Class: QgsMapCanvas

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

Bases: PyQt5.QtWidgets.QGraphicsView

Constructor

Map canvas is a class for displaying all GIS data types on a canvas.

Parameters

parent

actionEvent()
annotationItems(self) → object

Returns a list of all annotation items in the canvas.

New in version 3.0.

Return type

object

annotationsVisible(self) → bool

Returns true if annotations are visible within the map canvas.

New in version 3.0.

Return type

bool

antiAliasingEnabled(self) → bool

true if antialising is enabled

Return type

bool

canvasColor(self) → QColor

Read property of QColor bgColor.

Return type

QColor

canvasColorChanged

Emitted when canvas background color changes

New in version 3.0: [signal]

center(self) → QgsPointXY

Gets map center, in geographical coordinates

New in version 2.8.

Return type

QgsPointXY

changeEvent()
childEvent()
clearCache(self)

Make sure to remove any rendered images from cache (does nothing if cache is not enabled)

New in version 2.4.

clearExtentHistory(self)
closeEvent()
connectNotify()
contextMenuEvent()
create()
currentLayer(self) → QgsMapLayer

returns current layer (set by legend widget)

Return type

QgsMapLayer

currentLayerChanged

Emitted when the current layer is changed

New in version 2.8: [signal]

customEvent()
defaultExpressionContextScope(self) → QgsExpressionContextScope

Creates a new scope which contains default variables and functions relating to the map canvas.

New in version 3.4.

Return type

QgsExpressionContextScope

destinationCrsChanged

Emitted when map CRS has changed

New in version 2.4: [signal]

destroy()
disconnectNotify()
dragEnterEvent(self, e: QDragEnterEvent)

Overridden drag enter event

Parameters

e (QDragEnterEvent) –

dragLeaveEvent()
dragMoveEvent()
drawBackground()
drawForeground()
drawFrame()
dropEvent()
enableAntiAliasing(self, flag: bool)

used to determine if anti-aliasing is enabled or not

Parameters

flag (bool) –

enableMapTileRendering(self, flag: bool)

sets map tile rendering flag

Parameters

flag (bool) –

enterEvent()
event(self, e: QEvent) → bool

Overridden standard event to be gestures aware

Parameters

e (QEvent) –

Return type

bool

eventFilter()
expressionContextScope(self) → QgsExpressionContextScope

Returns a reference to the expression context scope for the map canvas. This scope is injected into the expression context used for rendering the map, and can be used to apply specific variable overrides for expression evaluation for the map canvas render.

New in version 2.12.

Return type

QgsExpressionContextScope

extent(self) → QgsRectangle

Returns the current zoom extent of the map canvas

Return type

QgsRectangle

extentsChanged

Emitted when the extents of the map change [signal]

flashFeatureIds(self, layer: QgsVectorLayer, ids: object, startColor: Union[QColor, Qt.GlobalColor, QGradient] = QColor(255, 0, 0, 255), endColor: Union[QColor, Qt.GlobalColor, QGradient] = QColor(255, 0, 0, 0), flashes: int = 3, duration: int = 500)

Causes a set of features with matching ids from a vector layer to flash within the canvas.

The startColor and endColor can be specified, along with the number of flashes and duration of each flash (in milliseconds).

Note

If the features or geometries are already available, flashGeometries() is much more efficient.

New in version 3.0.

Parameters
  • layer (QgsVectorLayer) –

  • ids (object) –

  • startColor (Union[QColor) –

  • endColor (Union[QColor) –

  • flashes (int = 3) –

  • duration (int = 500) –

flashGeometries(self, geometries: object, crs: QgsCoordinateReferenceSystem = QgsCoordinateReferenceSystem(), startColor: Union[QColor, Qt.GlobalColor, QGradient] = QColor(255, 0, 0, 255), endColor: Union[QColor, Qt.GlobalColor, QGradient] = QColor(255, 0, 0, 0), flashes: int = 3, duration: int = 500)

Causes a set of geometries to flash within the canvas.

