Contains configuration settings for an editor form. More...

#include <qgseditformconfig.h>

Classes
struct	GroupData

struct	TabData

Public Types
enum	DataDefinedProperty { NoProperty = 0, AllProperties = 1, Alias = 2 }
	Data defined properties. More...

enum	EditorLayout { GeneratedLayout = 0, TabLayout = 1, UiFileLayout = 2 }
	The different types to layout the attribute editor. More...

enum	FeatureFormSuppress { SuppressDefault = 0, SuppressOn = 1, SuppressOff = 2 }
	Types of feature form suppression after feature creation. More...

enum	PythonInitCodeSource { CodeSourceNone = 0, CodeSourceFile = 1, CodeSourceDialog = 2, CodeSourceEnvironment = 3 }
	The Python init code source options. More...

Public Member Functions
	QgsEditFormConfig ()
	Create a new edit form config. More...

	QgsEditFormConfig (const QgsEditFormConfig &o)
	Copy constructor. More...

	~QgsEditFormConfig ()

void	addTab (QgsAttributeEditorElement *data)
	Adds a new element to the invisible root container in the layout. More...

Q_DECL_DEPRECATED QgsAttributeEditorElement *	attributeEditorElementFromDomElement (QDomElement &elem, QgsAttributeEditorElement *parent, const QString &layerId=QString(), const QgsReadWriteContext &context=QgsReadWriteContext())
	Deserialize drag and drop designer elements. More...

void	clearTabs ()
	Clears all the tabs for the attribute editor form with EditorLayout::TabLayout. More...

QgsPropertyCollection	dataDefinedFieldProperties (const QString &fieldName) const
	Returns data defined properties for fieldName. More...

QString	initCode () const
	Gets Python code for edit form initialization. More...

PythonInitCodeSource	initCodeSource () const
	Returns Python code source for edit form initialization (if it shall be loaded from a file, read from the provided dialog editor or inherited from the environment) More...

QString	initFilePath () const
	Gets Python external file path for edit form initialization. More...

QString	initFunction () const
	Gets Python function for edit form initialization. More...

QgsAttributeEditorContainer *	invisibleRootContainer ()
	Gets the invisible root container for the drag and drop designer form (EditorLayout::TabLayout). More...

bool	labelOnTop (int idx) const
	If this returns `true`, the widget at the given index will receive its label on the previous line while if it returns `false`, the widget will receive its label on the left hand side. More...

EditorLayout	layout () const
	Gets the active layout style for the attribute editor for this layer. More...

QgsEditFormConfig &	operator= (const QgsEditFormConfig &o)

bool	operator== (const QgsEditFormConfig &o) const

bool	readOnly (int idx) const
	This returns `true` if the field is manually set to read only or if the field does not support editing like joins or virtual fields. More...

void	readXml (const QDomNode &node, QgsReadWriteContext &context)
	Read XML information Deserialize on project load. More...

bool	removeWidgetConfig (const QString &widgetName)
	Remove the configuration for the editor widget with the given name. More...

bool	reuseLastValue (int index) const
	If this returns `true`, the widget at the given index will remember the previously entered value from this QGIS session when creating new features. More...

void	setDataDefinedFieldProperties (const QString &fieldName, const QgsPropertyCollection &properties)
	Set data defined properties for fieldName to properties. More...

void	setInitCode (const QString &code)
	Set Python code for edit form initialization. More...

void	setInitCodeSource (PythonInitCodeSource initCodeSource)
	Sets if Python code shall be used for edit form initialization and its origin. More...

void	setInitFilePath (const QString &filePath)
	Set Python external file path for edit form initialization. More...

void	setInitFunction (const QString &function)
	Set Python function for edit form initialization. More...

void	setLabelOnTop (int idx, bool onTop)
	If this is set to `true`, the widget at the given index will receive its label on the previous line while if it is set to `false`, the widget will receive its label on the left hand side. More...

void	setLayout (EditorLayout editorLayout)
	Sets the active layout style for the attribute editor for this layer. More...

