#include <qgsattributeform.h>

Inheritance diagram for QgsAttributeForm:

Public Types
enum	FilterType { ReplaceFilter , FilterAnd , FilterOr }
	Filter types. More...

enum	Mode { SingleEditMode , AddFeatureMode , MultiEditMode , SearchMode , AggregateSearchMode , IdentifyMode }
	Form modes. More...

Public Slots
void	changeAttribute (const QString &field, const QVariant &value, const QString &hintText=QString())
	Call this to change the content of a given attribute.

void	changeGeometry (const QgsGeometry &geometry)
	Changes the geometry of the feature attached to the form.

void	parentFormValueChanged (const QString &attribute, const QVariant &newValue)
	Is called in embedded forms when an attribute value in the parent form has changed to newValue.

void	refreshFeature ()
	reload current feature

void	resetSearch ()
	Resets the search/filter form values.

void	resetValues ()
	Sets all values to the values of the current feature.

bool	save ()
	Save all the values from the editors to the layer.

bool	saveWithDetails (QString *error=nullptr)
	Save all the values from the editors to the layer.

void	setFeature (const QgsFeature &feature)
	Update all editors to correspond to a different feature.

Signals
Q_DECL_DEPRECATED void	attributeChanged (const QString &attribute, const QVariant &value)
	Notifies about changes of attributes, this signal is not emitted when the value is set back to the original one.

void	beforeSave (bool &ok)
	Will be emitted before the feature is saved.

void	closed ()
	Emitted when the user selects the close option from the form's button bar.

void	featureSaved (const QgsFeature &feature)
	Emitted when a feature is changed or added.

void	filterExpressionSet (const QString &expression, QgsAttributeForm::FilterType type)
	Emitted when a filter expression is set using the form.

void	flashFeatures (const QString &filter)
	Emitted when the user chooses to flash a filtered set of features.

void	modeChanged (QgsAttributeEditorContext::Mode mode)
	Emitted when the form changes mode.

void	openFilteredFeaturesAttributeTable (const QString &filter)
	Emitted when the user chooses to open the attribute table dialog with a filtered set of features.

void	widgetValueChanged (const QString &attribute, const QVariant &value, bool attributeChanged)
	Notifies about changes of attributes.

void	zoomToFeatures (const QString &filter)
	Emitted when the user chooses to zoom to a filtered set of features.

Public Member Functions
	QgsAttributeForm (QgsVectorLayer vl, const QgsFeature &feature=QgsFeature(), const QgsAttributeEditorContext &context=QgsAttributeEditorContext(), QWidget parent=nullptr)

	~QgsAttributeForm () override

void	addInterface (QgsAttributeFormInterface *iface)
	Takes ownership.

QString	aggregateFilter () const
	The aggregate filter is only useful if the form is in AggregateFilter mode.

QgsFeature	currentFormFeature () const
	Returns the feature that is currently displayed in the form with all the changes received on editing the values in the widgets.

void	disconnectButtonBox ()
	Disconnects the button box (OK/Cancel) from the accept/resetValues slots If this method is called, you have to create these connections from outside.

void	displayWarning (const QString &message)
	Displays a warning message in the form message bar.

bool	editable ()
	Returns if the form is currently in editable mode.

bool	eventFilter (QObject object, QEvent event) override
	Intercepts keypress on custom form (escape should not close it)

const QgsFeature &	feature ()

void	hideButtonBox ()
	Hides the button box (OK/Cancel) and enables auto-commit.

QgsVectorLayer *	layer ()
	Returns the layer for which this form is shown.

QgsAttributeEditorContext::Mode	mode () const
	Returns the current mode of the form.

bool	needsGeometry () const
	Returns `true` if any of the form widgets need feature geometry.

void	setEditCommandMessage (const QString &message)
	Sets the edit command message (Undo) that will be used when the dialog is accepted.

void	setExtraContextScope (QgsExpressionContextScope *extraScope)
	Sets an additional expression context scope to be used for calculations in this form.

void	setMessageBar (QgsMessageBar *messageBar)
	Sets the message bar to display feedback from the form in.

void	setMode (QgsAttributeEditorContext::Mode mode)
	Sets the current mode of the form.

void	setMultiEditFeatureIds (const QgsFeatureIds &fids)
	Sets all feature IDs which are to be edited if the form is in multiedit mode.

void	showButtonBox ()
	Shows the button box (OK/Cancel) and disables auto-commit.