If crs is a valid coordinate reference system, the geometries will be automatically transformed from this CRS to the canvas CRS.

The startColor and endColor can be specified, along with the number of flashes and duration of each flash (in milliseconds).

New in version 3.0.

Parameters
  • geometries (object) –

  • crs (QgsCoordinateReferenceSystem = QgsCoordinateReferenceSystem()) –

  • startColor (Union[QColor) –

  • endColor (Union[QColor) –

  • flashes (int = 3) –

  • duration (int = 500) –

focusInEvent()
focusNextChild()
focusNextPrevChild()
focusOutEvent()
focusPreviousChild()
freeze(self, frozen: bool = True)

Freeze/thaw the map canvas. This is used to prevent the canvas from responding to events while layers are being added/removed etc.

Parameters

frozen (bool = True) – Boolean specifying if the canvas should be frozen (true) or thawed (false). Default is true.

See also

isFrozen()

See also

setRenderFlag() while setRenderFlag() should only be used when users disable rendering via GUI.

fullExtent(self) → QgsRectangle

Returns the combined extent for all layers on the map canvas

Return type

QgsRectangle

getCoordinateTransform(self) → QgsMapToPixel

Gets the current coordinate transform

Return type

QgsMapToPixel

hideEvent()
initPainter()
initStyleOption()
inputMethodEvent()
isCachingEnabled(self) → bool

Check whether images of rendered layers are curerently being cached

New in version 2.4.

Return type

bool

isDrawing(self) → bool

Find out whether rendering is in progress

Return type

bool

isFrozen(self) → bool

Returns true if canvas is frozen.

See also

renderFlag()

have been halted programmatically, while renderFlag() should be used to determine whether a user has disabled rendering via GUI.

See also

freeze()

Return type

bool

isParallelRenderingEnabled(self) → bool

Check whether the layers are rendered in parallel or sequentially

New in version 2.4.

Return type

bool

isSignalConnected()
keyPressEvent(self, e: QKeyEvent)

Overridden key press event

Parameters

e (QKeyEvent) –

keyPressed

Emit key press event [signal]

keyReleaseEvent(self, e: QKeyEvent)

Overridden key release event

Parameters

e (QKeyEvent) –

keyReleased

Emit key release event [signal]

labelingEngineSettings(self) → QgsLabelingEngineSettings

Returns global labeling engine settings from the internal map settings

New in version 3.0.

Return type

QgsLabelingEngineSettings

labelingResults(self) → QgsLabelingResults

Gets access to the labeling results (may be null)

New in version 2.4.

Return type

QgsLabelingResults

layer(self, index: int) → QgsMapLayer

Returns the map layer at position index in the layer stack

Parameters

index (int) –

Return type

QgsMapLayer

layerCount(self) → int

Returns number of layers on the map

Return type

int

layerStateChange(self)

This slot is connected to the visibility change of one or more layers

layerStyleOverrides(self) → Dict[str, str]

Returns the stored overrides of styles for layers.

New in version 2.12.

Return type

Dict[str, str]

layerStyleOverridesChanged

Emitted when the configuration of overridden layer styles changes

New in version 2.12: [signal]

layers(self) → List[QgsMapLayer]

Returns the list of layers shown within the map canvas.

See also

setLayers()

Return type

List[QgsMapLayer]

layersChanged

Emitted when a new set of layers has been received [signal]

leaveEvent()
magnificationChanged

Emitted when the scale of the map changes

New in version 2.16: [signal]

magnificationFactor(self) → float

Returns the magnification factor

New in version 2.16.

Return type

float

mapCanvasRefreshed

Emitted when canvas finished a refresh request. [signal]

mapSettings(self) → QgsMapSettings

Gets access to properties used for map rendering

New in version 2.4.

