Class: QgsAnnotationItemRegistry

class qgis.core.QgsAnnotationItemRegistry

Bases: PyQt5.QtCore.QObject

Registry of available annotation item types.

QgsAnnotationItemRegistry is not usually directly created, but rather accessed through QgsApplication.annotationItemRegistry().

A companion class, QgsAnnotationItemGuiRegistry, handles the GUI behavior of annotation items.

New in version 3.16.

QgsAnnotationItemRegistry(parent: QObject = None) Creates a new empty item registry.

QgsAnnotationItemRegistry is not usually directly created, but rather accessed through QgsApplication.annotationItemRegistry().

See also

populate()

Methods

addItemType

Registers a new annotation item type.

childEvent

connectNotify

createItem

Creates a new instance of a annotation item given the item type.

customEvent

disconnectNotify

isSignalConnected

itemMetadata

Returns the metadata for the specified item type.

itemTypes

Returns a map of available item types to translated name.

populate

Populates the registry with standard item types.

receivers

sender

senderSignalIndex

timerEvent

Signals

typeAdded

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

addItemType(self, metadata: QgsAnnotationItemAbstractMetadata) bool

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

Parameters

metadata (QgsAnnotationItemAbstractMetadata) –

Return type

bool

childEvent(self, QChildEvent)
connectNotify(self, QMetaMethod)
createItem(self, type: str) QgsAnnotationItem

Creates a new instance of a annotation item given the item type.

Parameters

type (str) –

Return type

QgsAnnotationItem

customEvent(self, QEvent)
disconnectNotify(self, QMetaMethod)
isSignalConnected(self, QMetaMethod) bool
itemMetadata(self, type: str) QgsAnnotationItemAbstractMetadata

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

Parameters

type (str) –

Return type

QgsAnnotationItemAbstractMetadata

itemTypes(self) Dict[str, str]

Returns a map of available item types to translated name.

Return type

Dict[str, 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
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 (str) –

  • name (str) –