QTextItem Class Reference

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

 #include <QTextItem>

List of all members, including inherited members

Public Types

enum	RenderFlag { RightToLeft, Overline, Underline, StrikeOut }
flags	RenderFlags

Public Functions

qreal	ascent () const
qreal	descent () const
QFont	font () const
RenderFlags	renderFlags () const
QString	text () const
qreal	width () const

Detailed Description

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

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

Member Type Documentation

enum QTextItem::RenderFlag
flags QTextItem::RenderFlags

Constant	Value	Description
`QTextItem::RightToLeft`	`0x1`	Render the text from right to left.
`QTextItem::Overline`	`0x10`	Paint a line above the text.
`QTextItem::Underline`	`0x20`	Paint a line under the text.
`QTextItem::StrikeOut`	`0x40`	Paint a line through the text.

The RenderFlags type is a typedef for QFlags<RenderFlag>. It stores an OR combination of RenderFlag values.

Member Function Documentation

qreal QTextItem::ascent () const

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

qreal QTextItem::descent () const

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

QFont QTextItem::font () const

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

RenderFlags QTextItem::renderFlags () const

Returns the render flags used.

QString QTextItem::text () const

Returns the text that should be drawn.

qreal QTextItem::width () const

Specifies the total width of the text to be drawn.

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