Hi, On Tue, Dec 20, 2016 at 11:02 AM, DelazJ <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi, > > 2016-12-20 18:23 GMT+01:00 Bo Victor Thomsen <[email protected]> > : > >> 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. >> _______________________________________________ >> Qgis-user mailing list >> [email protected] >> List info: http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user >> Unsubscribe: http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user > > > > _______________________________________________ > Qgis-user mailing list > [email protected] > List info: http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user > Unsubscribe: http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user >
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