class QTextItem#

The QTextItem class provides all the information required to draw text in a custom paint engine. More…

Synopsis#

Methods#

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Detailed Description#

When you reimplement your own paint engine, you must reimplement drawTextItem() , a function that takes a QTextItem as one of its arguments.

class RenderFlag#

Constant

Description

QTextItem.RightToLeft

(inherits enum.Flag) Render the text from right to left.

QTextItem.Overline

Paint a line above the text.

QTextItem.Underline

Paint a line under the text.

QTextItem.StrikeOut

Paint a line through the text.
ascent()#
Return type:

float

Corresponds to the ascent of the piece of text that is drawn.

descent()#
Return type:

float

Corresponds to the descent of the piece of text that is drawn.

font()#
Return type:

QFont

Returns the font that should be used to draw the text.

renderFlags()#
Return type:

Combination of RenderFlag

Returns the render flags used.

text()#
Return type:

str

Returns the text that should be drawn.

width()#
Return type:

float

Specifies the total width of the text to be drawn.