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Corona Class Reference

from PyKDE4.plasma import *

Inherits: QGraphicsScene → QObject
Namespace: Plasma

Detailed Description

Corona plasma/corona.h <Plasma/Corona>

A QGraphicsScene for Plasma.Applets


Signals

 availableScreenRegionChanged ()
 configSynced ()
 containmentAdded (Plasma.Containment containment)
 immutabilityChanged (Plasma.ImmutabilityType immutability)
 releaseVisualFocus ()
 screenOwnerChanged (int wasScreen, int isScreen, Plasma.Containment containment)
 shortcutsChanged ()

Methods

 __init__ (self, QObject parent=0)
QAction action (self, QString name)
[QAction] actions (self)
 addAction (self, QString name, QAction action)
KAction addAction (self, QString name)
Plasma.Containment addContainment (self, QString name, [QVariant] args=QVariantList())
Plasma.Containment addContainmentDelayed (self, QString name, [QVariant] args=QVariantList())
 addOffscreenWidget (self, QGraphicsWidget widget)
 addShortcuts (self, KActionCollection newShortcuts)
QString appletMimeType (self)
QRegion availableScreenRegion (self, int id)
 clearContainments (self)
KSharedPtr config (self)
Plasma.ContainmentActionsPluginsConfig containmentActionsDefaults (self, Plasma.Containment.Type containmentType)
Plasma.Containment containmentForScreen (self, int screen, int desktop=-1)
[Plasma.Containment] containments (self)
Plasma.AbstractDialogManager dialogManager (self)
 dragEnterEvent (self, QGraphicsSceneDragDropEvent event)
 dragLeaveEvent (self, QGraphicsSceneDragDropEvent event)
 dragMoveEvent (self, QGraphicsSceneDragDropEvent event)
 enableAction (self, QString name, bool enable)
[Plasma.Location] freeEdges (self, int screen)
Plasma.ImmutabilityType immutability (self)
[Plasma.Containment] importLayout (self, KConfigBase config)
 initializeLayout (self, QString config=QString())
 layoutContainments (self)
 loadDefaultLayout (self)
 loadLayout (self, QString config=QString())
 mapAnimation (self, Plasma.Animator.Animation from, Plasma.Animator.Animation to)
 mapAnimation (self, Plasma.Animator.Animation from, QString to)
int numScreens (self)
[QGraphicsWidget] offscreenWidgets (self)
QPoint popupPosition (self, QGraphicsItem item, QSize size)
QPoint popupPosition (self, QGraphicsItem item, QSize size, Qt::AlignmentFlag alignment)
 removeOffscreenWidget (self, QGraphicsWidget widget)
 requestConfigSync (self)
 requireConfigSync (self)
 saveLayout (self, QString config=QString())
QRect screenGeometry (self, int id)
 setAppletMimeType (self, QString mimetype)
 setContainmentActionsDefaults (self, Plasma.Containment.Type containmentType, Plasma.ContainmentActionsPluginsConfig config)
 setDialogManager (self, Plasma.AbstractDialogManager manager)
 setImmutability (self, Plasma.ImmutabilityType immutable)
 updateShortcuts (self)

Signal Documentation

availableScreenRegionChanged (   )

This signal inicates that a change in available screen goemetry occurred.

Signal syntax:
QObject.connect(source, SIGNAL("availableScreenRegionChanged()"), target_slot)
configSynced (   )

This signal indicates that the configuration file was flushed to disc.

Signal syntax:
QObject.connect(source, SIGNAL("configSynced()"), target_slot)
containmentAdded ( Plasma.Containment  containment
)

This signal indicates a new containment has been added to the Corona

Signal syntax:
QObject.connect(source, SIGNAL("containmentAdded(Plasma::Containment*)"), target_slot)
immutabilityChanged ( Plasma.ImmutabilityType  immutability
)

emitted when immutability changes. this is for use by things that don't get contraints events, like plasmaapp. it's NOT for containments or applets or any of the other stuff on the scene. if your code's not in shells/ it probably shouldn't be using it.

Signal syntax:
QObject.connect(source, SIGNAL("immutabilityChanged(Plasma::ImmutabilityType)"), target_slot)
releaseVisualFocus (   )

This signal indicates that an application launch, window creation or window focus event was triggered. This is used, for instance, to ensure that the Dashboard view in Plasma hides when such an event is triggered by an item it is displaying.

Signal syntax:
QObject.connect(source, SIGNAL("releaseVisualFocus()"), target_slot)
screenOwnerChanged ( int  wasScreen,
int  isScreen,
Plasma.Containment  containment
)

This signal indicates that a containment has been newly associated (or dissociated) with a physical screen.

