Class: QgsTextPreview

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

Bases: PyQt5.QtWidgets.QLabel

Constructor for QgsTextPreview

Parameters

parent (QWidget = None) – parent widget

A widget for previewing text formatting settings.

QgsTextPreview provides a widget for previewing the appearance of text rendered using QgsTextRenderer. The preview includes all settings contained within a QgsTextFormat, including shadow, background and buffer.

In order to preview the exact appearance of text which uses sizes in map units, the scale and map units must be set by calling setScale() and setMapUnits().

Methods

actionEvent

changeEvent

childEvent

closeEvent

connectNotify

contextMenuEvent

create

customEvent

destroy

disconnectNotify

dragEnterEvent

dragLeaveEvent

dragMoveEvent

drawFrame

dropEvent

enterEvent

event

focusInEvent

focusNextChild

focusNextPrevChild

focusOutEvent

focusPreviousChild

format

Returns the text format used for previewing text in the widget.

hideEvent

initPainter

initStyleOption

inputMethodEvent

isSignalConnected

keyPressEvent

keyReleaseEvent

leaveEvent

mapUnits

Returns the map unit type used for previewing format sizes in map units.

metric

mouseDoubleClickEvent

mouseMoveEvent

mousePressEvent

mouseReleaseEvent

moveEvent

nativeEvent

paintEvent

param e

receivers

resizeEvent

scale

Returns the scale used for previewing format sizes in map units.

sender

senderSignalIndex

setFormat

Sets the text format for previewing in the widget.

setMapUnits

Sets the map unit type for previewing format sizes in map units.

setScale

Sets the scale to use for previewing format sizes in map units.

sharedPainter

showEvent

tabletEvent

timerEvent

updateMicroFocus

wheelEvent

actionEvent()
changeEvent()
childEvent()
closeEvent()
connectNotify()
contextMenuEvent()
create()
customEvent()
destroy()
disconnectNotify()
dragEnterEvent()
dragLeaveEvent()
dragMoveEvent()
drawFrame()
dropEvent()
enterEvent()
event()
focusInEvent()
focusNextChild()
focusNextPrevChild()
focusOutEvent()
focusPreviousChild()
format(self) → QgsTextFormat

Returns the text format used for previewing text in the widget.

See also

setFormat()

Return type

QgsTextFormat

hideEvent()
initPainter()
initStyleOption()
inputMethodEvent()
isSignalConnected()
keyPressEvent()
keyReleaseEvent()
leaveEvent()
mapUnits(self) → QgsUnitTypes.DistanceUnit

Returns the map unit type used for previewing format sizes in map units.

See also

setMapUnits()

See also

scale()

Return type

QgsUnitTypes.DistanceUnit

metric()
mouseDoubleClickEvent()
mouseMoveEvent()
mousePressEvent()
mouseReleaseEvent()
moveEvent()
nativeEvent()
paintEvent(self, e: QPaintEvent)
Parameters

e (QPaintEvent) –

receivers()
resizeEvent()
scale(self) → float

Returns the scale used for previewing format sizes in map units. The scale value indicates the scale denominator, e.g. 1000.0 for a 1:1000 map.

See also

setScale()

See also

mapUnits()

Return type

float

sender()
senderSignalIndex()
setFormat(self, format: QgsTextFormat)

Sets the text format for previewing in the widget.

Parameters

format (QgsTextFormat) – text format

See also

format()

setMapUnits(self, unit: QgsUnitTypes.DistanceUnit)

Sets the map unit type for previewing format sizes in map units.

Parameters

unit (QgsUnitTypes.DistanceUnit) – map units

See also

mapUnits()

See also

setScale()

setScale(self, scale: float)

Sets the scale to use for previewing format sizes in map units. The scale value indicates the scale denominator, e.g. 1000.0 for a 1:1000 map.

See also

scale()

See also

setMapUnits()

Parameters

scale (float) –

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