Class: QgsFeatureRenderer

class qgis.core.QgsFeatureRenderer(type: str)

Bases: sip.wrapper

Methods

accept

Accepts the specified symbology visitor, causing it to visit all symbols associated with the renderer.

capabilities

Returns details about internals of this renderer.

checkLegendSymbolItem

item in symbology was checked

clone

Create a deep copy of this renderer.

convertSymbolRotation

convertSymbolSizeScale

copyRendererData

Clones generic renderer data to another renderer.

defaultRenderer

Returns a new renderer - used by default in vector layers

dump

Returns debug information about this renderer

embeddedRenderer

Returns the current embedded renderer (subrenderer) for this feature renderer.

filter

If a renderer does not require all the features this method may be overridden and return an expression used as where clause.

filterNeedsGeometry

Returns True if this renderer requires the geometry to apply the filter.

forceRasterRender

Returns whether the renderer must render as a raster.

legendClassificationAttribute

If supported by the renderer, return classification attribute for the use in legend

legendKeysForFeature

Returns legend keys matching a specified feature.

legendSymbolItemChecked

items of symbology items in legend is checked

legendSymbolItems

Returns a list of symbology items for the legend

legendSymbolItemsCheckable

items of symbology items in legend should be checkable

load

create a renderer from XML element

loadSld

Create a new renderer according to the information contained in the UserStyle element of a SLD style document

modifyRequestExtent

Allows for a renderer to modify the extent of a feature request prior to rendering

orderBy

Gets the order in which features shall be processed by this renderer.

orderByEnabled

Returns whether custom ordering will be applied before features are processed by this renderer.

originalSymbolForFeature

Returns symbol for feature.

originalSymbolsForFeature

Equivalent of originalSymbolsForFeature() call extended to support renderers that may use more symbols per feature - similar to symbolsForFeature()

paintEffect

Returns the current paint effect for the renderer.

referenceScale

Returns the symbology reference scale.

renderFeature

Render a feature using this renderer in the given context.

renderFeatureWithSymbol

Render the feature with the symbol using context.

renderVertexMarker

render editing vertex marker at specified point

renderVertexMarkerPolygon

render editing vertex marker for a polygon

renderVertexMarkerPolyline

render editing vertex marker for a polyline

save

Stores renderer properties to an XML element.

saveRendererData

Saves generic renderer data into the specified element.

setEmbeddedRenderer

Sets an embedded renderer (subrenderer) for this feature renderer.

setForceRasterRender

Sets whether the renderer should be rendered to a raster destination.

setLegendSymbolItem

Sets the symbol to be used for a legend symbol item.

setOrderBy

Define the order in which features shall be processed by this renderer.

setOrderByEnabled

Sets whether custom ordering should be applied before features are processed by this renderer.

setPaintEffect

Sets the current paint effect for the renderer.

setReferenceScale

Sets the symbology reference scale.

setUsingSymbolLevels

param usingSymbolLevels:

setVertexMarkerAppearance

Sets type and size of editing vertex markers for subsequent rendering

startRender

Must be called when a new render cycle is started.

stopRender

Must be called when a render cycle has finished, to allow the renderer to clean up.

symbolForFeature

To be overridden

symbols

Returns list of symbols used by the renderer.

symbolsForFeature

Returns list of symbols used for rendering the feature.

toSld

used from subclasses to create SLD Rule elements following SLD v1.1 specs

type

rtype:

str

usedAttributes

Returns a list of attributes required by this renderer.

usesEmbeddedSymbols

Returns True if the renderer uses embedded symbols for features.

usingSymbolLevels

rtype:

bool

willRenderFeature

Returns whether the renderer will render a feature or not.

writeSld

create the SLD UserStyle element following the SLD v1.1 specs with the given name

Attributes

Filter

MoreSymbolsPerFeature

ScaleDependent

SymbolLevels

class Capabilities
class Capabilities(Union[QgsFeatureRenderer.Capabilities, QgsFeatureRenderer.Capability])
class Capabilities(QgsFeatureRenderer.Capabilities)

Bases: sip.wrapper

class Capability

Bases: int

Filter = 8
MoreSymbolsPerFeature = 4
ScaleDependent = 16
SymbolLevels = 1
accept(self, visitor: QgsStyleEntityVisitorInterface) bool

Accepts the specified symbology visitor, causing it to visit all symbols associated with the renderer.

Returns True if the visitor should continue visiting other objects, or False if visiting should be canceled.

New in version 3.10.

Parameters:

visitor (QgsStyleEntityVisitorInterface) –

Return type:

bool

capabilities(self) QgsFeatureRenderer.Capabilities

Returns details about internals of this renderer.

