Class: QgsBookmarkManager¶

class qgis.core.QgsBookmarkManager¶

Bases: PyQt5.QtCore.QObject

Manages storage of a set of bookmarks.

QgsBookmarkManager handles the storage, serializing and deserializing of geographic bookmarks. Usually this class is not constructed directly, but rather accessed through a QgsProject via QgsProject.bookmarkManager(), or via the application-wide bookmark store at QgsApplication.bookmarkManager().

New in version 3.10.

QgsBookmarkManager(parent: QObject = None) Constructor for QgsBookmarkManager, with the specified parent object.

This constructor creates a bookmark manager which stores bookmarks in an XML file. A call to initialize() is required to initialize the manager and set the corresponding file path.

Methods

addBookmark

Adds a bookmark to the manager.

bookmarkById

Returns the bookmark with a matching id, or an empty bookmark if no matching bookmarks were found.

bookmarks

Returns a list of all bookmarks contained in the manager.

bookmarksByGroup

Returns a list of bookmark with a matching group, or an empty list if no matching bookmarks were found.

childEvent

clear

Removes and deletes all bookmarks from the manager.

connectNotify

createProjectBasedManager

Returns a newly created QgsBookmarkManager using a project-based bookmark store, linked to the specified project.

customEvent

disconnectNotify

exportToFile

Exports all bookmarks from a list of managers to an xml file at the specified path.

groups

Returns a list of all bookmark groups contained in the manager.

importFromFile

Imports the bookmarks from an xml file at the specified path.

initialize

Initializes the bookmark manager.

isSignalConnected

moveBookmark

Moves the bookmark with matching id from this manager to a destination manager.

readXml

Reads the manager's state from a DOM element, restoring all bookmarks present in the XML document.

receivers

removeBookmark

Removes the bookmark with matching id from the manager.

renameGroup

Renames an existing group from oldName to newName.

sender

senderSignalIndex

timerEvent

updateBookmark

Updates the definition of a bookmark in the manager.

writeXml

Returns a DOM element representing the state of the manager.

Signals

bookmarkAboutToBeAdded

Emitted when a bookmark is about to be added to the manager [signal]

bookmarkAboutToBeRemoved

Emitted when a bookmark is about to be removed from the manager [signal]

bookmarkAdded

Emitted when a bookmark has been added to the manager [signal]

bookmarkChanged

Emitted when a bookmark is changed [signal]

bookmarkRemoved

Emitted when a bookmark was removed from the manager [signal]

addBookmark(self, bookmark: QgsBookmark) → Tuple[str, bool]¶

Adds a bookmark to the manager.

Parameters

bookmark (QgsBookmark) – the bookmark to add

Return type

Tuple[str, bool]

Returns

The bookmark’s ID (or newly generated ID, if no ID was originally set and one was automatically generated)
ok: will be set to True if the bookmark was successfully added, or False if the bookmark could not be added (eg as a result of a duplicate bookmark ID).

See also

removeBookmark()

See also

bookmarkAdded()

bookmarkAboutToBeAdded¶

Emitted when a bookmark is about to be added to the manager [signal]

Parameters: id (str) –

bookmarkAboutToBeRemoved¶

Emitted when a bookmark is about to be removed from the manager [signal]

Parameters: id (str) –

bookmarkAdded¶

Emitted when a bookmark has been added to the manager [signal]

Parameters: id (str) –

bookmarkById(self, id: str) → QgsBookmark¶

Returns the bookmark with a matching id, or an empty bookmark if no matching bookmarks were found.

Parameters: id (str) –
Return type: QgsBookmark

bookmarkChanged¶

Emitted when a bookmark is changed [signal]

Parameters: id (str) –

bookmarkRemoved¶

Emitted when a bookmark was removed from the manager [signal]

Parameters: id (str) –

bookmarks(self) → List[QgsBookmark]¶

Returns a list of all bookmarks contained in the manager.

Return type: List[QgsBookmark]

bookmarksByGroup(self, group: str) → List[QgsBookmark]¶

Returns a list of bookmark with a matching group, or an empty list if no matching bookmarks were found.

Parameters: group (str) –
Return type: List[QgsBookmark]

childEvent(self, QChildEvent)¶

clear(self)¶: Removes and deletes all bookmarks from the manager.

See also

removeBookmark()

connectNotify(self, QMetaMethod)¶

createProjectBasedManager(project: QgsProject) → QgsBookmarkManager¶

Returns a newly created QgsBookmarkManager using a project-based bookmark store, linked to the specified project.

The returned object is parented to the project.

Parameters: project (QgsProject) –
Return type: QgsBookmarkManager

customEvent(self, QEvent)¶

disconnectNotify(self, QMetaMethod)¶

exportToFile(path: str, managers: Iterable[QgsBookmarkManager], group: str = '') → bool¶

Exports all bookmarks from a list of managers to an xml file at the specified path.

If group is set then only bookmarks from the matching group will be exported.

Returns True if the export was successful.

See also

importFromFile()

Parameters

path (str) –
managers (Iterable[QgsBookmarkManager]) –
group (str = '') –

Return type

bool

groups(self) → List[str]¶

Returns a list of all bookmark groups contained in the manager.

Return type: List[str]

importFromFile(self, path: str) → bool¶

Imports the bookmarks from an xml file at the specified path.

Returns True if the import was successful.

See also

exportToFile()

Parameters: path (str) –
Return type: bool

initialize(self, filePath: str)¶

Initializes the bookmark manager.

Parameters: filePath (str) –

isSignalConnected(self, QMetaMethod) → bool¶

moveBookmark(self, id: str, destination: QgsBookmarkManager) → bool¶

Moves the bookmark with matching id from this manager to a destination manager.

Returns True if the bookmark was successfully moved.

Parameters

id (str) –
destination (QgsBookmarkManager) –

Return type

bool

readXml(self, element: QDomElement, doc: QDomDocument) → bool¶

Reads the manager’s state from a DOM element, restoring all bookmarks present in the XML document.

See also

writeXml()

Parameters

element (QDomElement) –
doc (QDomDocument) –

Return type

bool

receivers(self, PYQT_SIGNAL) → int¶

removeBookmark(self, id: str) → bool¶

Removes the bookmark with matching id from the manager.

Returns True if the removal was successful, or False if the removal failed (eg as a result of removing a bookmark which is not contained in the manager).

See also

addBookmark()

See also

bookmarkRemoved()

See also

bookmarkAboutToBeRemoved()

See also

clear()