Class: QgsSettingsEntryString

class qgis.core.QgsSettingsEntryString

Bases: QgsSettingsEntryByReferenceQStringBase

A string settings entry.

New in version 3.20.

QgsSettingsEntryString(name: str, parent: QgsSettingsTreeNode, defaultValue: str = ‘’, description: str = ‘’, options: Union[Qgis.SettingsOptions, Qgis.SettingsOption] = Qgis.SettingsOptions(), minLength: int = 0, maxLength: int = -1) Constructor for QgsSettingsEntryString.

Parameters:

  • name – specifies the name of the setting.

  • parent – specifies the parent in the tree of settings.

  • defaultValue – specifies the default value for the settings entry.

  • description – specifies a description for the settings entry.

  • options – specifies the options for the settings entry.

  • minLength – specifies the minimal length of the string value. 0 means no limit.

  • maxLength – specifies the maximal length of the string value. -1 means no limit.

QgsSettingsEntryString(key: str, pluginName: str, defaultValue: str = ‘’, description: str = ‘’, options: Union[Qgis.SettingsOptions, Qgis.SettingsOption] = Qgis.SettingsOptions(), minLength: int = 0, maxLength: int = -1) Constructor for QgsSettingsEntryString. This constructor is intended to be used from plugins.

Parameters:

  • key – specifies the key of the settings.

  • pluginName – is inserted in the key after the section.

  • defaultValue – specifies the default value for the settings entry.

  • description – specifies a description for the settings entry.

  • options – specifies the options for the settings entry.

QgsSettingsEntryString(QgsSettingsEntryString)

Methods

checkValue

Check if the value is valid

convertFromVariant

Converts the variant value to the value type of the setting

convertToVariant

Converts the value to a variant

maxLength

Returns the string maximum length.

minLength

Returns the string minimum length.

setValuePrivate

Sets the settings value with an optional list of dynamic parts

setVariantValuePrivate

Sets the settings value with a variant value.

settingsType

rtype:

Qgis.SettingsType
checkValue(self, value: str) → bool

Check if the value is valid

convertFromVariant(self, value: Any) → str

Converts the variant value to the value type of the setting

convertToVariant(self, value: str) → Any

Converts the value to a variant

maxLength(self) → int

Returns the string maximum length. By -1 there is no limitation.

Return type:

int

minLength(self) → int

Returns the string minimum length.

Return type:

int

setValuePrivate(self, value: str, dynamicKeyPartList: Iterable[str]) → bool

Sets the settings value with an optional list of dynamic parts

setVariantValuePrivate(self, value: Any, dynamicKeyPartList: Iterable[str] = []) → bool

Sets the settings value with a variant value. This should be called from any implementation as it takes care of actually calling QSettings

New in version 3.26.

settingsType(self) → Qgis.SettingsType
Return type:

Qgis.SettingsType