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# QGraphicsWebView Class Reference

The QGraphicsWebView class allows Web content to be added to a GraphicsView. More...

     #include <QGraphicsWebView>

Inherits: QGraphicsWidget.

This class was introduced in Qt 4.6.

- List of all members, including inherited members

## Properties

- icon : const QIcon
- modified : const bool
- renderHints : QPainter::RenderHints
- resizesToContents : bool

- tiledBackingStoreFrozen : bool
- title : const QString
- url : QUrl
- zoomFactor : qreal

- 14 properties inherited from QGraphicsWidget
- 12 properties inherited from QGraphicsObject
- 1 property inherited from QObject

## Public Functions

| QGraphicsWebView ( QGraphicsItem * parent = 0 )
| ~QGraphicsWebView ()
bool | findText ( const QString & subString, QWebPage::FindFlags options = 0 )
QWebHistory * | history () const
QIcon | icon () const
bool | isModified () const
bool | isTiledBackingStoreFrozen () const
void | load ( const QUrl & url )
void | load ( const QNetworkRequest & request, QNetworkAccessManager::Operation operation = QNetworkAccessManager::GetOperation, const QByteArray & body = QByteArray() )
QWebPage * | page () const
QAction * | pageAction ( QWebPage::WebAction action ) const
QPainter::RenderHints | renderHints () const
bool | resizesToContents () const
void | setContent ( const QByteArray & data, const QString & mimeType = QString(), const QUrl & baseUrl = QUrl() )
void | setHtml ( const QString & html, const QUrl & baseUrl = QUrl() )
void | setPage ( QWebPage * page )
void | setRenderHint ( QPainter::RenderHint hint, bool enabled = true )
void | setRenderHints ( QPainter::RenderHints hints )
void | setResizesToContents ( bool enabled )
void | setTiledBackingStoreFrozen ( bool frozen )
void | setUrl ( const QUrl & )
void | setZoomFactor ( qreal )
QWebSettings * | settings () const
QString | title () const
void | triggerPageAction ( QWebPage::WebAction action, bool checked = false )
QUrl | url () const
qreal | zoomFactor () const

## Reimplemented Public Functions

virtual bool | event ( QEvent * event )
virtual QVariant | inputMethodQuery ( Qt::InputMethodQuery query ) const
virtual QVariant | itemChange ( GraphicsItemChange change, const QVariant & value )
virtual void | paint ( QPainter * painter, const QStyleOptionGraphicsItem * option, QWidget * widget = 0 )
virtual void | setGeometry ( const QRectF & rect )
virtual QSizeF | sizeHint ( Qt::SizeHint which, const QSizeF & constraint ) const
virtual void | updateGeometry ()

- 53 public functions inherited from QGraphicsWidget
- 2 public functions inherited from QGraphicsObject
- 35 public functions inherited from QGraphicsLayoutItem
- 29 public functions inherited from QObject
- 177 public functions inherited from QGraphicsItem

## Public Slots

void | back ()
void | forward ()
void | reload ()
void | stop ()

- 1 public slot inherited from QGraphicsWidget
- 1 public slot inherited from QObject

## Signals

void | iconChanged ()
void | linkClicked ( const QUrl & url )
void | loadFinished ( bool ok )
void | loadProgress ( int progress )
void | loadStarted ()
void | statusBarMessage ( const QString & text )
void | titleChanged ( const QString & title )
void | urlChanged ( const QUrl & url )

- 1 signal inherited from QGraphicsWidget
- 9 signals inherited from QGraphicsObject
- 1 signal inherited from QObject