Parameters:
wasScreen  the screen it was associated with
isScreen  the screen it is now associated with
containment  the containment switching screens

Signal syntax:
QObject.connect(source, SIGNAL("screenOwnerChanged(int, int, Plasma::Containment*)"), target_slot)
shortcutsChanged (   )

Since:
4.3 emitted when the user changes keyboard shortcut settings connect to this if you've put some extra shortcuts in your app that are NOT in corona's actioncollection. if your code's not in shells/ it probably shouldn't be using this function.
See also:
addShortcuts

Signal syntax:
QObject.connect(source, SIGNAL("shortcutsChanged()"), target_slot)

Method Documentation

__init__ (  self,
QObject  parent=0
)
QAction action (  self,
QString  name
)

Returns the QAction with the given name from our collection

[QAction] actions (   self )

Returns all the actions in our collection

addAction (  self,
QString  name,
QAction  action
)

Since:
4.3 Creates an action in our collection under the given name
Returns:
the new action FIXME I'm wrapping so much of kactioncollection API now, maybe I should just expose the collection itself :P

KAction addAction (  self,
QString  name
)

Since:
4.3 Creates an action in our collection under the given name
Returns:
the new action FIXME I'm wrapping so much of kactioncollection API now, maybe I should just expose the collection itself :P

Plasma.Containment addContainment (  self,
QString  name,
[QVariant]  args=QVariantList()
)

Adds a Containment to the Corona

Parameters:
name  the plugin name for the containment, as given by KPluginInfo.pluginName(). If an empty string is passed in, the defalt containment plugin will be used (usually DesktopContainment). If the string literal "null" is passed in, then no plugin will be loaded and a simple Containment object will be created instead.
args  argument list to pass to the containment

Returns:
a pointer to the containment on success, or 0 on failure

Plasma.Containment addContainmentDelayed (  self,
QString  name,
[QVariant]  args=QVariantList()
)

Loads a containment with delayed initialization, primarily useful for implementations of loadDefaultLayout. The caller is responsible for all initializating, saving and notification of a new containment.

Parameters:
name  the plugin name for the containment, as given by KPluginInfo.pluginName(). If an empty string is passed in, the defalt containment plugin will be used (usually DesktopContainment). If the string literal "null" is passed in, then no plugin will be loaded and a simple Containment object will be created instead.
args  argument list to pass to the containment

Returns:
a pointer to the containment on success, or 0 on failure

addOffscreenWidget (  self,
QGraphicsWidget  widget
)

Adds a widget in the topleft quadrant in the scene. Widgets in the topleft quadrant are normally never shown unless you specifically aim a view at it, which makes it ideal for toplevel views etc.

Parameters:
widget  the widget to add.

addShortcuts (  self,
KActionCollection  newShortcuts
)

Since:
4.3 Adds a set of actions to the shortcut config dialog. don't use this on actions in the corona's own actioncollection, those are handled automatically. this is for stuff outside of that.

QString appletMimeType (   self )

The current mime type of Drag/Drop items.

QRegion availableScreenRegion (  self,
int  id
)

Returns the available region for a given screen. The available region excludes panels and similar windows. Valid screen ids are 0 to numScreens()-1. By default this method returns a rectangular region equal to screenGeometry(id); subclasses that need another behavior should override this method.

clearContainments (   self )

Clear the Corona from all applets.

KSharedPtr config (   self )

Returns the config file used to store the configuration for this Corona

Plasma.ContainmentActionsPluginsConfig containmentActionsDefaults (  self,
Plasma.Containment.Type  containmentType
)

Since:
4.4 Returns the default containmentactions plugins for the given containment type

Plasma.Containment containmentForScreen (  self,
int  screen,
int  desktop=-1
)

Returns the Containment, if any, for a given physical screen

Parameters:
screen  number of the physical screen to locate
desktop  the virtual desktop) to locate; if < 0 then it will simply return the first Containment associated with screen

[Plasma.Containment] containments (   self )

Returns:
all containments on this Corona

Plasma.AbstractDialogManager dialogManager (   self )

Returns:
the AbstractDialogManager that will show dialogs used by applets, like configuration dialogs

Since:
4.5

dragEnterEvent (  self,
QGraphicsSceneDragDropEvent  event
)
dragLeaveEvent (  self,
QGraphicsSceneDragDropEvent  event
)
dragMoveEvent (  self,
QGraphicsSceneDragDropEvent  event
)
enableAction (  self,
QString  name,
bool  enable
)

convenience function - enables or disables an action by name

Parameters:
name  the name of the action in our collection
enable  true to enable, false to disable

[Plasma.Location] freeEdges (  self,
int  screen
)

This method is useful in order to retrieve the list of available screen edges for panel type containments.

Parameters:
screen  the id of the screen to look for free edges.