E.g. if you only want to deal with visible features:

if not renderer.capabilities().testFlag(QgsFeatureRenderer.Filter) or renderer.willRenderFeature(feature, context):
    deal_with_my_feature()
else:
    skip_the_curren_feature()
Return type:

QgsFeatureRenderer.Capabilities

checkLegendSymbolItem(self, key: str, state: bool = True)

item in symbology was checked

New in version 2.5.

Parameters:
  • key (str) –

  • state (bool = True) –

clone(self) QgsFeatureRenderer

Create a deep copy of this renderer. Should be implemented by all subclasses and generate a proper subclass.

Return type:

QgsFeatureRenderer

Returns:

A copy of this renderer

convertSymbolRotation(symbol: QgsSymbol, field: str)

Note

this function is used to convert old rotations expressions to symbol level DataDefined angle

Parameters:
convertSymbolSizeScale(symbol: QgsSymbol, method: Qgis.ScaleMethod, field: str)

Note

this function is used to convert old sizeScale expressions to symbol level DataDefined size

Parameters:
copyRendererData(self, destRenderer: QgsFeatureRenderer)

Clones generic renderer data to another renderer.

Currently clones

  • Order by

  • Paint effect

  • Reference scale

  • Symbol levels enabled/disabled

  • Force raster render enabled/disabled

Parameters:

destRenderer (QgsFeatureRenderer) – destination renderer for copied effect

New in version 3.22.

defaultRenderer(geomType: QgsWkbTypes.GeometryType) QgsFeatureRenderer

Returns a new renderer - used by default in vector layers

Parameters:

geomType (QgsWkbTypes.GeometryType) –

Return type:

QgsFeatureRenderer

dump(self) str

Returns debug information about this renderer

Return type:

str

embeddedRenderer(self) QgsFeatureRenderer

Returns the current embedded renderer (subrenderer) for this feature renderer. The base class implementation does not use subrenderers and will always return None.

New in version 2.16.

Return type:

QgsFeatureRenderer

filter(self, fields: QgsFields = QgsFields()) str

If a renderer does not require all the features this method may be overridden and return an expression used as where clause. This will be called once after startRender() and before the first call to renderFeature(). By default this returns a null string and all features will be requested. You do not need to specify the extent in here, this is taken care of separately and will be combined with a filter returned from this method.

Return type:

str

Returns:

An expression used as where clause

Parameters:

fields (QgsFields = QgsFields()) –

filterNeedsGeometry(self) bool

Returns True if this renderer requires the geometry to apply the filter.

Return type:

bool

forceRasterRender(self) bool

Returns whether the renderer must render as a raster.

New in version 2.12.

Return type:

bool

legendClassificationAttribute(self) str

If supported by the renderer, return classification attribute for the use in legend

New in version 2.6.

Return type:

str

legendKeysForFeature(self, feature: QgsFeature, context: QgsRenderContext) Set[str]

Returns legend keys matching a specified feature.

New in version 2.14.

Parameters:
Return type:

Set[str]

legendSymbolItemChecked(self, key: str) bool

items of symbology items in legend is checked

New in version 2.5.

Parameters:

key (str) –

Return type:

bool

legendSymbolItems(self) List[QgsLegendSymbolItem]

Returns a list of symbology items for the legend

New in version 2.6.

Return type:

List[QgsLegendSymbolItem]

legendSymbolItemsCheckable(self) bool

items of symbology items in legend should be checkable

New in version 2.5.

Return type:

bool

load(symbologyElem: QDomElement, context: QgsReadWriteContext) QgsFeatureRenderer

create a renderer from XML element

Parameters:
Return type:

QgsFeatureRenderer

loadSld(node: QDomNode, geomType: QgsWkbTypes.GeometryType, errorMessage: str) QgsFeatureRenderer

Create a new renderer according to the information contained in the UserStyle element of a SLD style document

Parameters:
  • node (QDomNode) – the node in the SLD document whose the UserStyle element is a child

  • geomType (QgsWkbTypes.GeometryType) – the geometry type of the features, used to convert Symbolizer elements

  • errorMessage (str) – it will contain the error message if something went wrong

Return type:

QgsFeatureRenderer

Returns:

the renderer

modifyRequestExtent(self, extent: QgsRectangle, context: QgsRenderContext)

Allows for a renderer to modify the extent of a feature request prior to rendering

Parameters:
  • extent (QgsRectangle) – reference to request’s filter extent. Modify extent to change the extent of feature request

  • context (QgsRenderContext) – render context

New in version 2.7.

orderBy(self) QgsFeatureRequest.OrderBy

Gets the order in which features shall be processed by this renderer.

Note

this property has no effect if orderByEnabled() is False

See also

orderByEnabled()

New in version 2.14.

Return type:

QgsFeatureRequest.OrderBy

orderByEnabled(self) bool

Returns whether custom ordering will be applied before features are processed by this renderer.

See also

orderBy()

New in version 2.14.

