Class: QgsLayoutGuideCollection

class qgis.core.QgsLayoutGuideCollection(layout: QgsLayout, pageCollection: QgsLayoutPageCollection)

Bases: PyQt5.QtCore.QAbstractTableModel, QgsLayoutSerializableObject

Constructor for QgsLayoutGuideCollection belonging to the specified layout, and linked to the specified pageCollection.

Stores and manages the snap guides used by a layout.

New in version 3.0.

Parameters
LayoutPositionRole = 260
OrientationRole = 256
PageRole = 259
PositionRole = 257
class Roles

Bases: int

UnitsRole = 258
addGuide(self, guide: QgsLayoutGuide)

Adds a guide to the collection. Ownership of the guide is transferred to the collection, and the guide will automatically have the correct layout set.

Parameters

guide (QgsLayoutGuide) –

applyGuidesToAllOtherPages(self, sourcePage: int)

Resets all other pages’ guides to match the guides from the specified sourcePage.

Parameters

sourcePage (int) –

beginInsertColumns()
beginInsertRows()
beginMoveColumns()
beginMoveRows()
beginRemoveColumns()
beginRemoveRows()
beginResetModel()
changePersistentIndex()
changePersistentIndexList()
childEvent()
clear(self)

Removes all guides from the collection.

See also

removeGuide()

columnCount(self, QModelIndex) → int
Return type

int

connectNotify()
createIndex()
customEvent()
data(self, index: QModelIndex, role: int) → Any
Parameters
  • index (QModelIndex) –

  • role (int) –

Return type

Any

decodeData()
disconnectNotify()
encodeData()
endInsertColumns()
endInsertRows()
endMoveColumns()
endMoveRows()
endRemoveColumns()
endRemoveRows()
endResetModel()
flags(self, index: QModelIndex) → Qt.ItemFlags
Parameters

index (QModelIndex) –

Return type

Qt.ItemFlags

guides(self) → object

Returns a list of all guides contained in the collection.

guides(self, orientation: Qt.Orientation, page: int = -1) -> List[QgsLayoutGuide] Returns the list of guides contained in the collection with the specified orientation and on a matching page. If page is -1, guides from all pages will be returned.

See also

guidesOnPage()

Return type

object

guidesOnPage(self, page: int) → List[QgsLayoutGuide]

Returns the list of guides contained on a matching page.

See also

guides()

Parameters

page (int) –

Return type

List[QgsLayoutGuide]

headerData(self, section: int, orientation: Qt.Orientation, role: int = Qt.DisplayRole) → Any
Parameters
  • section (int) –

  • orientation (Qt.Orientation) –

  • role (int = Qt.DisplayRole) –

Return type

Any

isSignalConnected()
layout(self) → QgsLayout
Return type

QgsLayout

persistentIndexList()
readXml(self, collectionElement: QDomElement, document: QDomDocument, context: QgsReadWriteContext) → bool

Sets the collection’s state from a DOM element. collectionElement is the DOM node corresponding to the collection.

See also

writeXml()

Parameters
  • collectionElement (QDomElement) –

  • document (QDomDocument) –

  • context (QgsReadWriteContext) –

Return type

bool

receivers()
removeGuide(self, guide: QgsLayoutGuide)

Removes the specified guide, and deletes it.

See also

clear()

Parameters

guide (QgsLayoutGuide) –

removeRows(self, row: int, count: int, parent: QModelIndex = QModelIndex()) → bool
Parameters
  • row (int) –

  • count (int) –

  • parent (QModelIndex = QModelIndex()) –

Return type

bool

resetInternalData()
rowCount(self, QModelIndex) → int
Return type

int

sender()
senderSignalIndex()
setData(self, index: QModelIndex, value: Any, role: int) → bool
Parameters
  • index (QModelIndex) –

  • value (Any) –

  • role (int) –

Return type

bool

setGuideLayoutPosition(self, guide: QgsLayoutGuide, position: float)

Sets the absolute position (in layout coordinates) for guide within the layout.

Parameters
setVisible(self, visible: bool)

Sets whether the guide lines should be visible.

See also

visible()

Parameters

visible (bool) –

stringType(self) → str
Return type

str

timerEvent()
update(self)

Updates the position (and visibility) of all guide line items.

visible(self) → bool

Returns true if the guide lines should be drawn.

See also

setVisible()

Return type

bool

writeXml(self, parentElement: QDomElement, document: QDomDocument, context: QgsReadWriteContext) → bool

Stores the collection’s state in a DOM element. The parentElement should refer to the parent layout’s DOM element.

See also

readXml()

Parameters
  • parentElement (QDomElement) –

  • document (QDomDocument) –

  • context (QgsReadWriteContext) –

Return type

bool