void	setReadOnly (int idx, bool readOnly=true)
	If set to `false`, the widget at the given index will be read-only. More...

void	setReuseLastValue (int index, bool reuse)
	Sets whether the widget at the given index will remember the previously entered value from this QGIS session when creating new features. More...

void	setSuppress (FeatureFormSuppress s)
	Sets type of feature form pop-up suppression after feature creation (overrides app setting) More...

void	setUiForm (const QString &ui)
	Set path to the .ui form. More...

bool	setWidgetConfig (const QString &widgetName, const QVariantMap &config)
	Set the editor widget config for a widget which is not for a simple field. More...

FeatureFormSuppress	suppress () const
	Type of feature form pop-up suppression after feature creation (overrides app setting) More...

QList< QgsAttributeEditorElement * >	tabs () const
	Returns a list of tabs for EditorLayout::TabLayout obtained from the invisible root container. More...

QString	uiForm () const
	Returns the path or URL to the .ui form. More...

QVariantMap	widgetConfig (const QString &widgetName) const
	Gets the configuration for the editor widget with the given name. More...

void	writeXml (QDomNode &node, const QgsReadWriteContext &context) const
	Write XML information Serialize on project save. More...

Static Public Member Functions
static const QgsPropertiesDefinition &	propertyDefinitions ()
	Returns data defined property definitions. More...

Friends
class	QgsVectorLayer

Detailed Description

Contains configuration settings for an editor form.

Definition at line 39 of file qgseditformconfig.h.

Member Enumeration Documentation

◆ DataDefinedProperty

enum QgsEditFormConfig::DataDefinedProperty

Data defined properties.

Form data defined overrides are stored in a property collection and they can be retrieved using the indexes specified in this enum.

Since: QGIS 3.14

Enumerator
NoProperty	No property.
AllProperties	All properties for item.
Alias	Alias.

Definition at line 111 of file qgseditformconfig.h.

◆ EditorLayout

enum QgsEditFormConfig::EditorLayout

The different types to layout the attribute editor.

Enumerator
GeneratedLayout	Autogenerate a simple tabular layout for the form.
TabLayout	Use a layout with tabs and group boxes. Needs to be configured.
UiFileLayout	Load a .ui file for the layout. Needs to be configured.

Definition at line 47 of file qgseditformconfig.h.

◆ FeatureFormSuppress

enum QgsEditFormConfig::FeatureFormSuppress

Types of feature form suppression after feature creation.

Enumerator
SuppressDefault	Use the application-wide setting.
SuppressOn	Suppress feature form.
SuppressOff	Do not suppress feature form.

Definition at line 84 of file qgseditformconfig.h.

◆ PythonInitCodeSource

enum QgsEditFormConfig::PythonInitCodeSource

The Python init code source options.

Enumerator
CodeSourceNone	Do not use Python code at all.
CodeSourceFile	Load the Python code from an external file.
CodeSourceDialog	Use the Python code provided in the dialog.
CodeSourceEnvironment	Use the Python code available in the Python environment.

Definition at line 95 of file qgseditformconfig.h.

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

◆ QgsEditFormConfig() [1/2]

QgsEditFormConfig::QgsEditFormConfig ( const QgsEditFormConfig & o )

Copy constructor.

Since: QGIS 3.0

Definition at line 155 of file qgseditformconfig.cpp.

◆ ~QgsEditFormConfig()

QgsEditFormConfig::~QgsEditFormConfig ( )

Definition at line 160 of file qgseditformconfig.cpp.

◆ QgsEditFormConfig() [2/2]

QgsEditFormConfig::QgsEditFormConfig ( )

explicit

Create a new edit form config.

Normally invoked by QgsVectorLayer

Definition at line 32 of file qgseditformconfig.cpp.

Member Function Documentation

◆ addTab()

void QgsEditFormConfig::addTab ( QgsAttributeEditorElement * data )

Adds a new element to the invisible root container in the layout.

This is only useful in combination with EditorLayout::TabLayout.