Return type:

bool

originalSymbolForFeature(self, feature: QgsFeature, context: QgsRenderContext) QgsSymbol

Returns symbol for feature. The difference compared to symbolForFeature() is that it returns original symbol which can be used as an identifier for renderer’s rule - the former may return a temporary replacement of a symbol for use in rendering.

New in version 2.12.

Parameters:
Return type:

QgsSymbol

originalSymbolsForFeature(self, feature: QgsFeature, context: QgsRenderContext) List[QgsSymbol]

Equivalent of originalSymbolsForFeature() call extended to support renderers that may use more symbols per feature - similar to symbolsForFeature()

New in version 2.12.

Parameters:
Return type:

List[QgsSymbol]

paintEffect(self) QgsPaintEffect

Returns the current paint effect for the renderer.

Return type:

QgsPaintEffect

Returns:

paint effect

See also

setPaintEffect()

New in version 2.9.

referenceScale(self) float

Returns the symbology reference scale.

This represents the desired scale denominator for the rendered map, eg 1000.0 for a 1:1000 map render. A value of -1 indicates that symbology scaling by reference scale is disabled.

The symbology reference scale is an optional property which specifies the reference scale at which symbology in paper units (such a millimeters or points) is fixed to. For instance, if the scale is 1000 then a 2mm thick line will be rendered at exactly 2mm thick when a map is rendered at 1:1000, or 1mm thick when rendered at 1:2000, or 4mm thick at 1:500.

New in version 3.22.

Return type:

float

renderFeature(self, feature: QgsFeature, context: QgsRenderContext, layer: int = -1, selected: bool = False, drawVertexMarker: bool = False) bool

Render a feature using this renderer in the given context. Must be called between startRender() and stopRender() calls. Default implementation renders a symbol as determined by symbolForFeature() call. Returns True if the feature has been returned (this is used for example to determine whether the feature may be labelled).

If layer is not -1, the renderer should draw only a particular layer from symbols (in order to support symbol level rendering).

See also

startRender()

See also

stopRender()

Parameters:
  • feature (QgsFeature) –

  • context (QgsRenderContext) –

  • layer (int = -1) –

  • selected (bool = False) –

  • drawVertexMarker (bool = False) –

Return type:

bool

renderFeatureWithSymbol(self, feature: QgsFeature, symbol: QgsSymbol, context: QgsRenderContext, layer: int, selected: bool, drawVertexMarker: bool)

Render the feature with the symbol using context. Use layer to specify the symbol layer, selected to specify if it should be rendered as selected and drawVertexMarker to specify if vertex markers should be rendered.

Parameters:
renderVertexMarker(self, pt: QPointF | QPoint, context: QgsRenderContext)

render editing vertex marker at specified point

Parameters:
renderVertexMarkerPolygon(self, pts: QPolygonF, rings: Iterable[QPolygonF], context: QgsRenderContext)

render editing vertex marker for a polygon

Parameters:
  • pts (QPolygonF) –

  • rings (Iterable[QPolygonF]) –

  • context (QgsRenderContext) –

renderVertexMarkerPolyline(self, pts: QPolygonF, context: QgsRenderContext)

render editing vertex marker for a polyline

Parameters:
save(self, doc: QDomDocument, context: QgsReadWriteContext) QDomElement

Stores renderer properties to an XML element.

Subclasses which override this method should call saveRendererData() as part of their implementation in order to store all common base class properties in the returned DOM element.

Parameters:
Return type:

QDomElement

saveRendererData(self, doc: QDomDocument, element: QDomElement, context: QgsReadWriteContext)

Saves generic renderer data into the specified element.

This method should be called in a subclass’ save() implementation in order to store all common base class properties in the DOM element.

New in version 3.22.

Parameters:
setEmbeddedRenderer(self, subRenderer: QgsFeatureRenderer)

Sets an embedded renderer (subrenderer) for this feature renderer. The base class implementation does nothing with subrenderers, but individual derived classes can use these to modify their behavior.

Parameters:

subRenderer (QgsFeatureRenderer) – the embedded renderer. Ownership will be transferred.

New in version 2.16.

setForceRasterRender(self, forceRaster: bool)

Sets whether the renderer should be rendered to a raster destination.

Parameters:

forceRaster (bool) – set to True if renderer must be drawn on a raster surface. This may be desirable for highly detailed layers where rendering as a vector would result in a large, complex vector output.

New in version 2.12.

setLegendSymbolItem(self, key: str, symbol: QgsSymbol)

Sets the symbol to be used for a legend symbol item.

Parameters:
  • key (str) – rule key for legend symbol

  • symbol (QgsSymbol) – new symbol for legend item. Ownership is transferred to renderer.

New in version 2.14.

setOrderBy(self, orderBy: QgsFeatureRequest.OrderBy)

Define the order in which features shall be processed by this renderer.

