Class: QgsDiagramSettings

Stores the settings for rendering a single diagram.

QgsDiagramSettings stores the settings related to rendering the individual diagrams themselves, while QgsDiagramLayerSettings stores settings which control how ALL diagrams within a layer are rendered.

List of all members, including inherited members

Classes

DiagramOrientation

Direction

LabelPlacementMethod

StackedDiagramMode

Methods

axisLineSymbol

Returns the line symbol to use for rendering axis in diagrams.

direction

Returns the chart's angular direction.

legendItems

Returns list of legend nodes for the diagram

paintEffect

Returns the paint effect to use while rendering diagrams.

readXml

Reads diagram settings from XML

setAxisLineSymbol

Sets the line symbol to use for rendering axis in diagrams.

setDirection

Sets the chart's angular direction.

setPaintEffect

Sets the paint effect to use while rendering diagrams.

setShowAxis

Sets whether the diagram axis should be shown.

setSpacing

Sets the spacing between diagram contents.

setSpacingMapUnitScale

Sets the map unit scale for the content spacing.

setSpacingUnit

Sets the unit for the content spacing.

setStackedDiagramSpacing

Sets the spacing between subdiagrams in a stacked diagram.

setStackedDiagramSpacingMapUnitScale

Sets the map unit scale for the spacing between subdiagrams in a stacked diagram.

setStackedDiagramSpacingUnit

Sets the unit for the spacing between subdiagrams in a stacked diagram.

showAxis

Returns True if the diagram axis should be shown.

spacing

Returns the spacing between diagram contents.

spacingMapUnitScale

Returns the map unit scale for the content spacing.

spacingUnit

Returns the units for the content spacing.

stackedDiagramSpacing

Returns the spacing between subdiagrams in a stacked diagram.

stackedDiagramSpacingMapUnitScale

Returns the map unit scale for the spacing between subdiagrams in a stacked diagram.

stackedDiagramSpacingUnit

Returns the units for the spacing between subdiagrams in a stacked diagram.

writeXml

Writes diagram settings to XML

Attributes

Clockwise

Counterclockwise

Down

Height

Horizontal

Left

Right

Up

Vertical

XHeight

backgroundColor

barWidth

categoryAttributes

categoryColors

categoryLabels

diagramOrientation

enabled

font

labelPlacementMethod

lineSizeScale

lineSizeUnit

maximumScale

minimumScale

minimumSize

opacity

penColor

penWidth

rotationOffset

scaleBasedVisibility

scaleByArea

size

sizeScale

sizeType

stackedDiagramMode

class qgis.core.QgsDiagramSettings[source]

Bases: object

Clockwise = 0
Counterclockwise = 1
class DiagramOrientation

Bases: int

class Direction

Bases: int

Down = 1
Height = 0
Horizontal = 0
class LabelPlacementMethod

Bases: int

Left = 2
Right = 3
class StackedDiagramMode

Bases: int

Up = 0
Vertical = 1
XHeight = 1
axisLineSymbol(self) QgsLineSymbol | None[source]

Returns the line symbol to use for rendering axis in diagrams.

See also

showAxis()

Added in version 3.12.

Return type:

Optional[QgsLineSymbol]

backgroundColor
barWidth
categoryAttributes
categoryColors
categoryLabels
diagramOrientation
direction(self) QgsDiagramSettings.Direction[source]

Returns the chart’s angular direction.

See also

setDirection()

Added in version 3.12.

Return type:

QgsDiagramSettings.Direction

enabled
font
labelPlacementMethod
legendItems(self, nodeLayer: QgsLayerTreeLayer | None) list[QgsLayerTreeModelLegendNode]

Returns list of legend nodes for the diagram

Note

caller is responsible for deletion of QgsLayerTreeModelLegendNodes

Parameters:

nodeLayer (Optional[QgsLayerTreeLayer])

Return type:

list[QgsLayerTreeModelLegendNode]

lineSizeScale: QgsMapUnitScale
lineSizeUnit: RenderUnit
maximumScale: float
minimumScale: float
minimumSize: float
opacity: float
paintEffect(self) QgsPaintEffect | None[source]

Returns the paint effect to use while rendering diagrams.

See also

setPaintEffect()

Added in version 3.12.

Return type:

Optional[QgsPaintEffect]

penColor
penWidth
readXml(self, elem: QDomElement, context: QgsReadWriteContext = QgsReadWriteContext())[source]

Reads diagram settings from XML

Parameters:
rotationOffset: float
scaleBasedVisibility
scaleByArea
setAxisLineSymbol(self, symbol: QgsLineSymbol | None)[source]

Sets the line symbol to use for rendering axis in diagrams.