Returns:
a list of free edges not filled with panel type containments.

Plasma.ImmutabilityType immutability (   self )

Returns:
The type of immutability of this Corona

[Plasma.Containment] importLayout (  self,
KConfigBase  config
)

Imports an applet layout from a config file. The results will be added to the current set of Containments.

Parameters:
config  the name of the config file to load from, or the default config file if QString()

Returns:
the list of containments that were loaded
Since:
4.5

initializeLayout (  self,
QString  config=QString()
)

Initializes the layout from a config file. This will first clear any existing Containments, load a layout from the requested configuration file, request the default layout if needed and update immutability.

Parameters:
config  the name of the config file to load from, or the default config file if QString()

layoutContainments (   self )

Since:
4.5 Layout the containments on this corona. The default implementation organizes them in a grid-like view, but subclasses can reimplement this slot to provide their own layout.

loadDefaultLayout (   self )

Loads the default (system wide) layout for this user

loadLayout (  self,
QString  config=QString()
)

Load applet layout from a config file. The results will be added to the current set of Containments.

Parameters:
config  the name of the config file to load from, or the default config file if QString()

mapAnimation (  self,
Plasma.Animator.Animation  from,
Plasma.Animator.Animation  to
)

Maps a loadable animation to one of the semantic animations. Used to control things such as what animation is used to make a Plasma.Appear appear in a containment. @arg from the animation to map a new value to @arg to the animation value to map to from; this must map to a Javascript animation

Since:
4.5

mapAnimation (  self,
Plasma.Animator.Animation  from,
QString  to
)

Maps a loadable animation to one of the semantic animations. Used to control things such as what animation is used to make a Plasma.Appear appear in a containment. @arg from the animation to map a new value to @arg to the animation value to map to from; this must map to a Javascript animation

Since:
4.5

int numScreens (   self )

Returns the number of screens available to plasma. Subclasses should override this method as the default implementation returns a meaningless value.

[QGraphicsWidget] offscreenWidgets (   self )

Returns:
the list of all offscreen widgets
Since:
4.3

QPoint popupPosition (  self,
QGraphicsItem  item,
QSize  size
)

Since:
4.4 Recommended position for a popup window like a menu or a tooltip given its size

Parameters:
item  the item that the popup should appear adjacent to (an applet, say)
size  size of the popup
alignment  alignment of the popup, valid flags are Qt.AlignLeft, Qt.AlignRight and Qt.AlignCenter

Returns:
reccomended position

QPoint popupPosition (  self,
QGraphicsItem  item,
QSize  size,
Qt::AlignmentFlag  alignment
)

Since:
4.4 Recommended position for a popup window like a menu or a tooltip given its size

Parameters:
item  the item that the popup should appear adjacent to (an applet, say)
size  size of the popup
alignment  alignment of the popup, valid flags are Qt.AlignLeft, Qt.AlignRight and Qt.AlignCenter

Returns:
reccomended position

removeOffscreenWidget (  self,
QGraphicsWidget  widget
)

Removes a widget from the topleft quadrant in the scene.

Parameters:
widget  the widget to remove.

requestConfigSync (   self )

Schedules a flush-to-disk synchronization of the configuration state at the next convenient moment.

requireConfigSync (   self )

Schedules a time sensitive flush-to-disk synchronization of the configuration state. Since this method does not provide any sort of event compression, it should only be used when an *immediate* disk sync is *absolutely* required. Otherwise, use

See also:
requestConfigSync() which does do event compression.

saveLayout (  self,
QString  config=QString()
)

Save applets layout to file @arg config the file to save to, or the default config file if QString()

QRect screenGeometry (  self,
int  id
)

Returns the geometry of a given screen. Valid screen ids are 0 to numScreen()-1, or -1 for the full desktop geometry. Subclasses should override this method as the default implementation returns a meaningless value.

setAppletMimeType (  self,
QString  mimetype
)

Sets the mimetype of Drag/Drop items. Default is text/x-plasmoidservicename

setContainmentActionsDefaults (  self,
Plasma.Containment.Type  containmentType,
Plasma.ContainmentActionsPluginsConfig  config
)

Since:
4.4 Sets the default containmentactions plugins for the given containment type

setDialogManager (  self,
Plasma.AbstractDialogManager  manager
)

Parameters:
the  AbstractDialogManager implementaion

Since:
4.5

setImmutability (  self,
Plasma.ImmutabilityType  immutable
)

Sets the immutability type for this Corona (not immutable, user immutable or system immutable) @arg immutable the new immutability type of this applet

updateShortcuts (   self )

Since:
4.3 Updates keyboard shortcuts for all the corona's actions. If you've added actions to the corona you'll need to call this for them to be configurable.

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