## Reimplemented Protected Functions

virtual void | contextMenuEvent ( QGraphicsSceneContextMenuEvent * ev )
virtual void | dragEnterEvent ( QGraphicsSceneDragDropEvent * ev )
virtual void | dragLeaveEvent ( QGraphicsSceneDragDropEvent * ev )
virtual void | dragMoveEvent ( QGraphicsSceneDragDropEvent * ev )
virtual void | dropEvent ( QGraphicsSceneDragDropEvent * ev )
virtual void | focusInEvent ( QFocusEvent * ev )
virtual bool | focusNextPrevChild ( bool next )
virtual void | focusOutEvent ( QFocusEvent * ev )
virtual void | hoverLeaveEvent ( QGraphicsSceneHoverEvent * ev )
virtual void | hoverMoveEvent ( QGraphicsSceneHoverEvent * ev )
virtual void | inputMethodEvent ( QInputMethodEvent * ev )
virtual void | keyPressEvent ( QKeyEvent * ev )
virtual void | keyReleaseEvent ( QKeyEvent * ev )
virtual void | mouseDoubleClickEvent ( QGraphicsSceneMouseEvent * ev )
virtual void | mouseMoveEvent ( QGraphicsSceneMouseEvent * ev )
virtual void | mousePressEvent ( QGraphicsSceneMouseEvent * ev )
virtual void | mouseReleaseEvent ( QGraphicsSceneMouseEvent * ev )
virtual bool | sceneEvent ( QEvent * event )
virtual void | wheelEvent ( QGraphicsSceneWheelEvent * ev )

- 24 protected functions inherited from QGraphicsWidget
- 3 protected functions inherited from QGraphicsLayoutItem
- 8 protected functions inherited from QObject
- 24 protected functions inherited from QGraphicsItem

### Additional Inherited Members

- 1 static public member inherited from QGraphicsWidget
- 7 static public members inherited from QObject
- 2 static public members inherited from QGraphicsItem
- 24 protected functions inherited from QGraphicsWidget
- 3 protected functions inherited from QGraphicsLayoutItem
- 8 protected functions inherited from QObject
- 24 protected functions inherited from QGraphicsItem
- 1 protected slot inherited from QGraphicsObject

## Detailed Description

The QGraphicsWebView class allows Web content to be added to a GraphicsView.

An instance of this class renders Web content from a URL or supplied as data, using features of the QtWebKit module.

If the width and height of the item are not set, they will default to 800 and 600, respectively. If the Web page contents is larger than that, scrollbars will be shown if not disabled explicitly.

### Browser Features

Many of the functions, signals and properties provided by QWebView are also available for this item, making it simple to adapt existing code to use QGraphicsWebView instead of QWebView.

The item uses a QWebPage object to perform the rendering of Web content, and this can be obtained with the page() function, enabling the document itself to be accessed and modified.

As with QWebView, the item records the browsing history using a QWebHistory object, accessible using the history() function. The QWebSettings object that defines the configuration of the browser can be obtained with the settings() function, enabling features like plugin support to be customized for each item.

See also QWebView and QGraphicsTextItem.

## Property Documentation

### icon : const QIcon

This property holds the icon associated with the web page currently viewed.

By default, this property contains a null icon.

Access functions:

QIcon | icon () const

Notifier signal:

void | iconChanged ()

See also iconChanged() and QWebSettings::iconForUrl().

### modified : const bool

This property holds whether the document was modified by the user.

Parts of HTML documents can be editable for example through the `contenteditable` attribute on HTML elements.

By default, this property is false.

Access functions:

bool | isModified () const

### renderHints : QPainter::RenderHints

This property holds the default render hints for the view.

These hints are used to initialize QPainter before painting the Web page.

QPainter::TextAntialiasing and QPainter::SmoothPixmapTransform are enabled by default and will be used to render the item in addition of what has been set on the painter given by QGraphicsScene.

Note: This property is not available on Symbian. However, the getter and setter functions can still be used directly.

This property was introduced in Qt 4.8.

Access functions:

QPainter::RenderHints | renderHints () const
void | setRenderHints ( QPainter::RenderHints hints )

See also QPainter::renderHints().

### resizesToContents : bool

This property holds whether the size of the QGraphicsWebView and its viewport changes to match the contents size.

If this property is set, the QGraphicsWebView will automatically change its size to match the size of the main frame contents. As a result the top level frame will never have scrollbars. It will also make CSS fixed positioning to behave like absolute positioning with elements positioned relative to the document instead of the viewport.

This property should be used in conjunction with the QWebPage::preferredContentsSize property. If not explicitly set, the preferredContentsSize is automatically set to a reasonable value.

This property was introduced in Qt 4.7.

Access functions:

bool | resizesToContents () const
void | setResizesToContents ( bool enabled )

See also QWebPage::setPreferredContentsSize().