Ownership of symbol is transferred to the settings.

See also

axisLineSymbol()

See also

setShowAxis()

Added in version 3.12.

Parameters:

symbol (Optional[QgsLineSymbol])

setDirection(self, direction: QgsDiagramSettings.Direction)[source]

Sets the chart’s angular direction.

See also

direction()

Added in version 3.12.

Parameters:

direction (QgsDiagramSettings.Direction)

setPaintEffect(self, effect: QgsPaintEffect | None)[source]

Sets the paint effect to use while rendering diagrams.

Ownership of effect is transferred to the settings.

See also

paintEffect()

Added in version 3.12.

Parameters:

effect (Optional[QgsPaintEffect])

setShowAxis(self, showAxis: bool)[source]

Sets whether the diagram axis should be shown.

See also

showAxis()

Added in version 3.12.

Parameters:

showAxis (bool)

setSpacing(self, spacing: float)[source]

Sets the spacing between diagram contents.

Spacing units are set via setSpacingUnit().

See also

spacing()

See also

setSpacingUnit()

Added in version 3.12.

Parameters:

spacing (float)

setSpacingMapUnitScale(self, scale: QgsMapUnitScale)[source]

Sets the map unit scale for the content spacing.

See also

setSpacing()

See also

setSpacingUnit()

Added in version 3.12.

Parameters:

scale (QgsMapUnitScale)

setSpacingUnit(self, unit: Qgis.RenderUnit)[source]

Sets the unit for the content spacing.

See also

spacingUnit()

See also

setSpacing()

Added in version 3.12.

Parameters:

unit (Qgis.RenderUnit)

setStackedDiagramSpacing(self, spacing: float)[source]

Sets the spacing between subdiagrams in a stacked diagram.

Spacing units are set via setStackedDiagramSpacingUnit().

Added in version 3.40.

Parameters:

spacing (float)

setStackedDiagramSpacingMapUnitScale(self, scale: QgsMapUnitScale)[source]

Sets the map unit scale for the spacing between subdiagrams in a stacked diagram.

Added in version 3.40.

Parameters:

scale (QgsMapUnitScale)

setStackedDiagramSpacingUnit(self, unit: Qgis.RenderUnit)[source]

Sets the unit for the spacing between subdiagrams in a stacked diagram.

Added in version 3.40.

Parameters:

unit (Qgis.RenderUnit)

showAxis(self) bool[source]

Returns True if the diagram axis should be shown.

See also

setShowAxis()

See also

axisLineSymbol()

Added in version 3.12.

Return type:

bool

size
sizeScale: QgsMapUnitScale
sizeType: RenderUnit
spacing(self) float[source]

Returns the spacing between diagram contents.

Spacing units can be retrieved by calling spacingUnit().

See also

setSpacing()

See also

spacingUnit()

Added in version 3.12.

Return type:

float

spacingMapUnitScale(self) QgsMapUnitScale

Returns the map unit scale for the content spacing.

See also

spacing()

See also

spacingUnit()

Added in version 3.12.

Return type:

QgsMapUnitScale

spacingUnit(self) Qgis.RenderUnit[source]

Returns the units for the content spacing.

See also

setSpacingUnit()

See also

spacing()

Added in version 3.12.

Return type:

Qgis.RenderUnit

stackedDiagramMode
stackedDiagramSpacing(self) float[source]

Returns the spacing between subdiagrams in a stacked diagram.

Spacing units can be retrieved by calling stackedDiagramSpacingUnit().

Added in version 3.40.

Return type:

float

stackedDiagramSpacingMapUnitScale(self) QgsMapUnitScale

Returns the map unit scale for the spacing between subdiagrams in a stacked diagram.

Added in version 3.40.

Return type:

QgsMapUnitScale

stackedDiagramSpacingUnit(self) Qgis.RenderUnit[source]

Returns the units for the spacing between subdiagrams in a stacked diagram.

Added in version 3.40.

Return type:

Qgis.RenderUnit

writeXml(self, rendererElem: QDomElement, doc: QDomDocument, context: QgsReadWriteContext = QgsReadWriteContext())[source]

Writes diagram settings to XML

Parameters:
  • rendererElem (QDomElement)

  • doc (QDomDocument)

  • context (QgsReadWriteContext = QgsReadWriteContext())