Return type

QgsMapSettings

mapTool(self) → QgsMapTool

Returns the currently active tool

Return type

QgsMapTool

mapToolSet

Emit map tool changed with the old tool

New in version 2.3: [signal]

mapUnits(self) → QgsUnitTypes.DistanceUnit

Convenience function for returning the current canvas map units. The map units are dictated by the canvas’ destinationCrs() map units.

Return type

QgsUnitTypes.DistanceUnit

mapUnitsPerPixel(self) → float

Returns the mapUnitsPerPixel (map units per pixel) for the canvas

Return type

float

mapUpdateInterval(self) → int

Find out how often map preview should be updated while it is being rendered (in milliseconds)

New in version 2.4.

Return type

int

messageEmitted

emit a message (usually to be displayed in a message bar) [signal]

metric()
mouseDoubleClickEvent(self, e: QMouseEvent)

Overridden mouse double-click event

Parameters

e (QMouseEvent) –

mouseLastXY(self) → QPoint

returns last position of mouse cursor

Return type

QPoint

mouseMoveEvent(self, e: QMouseEvent)

Overridden mouse move event

Parameters

e (QMouseEvent) –

mousePressEvent(self, e: QMouseEvent)

Overridden mouse press event

Parameters

e (QMouseEvent) –

mouseReleaseEvent(self, e: QMouseEvent)

Overridden mouse release event

Parameters

e (QMouseEvent) –

moveCanvasContents(self, reset: bool = False)

called when panning is in action, reset indicates end of panning

Parameters

reset (bool = False) –

moveEvent()
nativeEvent()
paintEvent(self, e: QPaintEvent)

Overridden paint event

Parameters

e (QPaintEvent) –

panAction(self, event: QMouseEvent)

Called when mouse is moving and pan is activated

Parameters

event (QMouseEvent) –

panActionEnd(self, releasePoint: QPoint)

Ends pan action and redraws the canvas.

Parameters

releasePoint (QPoint) –

panToFeatureIds(self, layer: QgsVectorLayer, ids: object)

Centers canvas extent to feature ids

Parameters
  • layer (QgsVectorLayer) – the vector layer

  • ids (object) – the feature ids*

panToSelected(self, layer: QgsVectorLayer = None)

Pan to the selected features of current (vector) layer keeping same extent.

Parameters

layer (QgsVectorLayer = None) –

previewJobsEnabled(self) → bool

Returns true if canvas map preview jobs (low priority render jobs which render portions of the view just outside of the canvas extent, to allow preview of these out-of-canvas areas when panning or zooming out the map) are enabled for the canvas.

New in version 3.0.

Return type

bool

previewMode(self) → QgsPreviewEffect.PreviewMode

Returns the current preview mode for the map canvas. This setting only has an effect if previewModeEnabled is true.

Return type

QgsPreviewEffect.PreviewMode

Returns

preview mode for map canvas

See also

setPreviewMode()

New in version 2.3.

previewModeEnabled(self) → bool

Returns whether a preview mode is enabled for the map canvas

Return type

bool

Returns

true if a preview mode is currently enabled

See also

previewMode()

New in version 2.3.

readProject(self, QDomDocument)

called to read map canvas settings from project

receivers()
refresh(self)

Repaints the canvas map

refreshAllLayers(self)

Reload all layers, clear the cache and refresh the canvas

New in version 2.9.

renderComplete

TODO: deprecate when decorations are reimplemented as map canvas items - anything related to rendering progress is not visible outside of map canvas - additional drawing shall be done directly within the renderer job or independently as a map canvas item [signal]

renderFlag(self) → bool

Returns true if canvas render is disabled as a result of user disabling renders via the GUI.

See also

setRenderFlag()

See also

isFrozen()

have been halted programmatically, while renderFlag() should be used to determine whether a user has disabled rendering via GUI.

Return type

bool

renderStarting

Emitted when the canvas is about to be rendered. [signal]

resizeEvent(self, e: QResizeEvent)

Overridden resize event

Parameters

e (QResizeEvent) –

rotation(self) → float

Gets the current map canvas rotation in clockwise degrees

New in version 2.8.