Definition at line 174 of file qgseditformconfig.cpp.

◆ attributeEditorElementFromDomElement()

QgsAttributeEditorElement * QgsEditFormConfig::attributeEditorElementFromDomElement	(	QDomElement &	elem,
		QgsAttributeEditorElement *	parent,
		const QString &	layerId = `QString()`,
		const QgsReadWriteContext &	context = `QgsReadWriteContext()`
	)

Deserialize drag and drop designer elements.

Deprecated:: since QGIS 3.18 use QgsAttributeEditorElement::create instead

Definition at line 671 of file qgseditformconfig.cpp.

◆ clearTabs()

void QgsEditFormConfig::clearTabs ( )

Clears all the tabs for the attribute editor form with EditorLayout::TabLayout.

Definition at line 185 of file qgseditformconfig.cpp.

◆ dataDefinedFieldProperties()

QgsPropertyCollection QgsEditFormConfig::dataDefinedFieldProperties ( const QString & fieldName ) const

Returns data defined properties for fieldName.

Since: QGIS 3.14

Definition at line 43 of file qgseditformconfig.cpp.

◆ initCode()

QString QgsEditFormConfig::initCode ( ) const

Gets Python code for edit form initialization.

Definition at line 301 of file qgseditformconfig.cpp.

◆ initCodeSource()

QgsEditFormConfig::PythonInitCodeSource QgsEditFormConfig::initCodeSource ( ) const

Returns Python code source for edit form initialization (if it shall be loaded from a file, read from the provided dialog editor or inherited from the environment)

Definition at line 330 of file qgseditformconfig.cpp.

◆ initFilePath()

QString QgsEditFormConfig::initFilePath ( ) const

Gets Python external file path for edit form initialization.

Definition at line 312 of file qgseditformconfig.cpp.

◆ initFunction()

QString QgsEditFormConfig::initFunction ( ) const

Gets Python function for edit form initialization.

Will be looked up in a Python file relative to the project folder if it includes a module name or if it's a pure function name it will searched in the Python code set with setInitCode().

Definition at line 290 of file qgseditformconfig.cpp.

◆ invisibleRootContainer()

QgsAttributeEditorContainer * QgsEditFormConfig::invisibleRootContainer ( )

Gets the invisible root container for the drag and drop designer form (EditorLayout::TabLayout).

Since: QGIS 3

Definition at line 191 of file qgseditformconfig.cpp.

◆ labelOnTop()

bool QgsEditFormConfig::labelOnTop ( int idx ) const

If this returns true, the widget at the given index will receive its label on the previous line while if it returns false, the widget will receive its label on the left hand side.

Labeling on top leaves more horizontal space for the widget itself.

Definition at line 247 of file qgseditformconfig.cpp.

◆ layout()

QgsEditFormConfig::EditorLayout QgsEditFormConfig::layout ( ) const

Gets the active layout style for the attribute editor for this layer.

Definition at line 196 of file qgseditformconfig.cpp.

◆ operator=()

QgsEditFormConfig & QgsEditFormConfig::operator= ( const QgsEditFormConfig & o )

Definition at line 163 of file qgseditformconfig.cpp.

◆ operator==()

bool QgsEditFormConfig::operator== ( const QgsEditFormConfig & o ) const

Definition at line 169 of file qgseditformconfig.cpp.

◆ propertyDefinitions()

const QgsPropertiesDefinition & QgsEditFormConfig::propertyDefinitions ( )

static

Returns data defined property definitions.

Since: QGIS 3.14

Definition at line 48 of file qgseditformconfig.cpp.

◆ readOnly()

bool QgsEditFormConfig::readOnly ( int idx ) const

This returns true if the field is manually set to read only or if the field does not support editing like joins or virtual fields.

Definition at line 234 of file qgseditformconfig.cpp.

◆ readXml()

void QgsEditFormConfig::readXml	(	const QDomNode &	node,
		QgsReadWriteContext &	context
	)

Read XML information Deserialize on project load.

