QGraphicsSvgItem

The QGraphicsSvgItem class is a QGraphicsItem that can be used to render the contents of SVG files. More…

Synopsis

Functions

• def elementId ()

• def isCachingEnabled ()

• def maximumCacheSize ()

• def renderer ()

• def setCachingEnabled (arg__1)

• def setElementId (id)

• def setMaximumCacheSize (size)

• def setSharedRenderer (renderer)

Detailed Description

QGraphicsSvgItem provides a way of rendering SVG files onto QGraphicsView . QGraphicsSvgItem can be created by passing the SVG file to be rendered to its constructor or by explicit setting a shared QSvgRenderer on it.

Note that setting QSvgRenderer on a QGraphicsSvgItem doesn’t make the item take ownership of the renderer, therefore if using setSharedRenderer() method one has to make sure that the lifetime of the QSvgRenderer object will be at least as long as that of the QGraphicsSvgItem .

QGraphicsSvgItem provides a way of rendering only parts of the SVG files via the setElementId . If setElementId() method is called, only the SVG element (and its children) with the passed id will be renderer. This provides a convenient way of selectively rendering large SVG files that contain a number of discrete elements. For example the following code renders only jokers from a SVG file containing a whole card deck:

QSvgRenderer *renderer = new QSvgRenderer(QLatin1String("SvgCardDeck.svg"));
QGraphicsSvgItem *black = new QGraphicsSvgItem();
QGraphicsSvgItem *red   = new QGraphicsSvgItem();

black->setSharedRenderer(renderer);
black->setElementId(QLatin1String("black_joker"));

red->setSharedRenderer(renderer);
red->setElementId(QLatin1String("red_joker"));

Size of the item can be set via direct manipulation of the items transformation matrix.

By default the SVG rendering is cached using DeviceCoordinateCache mode to speedup the display of items. Caching can be disabled by passing NoCache to the setCacheMode() method.

See also

QSvgWidget Qt SVG C++ Classes QGraphicsItem QGraphicsView

class QGraphicsSvgItem([parentItem=None])

QGraphicsSvgItem(fileName[, parentItem=None])

param fileName

unicode

param parentItem

QGraphicsItem

Constructs a new SVG item with the given parent .

Constructs a new item with the given parent and loads the contents of the SVG file with the specified fileName .

PySide2.QtSvg.QGraphicsSvgItem.elementId()

Return type

unicode

Returns the XML ID the element that is currently being rendered. Returns an empty string if the whole file is being rendered.

See also

setElementId()

PySide2.QtSvg.QGraphicsSvgItem.isCachingEnabled()

Return type

bool

Use cacheMode() instead.

PySide2.QtSvg.QGraphicsSvgItem.maximumCacheSize()

Return type

QSize

Returns the current maximum size of the device coordinate cache for this item. If the item is cached using DeviceCoordinateCache mode, caching is bypassed if the extension of the item in device coordinates is larger than the maximum size.

The default maximum cache size is 1024x768. cacheLimit() gives the cumulative bounds of the whole cache, whereas refers to a maximum cache size for this particular item.

See also

setMaximumCacheSize() cacheMode()

PySide2.QtSvg.QGraphicsSvgItem.renderer()

Return type

QSvgRenderer

Returns the currently use QSvgRenderer .

PySide2.QtSvg.QGraphicsSvgItem.setCachingEnabled(arg__1)

Parameters

arg__1 – bool

Use setCacheMode() instead. Passing true to this function is equivalent to setCacheMode ( DeviceCoordinateCache ).

See also

isCachingEnabled()

PySide2.QtSvg.QGraphicsSvgItem.setElementId(id)

Parameters

id – unicode

Sets the XML ID of the element to id .

See also

elementId()

PySide2.QtSvg.QGraphicsSvgItem.setMaximumCacheSize(size)

Parameters

size – QSize

Sets the maximum device coordinate cache size of the item to size . If the item is cached using DeviceCoordinateCache mode, caching is bypassed if the extension of the item in device coordinates is larger than size .

The cache corresponds to the QPixmap which is used to cache the results of the rendering. Use setCacheLimit() to set limitations on the whole cache and use when setting cache size for individual items.

See also

maximumCacheSize() cacheMode()

PySide2.QtSvg.QGraphicsSvgItem.setSharedRenderer(renderer)

Parameters

renderer – QSvgRenderer

Sets renderer to be a shared QSvgRenderer on the item. By using this method one can share the same QSvgRenderer on a number of items. This means that the SVG file will be parsed only once. QSvgRenderer passed to this method has to exist for as long as this item is used.