QFontDialog

The QFontDialog class provides a dialog widget for selecting a font. More…

Synopsis

Properties

• currentFont - The current font of the dialog

• options - The various options that affect the look and feel of the dialog

Functions

• def currentFont ()

• def open (receiver, member)

• def options ()

• def selectedFont ()

• def setCurrentFont (font)

• def setOption (option[, on=true])

• def setOptions (options)

• def testOption (option)

Signals

• def currentFontChanged (font)

• def fontSelected (font)

Static functions

• def getFont ([, parent=None])

• def getFont (, initial[, parent=None[, title=””[, options=QFontDialog.FontDialogOptions()]]])

Note

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Detailed Description

Warning

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A font dialog is created through one of the static getFont() functions.

Examples:

ok = bool()
font = QFontDialog.getFont(()
                ok, QFont("Helvetica [Cronyx]", 10), self)
if ok:
    # the user clicked OK and font is set to the font the user selected
else:
    # the user canceled the dialog; font is set to the initial
    # value, in this case Helvetica [Cronyx], 10

The dialog can also be used to set a widget’s font directly:

myWidget.setFont(QFontDialog.getFont(0, myWidget.font()))

If the user clicks OK the font they chose will be used for myWidget, and if they click Cancel the original font is used.

See also

QFont QFontInfo QFontMetrics QColorDialog QFileDialog Standard Dialogs Example

class PySide6.QtWidgets.QFontDialog([parent=None])

PySide6.QtWidgets.QFontDialog(initial[, parent=None])

Parameters:

• initial – PySide6.QtGui.QFont

• parent – PySide6.QtWidgets.QWidget

Constructs a standard font dialog.

Use setCurrentFont() to set the initial font attributes.

The parent parameter is passed to the QDialog constructor.

See also

getFont()

Constructs a standard font dialog with the given parent and specified initial font.

Note

Properties can be used directly when from __feature__ import true_property is used or via accessor functions otherwise.

property PᅟySide6.QtWidgets.QFontDialog.currentFont: PySide6.QtGui.QFont

This property holds the current font of the dialog..

Access functions:

• currentFont ()

• setCurrentFont (font)

• Signal currentFontChanged (font)

property PᅟySide6.QtWidgets.QFontDialog.options: FontDialogOptions

This property holds the various options that affect the look and feel of the dialog.

By default, all options are disabled.

Options should be set before showing the dialog. Setting them while the dialog is visible is not guaranteed to have an immediate effect on the dialog (depending on the option and on the platform).

See also

setOption() testOption()

Access functions:

• options ()

• setOptions (options)

PySide6.QtWidgets.QFontDialog.FontDialogOption

(inherits enum.Flag) This enum specifies various options that affect the look and feel of a font dialog.

For instance, it allows to specify which type of font should be displayed. If none are specified all fonts available will be listed.

Note that the font filtering options might not be supported on some platforms (e.g. Mac). They are always supported by the non native dialog (used on Windows or Linux).

Constant	Description
QFontDialog.NoButtons	Don’t display OK and Cancel buttons. (Useful for “live dialogs”.)
QFontDialog.DontUseNativeDialog	Use Qt’s standard font dialog on the Mac instead of Apple’s native font panel.
QFontDialog.ScalableFonts	Show scalable fonts
QFontDialog.NonScalableFonts	Show non scalable fonts
QFontDialog.MonospacedFonts	Show monospaced fonts
QFontDialog.ProportionalFonts	Show proportional fonts

See also

options setOption() testOption()

PySide6.QtWidgets.QFontDialog.currentFont()

Return type:

PySide6.QtGui.QFont

Returns the current font.

See also

setCurrentFont() selectedFont()

Getter of property currentFont .

PySide6.QtWidgets.QFontDialog.currentFontChanged(font)

Parameters:

font – PySide6.QtGui.QFont

This signal is emitted when the current font is changed. The new font is specified in font.

The signal is emitted while a user is selecting a font. Ultimately, the chosen font may differ from the font currently selected.

See also

currentFont fontSelected() selectedFont()

Notification signal of property currentFont .

