Qt 5.7 | QWebPage

Qt 5.7.1 Reference Documentation

# QWebPage Class

The QWebPage class provides an object to view and edit web documents. More...

Header: | #include <QWebPage>
qmake: | QT += webkitwidgets
Since: | Qt 4.4

- List of all members, including inherited members

## Public Types

class | ChooseMultipleFilesExtensionOption
class | ChooseMultipleFilesExtensionReturn
class | ErrorPageExtensionOption
class | ErrorPageExtensionReturn
class | ExtensionOption
class | ExtensionReturn
class | ViewportAttributes
enum | ErrorDomain { QtNetwork, Http, WebKit }
enum | Extension { ChooseMultipleFilesExtension, ErrorPageExtension }
enum | Feature { Notifications, Geolocation }
enum | FindFlag { FindBackward, FindCaseSensitively, FindWrapsAroundDocument, HighlightAllOccurrences, ..., FindBeginsInSelection }
flags | FindFlags
enum | LinkDelegationPolicy { DontDelegateLinks, DelegateExternalLinks, DelegateAllLinks }
enum | NavigationType { NavigationTypeLinkClicked, NavigationTypeFormSubmitted, NavigationTypeBackOrForward, NavigationTypeReload, NavigationTypeFormResubmitted, NavigationTypeOther }
enum | PermissionPolicy { PermissionUnknown, PermissionGrantedByUser, PermissionDeniedByUser }
enum | VisibilityState { VisibilityStateVisible, VisibilityStateHidden, VisibilityStatePrerender, VisibilityStateUnloaded }
enum | WebAction { NoWebAction, OpenLink, OpenLinkInNewWindow, OpenLinkInThisWindow, ..., ToggleVideoFullscreen }
enum | WebWindowType { WebBrowserWindow, WebModalDialog }

## Properties

- contentEditable : bool
- forwardUnsupportedContent : bool
- hasSelection : const bool
- linkDelegationPolicy : LinkDelegationPolicy
- modified : const bool
- palette : QPalette

- preferredContentsSize : QSize
- selectedHtml : const QString
- selectedText : const QString
- viewportSize : QSize
- visibilityState : VisibilityState

## Public Functions

| QWebPage(QObject *parent = Q_NULLPTR)
| ~QWebPage()
QAction * | action(WebAction action) const
quint64 | bytesReceived() const
QMenu * | createStandardContextMenu()
QWebFrame * | currentFrame() const
virtual bool | event(QEvent *ev)
virtual bool | extension(Extension extension, const ExtensionOption *option = Q_NULLPTR, ExtensionReturn *output = Q_NULLPTR)
bool | findText(const QString &subString, FindFlags options = FindFlags())
bool | focusNextPrevChild(bool next)
bool | forwardUnsupportedContent() const
QWebFrame * | frameAt(const QPoint &pos) const
bool | hasSelection() const
QWebHistory * | history() const
QVariant | inputMethodQuery(Qt::InputMethodQuery property) const
bool | isContentEditable() const
bool | isModified() const
LinkDelegationPolicy | linkDelegationPolicy() const
QWebFrame * | mainFrame() const
QNetworkAccessManager * | networkAccessManager() const
QPalette | palette() const
QWebPluginFactory * | pluginFactory() const
QSize | preferredContentsSize() const
QString | selectedHtml() const
QString | selectedText() const
void | setActualVisibleContentRect(const QRect &rect) const
void | setContentEditable(bool editable)
void | setFeaturePermission(QWebFrame *frame, Feature feature, PermissionPolicy policy)
void | setForwardUnsupportedContent(bool forward)
void | setLinkDelegationPolicy(LinkDelegationPolicy policy)
void | setNetworkAccessManager(QNetworkAccessManager *manager)
void | setPalette(const QPalette &palette)
void | setPluginFactory(QWebPluginFactory *factory)
void | setPreferredContentsSize(const QSize &size) const
void | setView(QWidget *view)
void | setViewportSize(const QSize &size) const
void | setVisibilityState(VisibilityState)
QWebSettings * | settings() const
virtual bool | shouldInterruptJavaScript()
QStringList | supportedContentTypes() const
bool | supportsContentType(const QString &mimeType) const
virtual bool | supportsExtension(Extension extension) const
bool | swallowContextMenuEvent(QContextMenuEvent *event)
quint64 | totalBytes() const
virtual void | triggerAction(WebAction action, bool checked = false)
QUndoStack * | undoStack() const
void | updatePositionDependentActions(const QPoint &pos)
QWidget * | view() const
ViewportAttributes | viewportAttributesForSize(const QSize &availableSize) const
QSize | viewportSize() const
VisibilityState | visibilityState() const