Definition at line 352 of file qgseditformconfig.cpp.

◆ removeWidgetConfig()

bool QgsEditFormConfig::removeWidgetConfig ( const QString & widgetName )

Remove the configuration for the editor widget with the given name.

Parameters

widgetName The name of the widget.

Returns: true if a configuration has been removed

Definition at line 149 of file qgseditformconfig.cpp.

◆ reuseLastValue()

bool QgsEditFormConfig::reuseLastValue ( int index ) const

If this returns true, the widget at the given index will remember the previously entered value from this QGIS session when creating new features.

See also: setReuseLastValue()

Since: QGIS 3.20

Definition at line 273 of file qgseditformconfig.cpp.

◆ setDataDefinedFieldProperties()

void QgsEditFormConfig::setDataDefinedFieldProperties	(	const QString &	fieldName,
		const QgsPropertyCollection &	properties
	)

Set data defined properties for fieldName to properties.

Since: QGIS 3.14

Definition at line 37 of file qgseditformconfig.cpp.

◆ setInitCode()

void QgsEditFormConfig::setInitCode ( const QString & code )

Set Python code for edit form initialization.

Make sure that you also set the appropriate function name in setInitFunction().

Definition at line 306 of file qgseditformconfig.cpp.

◆ setInitCodeSource()

void QgsEditFormConfig::setInitCodeSource ( const QgsEditFormConfig::PythonInitCodeSource initCodeSource )

Sets if Python code shall be used for edit form initialization and its origin.

Definition at line 335 of file qgseditformconfig.cpp.

◆ setInitFilePath()

void QgsEditFormConfig::setInitFilePath ( const QString & filePath )

Set Python external file path for edit form initialization.

Make sure that you also set the appropriate function name in setInitFunction().

Definition at line 317 of file qgseditformconfig.cpp.

◆ setInitFunction()

void QgsEditFormConfig::setInitFunction ( const QString & function )

Set Python function for edit form initialization.

Will be looked up in a Python file relative to the project folder if it includes a module name or if it's a pure function name it will searched in the Python code set with setInitCode().

Definition at line 295 of file qgseditformconfig.cpp.

◆ setLabelOnTop()

void QgsEditFormConfig::setLabelOnTop	(	int	idx,
		bool	onTop
	)

If this is set to true, the widget at the given index will receive its label on the previous line while if it is set to false, the widget will receive its label on the left hand side.

Labeling on top leaves more horizontal space for the widget itself.

Definition at line 264 of file qgseditformconfig.cpp.

◆ setLayout()

void QgsEditFormConfig::setLayout ( QgsEditFormConfig::EditorLayout editorLayout )

Sets the active layout style for the attribute editor for this layer.

Definition at line 201 of file qgseditformconfig.cpp.

◆ setReadOnly()

void QgsEditFormConfig::setReadOnly	(	int	idx,
		bool	readOnly = `true`
	)

If set to false, the widget at the given index will be read-only.

Definition at line 255 of file qgseditformconfig.cpp.

◆ setReuseLastValue()

void QgsEditFormConfig::setReuseLastValue	(	int	index,
		bool	reuse
	)

Sets whether the widget at the given index will remember the previously entered value from this QGIS session when creating new features.

See also: reuseLastValue()

Since: QGIS 3.20

Definition at line 281 of file qgseditformconfig.cpp.

◆ setSuppress()

void QgsEditFormConfig::setSuppress ( QgsEditFormConfig::FeatureFormSuppress s )

Sets type of feature form pop-up suppression after feature creation (overrides app setting)

Definition at line 346 of file qgseditformconfig.cpp.

◆ setUiForm()

void QgsEditFormConfig::setUiForm ( const QString & ui )

Set path to the .ui form.

When a string is provided in ui, the layout style will be set to EditorLayout::UiFileLayout, if an empty or a null string is provided, the layout style will be set to EditorLayout::GeneratedLayout. If ui is a URL, a local copy of the file will be made and will be used to create the forms context is provided to save error messages

Definition at line 215 of file qgseditformconfig.cpp.

