double
Double0To1
DoublePositive
FillStyle
HorizontalAnchor
Integer
IntegerPositive
IntegerPositiveGreaterZero
LineStyle
Offset
Opacity
PenJoinStyle
Point
RenderUnits
Rotation
Size
Size2D
String
StrokeWidth
SvgPath
VerticalAnchor
BlendMode = 14
Boolean = 0
CapStyle = 21
ColorNoAlpha = 12
ColorWithAlpha = 11
Custom = 3000
class DataType

Bases: int

DataTypeBoolean = 2
DataTypeNumeric = 1
DataTypeString = 0
Double = 4
Double0To1 = 6
DoublePositive = 5
FillStyle = 20
HorizontalAnchor = 22
Integer = 1
IntegerPositive = 2
IntegerPositiveGreaterZero = 3
LineStyle = 18
Offset = 25
Opacity = 9
PenJoinStyle = 13
Point = 15
RenderUnits = 10
Rotation = 7
Size = 16
Size2D = 17
class StandardPropertyTemplate

Bases: int

String = 8
StrokeWidth = 19
SvgPath = 24
VerticalAnchor = 23
comment(self) → str

Returns the comment of the property

dataType(self) → QgsPropertyDefinition.DataType

Returns the allowable field/value data type for the property.

description(self) → str

Descriptive name of the property.

helpText(self) → str

Helper text for using the property, including a description of the valid values for the property.

name(self) → str

Returns the name of the property. This is used internally and should be a unique, alphanumeric string.

origin(self) → str

Returns the origin of the property. For example, a PAL property has an origin set to “labeling” while a diagram property has an origin set to “diagram”.

setComment(self, comment: str)

Sets comment of the property

setDataType(self, type: QgsPropertyDefinition.DataType)

Sets the data type

setName(self, name: str)

Sets the name of the property

setOrigin(self, origin: str)

Sets the origin of the property. For example, a PAL property has an origin set to “labeling” while a diagram property has an origin set to “diagram”.

standardTemplate(self) → QgsPropertyDefinition.StandardPropertyTemplate

Returns the property’s standard template, if applicable. Non standard types will return the Custom template.

supportsAssistant(self) → bool

Returns true if the property is of a type which is compatible with property override assistants.