Class: QgsBrowserTreeView

Extends QTreeView with save/restore tree state and other browser-specific functionality.

See also

QgsBrowserModel

Class Hierarchy

Base classes

QTreeView
QAbstractItemView
QAbstractScrollArea
QFrame
QWidget
QObject
QPaintDevice

Methods

browserModel	Returns the browser model
expandPath	Expands out a file path in the view.
hasExpandedDescendant
setBrowserModel	Sets the browser model
setSelectedItem	Sets the item currently selected in the view.
setSettingsSection

class qgis.gui.QgsBrowserTreeView

Bases: QTreeView

__init__(parent: QWidget | None = None)

Constructor for QgsBrowserTreeView

Parameters:

parent (Optional[QWidget] = None)

browserModel(self) → QgsBrowserGuiModel | None

Returns the browser model

Return type:

Optional[QgsBrowserGuiModel]

expandPath(self, path: str | None, selectPath: bool = False)

Expands out a file path in the view.

The path must correspond to a valid directory existing on the file system.

Since QGIS 3.38 the selectPath argument can be used to automatically select the path too.

Added in version 3.28.

Parameters:

• path (Optional[str])

• selectPath (bool = False)

hasExpandedDescendant(self, index: QModelIndex) → bool

Parameters:

index (QModelIndex)

Return type:

bool

setBrowserModel(self, model: QgsBrowserGuiModel | None)

Sets the browser model

Parameters:

model (Optional[QgsBrowserGuiModel])

setSelectedItem(self, item: QgsDataItem | None) → bool

Sets the item currently selected in the view.

Returns True if the item was found and could be selected.

Added in version 3.28.

Parameters:

item (Optional[QgsDataItem])

Return type:

bool

setSettingsSection(self, section: str | None)

Parameters:

section (Optional[str])