Return type

float

rotationChanged

Emitted when the rotation of the map changes

New in version 2.8: [signal]

saveAsImage(self, fileName: str, QPixmap: QPixmap = None, a2: str = '')

Save the convtents of the map canvas to disk as an image

Parameters
  • fileName (str) –

  • QPixmap (QPixmap = None) –

  • a2 (str = '') –

scale(self) → float

Returns the last reported scale of the canvas. The scale value indicates the scale denominator, e.g. 1000.0 for a 1:1000 map.

Return type

float

scaleChanged

Emitted when the scale of the map changes [signal]

scaleLocked(self) → bool

Returns whether the scale is locked, so zooming can be performed using magnication.

See also

setScaleLocked()

New in version 2.16.

Return type

bool

scrollContentsBy()
selectionChanged

Emitted when selection in any layer gets changed [signal]

selectionChangedSlot(self)

Receives signal about selection change, and pass it on with layer info

selectionColor(self) → QColor

Returns color for selected features

New in version 3.0.

Return type

QColor

sender()
senderSignalIndex()
setAnnotationsVisible(self, visible: bool)

Sets whether annotations are visible in the canvas.

New in version 3.0.

Parameters

visible (bool) –

setCachingEnabled(self, enabled: bool)

Set whether to cache images of rendered layers

New in version 2.4.

Parameters

enabled (bool) –

setCanvasColor(self, _newVal: Union[QColor, Qt.GlobalColor, QGradient])

Write property of QColor bgColor.

Parameters

_newVal (Union[QColor) –

setCenter(self, center: QgsPointXY)

Set the center of the map canvas, in geographical coordinates

New in version 2.8.

Parameters

center (QgsPointXY) –

setCurrentLayer(self, layer: QgsMapLayer)
Parameters

layer (QgsMapLayer) –

setDestinationCrs(self, crs: QgsCoordinateReferenceSystem)

sets destination coordinate reference system

New in version 2.4.

Parameters

crs (QgsCoordinateReferenceSystem) –

setExpressionContextScope(self, scope: QgsExpressionContextScope)

Sets an expression context scope for the map canvas. This scope is injected into the expression context used for rendering the map, and can be used to apply specific variable overrides for expression evaluation for the map canvas render. This method will overwrite the existing expression context scope for the canvas.

Parameters

scope (QgsExpressionContextScope) – new expression context scope

New in version 2.12.

setExtent(self, r: QgsRectangle, magnified: bool = False)

Sets the extent of the map canvas

Parameters
setLabelingEngineSettings(self, settings: QgsLabelingEngineSettings)

Sets global labeling engine settings in the internal map settings

New in version 3.0.

Parameters

settings (QgsLabelingEngineSettings) –

setLayerStyleOverrides(self, overrides: Dict[str, str])

Sets the stored overrides of styles for rendering layers.

If the map canvas has been associated with a map theme via a call to setTheme(), then any calls to setLayerStyleOverrides() are ignored. It is necessary to first clear the theme association by calling setTheme() with an empty string before setLayerStyleOverrides() calls can be made.

New in version 2.12.

Parameters

overrides (Dict[str) –

setLayers(self, layers: Iterable[QgsMapLayer])

Sets the list of layers that should be shown in the canvas.

If the map canvas has been associated with a map theme via a call to setTheme(), then any calls to setLayers() are ignored. It is necessary to first clear the theme association by calling setTheme() with an empty string before setLayers() calls can be made.

See also

layers()

New in version 3.0.

Parameters

layers (Iterable[QgsMapLayer]) –

setMagnificationFactor(self, factor: float)

Sets the factor of magnification to apply to the map canvas. Indeed, we increase/decrease the DPI of the map settings according to this factor in order to render marker point, labels, … bigger.

New in version 2.16.

