Subgroup: Color

Class: QgsColorDialog

class qgis.gui.QgsColorDialog

Bases: PyQt5.QtWidgets.QDialog

A custom QGIS dialog for selecting a color. Has many improvements over the standard Qt color picker dialog, including hue wheel supports, color swatches, and a color sampler.

New in version 2.5: Methods

accept
acceptDrops
accessibleDescription
accessibleName
actionEvent
actions
activateWindow
addAction
addActions
adjustSize
autoFillBackground
backgroundRole
baseSize
blockSignals
changeEvent
childAt childAt(self, int, int) -> QWidget
childEvent
children
childrenRect
childrenRegion
clearFocus
clearMask
close
closeEvent
color Returns the current color for the dialog
colorCount
connectNotify
contentsMargins
contentsRect
contextMenuEvent
contextMenuPolicy
create
createWindowContainer
cursor
customEvent
deleteLater
depth
destroy
devType
devicePixelRatio
devicePixelRatioF
devicePixelRatioFScale
disconnect
disconnectNotify
done
dragEnterEvent
dragLeaveEvent
dragMoveEvent
dropEvent
dumpObjectInfo
dumpObjectTree
dynamicPropertyNames
effectiveWinId
ensurePolished
enterEvent
event
eventFilter
exec
exec_
find
findChild findChild(self, Tuple, name: str = ‘’, options: Union[Qt.FindChildOptions, Qt.FindChildOption] = Qt.FindChildrenRecursively) -> QObject
findChildren findChildren(self, Tuple, name: str = ‘’, options: Union[Qt.FindChildOptions, Qt.FindChildOption] = Qt.FindChildrenRecursively) -> List[QObject]
focusInEvent
focusNextChild
focusNextPrevChild
focusOutEvent
focusPolicy
focusPreviousChild
focusProxy
focusWidget
font
fontInfo
fontMetrics
foregroundRole
frameGeometry
frameSize
geometry
getColor Return a color selection from a color dialog.
getContentsMargins
getLiveColor Return a color selection from a color dialog, with live updating of interim selections.
grab
grabGesture
grabKeyboard
grabMouse grabMouse(self, Union[QCursor, Qt.CursorShape])
grabShortcut
graphicsEffect
graphicsProxyWidget
hasFocus
hasHeightForWidth
hasMouseTracking
hasTabletTracking
height
heightForWidth
heightMM
hide
hideEvent
inherits
initPainter
inputMethodEvent
inputMethodHints
inputMethodQuery
insertAction
insertActions
installEventFilter
isActiveWindow
isAncestorOf
isEnabled
isEnabledTo
isFullScreen
isHidden
isLeftToRight
isMaximized
isMinimized
isModal
isRightToLeft
isSignalConnected
isSizeGripEnabled
isVisible
isVisibleTo
isWidgetType
isWindow
isWindowModified
isWindowType
keyPressEvent
keyReleaseEvent
keyboardGrabber
killTimer
layout
layoutDirection
leaveEvent
locale
logicalDpiX
logicalDpiY
lower
mapFrom
mapFromGlobal
mapFromParent
mapTo
mapToGlobal
mapToParent
mask
maximumHeight
maximumSize
maximumWidth
metaObject
metric
minimumHeight
minimumSize
minimumSizeHint
minimumWidth
mouseDoubleClickEvent
mouseGrabber
mouseMoveEvent
mousePressEvent
mouseReleaseEvent
move move(self, int, int)
moveEvent
moveToThread
nativeEvent
nativeParentWidget
nextInFocusChain
normalGeometry
objectName
open
overrideWindowFlags
overrideWindowState
paintEngine
paintEvent
paintingActive
palette
parent
parentWidget
physicalDpiX
physicalDpiY
pos
previousInFocusChain
property
pyqtConfigure Each keyword argument is either the name of a Qt property or a Qt signal.
raise_
receivers
rect
reject
releaseKeyboard
releaseMouse
releaseShortcut
removeAction
removeEventFilter
render render(self, QPainter, targetOffset: QPoint = QPoint(), sourceRegion: QRegion = QRegion(), flags: Union[QWidget.RenderFlags, QWidget.RenderFlag] = QWidget.RenderFlags(QWidget.DrawWindowBackground|QWidget.DrawChildren))
repaint repaint(self, int, int, int, int)
resize resize(self, int, int)
resizeEvent
restoreGeometry
result
saveGeometry
scroll scroll(self, int, int, QRect)
sender
senderSignalIndex
setAcceptDrops
setAccessibleDescription
setAccessibleName
setAllowOpacity Sets whether opacity modification (transparency) is permitted for the color dialog.
setAttribute
setAutoFillBackground
setBackgroundRole
setBaseSize setBaseSize(self, QSize)
setColor Sets the current color for the dialog
setContentsMargins setContentsMargins(self, QMargins)
setContextMenuPolicy
setCursor
setDisabled
setEnabled
setFixedHeight
setFixedSize setFixedSize(self, int, int)
setFixedWidth
setFocus setFocus(self, Qt.FocusReason)
setFocusPolicy
setFocusProxy
setFont
setForegroundRole
setGeometry setGeometry(self, int, int, int, int)
setGraphicsEffect
setHidden
setInputMethodHints
setLayout
setLayoutDirection
setLocale
setMask setMask(self, QRegion)
setMaximumHeight
setMaximumSize setMaximumSize(self, QSize)
setMaximumWidth
setMinimumHeight
setMinimumSize setMinimumSize(self, QSize)
setMinimumWidth
setModal
setMouseTracking
setObjectName
setPalette
setParent setParent(self, QWidget, Union[Qt.WindowFlags, Qt.WindowType])
setProperty
setResult
setShortcutAutoRepeat
setShortcutEnabled
setSizeGripEnabled
setSizeIncrement setSizeIncrement(self, QSize)
setSizePolicy setSizePolicy(self, QSizePolicy.Policy, QSizePolicy.Policy)
setStatusTip
setStyle
setStyleSheet
setTabOrder
setTabletTracking
setTitle Sets the title for the color dialog
setToolTip
setToolTipDuration
setUpdatesEnabled
setVisible
setWhatsThis
setWindowFilePath
setWindowFlag
setWindowFlags
setWindowIcon
setWindowIconText
setWindowModality
setWindowModified
setWindowOpacity
setWindowRole
setWindowState
setWindowTitle
sharedPainter
show
showEvent
showFullScreen
showMaximized
showMinimized
showNormal
signalsBlocked
size
sizeHint
sizeIncrement
sizePolicy
stackUnder
startTimer
statusTip
style
styleSheet
tabletEvent
testAttribute
thread
timerEvent
toolTip
toolTipDuration
tr
underMouse
ungrabGesture
unsetCursor
unsetLayoutDirection
unsetLocale
update update(self, QRect)
updateGeometry
updateMicroFocus
updatesEnabled
visibleRegion
whatsThis
wheelEvent
width
widthMM
winId
window
windowFilePath
windowFlags
windowHandle
windowIcon
windowIconText
windowModality
windowOpacity
windowRole
windowState
windowTitle
windowType
x
y

