Class: QgsPlotAxis

Encapsulates the properties of a plot axis.

Warning

This class is not considered stable API, and may change in future!

Added in version 3.26.

List of all members, including inherited members

Methods

gridIntervalMajor	Returns the interval of major grid lines for the axis.
gridIntervalMinor	Returns the interval of minor grid lines for the axis.
gridMajorSymbol	Returns the line symbol used to render the major lines in the axis grid.
gridMinorSymbol	Returns the line symbol used to render the minor lines in the axis grid.
labelInterval	Returns the interval of labels for the axis.
labelSuffix	Returns the axis label suffix, or an empty string if no label suffix is to be used.
labelSuffixPlacement	Returns the placement for the axis label suffixes.
numericFormat	Returns the numeric format used for the axis labels.
readXml	Reads the axis' properties from an XML element.
setGridIntervalMajor	Sets the interval of major grid lines for the axis.
setGridIntervalMinor	Sets the interval of minor grid lines for the axis.
setGridMajorSymbol	Sets the symbol used to render the major lines in the axis grid.
setGridMinorSymbol	Sets the symbol used to render the minor lines in the axis grid.
setLabelInterval	Sets the interval of labels for the axis.
setLabelSuffix	Sets the axis label suffix.
setLabelSuffixPlacement	Sets the placement for the axis label suffixes.
setNumericFormat	Sets the numeric format used for the axis labels.
setTextFormat	Sets the text format used for the axis labels.
textFormat	Returns the text format used for the axis labels.
writeXml	Writes the axis' properties into an XML element.

class qgis.core.QgsPlotAxis

Bases: object

gridIntervalMajor(self) → float

Returns the interval of major grid lines for the axis.

See also

setGridIntervalMajor()

Return type:

float

gridIntervalMinor(self) → float

Returns the interval of minor grid lines for the axis.

See also

setGridIntervalMinor()

Return type:

float

gridMajorSymbol(self) → QgsLineSymbol | None

Returns the line symbol used to render the major lines in the axis grid.

See also

setGridMajorSymbol()

Return type:

Optional[QgsLineSymbol]

gridMinorSymbol(self) → QgsLineSymbol | None

Returns the line symbol used to render the minor lines in the axis grid.

See also

setGridMinorSymbol()

Return type:

Optional[QgsLineSymbol]

labelInterval(self) → float

Returns the interval of labels for the axis.

See also

setLabelInterval()

Return type:

float

labelSuffix(self) → str

Returns the axis label suffix, or an empty string if no label suffix is to be used.

See also

setLabelSuffix()

See also

labelSuffixPlacement()

Added in version 3.32.

Return type:

str

labelSuffixPlacement(self) → Qgis.PlotAxisSuffixPlacement

Returns the placement for the axis label suffixes.

See also

setLabelSuffixPlacement()

See also

labelSuffix()

Added in version 3.32.

Return type:

Qgis.PlotAxisSuffixPlacement

numericFormat(self) → QgsNumericFormat | None

Returns the numeric format used for the axis labels.

See also

setNumericFormat()

Return type:

Optional[QgsNumericFormat]

readXml(self, element: QDomElement, context: QgsReadWriteContext) → bool

Reads the axis’ properties from an XML element.

Parameters:

• element (QDomElement)

• context (QgsReadWriteContext)

Return type:

bool

setGridIntervalMajor(self, interval: float)

Sets the interval of major grid lines for the axis.

See also

gridIntervalMajor()

Parameters:

interval (float)

setGridIntervalMinor(self, interval: float)

Sets the interval of minor grid lines for the axis.

See also

gridIntervalMinor()

Parameters:

interval (float)

setGridMajorSymbol(self, symbol: QgsLineSymbol | None)

Sets the symbol used to render the major lines in the axis grid.

Ownership of symbol is transferred to the plot.

See also

gridMajorSymbol()

Parameters:

symbol (Optional[QgsLineSymbol])

setGridMinorSymbol(self, symbol: QgsLineSymbol | None)

Sets the symbol used to render the minor lines in the axis grid.

Ownership of symbol is transferred to the plot.

See also

gridMinorSymbol()

Parameters:

symbol (Optional[QgsLineSymbol])

setLabelInterval(self, interval: float)

Sets the interval of labels for the axis.

See also

labelInterval()

Parameters:

interval (float)

setLabelSuffix(self, suffix: str | None)

Sets the axis label suffix. Set to an empty string if no label suffix is to be used.

See also

labelSuffix()

See also

setLabelSuffixPlacement()

Added in version 3.32.

Parameters:

suffix (Optional[str])

setLabelSuffixPlacement(self, placement: Qgis.PlotAxisSuffixPlacement)

Sets the placement for the axis label suffixes.

See also

labelSuffixPlacement()

See also

setLabelSuffix()

Added in version 3.32.

Parameters:

placement (Qgis.PlotAxisSuffixPlacement)

setNumericFormat(self, format: QgsNumericFormat | None)

Sets the numeric format used for the axis labels.

Ownership of format is transferred to the plot.

See also

numericFormat()

Parameters:

format (Optional[QgsNumericFormat])

setTextFormat(self, format: QgsTextFormat)

Sets the text format used for the axis labels.

See also

textFormat()

Parameters:

format (QgsTextFormat)

textFormat(self) → QgsTextFormat

Returns the text format used for the axis labels.

See also

setTextFormat()

Return type:

QgsTextFormat

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

Writes the axis’ properties into an XML element.

Parameters:

• element (QDomElement)

• document (QDomDocument)

• context (QgsReadWriteContext)

Return type:

bool