class QPdfSelection

The QPdfSelection class defines a range of text that has been selected on one page in a PDF document, and its geometric boundaries. More

Synopsis

Properties

Methods

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Detailed Description

See also

getSelection()

Note

Properties can be used directly when from __feature__ import true_property is used or via accessor functions otherwise.

property boundingRectangleᅟ: QRectF

This property holds the overall bounding rectangle (convex hull) around bounds .

Access functions:
property boundsᅟ: list of QPolygonF

This property holds a set of regions that the selected text occupies on the page, represented as polygons. The coordinate system for the polygons has the origin at the upper-left corner of the page, and the units are points .

Note

For now, the polygons returned from getSelection() are always rectangles; but in the future it may be possible to represent more complex regions.

Access functions:
property endIndexᅟ: int

This property holds the index at the end of text within the full text on the page.

Access functions:
property startIndexᅟ: int

This property holds the index at the beginning of text within the full text on the page.

Access functions:
property textᅟ: str

This property holds the selected text.

Access functions:
property validᅟ: bool

This property holds whether the selection is valid.

Access functions:
__init__(other)
Parameters:

otherQPdfSelection

boundingRectangle()
Return type:

QRectF

Getter of property boundingRectangleᅟ .

bounds()
Return type:

.list of QPolygonF

Getter of property boundsᅟ .

copyToClipboard([mode=QClipboard.Clipboard])
Parameters:

modeMode

Copies text to the system clipboard depending on the mode selected.

endIndex()
Return type:

int

Getter of property endIndexᅟ .

isValid()
Return type:

bool

Getter of property validᅟ .

startIndex()
Return type:

int

Getter of property startIndexᅟ .

swap(other)
Parameters:

otherQPdfSelection

text()
Return type:

str

Getter of property textᅟ .