### tiledBackingStoreFrozen : bool

This property holds whether the tiled backing store updates its contents.

If the tiled backing store is enabled using QWebSettings::TiledBackingStoreEnabled attribute, this property can be used to disable backing store updates temporarily. This can be useful for example for running a smooth animation that changes the scale of the QGraphicsWebView.

When the backing store is unfrozen, its contents will be automatically updated to match the current state of the document. If the QGraphicsWebView scale was changed, the backing store is also re-rendered using the new scale.

If the tiled backing store is not enabled, this property does nothing.

This property was introduced in Qt 4.7.

Access functions:

bool | isTiledBackingStoreFrozen () const
void | setTiledBackingStoreFrozen ( bool frozen )

See also QWebSettings::TiledBackingStoreEnabled and QGraphicsObject::scale.

### title : const QString

This property holds the title of the web page currently viewed.

By default, this property contains an empty string.

Access functions:

QString | title () const

Notifier signal:

void | titleChanged ( const QString & title )

See also titleChanged().

### url : QUrl

This property holds the url of the web page currently viewed.

Setting this property clears the view and loads the URL.

By default, this property contains an empty, invalid URL.

Access functions:

QUrl | url () const
void | setUrl ( const QUrl & )

Notifier signal:

void | urlChanged ( const QUrl & url )

See also load() and urlChanged().

### zoomFactor : qreal

This property holds the zoom factor for the view.

Access functions:

qreal | zoomFactor () const
void | setZoomFactor ( qreal )

## Member Function Documentation

### QGraphicsWebView::QGraphicsWebView ( QGraphicsItem * parent = 0 )

Constructs an empty QGraphicsWebView with parent parent.

See also load().

### QGraphicsWebView::~QGraphicsWebView ()

Destroys the item.

### void QGraphicsWebView::back ()`[slot]`

Convenience slot that loads the previous document in the list of documents built by navigating links. Does nothing if there is no previous document.

See also forward().

### void QGraphicsWebView::contextMenuEvent ( QGraphicsSceneContextMenuEvent * ev )`[virtual protected]`

Reimplemented from QGraphicsItem::contextMenuEvent().

### void QGraphicsWebView::dragEnterEvent ( QGraphicsSceneDragDropEvent * ev )`[virtual protected]`

Reimplemented from QGraphicsItem::dragEnterEvent().

### void QGraphicsWebView::dragLeaveEvent ( QGraphicsSceneDragDropEvent * ev )`[virtual protected]`

Reimplemented from QGraphicsItem::dragLeaveEvent().

### void QGraphicsWebView::dragMoveEvent ( QGraphicsSceneDragDropEvent * ev )`[virtual protected]`

Reimplemented from QGraphicsItem::dragMoveEvent().

### void QGraphicsWebView::dropEvent ( QGraphicsSceneDragDropEvent * ev )`[virtual protected]`

Reimplemented from QGraphicsItem::dropEvent().

### bool QGraphicsWebView::event ( QEvent * event )`[virtual]`

Reimplemented from QObject::event().

### bool QGraphicsWebView::findText ( const QString & subString, QWebPage::FindFlags options = 0 )

Finds the specified string, subString, in the page, using the given options.

If the HighlightAllOccurrences flag is passed, the function will highlight all occurrences that exist in the page. All subsequent calls will extend the highlight, rather than replace it, with occurrences of the new string.

If the HighlightAllOccurrences flag is not passed, the function will select an occurrence and all subsequent calls will replace the current occurrence with the next one.

To clear the selection, just pass an empty string.

Returns true if subString was found; otherwise returns false.

See also QWebPage::selectedText() and QWebPage::selectionChanged().

### void QGraphicsWebView::focusInEvent ( QFocusEvent * ev )`[virtual protected]`

Reimplemented from QGraphicsItem::focusInEvent().

### bool QGraphicsWebView::focusNextPrevChild ( bool next )`[virtual protected]`

Reimplemented from QGraphicsWidget::focusNextPrevChild().

### void QGraphicsWebView::focusOutEvent ( QFocusEvent * ev )`[virtual protected]`

Reimplemented from QGraphicsItem::focusOutEvent().

