QNodeEditor.clipboard.clipboard.Clipboard#

class QNodeEditor.clipboard.clipboard.Clipboard(scene: NodeScene)#

Bases: object

Class that handles cutting/copying/pasting for node scenes.

This class contains methods that are called when items in a node scene are copied, pasted, or cut.

scene#

Node scene this clipboard manager is for

Methods

`__init__`	Create a new clipboard manager.
`add_state`	Add items to the scene from a state dictionary.
`copy`	Copy the state of the selected scene items to the clipboard
`cut`	Copy the state of the selected scene items to the clipboard, then remove them.
`get_selected_state`	Get the state of the selected scene items as a (JSON-safe) dictionary.
`paste`	Paste items into the scene from a clipboard state.

__init__(scene: NodeScene)#

Create a new clipboard manager.

Parameters:: scene (NodeScene) – Node scene this clipboard manager is for

add_state(state: dict) → None#

Add items to the scene from a state dictionary.

Parameters:: state (dict) – Dictionary containing desired state of items to add
Return type:: None

copy() → None#

Copy the state of the selected scene items to the clipboard

cut() → None#

Copy the state of the selected scene items to the clipboard, then remove them.

get_selected_state(remove_after: bool = False) → dict#

Get the state of the selected scene items as a (JSON-safe) dictionary.

Parameters:: remove_after (bool) – Whether to remove the selected items after getting their state
Returns:: JSON-safe dictionary representing selected scene items state
Return type:: dict

paste() → None#

Paste items into the scene from a clipboard state.