Note

this property has no effect if orderByEnabled() is False

New in version 2.14.

Parameters:

orderBy (QgsFeatureRequest.OrderBy) –

setOrderByEnabled(self, enabled: bool)

Sets whether custom ordering should be applied before features are processed by this renderer.

Parameters:

enabled (bool) – set to True to enable custom feature ordering

See also

setOrderBy()

See also

orderByEnabled()

New in version 2.14.

setPaintEffect(self, effect: QgsPaintEffect)

Sets the current paint effect for the renderer.

Parameters:

effect (QgsPaintEffect) – paint effect. Ownership is transferred to the renderer.

See also

paintEffect()

New in version 2.9.

setReferenceScale(self, scale: float)

Sets the symbology reference scale.

This should match the desired scale denominator for the rendered map, eg 1000.0 for a 1:1000 map render. Set to -1 to disable symbology scaling by reference scale.

The symbology reference scale is an optional property which specifies the reference scale at which symbology in paper units (such a millimeters or points) is fixed to. For instance, if scale is set to 1000 then a 2mm thick line will be rendered at exactly 2mm thick when a map is rendered at 1:1000, or 1mm thick when rendered at 1:2000, or 4mm thick at 1:500.

See also

referenceScale()

New in version 3.22.

Parameters:

scale (float) –

setUsingSymbolLevels(self, usingSymbolLevels: bool)
Parameters:

usingSymbolLevels (bool) –

setVertexMarkerAppearance(self, type: Qgis.VertexMarkerType, size: float)

Sets type and size of editing vertex markers for subsequent rendering

Parameters:
startRender(self, context: QgsRenderContext, fields: QgsFields)

Must be called when a new render cycle is started. A call to startRender() must always be followed by a corresponding call to stopRender() after all features have been rendered.

Parameters:
  • context (QgsRenderContext) – Additional information passed to the renderer about the job which will be rendered

  • fields (QgsFields) – The fields available for rendering

See also

stopRender()

Warning

This method is not thread safe. Before calling startRender() in a non-main thread, the renderer should instead be cloned and startRender()/stopRender() called on the clone.

stopRender(self, context: QgsRenderContext)

Must be called when a render cycle has finished, to allow the renderer to clean up.

Calls to stopRender() must always be preceded by a call to startRender().

Warning

This method is not thread safe. Before calling startRender() in a non-main thread, the renderer should instead be cloned and startRender()/stopRender() called on the clone.

See also

startRender()

Parameters:

context (QgsRenderContext) –

symbolForFeature(self, feature: QgsFeature, context: QgsRenderContext) QgsSymbol

To be overridden

Must be called between startRender() and stopRender() calls.

Parameters:
Return type:

QgsSymbol

Returns:

returns pointer to symbol or 0 if symbol was not found

New in version 2.12.

symbols(self, context: QgsRenderContext) List[QgsSymbol]

Returns list of symbols used by the renderer.

Parameters:

context (QgsRenderContext) – render context

New in version 2.12.

Return type:

List[QgsSymbol]

symbolsForFeature(self, feature: QgsFeature, context: QgsRenderContext) List[QgsSymbol]

Returns list of symbols used for rendering the feature. For renderers that do not support MoreSymbolsPerFeature it is more efficient to use symbolForFeature()

New in version 2.12.

Parameters:
Return type:

List[QgsSymbol]

toSld(self, doc: QDomDocument, element: QDomElement, props: Dict[str, Any] = {})

used from subclasses to create SLD Rule elements following SLD v1.1 specs

Parameters:
  • doc (QDomDocument) –

  • element (QDomElement) –

  • props (Dict[str) –

type(self) str
Return type:

str

usedAttributes(self, context: QgsRenderContext) Set[str]

Returns a list of attributes required by this renderer. Attributes not listed in here may not have been requested from the provider at rendering time.

Return type:

Set[str]

Returns:

A set of attributes

Parameters:

context (QgsRenderContext) –

usesEmbeddedSymbols(self) bool

Returns True if the renderer uses embedded symbols for features. The default implementation returns False.

New in version 3.20.

Return type:

bool

usingSymbolLevels(self) bool
Return type:

bool

willRenderFeature(self, feature: QgsFeature, context: QgsRenderContext) bool

Returns whether the renderer will render a feature or not. Must be called between startRender() and stopRender() calls. Default implementation uses symbolForFeature().

New in version 2.12.

Parameters:
Return type:

bool

writeSld(self, doc: QDomDocument, styleName: str, props: Dict[str, Any] = {}) QDomElement

create the SLD UserStyle element following the SLD v1.1 specs with the given name

New in version 2.8.

Parameters:
  • doc (QDomDocument) –

  • styleName (str) –

  • props (Dict[str) –

Return type:

QDomElement