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QTextFormat Class Reference
[QtGui module]

The QTextFormat class provides formatting information for a QTextDocument. More...

 #include <QTextFormat>

Inherited by QTextBlockFormat, QTextCharFormat, QTextFrameFormat, and QTextListFormat.

Public Types

Public Functions


Detailed Description

The QTextFormat class provides formatting information for a QTextDocument.

A QTextFormat is a generic class used for describing the format of parts of a QTextDocument. The derived classes QTextCharFormat, QTextBlockFormat, QTextListFormat, and QTextTableFormat are usually more useful, and describe the formatting that is applied to specific parts of the document.

A format has a FormatType which specifies the kinds of thing it can format; e.g. a block of text, a list, a table, etc. A format also has various properties (some specific to particular format types), as described by the Property enum. Every property has a corresponding Property.

The format type is given by type(), and the format can be tested with isCharFormat(), isBlockFormat(), isListFormat(), isTableFormat(), isFrameFormat(), and isImageFormat(). If the type is determined, it can be retrieved with toCharFormat(), toBlockFormat(), toListFormat(), toTableFormat(), toFrameFormat(), and toImageFormat().

A format's properties can be set with the setProperty() functions, and retrieved with boolProperty(), intProperty(), doubleProperty(), and stringProperty() as appropriate. All the property IDs used in the format can be retrieved with allPropertyIds(). One format can be merged into another using merge().

A format's object index can be set with setObjectIndex(), and retrieved with objectIndex(). These methods can be used to associate the format with a QTextObject. It is used to represent lists, frames, and tables inside the document.

See also Text Processing Classes.


Member Type Documentation

enum QTextFormat::FormatType

ConstantValue
QTextFormat::InvalidFormat-1
QTextFormat::BlockFormat1
QTextFormat::CharFormat2
QTextFormat::ListFormat3
QTextFormat::TableFormat4
QTextFormat::FrameFormat5
QTextFormat::UserFormat100

enum QTextFormat::ObjectTypes

ConstantValueDescription
QTextFormat::NoObject0 
QTextFormat::ImageObject1 
QTextFormat::TableObject2 
QTextFormat::UserObject0x1000The first object that can be used for application-specific purposes.

enum QTextFormat::PageBreakFlag
flags QTextFormat::PageBreakFlags

ConstantValueDescription
QTextFormat::PageBreak_Auto0The page break is determined automatically depending on the available space on the current page
QTextFormat::PageBreak_AlwaysBefore0x001The page is always broken before the paragraph/table
QTextFormat::PageBreak_AlwaysAfter0x010A new page is always started after the paragraph/table

This enum was introduced in Qt 4.2.

The PageBreakFlags type is a typedef for QFlags<PageBreakFlag>. It stores an OR combination of PageBreakFlag values.

enum QTextFormat::Property

ConstantValue
QTextFormat::ObjectIndex0x0

Paragraph and character properties

ConstantValueDescription
QTextFormat::CssFloat0x0800 
QTextFormat::LayoutDirection0x0801The layout direction of the text in the document (Qt::LayoutDirection).
QTextFormat::OutlinePen0x810 
QTextFormat::ForegroundBrush0x821 
QTextFormat::BackgroundBrush0x820 

Paragraph properties

ConstantValue
QTextFormat::BlockAlignment0x1010
QTextFormat::BlockTopMargin0x1030
QTextFormat::BlockBottomMargin0x1031
QTextFormat::BlockLeftMargin0x1032
QTextFormat::BlockRightMargin0x1033
QTextFormat::TextIndent0x1034
QTextFormat::BlockIndent0x1040
QTextFormat::BlockNonBreakableLines0x1050
QTextFormat::BlockTrailingHorizontalRulerWidth0x1060

Character properties

ConstantValueDescription
QTextFormat::FontFamily0x2000 
QTextFormat::FontPointSize0x2001 
QTextFormat::FontSizeIncrementFontSizeAdjustment 
QTextFormat::FontWeight0x2003 
QTextFormat::FontItalic0x2004 
QTextFormat::FontUnderline0x2005This property has been deprecated. Use QTextFormat::TextUnderlineStyle instead.
QTextFormat::FontOverline0x2006 
QTextFormat::FontStrikeOut0x2007 
QTextFormat::FontFixedPitch0x2008 
QTextFormat::FontPixelSize0x2009 
QTextFormat::TextUnderlineColor0x2010 
QTextFormat::TextVerticalAlignment0x2021 
QTextFormat::TextOutline0x2022 
QTextFormat::TextUnderlineStyle0x2023 
QTextFormat::TextToolTip0x2024Specifies the (optional) tool tip to be displayed for a fragment of text.
QTextFormat::IsAnchor0x2030 
QTextFormat::AnchorHref0x2031 
QTextFormat::AnchorName0x2032 
QTextFormat::ObjectType0x2f00 

