Class: QgsSymbolButton

class qgis.gui.QgsSymbolButton(parent: QWidget = None, dialogTitle: str = '')

Bases: PyQt5.QtWidgets.QToolButton

Construct a new symbol button. Use dialogTitle string to define the title to show in the symbol settings dialog.

A button for creating and modifying QgsSymbol settings.

The button shows a preview icon for the current symbol, and will open a detailed symbol editor dialog (or panel widget) when clicked.

New in version 3.0.

Parameters
  • parent (QWidget = None) –

  • dialogTitle

actionEvent()
changeEvent(self, e: QEvent)
Parameters

e (QEvent) –

changed

Emitted when the symbol’s settings are changed.

See also

symbol()

See also

setSymbol() [signal]

checkStateSet()
childEvent()
closeEvent()
connectNotify()
contextMenuEvent()
copyColor(self)

Copies the current symbol color to the clipboard.

See also

pasteColor()

copySymbol(self)

Copies the current symbol to the clipboard.

See also

pasteSymbol()

create()
customEvent()
destroy()
dialogTitle(self) → str

Returns the title for the symbol settings dialog window.

See also

setDialogTitle()

Return type

str

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

e (QDragEnterEvent) –

dragLeaveEvent(self, e: QDragLeaveEvent)
Parameters

e (QDragLeaveEvent) –

dragMoveEvent()
dropEvent(self, e: QDropEvent)
Parameters

e (QDropEvent) –

enterEvent()
event()
focusInEvent()
focusNextChild()
focusNextPrevChild()
focusOutEvent()
focusPreviousChild()
hideEvent()
hitButton()
initPainter()
initStyleOption()
inputMethodEvent()
isSignalConnected()
keyPressEvent()
keyReleaseEvent()
layer(self) → QgsVectorLayer

Returns the layer associated with the widget.

See also

setLayer()

Return type

QgsVectorLayer

leaveEvent()
mapCanvas(self) → QgsMapCanvas

Returns the map canvas associated with the widget.

See also

setMapCanvas()

Return type

QgsMapCanvas

metric()
minimumSizeHint(self) → QSize
Return type

QSize

mouseDoubleClickEvent()
mouseMoveEvent(self, e: QMouseEvent)
Parameters

e (QMouseEvent) –

mousePressEvent(self, e: QMouseEvent)
Parameters

e (QMouseEvent) –

mouseReleaseEvent()
moveEvent()
nativeEvent()
nextCheckState()
paintEvent()
pasteColor(self)

Pastes a color from the clipboard to the symbol. If clipboard does not contain a valid color or string representation of a color, then no change is applied.

See also

copyColor()

pasteSymbol(self)

Pastes a symbol from the clipboard. If clipboard does not contain a valid symbol then no change is applied.

See also

copySymbol()

receivers()
registerExpressionContextGenerator(self, generator: QgsExpressionContextGenerator)

Register an expression context generator class that will be used to retrieve an expression context for the button when required.

Parameters

generator (QgsExpressionContextGenerator) –

resizeEvent(self, event: QResizeEvent)
Parameters

event (QResizeEvent) –

sender()
senderSignalIndex()
setColor(self, color: Union[QColor, Qt.GlobalColor, QGradient])

Sets the current color for the symbol. Will emit a changed() signal if the color is different to the previous symbol color.

Parameters

color (Union[QColor) –

setDialogTitle(self, title: str)

Sets the title for the symbol settings dialog window.

See also

dialogTitle()

Parameters

title (str) –

setLayer(self, layer: QgsVectorLayer)

Sets a layer to associate with the widget. This allows the widget to setup layer related settings within the symbol settings dialog, such as correctly populating data defined override buttons.

See also

layer()

Parameters

layer (QgsVectorLayer) –

setMapCanvas(self, canvas: QgsMapCanvas)

Sets a map canvas to associate with the widget. This allows the widget to fetch current settings from the map canvas, such as current scale.

See also

mapCanvas()

Parameters

canvas (QgsMapCanvas) –

setSymbol(self, symbol: QgsSymbol)

Sets the symbol for the button. Ownership of symbol is transferred to the button.

See also

symbol()

See also

changed()

Parameters

symbol (QgsSymbol) –

setSymbolType(self, type: QgsSymbol.SymbolType)

Sets the symbol type which the button requires. If the type differs from the current symbol type, the symbol will be reset to a default symbol style of the new type.

See also

symbolType()

Parameters

type (QgsSymbol.SymbolType) –

sharedPainter()
showEvent(self, e: QShowEvent)
Parameters

e (QShowEvent) –

sizeHint(self) → QSize
Return type

QSize

symbol(self) → QgsSymbol

Returns the current symbol defined by the button.

See also

setSymbol()

See also

changed()

Return type

QgsSymbol

symbolType(self) → QgsSymbol.SymbolType

Returns the symbol type which the button requires.

See also

setSymbolType()

Return type

QgsSymbol.SymbolType

tabletEvent()
timerEvent()
updateMicroFocus()
wheelEvent()