QGraphicsEffect

Inherited by: QGraphicsOpacityEffect, QGraphicsDropShadowEffect, QGraphicsBlurEffect, QGraphicsColorizeEffect

Note

This class was introduced in Qt 4.6

Synopsis

Functions

• def boundingRect ()
• def drawSource (painter)
• def isEnabled ()
• def sourceBoundingRect ([system=Qt.LogicalCoordinates])
• def sourceIsPixmap ()
• def sourcePixmap ([system=Qt.LogicalCoordinates[, offset=0[, mode=PadToEffectiveBoundingRect]]])
• def updateBoundingRect ()

Virtual functions

• def boundingRectFor (sourceRect)
• def draw (painter)
• def sourceChanged (flags)

Slots

• def setEnabled (enable)
• def update ()

Signals

• def enabledChanged (enabled)

Detailed Description

The PySide.QtGui.QGraphicsEffect class is the base class for all graphics effects.

Effects alter the appearance of elements by hooking into the rendering pipeline and operating between the source (e.g., a PySide.QtGui.QGraphicsPixmapItem ) and the destination device (e.g., PySide.QtGui.QGraphicsView ‘s viewport). Effects can be disabled by calling setEnabled(false). If effects are disabled, the source is rendered directly.

To add a visual effect to a PySide.QtGui.QGraphicsItem , for example, you can use one of the standard effects, or alternately, create your own effect by creating a subclass of PySide.QtGui.QGraphicsEffect . The effect can then be installed on the item using QGraphicsItem.setGraphicsEffect() .

Qt provides the following standard effects:

• PySide.QtGui.QGraphicsBlurEffect - blurs the item by a given radius
• PySide.QtGui.QGraphicsDropShadowEffect - renders a dropshadow behind the item
• PySide.QtGui.QGraphicsColorizeEffect - renders the item in shades of any given color
• PySide.QtGui.QGraphicsOpacityEffect - renders the item with an opacity

For more information on how to use each effect, refer to the specific effect’s documentation.

To create your own custom effect, create a subclass of PySide.QtGui.QGraphicsEffect (or any other existing effects) and reimplement the virtual function PySide.QtGui.QGraphicsEffect.draw() . This function is called whenever the effect needs to redraw. The PySide.QtGui.QGraphicsEffect.draw() function takes the painter with which to draw as an argument. For more information, refer to the documenation for PySide.QtGui.QGraphicsEffect.draw() . In the PySide.QtGui.QGraphicsEffect.draw() function you can call PySide.QtGui.QGraphicsEffect.sourcePixmap() to get a pixmap of the graphics effect source which you can then process.

If your effect changes, use PySide.QtGui.QGraphicsEffect.update() to request for a redraw. If your custom effect changes the bounding rectangle of the source, e.g., a radial glow effect may need to apply an extra margin, you can reimplement the virtual PySide.QtGui.QGraphicsEffect.boundingRectFor() function, and call PySide.QtGui.QGraphicsEffect.updateBoundingRect() to notify the framework whenever this rectangle changes. The virtual PySide.QtGui.QGraphicsEffect.sourceChanged() function is called to notify the effects that the source has changed in some way - e.g., if the source is a PySide.QtGui.QGraphicsRectItem and its rectangle parameters have changed.

See also

QGraphicsItem.setGraphicsEffect() QWidget.setGraphicsEffect()

class PySide.QtGui.QGraphicsEffect([parent=None])

Parameters:parent – PySide.QtCore.QObject

Constructs a new PySide.QtGui.QGraphicsEffect instance having the specified parent .

PySide.QtGui.QGraphicsEffect.PixmapPadMode

This enum describes how the pixmap returned from sourcePixmap should be padded.

Constant	Description
QGraphicsEffect.NoPad	The pixmap should not receive any additional padding.
QGraphicsEffect.PadToTransparentBorder	The pixmap should be padded to ensure it has a completely transparent border.
QGraphicsEffect.PadToEffectiveBoundingRect	The pixmap should be padded to match the effective bounding rectangle of the effect.

PySide.QtGui.QGraphicsEffect.ChangeFlag

This enum describes what has changed in QGraphicsEffectSource .

Constant	Description
QGraphicsEffect.SourceAttached	The effect is installed on a source.
QGraphicsEffect.SourceDetached	The effect is uninstalled on a source.
QGraphicsEffect.SourceBoundingRectChanged	The bounding rect of the source has changed.
QGraphicsEffect.SourceInvalidated	The visual appearance of the source has changed.

PySide.QtGui.QGraphicsEffect.boundingRect()

Return type:PySide.QtCore.QRectF

Returns the effective bounding rectangle for this effect, i.e., the bounding rectangle of the source in device coordinates, adjusted by any margins applied by the effect itself.