◆ setWidgetConfig()

bool QgsEditFormConfig::setWidgetConfig	(	const QString &	widgetName,
		const QVariantMap &	config
	)

Set the editor widget config for a widget which is not for a simple field.

Example

editFormConfig = layer.editFormConfig()
editFormConfig.setWidgetConfig( 'relation_id', { 'nm-rel': 'other_relation' } )
layer.setEditFormConfig(editFormConfig)

Parameters

widgetName	The name of the widget to configure
config	The config to set for this widget

Returns: false if a field exists with the provided widgetName. In this case QgsVectorLayer::setEditorWidgetSetup should be used.

See also: QgsVectorLayer::setEditorWidgetSetup() for field configurations.

Definition at line 129 of file qgseditformconfig.cpp.

◆ suppress()

QgsEditFormConfig::FeatureFormSuppress QgsEditFormConfig::suppress ( ) const

Type of feature form pop-up suppression after feature creation (overrides app setting)

Definition at line 341 of file qgseditformconfig.cpp.

◆ tabs()

QList< QgsAttributeEditorElement * > QgsEditFormConfig::tabs ( ) const

Returns a list of tabs for EditorLayout::TabLayout obtained from the invisible root container.

Definition at line 180 of file qgseditformconfig.cpp.

◆ uiForm()

QString QgsEditFormConfig::uiForm ( ) const

Returns the path or URL to the .ui form.

Only meaningful with EditorLayout::UiFileLayout

Definition at line 210 of file qgseditformconfig.cpp.

◆ widgetConfig()

QVariantMap QgsEditFormConfig::widgetConfig ( const QString & widgetName ) const

Gets the configuration for the editor widget with the given name.

Parameters

widgetName The name of the widget.

Returns: The configuration for the editor widget or an empty config if the field does not exist

Definition at line 53 of file qgseditformconfig.cpp.

◆ writeXml()

void QgsEditFormConfig::writeXml	(	QDomNode &	node,
		const QgsReadWriteContext &	context
	)		const

Write XML information Serialize on project save.

Definition at line 545 of file qgseditformconfig.cpp.

Friends And Related Function Documentation

◆ QgsVectorLayer

friend class QgsVectorLayer

friend

Definition at line 382 of file qgseditformconfig.h.

The documentation for this class was generated from the following files:

/build/qgis-3.26.3+32focal/src/core/editform/qgseditformconfig.h
/build/qgis-3.26.3+32focal/src/core/editform/qgseditformconfig.cpp

Classes

Public Types

Public Member Functions

Static Public Member Functions

Friends

Detailed Description

Member Enumeration Documentation

◆ DataDefinedProperty

◆ EditorLayout

◆ FeatureFormSuppress

◆ PythonInitCodeSource

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

◆ QgsEditFormConfig() [1/2]

◆ ~QgsEditFormConfig()

◆ QgsEditFormConfig() [2/2]

Member Function Documentation

◆ addTab()

◆ attributeEditorElementFromDomElement()

◆ clearTabs()

◆ dataDefinedFieldProperties()

◆ initCode()

◆ initCodeSource()

◆ initFilePath()

◆ initFunction()

◆ invisibleRootContainer()

◆ labelOnTop()

◆ layout()

◆ operator=()

◆ operator==()

◆ propertyDefinitions()

◆ readOnly()

◆ readXml()

◆ removeWidgetConfig()

◆ reuseLastValue()

◆ setDataDefinedFieldProperties()

◆ setInitCode()

◆ setInitCodeSource()

◆ setInitFilePath()

◆ setInitFunction()

◆ setLabelOnTop()

◆ setLayout()

◆ setReadOnly()

◆ setReuseLastValue()

◆ setSuppress()

◆ setUiForm()

◆ setWidgetConfig()

Example

◆ suppress()

◆ tabs()

◆ uiForm()

◆ widgetConfig()

◆ writeXml()

Friends And Related Function Documentation

◆ QgsVectorLayer