QGraphicsView Class

 QGraphicsScene scene;
 scene.addText("Hello, world!");

 QGraphicsView view(&scene);
 view.show();

Property Documentation

alignment : Qt::Alignment

This property holds the alignment of the scene in the view when the whole scene is visible.

If the whole scene is visible in the view, (i.e., there are no visible scroll bars,) the view's alignment will decide where the scene will be rendered in the view. For example, if the alignment is Qt::AlignCenter, which is default, the scene will be centered in the view, and if the alignment is (Qt::AlignLeft | Qt::AlignTop), the scene will be rendered in the top-left corner of the view.

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backgroundBrush : QBrush

This property holds the background brush of the scene.

This property sets the background brush for the scene in this view. It is used to override the scene's own background, and defines the behavior of drawBackground(). To provide custom background drawing for this view, you can reimplement drawBackground() instead.

By default, this property contains a brush with the Qt::NoBrush pattern.

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See also QGraphicsScene::backgroundBrush and foregroundBrush.

cacheMode : CacheMode

This property holds which parts of the view are cached

QGraphicsView can cache pre-rendered content in a QPixmap, which is then drawn onto the viewport. The purpose of such caching is to speed up the total rendering time for areas that are slow to render. Texture, gradient and alpha blended backgrounds, for example, can be notibly slow to render; especially with a transformed view. The CacheBackground flag enables caching of the view's background. For example:

 QGraphicsView view;
 view.setBackgroundBrush(QImage(":/images/backgroundtile.png"));
 view.setCacheMode(QGraphicsView::CacheBackground);

The cache is invalidated every time the view is transformed. However, when scrolling, only partial invalidation is required.

By default, nothing is cached.

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See also resetCachedContent() and QPixmapCache.

dragMode : DragMode

This property holds the behavior for dragging the mouse over the scene while the left mouse button is pressed.

This property defines what should happen when the user clicks on the scene background and drags the mouse (e.g., scrolling the viewport contents using a pointing hand cursor, or selecting multiple items with a rubber band). The default value, NoDrag, does nothing.

This behavior only affects mouse clicks that are not handled by any item. You can define a custom behavior by creating a subclass of QGraphicsView and reimplementing mouseMoveEvent().

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foregroundBrush : QBrush

This property holds the foreground brush of the scene.

This property sets the foreground brush for the scene in this view. It is used to override the scene's own foreground, and defines the behavior of drawForeground(). To provide custom foreground drawing for this view, you can reimplement drawForeground() instead.

By default, this property contains a brush with the Qt::NoBrush pattern.

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See also QGraphicsScene::foregroundBrush and backgroundBrush.

interactive : bool

This property holds whether the view allows scene interaction.

If enabled, this view is set to allow scene interaction. Otherwise, this view will not allow interaction, and any mouse or key events are ignored (i.e., it will act as a read-only view).

By default, this property is true.

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optimizationFlags : OptimizationFlags

flags that can be used to tune QGraphicsView's performance.

QGraphicsView uses clipping, extra bounding rect adjustments, and certain other aids to improve rendering quality and performance for the common case graphics scene. However, depending on the target platform, the scene, and the viewport in use, some of these operations can degrade performance.

The effect varies from flag to flag; see the OptimizationFlags documentation for details.

By default, no optimization flags are enabled.

This property was introduced in Qt 4.3.

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See also setOptimizationFlag().

renderHints : QPainter::RenderHints

This property holds the default render hints for the view

These hints are used to initialize QPainter before each visible item is drawn. QPainter uses render hints to toggle rendering features such as antialiasing and smooth pixmap transformation.

QPainter::TextAntialiasing is enabled by default.

Example:

 QGraphicsScene scene;
 scene.addRect(QRectF(-10, -10, 20, 20));

 QGraphicsView view(&scene);
 view.setRenderHints(QPainter::Antialiasing | QPainter::SmoothPixmapTransform);
 view.show();

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resizeAnchor : ViewportAnchor

how the view should position the scene when the view is resized.

QGraphicsView uses this property to decide how to position the scene in the viewport when the viewport widget's size changes. The default behavior, NoAnchor, leaves the scene's position unchanged during a resize; the top-left corner of the view will appear to be anchored while resizing.

Note that the effect of this property is noticeable when only a part of the scene is visible (i.e., when there are scroll bars). Otherwise, if the whole scene fits in the view, QGraphicsScene uses the view alignment to position the scene in the view.

Access functions:

See also alignment and transformationAnchor.

rubberBandSelectionMode : Qt::ItemSelectionMode

This property holds the behavior for selecting items with a rubber band selection rectangle.

This property defines how items are selected when using the RubberBandDrag drag mode.

The default value is Qt::IntersectsItemShape; all items whose shape intersects with or is contained by the rubber band are selected.

This property was introduced in Qt 4.3.

Access functions:

See also dragMode, items(), and rubberBandRect().

sceneRect : QRectF

This property holds the area of the scene visualized by this view.

The scene rectangle defines the extent of the scene, and in the view's case, this means the area of the scene that you can navigate using the scroll bars.

If unset, or if a null QRectF is set, this property has the same value as QGraphicsScene::sceneRect, and it changes with QGraphicsScene::sceneRect. Otherwise, the view's scene rect is unaffected by the scene.

Note that, although the scene supports a virtually unlimited size, the range of the scroll bars will never exceed the range of an integer (INT_MIN, INT_MAX). When the scene is larger than the scroll bars' values, you can choose to use translate() to navigate the scene instead.

By default, this property contains a rectangle at the origin with zero width and height.

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See also QGraphicsScene::sceneRect.

transformationAnchor : ViewportAnchor

how the view should position the scene during transformations.

QGraphicsView uses this property to decide how to position the scene in the viewport when the transformation matrix changes, and the coordinate system of the view is transformed. The default behavior, AnchorViewCenter, ensures that the scene point at the center of the view remains unchanged during transformations (e.g., when rotating, the scene will appear to rotate around the center of the view).

Note that the effect of this property is noticeable when only a part of the scene is visible (i.e., when there are scroll bars). Otherwise, if the whole scene fits in the view, QGraphicsScene uses the view alignment to position the scene in the view.

Access functions:

See also alignment and resizeAnchor.

viewportUpdateMode : ViewportUpdateMode

how the viewport should update its contents.

QGraphicsView uses this property to decide how to update areas of the scene that have been reexposed or changed. Usually you do not need to modify this property, but there are some cases where doing so can improve rendering performance. See the ViewportUpdateMode documentation for specific details.

The default value is MinimalViewportUpdate, where QGraphicsView will update as small an area of the viewport as possible when the contents change.

This property was introduced in Qt 4.3.

Access functions:

See also ViewportUpdateMode and cacheMode.