List properties

ConstantValue
QTextFormat::ListStyle0x3000
QTextFormat::ListIndent0x3001

Table and frame properties

ConstantValue
QTextFormat::FrameBorder0x4000
QTextFormat::FrameBorderBrush0x4009
QTextFormat::FrameBorderStyle0x4010
QTextFormat::FrameBottomMargin0x4006
QTextFormat::FrameHeight0x4004
QTextFormat::FrameLeftMargin0x4007
QTextFormat::FrameMargin0x4001
QTextFormat::FramePadding0x4002
QTextFormat::FrameRightMargin0x4008
QTextFormat::FrameTopMargin0x4005
QTextFormat::FrameWidth0x4003
QTextFormat::TableCellSpacing0x4102
QTextFormat::TableCellPadding0x4103
QTextFormat::TableColumns0x4100
QTextFormat::TableColumnWidthConstraints0x4101
QTextFormat::TableHeaderRowCount0x4104

Table cell properties

ConstantValue
QTextFormat::TableCellRowSpan0x4810
QTextFormat::TableCellColumnSpan0x4811

Image properties

ConstantValue
QTextFormat::ImageName0x5000
QTextFormat::ImageWidth0x5010
QTextFormat::ImageHeight0x5011

Selection properties

ConstantValue
QTextFormat::FullWidthSelection0x06000

Page break properties

ConstantValue
QTextFormat::PageBreakPolicy0x7000
QTextFormat::UserProperty0x100000


Member Function Documentation

QTextFormat::QTextFormat ()

Creates a new text format with an InvalidFormat.

See also FormatType.

QTextFormat::QTextFormat ( int type )

Creates a new text format of the given type.

See also FormatType.

QTextFormat::QTextFormat ( const QTextFormat & other )

Creates a new text format with the same attributes as the other text format.

QTextFormat::~QTextFormat ()

Destroys this text format.

QBrush QTextFormat::background () const

Returns the brush used to paint the document's background.

See also setBackground(), clearBackground(), and foreground().

bool QTextFormat::boolProperty ( int propertyId ) const

Returns the value of the property specified by propertyId. If the property isn't of QTextFormat::Bool type, false is returned instead.

See also setProperty(), intProperty(), doubleProperty(), stringProperty(), colorProperty(), lengthProperty(), lengthVectorProperty(), and Property.

QBrush QTextFormat::brushProperty ( int propertyId ) const

Returns the value of the property given by propertyId; if the property isn't of QVariant::Brush type, Qt::NoBrush is returned instead.

See also setProperty(), boolProperty(), intProperty(), doubleProperty(), stringProperty(), lengthProperty(), lengthVectorProperty(), and Property.

void QTextFormat::clearBackground ()

Clears the brush used to paint the document's background. The default brush will be used.

See also background(), setBackground(), and clearForeground().

void QTextFormat::clearForeground ()

Clears the brush used to paint the document's foreground. The default brush will be used.

See also foreground(), setForeground(), and clearBackground().

void QTextFormat::clearProperty ( int propertyId )

Clears the value of the property given by propertyId

QColor QTextFormat::colorProperty ( int propertyId ) const

Returns the value of the property given by propertyId; if the property isn't of QVariant::Color type, an invalid color is returned instead.

See also setProperty(), boolProperty(), intProperty(), doubleProperty(), stringProperty(), lengthProperty(), lengthVectorProperty(), and Property.

qreal QTextFormat::doubleProperty ( int propertyId ) const

Returns the value of the property specified by propertyId. If the property isn't of QVariant::Double type, 0 is returned instead.

See also setProperty(), boolProperty(), intProperty(), stringProperty(), colorProperty(), lengthProperty(), lengthVectorProperty(), and Property.

QBrush QTextFormat::foreground () const

Returns the brush used to render foreground details, such as text, frame outlines, and table borders.

See also setForeground(), clearForeground(), and background().

bool QTextFormat::hasProperty ( int propertyId ) const

Returns true if the text format has a property with the given propertyId; otherwise returns false.

See also properties() and Property.

int QTextFormat::intProperty ( int propertyId ) const

Returns the value of the property specified by propertyId. If the property is not of QTextFormat::Integer type, 0 is returned instead.