### void QGraphicsWebView::forward ()`[slot]`

Convenience slot that loads the next document in the list of documents built by navigating links. Does nothing if there is no next document.

See also back().

### QWebHistory * QGraphicsWebView::history () const

Returns a pointer to the view's history of navigated web pages.

It is equivalent to

         view->page()->history();

### void QGraphicsWebView::hoverLeaveEvent ( QGraphicsSceneHoverEvent * ev )`[virtual protected]`

Reimplemented from QGraphicsItem::hoverLeaveEvent().

### void QGraphicsWebView::hoverMoveEvent ( QGraphicsSceneHoverEvent * ev )`[virtual protected]`

Reimplemented from QGraphicsItem::hoverMoveEvent().

### void QGraphicsWebView::iconChanged ()`[signal]`

This signal is emitted whenever the icon of the page is loaded or changes.

In order for icons to be loaded, you will need to set an icon database path using QWebSettings::setIconDatabasePath().

See also icon() and QWebSettings::setIconDatabasePath().

### void QGraphicsWebView::inputMethodEvent ( QInputMethodEvent * ev )`[virtual protected]`

Reimplemented from QGraphicsItem::inputMethodEvent().

### QVariant QGraphicsWebView::inputMethodQuery ( Qt::InputMethodQuery query ) const`[virtual]`

Reimplemented from QGraphicsItem::inputMethodQuery().

### QVariant QGraphicsWebView::itemChange ( GraphicsItemChange change, const QVariant & value )`[virtual]`

Reimplemented from QGraphicsItem::itemChange().

### void QGraphicsWebView::keyPressEvent ( QKeyEvent * ev )`[virtual protected]`

Reimplemented from QGraphicsItem::keyPressEvent().

### void QGraphicsWebView::keyReleaseEvent ( QKeyEvent * ev )`[virtual protected]`

Reimplemented from QGraphicsItem::keyReleaseEvent().

### void QGraphicsWebView::linkClicked ( const QUrl & url )`[signal]`

This signal is emitted whenever the user clicks on a link and the page's linkDelegationPolicy property is set to delegate the link handling for the specified url.

See also QWebPage::linkDelegationPolicy().

### void QGraphicsWebView::load ( const QUrl & url )

Loads the specified url and displays it.

Note: The view remains the same until enough data has arrived to display the new url.

See also setUrl(), url(), and urlChanged().

### void QGraphicsWebView::load ( const QNetworkRequest & request, QNetworkAccessManager::Operation operation = QNetworkAccessManager::GetOperation, const QByteArray & body = QByteArray() )

Loads a network request, request, using the method specified in operation.

body is optional and is only used for POST operations.

Note: The view remains the same until enough data has arrived to display the new url.

See also url() and urlChanged().

### void QGraphicsWebView::loadFinished ( bool ok )`[signal]`

This signal is emitted when a load of the page is finished. ok will indicate whether the load was successful or any error occurred.

See also loadStarted().

### void QGraphicsWebView::loadProgress ( int progress )`[signal]`

This signal is emitted every time an element in the web page completes loading and the overall loading progress advances.

This signal tracks the progress of all child frames.

The current value is provided by progress and scales from 0 to 100, which is the default range of QProgressBar.

See also loadStarted() and loadFinished().

### void QGraphicsWebView::loadStarted ()`[signal]`

This signal is emitted when a new load of the page is started.

See also loadProgress() and loadFinished().

### void QGraphicsWebView::mouseDoubleClickEvent ( QGraphicsSceneMouseEvent * ev )`[virtual protected]`

Reimplemented from QGraphicsItem::mouseDoubleClickEvent().

### void QGraphicsWebView::mouseMoveEvent ( QGraphicsSceneMouseEvent * ev )`[virtual protected]`

Reimplemented from QGraphicsItem::mouseMoveEvent().

### void QGraphicsWebView::mousePressEvent ( QGraphicsSceneMouseEvent * ev )`[virtual protected]`

Reimplemented from QGraphicsItem::mousePressEvent().

### void QGraphicsWebView::mouseReleaseEvent ( QGraphicsSceneMouseEvent * ev )`[virtual protected]`

Reimplemented from QGraphicsItem::mouseReleaseEvent().

