[Qgis-user] Tool to copy the content of the map canvas to the clipboard

[Larry Shaffer]

Hi,

On Tue, Dec 20, 2016 at 11:02 AM, DelazJ <delazj at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> 2016-12-20 18:23 GMT+01:00 Bo Victor Thomsen <bo.victor.thomsen at gmail.com>
> :
>
>> Hi List-members -
>>
>> Is there in Qgis a function / button / menu-item / short-cut / plugin to
>> make a simple bitmap copy of the current content of the map-canvas and save
>> it to the clipboard ? My users need this to make a copy of the map and
>> paste into MS-Word or other software.
>>
>
While not part of the QGIS app, one could use this PyQGIS snippet to do so
(tested quickly on macOS 10.11.6 under QGIS 2.14) from the PyQGIS console:

from PyQt4.QtGui import *
QApplication.clipboard().setImage(QImage(QPixmap.grabWidget(iface.mapCanvas())))

This avoids having to re-render the QGraphicsView (QgsMapCanvas) to a paint
device, like an image. Code can be wrapped in a plugin, then have some key
bindings applied (would need some more PyQt).

Larry Shaffer
Dakota Cartography
Black Hills, South Dakota


> I really need the functionality for my users and I can't seem to find it.
>> The closest I've come is the "save as png" menu-item in the project menu.
>> But it's to cumbersome to use in this case.
>>
>
> Afaics, there's no "save as png" option but "save as image" in Project
> menu, option from which you can choose the image file format (bmp, jpg...).
> It's not on the clipboard but easier and more accessible than print
> composer.
>
> Regards,
> Harrissou
>
>
>>
>> I'm familiar with the composer function. My users can't use this neither
>> because it takes to long to activate (to many choices and to many buttons
>> to click)
>>
>> So I've decided to make a simple plugin to cover this functionality. But
>> first I want to be very sure the function actually is missing ;-)
>>
>> Regards
>> Bo Victor Thomsen
>> Municipality of Frederikssund, Denmark.
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