See also

PySide.QtGui.QGraphicsEffect.boundingRectFor() PySide.QtGui.QGraphicsEffect.updateBoundingRect()

PySide.QtGui.QGraphicsEffect.boundingRectFor(sourceRect)

Parameters:sourceRect – PySide.QtCore.QRectF Return type:PySide.QtCore.QRectF

Returns the effective bounding rectangle for this effect, given the provided rect in the device coordinates. When writing you own custom effect, you must call PySide.QtGui.QGraphicsEffect.updateBoundingRect() whenever any parameters are changed that may cause this this function to return a different value.

See also

PySide.QtGui.QGraphicsEffect.sourceBoundingRect()

PySide.QtGui.QGraphicsEffect.draw(painter)

Parameters:painter – PySide.QtGui.QPainter

This pure virtual function draws the effect and is called whenever the source needs to be drawn.

Reimplement this function in a PySide.QtGui.QGraphicsEffect subclass to provide the effect’s drawing implementation, using painter .

For example:

def draw(self, painter):
    # ...
    offset = QPoint()
    if self.sourceIsPixmap():
        # No point in drawing in device coordinates (pixmap will be scaled anyways).
        pixmap = sourcePixmap(Qt.LogicalCoordinates, offset)
        ...
        painter.drawPixmap(offset, pixmap)
    else:
        # Draw pixmap in device coordinates to avoid pixmap scaling
        pixmap = sourcePixmap(Qt.DeviceCoordinates, offset)
        painter.setWorldTransform(QTransform())
        # ...
        painter.drawPixmap(offset, pixmap)
    # ...

This function should not be called explicitly by the user, since it is meant for reimplementation purposes only.

PySide.QtGui.QGraphicsEffect.drawSource(painter)

Parameters:painter – PySide.QtGui.QPainter

Draws the source directly using the given painter .

This function should only be called from QGraphicsEffect.draw() .

For example:

def draw(self, painter):
    # Fully opaque draw directly without going through a pixmap.
    if qFuzzyCompare(self.opacity, 1):
        drawSource(painter)
        return
    # ...

See also

QGraphicsEffect.draw()

PySide.QtGui.QGraphicsEffect.enabledChanged(enabled)

Parameters:enabled – PySide.QtCore.bool

PySide.QtGui.QGraphicsEffect.isEnabled()

Return type:PySide.QtCore.bool

This property holds whether the effect is enabled or not..

If an effect is disabled, the source will be rendered with as normal, with no interference from the effect. If the effect is enabled, the source will be rendered with the effect applied.

This property is enabled by default.

Using this property, you can disable certain effects on slow platforms, in order to ensure that the user interface is responsive.

PySide.QtGui.QGraphicsEffect.setEnabled(enable)

Parameters:enable – PySide.QtCore.bool

This property holds whether the effect is enabled or not..

If an effect is disabled, the source will be rendered with as normal, with no interference from the effect. If the effect is enabled, the source will be rendered with the effect applied.

This property is enabled by default.

Using this property, you can disable certain effects on slow platforms, in order to ensure that the user interface is responsive.

PySide.QtGui.QGraphicsEffect.sourceBoundingRect([system=Qt.LogicalCoordinates])

Parameters:system – PySide.QtCore.Qt.CoordinateSystem Return type:PySide.QtCore.QRectF

PySide.QtGui.QGraphicsEffect.sourceChanged(flags)

Parameters:flags – PySide.QtGui.QGraphicsEffect.ChangeFlags

PySide.QtGui.QGraphicsEffect.sourceIsPixmap()

Return type:PySide.QtCore.bool

Returns true if the source effectively is a pixmap, e.g., a PySide.QtGui.QGraphicsPixmapItem .

This function is useful for optimization purposes. For instance, there’s no point in drawing the source in device coordinates to avoid pixmap scaling if this function returns true - the source pixmap will be scaled anyways.

PySide.QtGui.QGraphicsEffect.sourcePixmap([system=Qt.LogicalCoordinates[, offset=0[, mode=PadToEffectiveBoundingRect]]])

Parameters:

• system – PySide.QtCore.Qt.CoordinateSystem
• offset – PySide.QtCore.QPoint
• mode – PySide.QtGui.QGraphicsEffect.PixmapPadMode

Return type:

PySide.QtGui.QPixmap

PySide.QtGui.QGraphicsEffect.update()

Schedules a redraw of the effect. Call this function whenever the effect needs to be redrawn. This function does not trigger a redraw of the source.

See also

PySide.QtGui.QGraphicsEffect.updateBoundingRect()

PySide.QtGui.QGraphicsEffect.updateBoundingRect()

This function notifies the effect framework when the effect’s bounding rectangle has changed. As a custom effect author, you must call this function whenever you change any parameters that will cause the virtual PySide.QtGui.QGraphicsEffect.boundingRectFor() function to return a different value.

This function will call PySide.QtGui.QGraphicsEffect.update() if this is necessary.

See also

PySide.QtGui.QGraphicsEffect.boundingRectFor() PySide.QtGui.QGraphicsEffect.boundingRect() PySide.QtGui.QGraphicsEffect.sourceBoundingRect()