Class: QgsAbstractFileContentSourceLineEdit

class qgis.gui.QgsAbstractFileContentSourceLineEdit

Bases: PyQt5.QtWidgets.QWidget

Abstract base class for a widgets which allows users to select content from a file, embedding a file, etc.

This class is designed to be used by content which is managed by a QgsAbstractContentCache, i.e. it can handle either direct file paths, base64 encoded contents, or remote HTTP urls.

New in version 3.6.

QgsAbstractFileContentSourceLineEdit(parent: QWidget = None) Constructor for QgsAbstractFileContentSourceLineEdit, with the specified parent widget.

Methods

messageBar

Returns the message bar associated with the widget.

propertyOverrideToolButton

Returns the property override tool button

setLastPathSettingsKey

Sets a specific settings key to use when storing the last used path for the file source.

setMessageBar

Sets the message bar associated with the widget.

setPropertyOverrideToolButtonVisible

Sets the visibility of the property override tool button

setSource

Sets a new source to show in the widget.

source

Returns the current file source.

Signals

sourceChanged

pyqtSignal(*types, name: str = ..., revision: int = ..., arguments: Sequence = ...) -> PYQT_SIGNAL

messageBar(self) QgsMessageBar

Returns the message bar associated with the widget.

See also

setMessageBar()

Return type:

QgsMessageBar

propertyOverrideToolButton(self) QgsPropertyOverrideButton

Returns the property override tool button

New in version 3.16.

Return type:

QgsPropertyOverrideButton

setLastPathSettingsKey(self, key: str)

Sets a specific settings key to use when storing the last used path for the file source.

Parameters:

key (str) –

setMessageBar(self, bar: QgsMessageBar)

Sets the message bar associated with the widget. This allows the widget to push feedback messages to the appropriate message bar.

See also

messageBar()

Parameters:

bar (QgsMessageBar) –

setPropertyOverrideToolButtonVisible(self, visible: bool)

Sets the visibility of the property override tool button

New in version 3.16.

Parameters:

visible (bool) –

setSource(self, source: str)

Sets a new source to show in the widget.

See also

source()

See also

sourceChanged()

Parameters:

source (str) –

source(self) str

Returns the current file source.

See also

setSource()

See also

sourceChanged()

Return type:

str

sourceChanged

pyqtSignal(*types, name: str = …, revision: int = …, arguments: Sequence = …) -> PYQT_SIGNAL

types is normally a sequence of individual types. Each type is either a type object or a string that is the name of a C++ type. Alternatively each type could itself be a sequence of types each describing a different overloaded signal. name is the optional C++ name of the signal. If it is not specified then the name of the class attribute that is bound to the signal is used. revision is the optional revision of the signal that is exported to QML. If it is not specified then 0 is used. arguments is the optional sequence of the names of the signal’s arguments.

Parameters:
  • name (str = ...) –

  • revision (int = ...) –

  • arguments (Sequence = ...) –

Return type:

PYQT_SIGNAL