QSvgGenerator Class

The QSvgGenerator class provides a paint device that is used to create SVG drawings. More...

Header:	#include <QSvgGenerator>
qmake:	QT += svg
Since:	Qt 4.3
Inherits:	QPaintDevice

This class was introduced in Qt 4.3.

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Note: All functions in this class are reentrant.

Properties

description : QString fileName : QString outputDevice : QIODevice* resolution : int

size : QSize title : QString viewBox : QRectF

Public Functions

	QSvgGenerator()
virtual	~QSvgGenerator()
QString	description() const
QString	fileName() const
QIODevice *	outputDevice() const
int	resolution() const
void	setDescription(const QString &description)
void	setFileName(const QString &fileName)
void	setOutputDevice(QIODevice *outputDevice)
void	setResolution(int dpi)
void	setSize(const QSize &size)
void	setTitle(const QString &title)
void	setViewBox(const QRect &viewBox)
void	setViewBox(const QRectF &viewBox)
QSize	size() const
QString	title() const
QRect	viewBox() const
QRectF	viewBoxF() const

Reimplemented Protected Functions

virtual int	metric(QPaintDevice::PaintDeviceMetric metric) const override
virtual QPaintEngine *	paintEngine() const override

Detailed Description

This paint device represents a Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) drawing. Like QPrinter, it is designed as a write-only device that generates output in a specific format.

To write an SVG file, you first need to configure the output by setting the fileName or outputDevice properties. It is usually necessary to specify the size of the drawing by setting the size property, and in some cases where the drawing will be included in another, the viewBox property also needs to be set.

    QSvgGenerator generator;
    generator.setFileName(path);
    generator.setSize(QSize(200, 200));
    generator.setViewBox(QRect(0, 0, 200, 200));
    generator.setTitle(tr("SVG Generator Example Drawing"));
    generator.setDescription(tr("An SVG drawing created by the SVG Generator "
                                "Example provided with Qt."));

Other meta-data can be specified by setting the title, description and resolution properties.

As with other QPaintDevice subclasses, a QPainter object is used to paint onto an instance of this class:

    QPainter painter;
    painter.begin(&generator);
    ...
    painter.end();

Painting is performed in the same way as for any other paint device. However, it is necessary to use the QPainter::begin() and end() to explicitly begin and end painting on the device.

The SVG Generator Example shows how the same painting commands can be used for painting a widget and writing an SVG file.

See also QSvgRenderer, QSvgWidget, and Qt SVG C++ Classes.

Member Function Documentation

QSvgGenerator::QSvgGenerator()

Constructs a new generator.

[virtual] QSvgGenerator::~QSvgGenerator()

Destroys the generator.

[override virtual protected] int QSvgGenerator::metric(QPaintDevice::PaintDeviceMetric metric) const

Reimplements: QPaintDevice::metric(QPaintDevice::PaintDeviceMetric metric) const.

[override virtual protected] QPaintEngine *QSvgGenerator::paintEngine() const

Reimplements: QPaintDevice::paintEngine() const.

Returns the paint engine used to render graphics to be converted to SVG format information.

QRect QSvgGenerator::viewBox() const

Returns viewBoxF().toRect().

This function was introduced in Qt 4.5.

See also setViewBox() and viewBoxF().