### QWebPage * QGraphicsWebView::page () const

Returns a pointer to the underlying web page.

See also setPage().

### QAction * QGraphicsWebView::pageAction ( QWebPage::WebAction action ) const

Returns a pointer to a QAction that encapsulates the specified web action action.

### void QGraphicsWebView::paint ( QPainter * painter, const QStyleOptionGraphicsItem * option, QWidget * widget = 0 )`[virtual]`

Reimplemented from QGraphicsItem::paint().

### void QGraphicsWebView::reload ()`[slot]`

Reloads the current document.

See also stop() and loadStarted().

### bool QGraphicsWebView::sceneEvent ( QEvent * event )`[virtual protected]`

Reimplemented from QGraphicsItem::sceneEvent().

### void QGraphicsWebView::setContent ( const QByteArray & data, const QString & mimeType = QString(), const QUrl & baseUrl = QUrl() )

Sets the content of the web graphicsitem to the specified content data. If the mimeType argument is empty it is currently assumed that the content is HTML but in future versions we may introduce auto-detection.

External objects referenced in the content are located relative to baseUrl.

The data is loaded immediately; external objects are loaded asynchronously.

See also load(), setHtml(), and QWebFrame::toHtml().

### void QGraphicsWebView::setGeometry ( const QRectF & rect )`[virtual]`

Reimplemented from QGraphicsLayoutItem::setGeometry().

### void QGraphicsWebView::setHtml ( const QString & html, const QUrl & baseUrl = QUrl() )

Sets the content of the web view to the specified html.

External objects such as stylesheets or images referenced in the HTML document are located relative to baseUrl.

The html is loaded immediately; external objects are loaded asynchronously.

When using this method, WebKit assumes that external resources such as JavaScript programs or style sheets are encoded in UTF-8 unless otherwise specified. For example, the encoding of an external script can be specified through the charset attribute of the HTML script tag. Alternatively, the encoding can also be specified by the web server.

This is a convenience function equivalent to setContent(html, "text/html", baseUrl).

Warning: This function works only for HTML, for other mime types (i.e. XHTML, SVG) setContent() should be used instead.

See also load(), setContent(), QWebFrame::toHtml(), and QWebFrame::setContent().

### void QGraphicsWebView::setPage ( QWebPage * page )

Makes page the new web page of the web graphicsitem.

The parent QObject of the provided page remains the owner of the object. If the current document is a child of the web view, it will be deleted.

See also page().

### void QGraphicsWebView::setRenderHint ( QPainter::RenderHint hint, bool enabled = true )

If enabled is true, enables the specified render hint; otherwise disables it.

This function was introduced in Qt 4.8.

See also renderHints and QPainter::renderHints().

### QWebSettings * QGraphicsWebView::settings () const

Returns a pointer to the view/page specific settings object.

It is equivalent to

         view->page()->settings();

See also QWebSettings::globalSettings().

### QSizeF QGraphicsWebView::sizeHint ( Qt::SizeHint which, const QSizeF & constraint ) const`[virtual]`

Reimplemented from QGraphicsLayoutItem::sizeHint().

### void QGraphicsWebView::statusBarMessage ( const QString & text )`[signal]`

This signal is emitted when the statusbar text is changed by the page.

### void QGraphicsWebView::stop ()`[slot]`

Convenience slot that stops loading the document.

See also reload() and loadFinished().

### void QGraphicsWebView::titleChanged ( const QString & title )`[signal]`

This signal is emitted whenever the title of the main frame changes.

See also title().

### void QGraphicsWebView::triggerPageAction ( QWebPage::WebAction action, bool checked = false )

Triggers the specified action. If it is a checkable action the specified checked state is assumed.

See also pageAction().

### void QGraphicsWebView::updateGeometry ()`[virtual]`

Reimplemented from QGraphicsLayoutItem::updateGeometry().

### void QGraphicsWebView::urlChanged ( const QUrl & url )`[signal]`

This signal is emitted when the url of the view changes.

See also url() and load().

### void QGraphicsWebView::wheelEvent ( QGraphicsSceneWheelEvent * ev )`[virtual protected]`

Reimplemented from QGraphicsItem::wheelEvent().