QTextOption

The QTextOption class provides a description of general rich text properties. More…

Synopsis

Functions

• def alignment ()

• def flags ()

• def setAlignment (alignment)

• def setFlags (flags)

• def setTabArray (tabStops)

• def setTabStopDistance (tabStopDistance)

• def setTabs (tabStops)

• def setTextDirection (aDirection)

• def setUseDesignMetrics (b)

• def setWrapMode (wrap)

• def tabArray ()

• def tabStopDistance ()

• def tabs ()

• def textDirection ()

• def useDesignMetrics ()

• def wrapMode ()

Detailed Description

QTextOption is used to encapsulate common rich text properties in a single object. It contains information about text alignment, layout direction, word wrapping, and other standard properties associated with text rendering and layout.

See also

QTextEdit QTextDocument QTextCursor

class PySide6.QtGui.QTextOption

PySide6.QtGui.QTextOption(alignment)

PySide6.QtGui.QTextOption(o)

Parameters

• alignment – Alignment

• o – PySide6.QtGui.QTextOption

Constructs a text option with default properties for text. The text alignment property is set to AlignLeft . The word wrap property is set to WordWrap . The using of design metrics flag is set to false.

Constructs a text option with the given alignment for text. The word wrap property is set to WordWrap . The using of design metrics flag is set to false.

Construct a copy of the other text option.

PySide6.QtGui.QTextOption.TabType

This enum holds the different types of tabulator

Constant	Description
QTextOption.LeftTab	A left-tab
QTextOption.RightTab	A right-tab
QTextOption.CenterTab	A centered-tab
QTextOption.DelimiterTab	A tab stopping at a certain delimiter-character

PySide6.QtGui.QTextOption.WrapMode

This enum describes how text is wrapped in a document.

Constant	Description
QTextOption.NoWrap	Text is not wrapped at all.
QTextOption.WordWrap	Text is wrapped at word boundaries.
QTextOption.ManualWrap	Same as
QTextOption.WrapAnywhere	Text can be wrapped at any point on a line, even if it occurs in the middle of a word.
QTextOption.WrapAtWordBoundaryOrAnywhere	If possible, wrapping occurs at a word boundary; otherwise it will occur at the appropriate point on the line, even in the middle of a word.

PySide6.QtGui.QTextOption.Flag

Constant	Description
QTextOption.IncludeTrailingSpaces	When this option is set, naturalTextWidth() and naturalTextRect() will return a value that includes the width of trailing spaces in the text; otherwise this width is excluded.
QTextOption.ShowTabsAndSpaces	Visualize spaces with little dots, and tabs with little arrows. Non-breaking spaces are shown differently to breaking spaces.
QTextOption.ShowLineAndParagraphSeparators	Visualize line and paragraph separators with appropriate symbol characters.
QTextOption.ShowDocumentTerminator	Visualize the end of the document with a section sign. This enum value was added in Qt 5.7.
QTextOption.AddSpaceForLineAndParagraphSeparators	While determining the line-break positions take into account the space added for drawing a separator character.
QTextOption.SuppressColors	Suppress all color changes in the character formats (except the main selection).

PySide6.QtGui.QTextOption.alignment()

Return type

Alignment

Returns the text alignment defined by the option.

See also

setAlignment()

PySide6.QtGui.QTextOption.flags()

Return type

Flags

Returns the flags associated with the option.

See also

setFlags()

PySide6.QtGui.QTextOption.setAlignment(alignment)

Parameters

alignment – Alignment

Sets the option’s text alignment to the specified alignment.

See also

alignment()

PySide6.QtGui.QTextOption.setFlags(flags)

Parameters

flags – Flags

Sets the flags associated with the option to the given flags.

See also

flags()

PySide6.QtGui.QTextOption.setTabArray(tabStops)

Parameters

tabStops –

Sets the tab positions for the text layout to those specified by tabStops.

See also

tabArray() setTabStopDistance() setTabs()

PySide6.QtGui.QTextOption.setTabStopDistance(tabStopDistance)

Parameters

tabStopDistance – float

Sets the default distance in device units between tab stops to the value specified by tabStopDistance.

See also

tabStopDistance() setTabArray() setTabs() tabs()

PySide6.QtGui.QTextOption.setTabs(tabStops)

Parameters

tabStops –

Sets the tab positions for the text layout to those specified by tabStops.

See also

tabs() tabStopDistance()

PySide6.QtGui.QTextOption.setTextDirection(aDirection)

Parameters

aDirection – LayoutDirection

Sets the direction of the text layout defined by the option to the given direction.

See also

textDirection()

PySide6.QtGui.QTextOption.setUseDesignMetrics(b)

Parameters

b – bool

If enable is true then the layout will use design metrics; otherwise it will use the metrics of the paint device (which is the default behavior).

See also

useDesignMetrics()

PySide6.QtGui.QTextOption.setWrapMode(wrap)

Parameters

wrap – WrapMode

Sets the option’s text wrap mode to the given mode.

See also

wrapMode()

PySide6.QtGui.QTextOption.tabArray()

Return type

Returns a list of tab positions defined for the text layout.

See also

setTabArray() tabStopDistance()

PySide6.QtGui.QTextOption.tabStopDistance()

Return type

float

Returns the distance in device units between tab stops.

See also

setTabStopDistance() tabArray() setTabs() tabs()

PySide6.QtGui.QTextOption.tabs()

Return type

Returns a list of tab positions defined for the text layout.

See also

tabStopDistance() setTabs() setTabStopDistance()

PySide6.QtGui.QTextOption.textDirection()

Return type

LayoutDirection

Returns the direction of the text layout defined by the option.

See also

setTextDirection()

PySide6.QtGui.QTextOption.useDesignMetrics()

Return type

bool

Returns true if the layout uses design rather than device metrics; otherwise returns false.

See also

setUseDesignMetrics()

PySide6.QtGui.QTextOption.wrapMode()

Return type

WrapMode

Returns the text wrap mode defined by the option.

See also

setWrapMode()