Class: QgsFieldComboBox

class qgis.gui.QgsFieldComboBox(parent: QWidget = None)

Bases: PyQt5.QtWidgets.QComboBox

QgsFieldComboBox creates a combo box to display the fields of a layer. The layer can be either manually given or dynamically set by connecting the signal QgsMapLayerComboBox.layerChanged to the slot setLayer.

The QgsFieldComboBox is a combo box which displays the list of fields of a given layer. It might be combined with a QgsMapLayerComboBox to automatically update fields according to a chosen layer. If expression must be used, QgsFieldExpressionWidget shall be used instead.

New in version 2.3.

Parameters

parent

actionEvent()
allowEmptyFieldName(self) → bool

Returns true if the combo box allows the empty field (“not set”) choice.

New in version 3.0.

Return type

bool

changeEvent()
childEvent()
closeEvent()
connectNotify()
contextMenuEvent()
create()
currentField(self) → str

Returns the currently selected field

Return type

str

customEvent()
destroy()
disconnectNotify()
dragEnterEvent()
dragLeaveEvent()
dragMoveEvent()
dropEvent()
enterEvent()
fieldChanged

the signal is emitted when the currently selected field changes [signal]

filters(self) → QgsFieldProxyModel.Filters

currently used filter on list of fields

Return type

QgsFieldProxyModel.Filters

focusInEvent()
focusNextChild()
focusNextPrevChild()
focusOutEvent()
focusPreviousChild()
hideEvent()
indexChanged(self, i: int)
Parameters

i (int) –

initPainter()
initStyleOption()
inputMethodEvent()
isSignalConnected()
keyPressEvent()
keyReleaseEvent()
layer(self) → QgsVectorLayer

Returns the layer currently associated with the combobox.

See also

setLayer()

Return type

QgsVectorLayer

leaveEvent()
metric()
mouseDoubleClickEvent()
mouseMoveEvent()
mousePressEvent()
mouseReleaseEvent()
moveEvent()
nativeEvent()
paintEvent()
receivers()
resizeEvent()
sender()
senderSignalIndex()
setAllowEmptyFieldName(self, allowEmpty: bool)

Sets whether an optional empty field (“not set”) option is shown in the combo box.

New in version 3.0.

Parameters

allowEmpty (bool) –

setField(self, fieldName: str)

setField sets the currently selected field

Parameters

fieldName (str) –

setFilters(self, filters: Union[QgsFieldProxyModel.Filters, QgsFieldProxyModel.Filter])

setFilters allows fitering according to the type of field

Parameters

filters (Union[QgsFieldProxyModel.Filters) –

setLayer(self, layer: QgsMapLayer)

Sets the layer for which fields are listed in the combobox. If no layer is set or a non-vector layer is set then the combobox will be empty.

See also

layer()

Parameters

layer (QgsMapLayer) –

sharedPainter()
showEvent()
tabletEvent()
timerEvent()
updateMicroFocus()
wheelEvent()