Friends
class	TestQgsAttributeForm

class	TestQgsDualView

class	TestQgsValueRelationWidgetWrapper

Detailed Description

Definition at line 47 of file qgsattributeform.h.

Member Enumeration Documentation

◆ FilterType

enum QgsAttributeForm::FilterType

Filter types.

Enumerator
ReplaceFilter	Filter should replace any existing filter.
FilterAnd	Filter should be combined using "AND".
FilterOr	Filter should be combined using "OR".

Definition at line 66 of file qgsattributeform.h.

◆ Mode

enum QgsAttributeForm::Mode

Form modes.

Deprecated:: QGIS 3.40. Use QgsAttributeEditorContext::Mode instead.

Enumerator
SingleEditMode	Single edit mode, for editing a single feature.
AddFeatureMode	Add feature mode, for setting attributes for a new feature. In this mode the dialog will be editable even with an invalid feature and will add a new feature when the form is accepted.
MultiEditMode	Multi edit mode, for editing fields of multiple features at once.
SearchMode	Form values are used for searching/filtering the layer.
AggregateSearchMode	Form is in aggregate search mode, show each widget in this mode.
IdentifyMode	Identify the feature.

Definition at line 54 of file qgsattributeform.h.

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

◆ QgsAttributeForm()

QgsAttributeForm::QgsAttributeForm	(	QgsVectorLayer *	vl,
		const QgsFeature &	feature = `QgsFeature()`,
		const QgsAttributeEditorContext &	context = `QgsAttributeEditorContext()`,
		QWidget *	parent = `nullptr`
	)

explicit

Definition at line 78 of file qgsattributeform.cpp.

◆ ~QgsAttributeForm()

QgsAttributeForm::~QgsAttributeForm ( )

override

Definition at line 107 of file qgsattributeform.cpp.

Member Function Documentation

◆ addInterface()

void QgsAttributeForm::addInterface ( QgsAttributeFormInterface * iface )

Takes ownership.

Parameters

iface

Definition at line 135 of file qgsattributeform.cpp.

◆ aggregateFilter()

QString QgsAttributeForm::aggregateFilter ( ) const

The aggregate filter is only useful if the form is in AggregateFilter mode.

In this case it will return a combined expression according to the chosen filters on all attribute widgets.

Definition at line 3052 of file qgsattributeform.cpp.

◆ attributeChanged

Q_DECL_DEPRECATED void QgsAttributeForm::attributeChanged	(	const QString &	attribute,
		const QVariant &	value
	)

signal

Notifies about changes of attributes, this signal is not emitted when the value is set back to the original one.

Parameters

attribute	The name of the attribute that changed.
value	The new value of the attribute.

Deprecated:: QGIS 3.0

◆ beforeSave

void QgsAttributeForm::beforeSave ( bool & ok )

signal

Will be emitted before the feature is saved.

Use this signal to perform sanity checks. You can set the parameter ok to false to notify the form that you don't want it to be saved. If you want the form to be saved, leave the parameter untouched.

Parameters

ok	Set this parameter to `false` if you don't want the form to be saved

Note: not available in Python bindings

◆ changeAttribute

void QgsAttributeForm::changeAttribute	(	const QString &	field,
		const QVariant &	value,
		const QString &	hintText = `QString()`
	)

slot

Call this to change the content of a given attribute.

Will update the editor(s) related to this field.

Parameters

field	The field to change
value	The new value
hintText	A hint text for non existent joined features

Definition at line 271 of file qgsattributeform.cpp.

◆ changeGeometry

void QgsAttributeForm::changeGeometry ( const QgsGeometry & geometry )

slot

Changes the geometry of the feature attached to the form.

Since: QGIS 3.30

Definition at line 298 of file qgsattributeform.cpp.

◆ closed

void QgsAttributeForm::closed ( )

signal

Emitted when the user selects the close option from the form's button bar.

◆ currentFormFeature()

QgsFeature QgsAttributeForm::currentFormFeature ( ) const

inline

Returns the feature that is currently displayed in the form with all the changes received on editing the values in the widgets.

Since: QGIS 3.16

Definition at line 87 of file qgsattributeform.h.

◆ disconnectButtonBox()

void QgsAttributeForm::disconnectButtonBox ( )

Disconnects the button box (OK/Cancel) from the accept/resetValues slots If this method is called, you have to create these connections from outside.

Definition at line 129 of file qgsattributeform.cpp.

