Class: QgsMapToolIdentifyFeature¶

A map tool to identify a feature on a chosen layer.

Once the map tool is enable, user can click on the map canvas to identify a feature. A signal will then be emitted.

Class Hierarchy¶

`QgsMapToolIdentify`	Map tool for identifying features in layers.
`QgsMapTool`	Abstract base class for all map tools.
QObject

Methods

change the layer used by the map tool to identify

Signals

Emitted when a feature has been identified by its id.

class qgis.gui.QgsMapToolIdentifyFeature[source]¶

__init__(canvas: QgsMapCanvas | None, vl: QgsVectorLayer | None = None)

QgsMapToolIdentifyFeature is a map tool to identify a feature on a chosen layer

Parameters:

canvas (Optional[QgsMapCanvas]) – the map canvas
vl (Optional[QgsVectorLayer] = None) – the vector layer. The map tool can be initialized without any layer and can be set afterward.

signal featureIdentified(feature: QgsFeature)[source]¶

Emitted when a feature has been identified by its id.

Deprecated since version 3.40: Use the signal with a QgsFeature argument instead.

setLayer(self, vl: QgsVectorLayer | None)[source]¶

change the layer used by the map tool to identify