Parameters

factor (float) –

setMapSettingsFlags(self, flags: Union[QgsMapSettings.Flags, QgsMapSettings.Flag])

Resets the flags for the canvas’ map settings.

New in version 3.0.

Parameters

flags (Union[QgsMapSettings.Flags) –

setMapTool(self, mapTool: QgsMapTool, clean: bool = False)

Sets the map tool currently being used on the canvas

Parameters
  • mapTool (QgsMapTool) –

  • clean (bool = False) –

setMapUpdateInterval(self, timeMilliseconds: int)

Set how often map preview should be updated while it is being rendered (in milliseconds)

New in version 2.4.

Parameters

timeMilliseconds (int) –

setParallelRenderingEnabled(self, enabled: bool)

Set whether the layers are rendered in parallel or sequentially

New in version 2.4.

Parameters

enabled (bool) –

setPreviewJobsEnabled(self, enabled: bool)

Sets whether canvas map preview jobs (low priority render jobs which render portions of the view just outside of the canvas extent, to allow preview of these out-of-canvas areas when panning or zooming out the map) are enabled for the canvas.

New in version 3.0.

Parameters

enabled (bool) –

setPreviewMode(self, mode: QgsPreviewEffect.PreviewMode)

Sets a preview mode for the map canvas. This setting only has an effect if previewModeEnabled is true.

Parameters

mode (QgsPreviewEffect.PreviewMode) – preview mode for the canvas

See also

previewMode()

New in version 2.3.

setPreviewModeEnabled(self, previewEnabled: bool)

Enables a preview mode for the map canvas

Parameters

previewEnabled (bool) – set to true to enable a preview mode

See also

setPreviewMode()

New in version 2.3.

setRenderFlag(self, flag: bool)

Sets whether a user has disabled canvas renders via the GUI.

Parameters

flag (bool) – set to false to indicate that user has disabled renders

See also

renderFlag()

See also

freeze() while setRenderFlag() should only be used when users disable rendering via GUI.

setRotation(self, degrees: float)

Set the rotation of the map canvas in clockwise degrees

New in version 2.8.

Parameters

degrees (float) –

setScaleLocked(self, isLocked: bool)

Lock the scale, so zooming can be performed using magnication

See also

scaleLocked()

New in version 2.16.

Parameters

isLocked (bool) –

setSegmentationTolerance(self, tolerance: float)

Sets the segmentation tolerance applied when rendering curved geometries

Parameters

tolerance (float) – the segmentation tolerance*

setSegmentationToleranceType(self, type: QgsAbstractGeometry.SegmentationToleranceType)

Sets segmentation tolerance type (maximum angle or maximum difference between curve and approximation)

Parameters

type (QgsAbstractGeometry.SegmentationToleranceType) – the segmentation tolerance typename*

setSelectionColor(self, color: Union[QColor, Qt.GlobalColor, QGradient])

Set color of selected vector features

New in version 2.4.

Parameters

color (Union[QColor) –

setSnappingUtils(self, utils: QgsSnappingUtils)

Assign an instance of snapping utils to the map canvas. The instance is not owned by the canvas, so it is possible to use one instance in multiple canvases.

For main canvas in QGIS, do not associate a different instance from the existing one (it is updated from the project’s snapping configuration).

New in version 2.8.

Parameters

utils (QgsSnappingUtils) –

setTheme(self, theme: str)

Sets a map theme to show in the canvas. The theme name must match a theme present in the associated project’s QgsMapThemeCollection.

When the canvas is associated to a map theme, it will automatically follow the layer selection and layer styles from that theme. Calls to setLayers() or setLayerStyleOverrides() will have no effect, and canvases associated with a QgsLayerTreeMapCanvasBridge will no longer synchronize their state with the layer tree. In these cases it is necessary to call setTheme() with an empty string to clear the theme association and allow map updates with setLayers(), setLayerStyleOverrides(), or via QgsLayerTreeMapCanvasBridge.

If an empty string is passed then the current theme association will be cleared.