◆ displayWarning()

void QgsAttributeForm::displayWarning ( const QString & message )

Displays a warning message in the form message bar.

Parameters

message message string

See also: mode()

Since: QGIS 3.12

Definition at line 751 of file qgsattributeform.cpp.

◆ editable()

bool QgsAttributeForm::editable ( )

Returns if the form is currently in editable mode.

Returns: Editable mode of this form

Definition at line 140 of file qgsattributeform.cpp.

◆ eventFilter()

bool QgsAttributeForm::eventFilter	(	QObject *	object,
		QEvent *	event
	)

override

Intercepts keypress on custom form (escape should not close it)

Parameters

object	The object for which the event has been sent
event	The event which is being filtered

Returns: true if the event has been handled (key was ESC)

Definition at line 2872 of file qgsattributeform.cpp.

◆ feature()

const QgsFeature & QgsAttributeForm::feature ( )

inline

Definition at line 79 of file qgsattributeform.h.

◆ featureSaved

void QgsAttributeForm::featureSaved ( const QgsFeature & feature )

signal

Emitted when a feature is changed or added.

◆ filterExpressionSet

void QgsAttributeForm::filterExpressionSet	(	const QString &	expression,
		QgsAttributeForm::FilterType	type
	)

signal

Emitted when a filter expression is set using the form.

Parameters

expression	filter expression
type	filter type

◆ flashFeatures

void QgsAttributeForm::flashFeatures ( const QString & filter )

signal

Emitted when the user chooses to flash a filtered set of features.

◆ hideButtonBox()

void QgsAttributeForm::hideButtonBox ( )

Hides the button box (OK/Cancel) and enables auto-commit.

Note: set Embed in QgsAttributeEditorContext in constructor instead

Definition at line 113 of file qgsattributeform.cpp.

◆ layer()

QgsVectorLayer * QgsAttributeForm::layer ( )

inline

Returns the layer for which this form is shown.

Returns: Layer

Definition at line 132 of file qgsattributeform.h.

◆ mode()

QgsAttributeEditorContext::Mode QgsAttributeForm::mode ( ) const

inline

Returns the current mode of the form.

See also: setMode()

Definition at line 145 of file qgsattributeform.h.

◆ modeChanged

void QgsAttributeForm::modeChanged ( QgsAttributeEditorContext::Mode mode )

signal

Emitted when the form changes mode.

Parameters

mode new mode

◆ needsGeometry()

bool QgsAttributeForm::needsGeometry ( ) const

Returns true if any of the form widgets need feature geometry.

Since: QGIS 3.20

Definition at line 1571 of file qgsattributeform.cpp.

◆ openFilteredFeaturesAttributeTable

void QgsAttributeForm::openFilteredFeaturesAttributeTable ( const QString & filter )

signal

Emitted when the user chooses to open the attribute table dialog with a filtered set of features.

Since: QGIS 3.24

◆ parentFormValueChanged

void QgsAttributeForm::parentFormValueChanged	(	const QString &	attribute,
		const QVariant &	newValue
	)

slot

Is called in embedded forms when an attribute value in the parent form has changed to newValue.

Notify the form widgets that something has changed in case they have filter expressions that depend on the parent form scope.

Since: QGIS 3.14

Definition at line 1550 of file qgsattributeform.cpp.

◆ refreshFeature

void QgsAttributeForm::refreshFeature ( )

slot

reload current feature

Definition at line 1536 of file qgsattributeform.cpp.

◆ resetSearch

void QgsAttributeForm::resetSearch ( )

slot

Resets the search/filter form values.

Definition at line 968 of file qgsattributeform.cpp.

◆ resetValues

void QgsAttributeForm::resetValues ( )

slot

Sets all values to the values of the current feature.

Definition at line 942 of file qgsattributeform.cpp.

◆ save

bool QgsAttributeForm::save ( )

slot

Save all the values from the editors to the layer.

Returns: true if successful

Definition at line 864 of file qgsattributeform.cpp.

◆ saveWithDetails

bool QgsAttributeForm::saveWithDetails ( QString * error = nullptr )

slot

Save all the values from the editors to the layer.

Parameters

error if specified, will be set to an explanatory error message if an error occurs while saving the form.

Returns: true if save was successful

Since: QGIS 3.18

Definition at line 869 of file qgsattributeform.cpp.

◆ setEditCommandMessage()

void QgsAttributeForm::setEditCommandMessage ( const QString & message )

inline

Sets the edit command message (Undo) that will be used when the dialog is accepted.

