Class: QgsNewMemoryLayerDialog

A dialog for configuring the properties of a new memory (scratch) layer.

Class Hierarchy

Base classes

QDialog
QWidget
QObject
QPaintDevice

Methods

crs	Returns the selected CRS for the new layer.
fields	Returns attributes for the new layer.
layerName	Returns the layer name
selectedType	Returns the selected geometry type
setCrs	Sets the crs value for the new layer in the dialog.

Static Methods

runAndCreateLayer

Runs the dialog and creates a new memory layer

class qgis.gui.QgsNewMemoryLayerDialog

Bases: QDialog

__init__(parent: QWidget | None = None, fl: Qt.WindowFlags | Qt.WindowType = QgsGuiUtils.ModalDialogFlags)

New dialog constructor.

Parameters:

• parent (Optional[QWidget] = None)

• fl (Union[Qt.WindowFlags, Qt.WindowType] = QgsGuiUtils.ModalDialogFlags)

crs(self) → QgsCoordinateReferenceSystem

Returns the selected CRS for the new layer.

See also

setCrs()

Return type:

QgsCoordinateReferenceSystem

fields(self) → QgsFields

Returns attributes for the new layer.

Added in version 3.14.

Return type:

QgsFields

layerName(self) → str

Returns the layer name

Return type:

str

static runAndCreateLayer(parent: QWidget | None = None, defaultCrs: QgsCoordinateReferenceSystem = QgsCoordinateReferenceSystem()) → QgsVectorLayer | None

Runs the dialog and creates a new memory layer

Parameters:

• parent (Optional[QWidget] = None) – parent widget

• defaultCrs (QgsCoordinateReferenceSystem = QgsCoordinateReferenceSystem()) – default layer CRS to show in dialog

Return type:

Optional[QgsVectorLayer]

Returns:

new memory layer

selectedType(self) → Qgis.WkbType

Returns the selected geometry type

Return type:

Qgis.WkbType

setCrs(self, crs: QgsCoordinateReferenceSystem)

Sets the crs value for the new layer in the dialog.

See also

crs()

Parameters:

crs (QgsCoordinateReferenceSystem)