silx.gui.plot.actions.io

silx.gui.plot.actions.io provides a set of QAction relative of inputs and outputs for a PlotWidget.

The following QAction are available:

• CopyAction
• PrintAction
• SaveAction

class silx.gui.plot.actions.io.SaveAction(plot, parent=None)

QAction for saving Plot content.

It opens a Save as... dialog.

Parameters:

• plot – PlotWidget instance on which to operate.
• parent – See QAction.

class silx.gui.plot.actions.io.PrintAction(plot, parent=None)

QAction for printing the plot.

It opens a Print dialog.

Current implementation print a bitmap of the plot area and not vector graphics, so printing quality is not great.

Parameters:

• plot – PlotWidget instance on which to operate.
• parent – See QAction.

printer

The QPrinter instance used by the actions.

This is shared accross all instances of PrintAct

printPlotAsWidget()

Open the print dialog and print the plot.

Use QWidget.render() to print the plot

Returns:True if successful

printPlot()

Open the print dialog and print the plot.

Use Plot.saveGraph() to print the plot.

Returns:True if successful

class silx.gui.plot.actions.io.CopyAction(plot, parent=None)

QAction to copy PlotWidget content to clipboard.

Parameters:

• plot – PlotWidget instance on which to operate
• parent – See QAction

copyPlot()

Copy plot content to the clipboard as a bitmap.