Parameters

message The message

Definition at line 159 of file qgsattributeform.h.

◆ setExtraContextScope()

void QgsAttributeForm::setExtraContextScope ( QgsExpressionContextScope * extraScope )

Sets an additional expression context scope to be used for calculations in this form.

Since: QGIS 3.16

Definition at line 3070 of file qgsattributeform.cpp.

◆ setFeature

void QgsAttributeForm::setFeature ( const QgsFeature & feature )

slot

Update all editors to correspond to a different feature.

Parameters

feature The feature which will be represented by the form

Definition at line 303 of file qgsattributeform.cpp.

◆ setMessageBar()

void QgsAttributeForm::setMessageBar ( QgsMessageBar * messageBar )

Sets the message bar to display feedback from the form in.

This is used in the search/filter mode to display the count of selected features.

Parameters

messageBar target message bar

Definition at line 3044 of file qgsattributeform.cpp.

◆ setMode()

void QgsAttributeForm::setMode ( QgsAttributeEditorContext::Mode mode )

Sets the current mode of the form.

Parameters

mode form mode

See also: mode()

Definition at line 145 of file qgsattributeform.cpp.

◆ setMultiEditFeatureIds()

void QgsAttributeForm::setMultiEditFeatureIds ( const QgsFeatureIds & fids )

Sets all feature IDs which are to be edited if the form is in multiedit mode.

Parameters

fids	feature ID list

Definition at line 2948 of file qgsattributeform.cpp.

◆ showButtonBox()

void QgsAttributeForm::showButtonBox ( )

Shows the button box (OK/Cancel) and disables auto-commit.

Note: set Embed in QgsAttributeEditorContext in constructor instead

Definition at line 122 of file qgsattributeform.cpp.

◆ widgetValueChanged

void QgsAttributeForm::widgetValueChanged	(	const QString &	attribute,
		const QVariant &	value,
		bool	attributeChanged
	)

signal

Notifies about changes of attributes.

Parameters

attribute	The name of the attribute that changed.
value	The new value of the attribute.
attributeChanged	If `true`, it corresponds to an actual change of the feature attribute

◆ zoomToFeatures

void QgsAttributeForm::zoomToFeatures ( const QString & filter )

signal

Emitted when the user chooses to zoom to a filtered set of features.

Friends And Related Symbol Documentation

◆ TestQgsAttributeForm

friend class TestQgsAttributeForm

friend

Definition at line 568 of file qgsattributeform.h.

◆ TestQgsDualView

friend class TestQgsDualView

friend

Definition at line 567 of file qgsattributeform.h.

◆ TestQgsValueRelationWidgetWrapper

friend class TestQgsValueRelationWidgetWrapper

friend

Definition at line 569 of file qgsattributeform.h.

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

/build/qgis-3.41.0+git20241122+3440c17df1d+99sid/src/gui/qgsattributeform.h
/build/qgis-3.41.0+git20241122+3440c17df1d+99sid/src/gui/qgsattributeform.cpp

Public Types

Public Slots

Signals

Public Member Functions

Friends

Detailed Description

Member Enumeration Documentation

◆ FilterType

◆ Mode

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

◆ QgsAttributeForm()

◆ ~QgsAttributeForm()

Member Function Documentation

◆ addInterface()

◆ aggregateFilter()

◆ attributeChanged

◆ beforeSave

◆ changeAttribute

◆ changeGeometry

◆ closed

◆ currentFormFeature()

◆ disconnectButtonBox()

◆ displayWarning()

◆ editable()

◆ eventFilter()

◆ feature()

◆ featureSaved

◆ filterExpressionSet

◆ flashFeatures

◆ hideButtonBox()

◆ layer()

◆ mode()

◆ modeChanged

◆ needsGeometry()

◆ openFilteredFeaturesAttributeTable

◆ parentFormValueChanged

◆ refreshFeature

◆ resetSearch

◆ resetValues

◆ save

◆ saveWithDetails

◆ setEditCommandMessage()

◆ setExtraContextScope()

◆ setFeature

◆ setMessageBar()

◆ setMode()

◆ setMultiEditFeatureIds()

◆ showButtonBox()

◆ widgetValueChanged

◆ zoomToFeatures

Friends And Related Symbol Documentation

◆ TestQgsAttributeForm

◆ TestQgsDualView

◆ TestQgsValueRelationWidgetWrapper