PySide6.QtWidgets.QFontDialog.fontSelected(font)

Parameters:

font – PySide6.QtGui.QFont

This signal is emitted when a font has been selected. The selected font is specified in font.

The signal is only emitted when a user has chosen the final font to be used. It is not emitted while the user is changing the current font in the font dialog.

See also

selectedFont() currentFontChanged() currentFont

static PySide6.QtWidgets.QFontDialog.getFont([parent=None])

Parameters:

parent – PySide6.QtWidgets.QWidget

Return type:

PyTuple

Warning

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This is an overloaded function.

Executes a modal font dialog and returns a font.

If the user clicks OK, the selected font is returned. If the user clicks Cancel, the Qt default font is returned.

The dialog is constructed with the given parent. If the ok parameter is not-null, the value it refers to is set to true if the user clicks OK, and false if the user clicks Cancel.

Example:

ok = bool()
font = QFontDialog.getFont(ok, self)
if ok:
    # font is set to the font the user selected
else:
    # the user canceled the dialog; font is set to the default
    # application font, QApplication::font()

Warning

Do not delete parent during the execution of the dialog. If you want to do this, you should create the dialog yourself using one of the QFontDialog constructors.

static PySide6.QtWidgets.QFontDialog.getFont(initial[, parent=None[, title=""[, options=QFontDialog.FontDialogOptions()]]])

Parameters:

• initial – PySide6.QtGui.QFont

• parent – PySide6.QtWidgets.QWidget

• title – str

• options – FontDialogOptions

Return type:

PyTuple

Warning

This section contains snippets that were automatically translated from C++ to Python and may contain errors.

Executes a modal font dialog and returns a font.

If the user clicks OK, the selected font is returned. If the user clicks Cancel, the initial font is returned.

The dialog is constructed with the given parent and the options specified in options. title is shown as the window title of the dialog and initial is the initially selected font. If the ok parameter is not-null, the value it refers to is set to true if the user clicks OK, and set to false if the user clicks Cancel.

Examples:

ok = bool()
font = QFontDialog.getFont(ok, QFont("Times", 12), self)
if ok:
    # font is set to the font the user selected
else:
    # the user canceled the dialog; font is set to the initial
    # value, in this case Times, 12.

The dialog can also be used to set a widget’s font directly:

myWidget.setFont(QFontDialog.getFont(0, myWidget.font()))

In this example, if the user clicks OK the font they chose will be used, and if they click Cancel the original font is used.

Warning

Do not delete parent during the execution of the dialog. If you want to do this, you should create the dialog yourself using one of the QFontDialog constructors.

PySide6.QtWidgets.QFontDialog.open(receiver, member)

Parameters:

• receiver – PySide6.QtCore.QObject

• member – str

Opens the dialog and connects its fontSelected() signal to the slot specified by receiver and member.

The signal will be disconnected from the slot when the dialog is closed.

PySide6.QtWidgets.QFontDialog.options()

Return type:

FontDialogOptions

See also

setOptions()

Getter of property options .

PySide6.QtWidgets.QFontDialog.selectedFont()

Return type:

PySide6.QtGui.QFont

Returns the font that the user selected by clicking the OK or equivalent button.

Note

This font is not always the same as the font held by the currentFont property since the user can choose different fonts before finally selecting the one to use.

PySide6.QtWidgets.QFontDialog.setCurrentFont(font)

Parameters:

font – PySide6.QtGui.QFont

Sets the font highlighted in the QFontDialog to the given font.

See also

currentFont() selectedFont()

Setter of property currentFont .

PySide6.QtWidgets.QFontDialog.setOption(option[, on=true])

Parameters:

• option – FontDialogOption

• on – bool

Sets the given option to be enabled if on is true; otherwise, clears the given option.

See also

options testOption()

PySide6.QtWidgets.QFontDialog.setOptions(options)

Parameters:

options – FontDialogOptions

See also

options()

Setter of property options .

PySide6.QtWidgets.QFontDialog.testOption(option)

Parameters:

option – FontDialogOption

Return type:

bool

Returns true if the given option is enabled; otherwise, returns false.

See also

options setOption()