Attributes

Accepted
DrawChildren
DrawWindowBackground
IgnoreMask
PdmDepth
PdmDevicePixelRatio
PdmDevicePixelRatioScaled
PdmDpiX
PdmDpiY
PdmHeight
PdmHeightMM
PdmNumColors
PdmPhysicalDpiX
PdmPhysicalDpiY
PdmWidth
PdmWidthMM
Rejected
accepted accepted(self) [signal]
currentColorChanged Emitted when the dialog’s color changes
customContextMenuRequested customContextMenuRequested(self, QPoint) [signal]
destroyed destroyed(self, QObject = None) [signal]
finished finished(self, int) [signal]
objectNameChanged objectNameChanged(self, str) [signal]
rejected rejected(self) [signal]
staticMetaObject
windowIconChanged windowIconChanged(self, QIcon) [signal]
windowIconTextChanged windowIconTextChanged(self, str) [signal]
windowTitleChanged windowTitleChanged(self, str) [signal]
actionEvent()
changeEvent()
childEvent()
closeEvent(self, e: QCloseEvent)
color(self) → QColor

Returns the current color for the dialog

Returns:dialog color
connectNotify()
contextMenuEvent()
create()
currentColorChanged

Emitted when the dialog’s color changes

Parameters:color – current color [signal]
customEvent()
destroy()
disconnectNotify()
dragEnterEvent()
dragLeaveEvent()
dragMoveEvent()
dropEvent()
enterEvent()
event()
eventFilter()
focusInEvent()
focusNextChild()
focusNextPrevChild()
focusOutEvent()
focusPreviousChild()
getColor(initialColor: Union[QColor, Qt.GlobalColor, QGradient], parent: QWidget, title: str = '', allowOpacity: bool = False) → QColor

Return a color selection from a color dialog.

Parameters:
  • initialColor – the initial color of the selection dialog.
  • parent – parent widget
  • title – the title of the dialog.
  • allowOpacity – set to true to allow modification of color opacity value (transparency)
Returns:

Selected color on accepted() or initialColor on rejected().

See also

getLiveColor()

getLiveColor(initialColor: Union[QColor, Qt.GlobalColor, QGradient], updateObject: QObject, updateSlot: str, parent: QWidget = None, title: str = '', allowOpacity: bool = True) → QColor

Return a color selection from a color dialog, with live updating of interim selections.

Parameters:
  • initialColor – the initial color of the selection dialog.
  • updateObject – the receiver object of the live updating.
  • updateSlot – the receiver object’s slot for live updating (e.g. SLOT( setValidColor( const QColor& ) ) ).
  • parent – parent widget
  • title – the title of the dialog.
  • allowOpacity – set to true to allow modification of color opacity value (transparency)
Returns:

Selected color on accepted() or initialColor on rejected().

See also

getColor()

hideEvent()
initPainter()
inputMethodEvent()
isSignalConnected()
keyPressEvent()
keyReleaseEvent()
leaveEvent()
metric()
mouseDoubleClickEvent()
mouseMoveEvent()
mousePressEvent()
mouseReleaseEvent()
moveEvent()
nativeEvent()
paintEvent()
receivers()
resizeEvent()
sender()
senderSignalIndex()
setAllowOpacity(self, allowOpacity: bool)

Sets whether opacity modification (transparency) is permitted for the color dialog. Defaults to true.

Parameters:allowOpacity – set to false to disable opacity modification

New in version 3.0.

setColor(self, color: Union[QColor, Qt.GlobalColor, QGradient])

Sets the current color for the dialog

Parameters:color – desired color
setTitle(self, title: str)

Sets the title for the color dialog

Parameters:title – title for dialog box
sharedPainter()
showEvent()
tabletEvent()
timerEvent()
updateMicroFocus()
wheelEvent()