See also setProperty(), boolProperty(), doubleProperty(), stringProperty(), colorProperty(), lengthProperty(), lengthVectorProperty(), and Property.

bool QTextFormat::isBlockFormat () const

Returns true if this text format is a BlockFormat; otherwise returns false.

bool QTextFormat::isCharFormat () const

Returns true if this text format is a CharFormat; otherwise returns false.

bool QTextFormat::isFrameFormat () const

Returns true if this text format is a FrameFormat; otherwise returns false.

bool QTextFormat::isImageFormat () const

Returns true if this text format is an image format; otherwise returns false.

bool QTextFormat::isListFormat () const

Returns true if this text format is a ListFormat; otherwise returns false.

bool QTextFormat::isTableFormat () const

Returns true if this text format is a TableFormat; otherwise returns false.

bool QTextFormat::isValid () const

Returns true if the format is valid (i.e. is not InvalidFormat); otherwise returns false.

Qt::LayoutDirection QTextFormat::layoutDirection () const

Returns the document's layout direction.

See also setLayoutDirection().

QTextLength QTextFormat::lengthProperty ( int propertyId ) const

Returns the value of the property given by propertyId.

See also setProperty(), boolProperty(), intProperty(), doubleProperty(), stringProperty(), colorProperty(), lengthVectorProperty(), and Property.

QVector<QTextLength> QTextFormat::lengthVectorProperty ( int propertyId ) const

Returns the value of the property given by propertyId. If the property isn't of QTextFormat::LengthVector type, an empty length vector is returned instead.

See also setProperty(), boolProperty(), intProperty(), doubleProperty(), stringProperty(), colorProperty(), lengthProperty(), and Property.

void QTextFormat::merge ( const QTextFormat & other )

Merges the other format with this format; where there are conflicts the other format takes precedence.

int QTextFormat::objectIndex () const

Returns the index of the format object, or -1 if the format object is invalid.

See also setObjectIndex().

int QTextFormat::objectType () const

Returns the text format's object type. See ObjectTypes.

See also setObjectType().

QPen QTextFormat::penProperty ( int propertyId ) const

Returns the value of the property given by propertyId; if the property isn't of QVariant::Pen type, Qt::NoPen is returned instead.

See also setProperty(), boolProperty(), intProperty(), doubleProperty(), stringProperty(), lengthProperty(), lengthVectorProperty(), and Property.

QMap<int, QVariant> QTextFormat::properties () const

Returns a map with all properties of this text format.

QVariant QTextFormat::property ( int propertyId ) const

Returns the property specified by the given propertyId.

See also setProperty().

int QTextFormat::propertyCount () const

Returns the number of properties stored in the format.

This function was introduced in Qt 4.3.

void QTextFormat::setBackground ( const QBrush & brush )

Sets the brush use to paint the document's background to the brush specified.

See also background(), clearBackground(), and setForeground().

void QTextFormat::setForeground ( const QBrush & brush )

Sets the foreground brush to the specified brush. The foreground brush is mostly used to render text.

See also foreground(), clearForeground(), and setBackground().

void QTextFormat::setLayoutDirection ( Qt::LayoutDirection direction )

Sets the document's layout direction to the specified direction.

See also layoutDirection().

void QTextFormat::setObjectIndex ( int index )

Sets the format object's object index.

See also objectIndex().

void QTextFormat::setObjectType ( int type )

Sets the text format's object type. See ObjectTypes.

See also objectType().

void QTextFormat::setProperty ( int propertyId, const QVariant & value )

Sets the property specified by the propertyId to the given value.

See also property().

void QTextFormat::setProperty ( int propertyId, const QVector<QTextLength> & value )

This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience.

Sets the value of the property given by propertyId to value.

See also lengthVectorProperty() and Property.

QString QTextFormat::stringProperty ( int propertyId ) const

Returns the value of the property given by propertyId; if the property isn't of QVariant::String type, an empty string is returned instead.

See also setProperty(), boolProperty(), intProperty(), doubleProperty(), colorProperty(), lengthProperty(), lengthVectorProperty(), and Property.

QTextBlockFormat QTextFormat::toBlockFormat () const

Returns this format as a block format.

QTextCharFormat QTextFormat::toCharFormat () const

Returns this format as a character format.

QTextFrameFormat QTextFormat::toFrameFormat () const

Returns this format as a frame format.

QTextImageFormat QTextFormat::toImageFormat () const

Returns this format as an image format.

QTextListFormat QTextFormat::toListFormat () const

Returns this format as a list format.

QTextTableFormat QTextFormat::toTableFormat () const

Returns this format as a table format.

int QTextFormat::type () const

Returns the type of this format.

See also ObjectTypes.

QTextFormat::operator QVariant () const

Returns the text format as a QVariant

bool QTextFormat::operator!= ( const QTextFormat & other ) const

Returns true if this text format is different from the other text format.

QTextFormat & QTextFormat::operator= ( const QTextFormat & other )

Assigns the other text format to this text format, and returns a reference to this text format.

bool QTextFormat::operator== ( const QTextFormat & other ) const

Returns true if this text format is the same as the other text format.


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