See also

theme()

New in version 3.0.

Parameters

theme (str) –

setViewportMargins()
setWheelFactor(self, factor: float)

Sets wheel zoom factor (should be greater than 1)

Parameters

factor (float) –

setupViewport()
sharedPainter()
showEvent()
snappingUtils(self) → QgsSnappingUtils

Returns snapping utility class that is associated with map canvas. If no snapping utils instance has been associated previously, an internal will be created for convenience (so map tools do not need to test for existence of the instance).

Main canvas in QGIS returns an instance which is always up-to-date with the project’s snapping configuration.

New in version 2.8.

Return type

QgsSnappingUtils

stopRendering(self)

stop rendering (if there is any right now)

New in version 2.4.

tabletEvent()
theme(self) → str

Returns the map’s theme shown in the canvas, if set.

See also

setTheme()

New in version 3.0.

Return type

str

themeChanged

Emitted when the canvas has been assigned a different map theme.

See also

setTheme()

New in version 3.0: [signal]

timerEvent()
transformContextChanged

Emitted when the canvas transform context is changed.

New in version 3.0: [signal]

unsetMapTool(self, mapTool: QgsMapTool)

Unset the current map tool or last non zoom tool

This is called from destructor of map tools to make sure that this map tool won’t be used any more. You don’t have to call it manually, QgsMapTool takes care of it.

Parameters

mapTool (QgsMapTool) –

updateCanvasItemPositions(self)

called on resize or changed extent to notify canvas items to change their rectangle

updateMicroFocus()
updateScale(self)

Emits signal scaleChanged to update scale in main window

viewportEvent()
viewportMargins()
viewportSizeHint()
waitWhileRendering(self)

Blocks until the rendering job has finished.

In almost all cases you do NOT want to call this, as it will hang the UI until the rendering job is complete. It’s included in API solely for unit testing and standalone Python scripts.

New in version 3.0.

wheelEvent(self, e: QWheelEvent)

Overridden mouse wheel event

Parameters

e (QWheelEvent) –

writeProject(self, QDomDocument)

called to write map canvas settings to project

xyCoordinates

Emits current mouse position

Note

changed in 1.3 * [signal]

zoomByFactor(self, scaleFactor: float, center: QgsPointXY = None)

Zoom with the factor supplied. Factor > 1 zooms out, interval (0,1) zooms in If point is given, re-center on it

Parameters
  • scaleFactor (float) –

  • center (QgsPointXY = None) –

zoomIn(self)

Zoom in with fixed factor

zoomLastStatusChanged

Emitted when zoom last status changed [signal]

zoomNextStatusChanged

Emitted when zoom next status changed [signal]

zoomOut(self)

Zoom out with fixed factor

zoomScale(self, scale: float)

Zooms the canvas to a specific scale. The scale value indicates the scale denominator, e.g. 1000.0 for a 1:1000 map.

Parameters

scale (float) –

zoomToFeatureExtent(self, rect: QgsRectangle)

Zooms to feature extent. Adds a small margin around the extent and does a pan if rect is empty (point extent)

Parameters

rect (QgsRectangle) –

zoomToFeatureIds(self, layer: QgsVectorLayer, ids: object)

Set canvas extent to the bounding box of a set of features

Parameters
  • layer (QgsVectorLayer) – the vector layer

  • ids (object) – the feature ids*

zoomToFullExtent(self)

Zoom to the full extent of all layers

zoomToNextExtent(self)

Zoom to the next extent (view)

zoomToPreviousExtent(self)

Zoom to the previous extent (view)

zoomToSelected(self, layer: QgsVectorLayer = None)

Zoom to the extent of the selected features of provided (vector) layer.

Parameters

layer (QgsVectorLayer = None) – optionally specify different than current layer

zoomWithCenter(self, x: int, y: int, zoomIn: bool)

Zooms in/out with a given center

Parameters
  • x (int) –

  • y (int) –

  • zoomIn (bool) –