## Signals

void | applicationCacheQuotaExceeded(QWebSecurityOrigin *origin, quint64 defaultOriginQuota, quint64 totalSpaceNeeded)
void | contentsChanged()
void | databaseQuotaExceeded(QWebFrame *frame, QString databaseName)
void | downloadRequested(const QNetworkRequest &request)
void | featurePermissionRequestCanceled(QWebFrame *frame, QWebPage::Feature feature)
void | featurePermissionRequested(QWebFrame *frame, QWebPage::Feature feature)
void | frameCreated(QWebFrame *frame)
void | geometryChangeRequested(const QRect &geom)
void | linkClicked(const QUrl &url)
void | linkHovered(const QString &link, const QString &title, const QString &textContent)
void | loadFinished(bool ok)
void | loadProgress(int progress)
void | loadStarted()
void | menuBarVisibilityChangeRequested(bool visible)
void | microFocusChanged()
void | printRequested(QWebFrame *frame)
void | repaintRequested(const QRect &dirtyRect)
void | restoreFrameStateRequested(QWebFrame *frame)
void | saveFrameStateRequested(QWebFrame *frame, QWebHistoryItem *item)
void | scrollRequested(int dx, int dy, const QRect &rectToScroll)
void | selectionChanged()
void | statusBarMessage(const QString &text)
void | statusBarVisibilityChangeRequested(bool visible)
void | toolBarVisibilityChangeRequested(bool visible)
void | unsupportedContent(QNetworkReply *reply)
void | viewportChangeRequested()
void | windowCloseRequested()

## Protected Functions

virtual bool | acceptNavigationRequest(QWebFrame *frame, const QNetworkRequest &request, NavigationType type)
virtual QString | chooseFile(QWebFrame *parentFrame, const QString &suggestedFile)
virtual QObject * | createPlugin(const QString &classid, const QUrl &url, const QStringList &paramNames, const QStringList &paramValues)
virtual QWebPage * | createWindow(WebWindowType type)
virtual void | javaScriptAlert(QWebFrame *frame, const QString &msg)
virtual bool | javaScriptConfirm(QWebFrame *frame, const QString &msg)
virtual void | javaScriptConsoleMessage(const QString &message, int lineNumber, const QString &sourceID)
virtual bool | javaScriptPrompt(QWebFrame *frame, const QString &msg, const QString &defaultValue, QString *result)
virtual QString | userAgentForUrl(const QUrl &url) const

## Related Non-Members

int | qWebKitMajorVersion()
int | qWebKitMinorVersion()
QString | qWebKitVersion()

## Detailed Description

The QWebPage class provides an object to view and edit web documents.

QWebPage holds a main frame responsible for web content, settings, the history of navigated links and actions. This class can be used, together with QWebFrame, to provide functionality like QWebView in a widget-less environment.

QWebPage's API is very similar to QWebView, as you are still provided with common functions like action() (known as pageAction() in QWebView), triggerAction(), findText() and settings(). More QWebView-like functions can be found in the main frame of QWebPage, obtained via the mainFrame() function. For example, the load(), setUrl() and setHtml() functions for QWebPage can be accessed using QWebFrame.

The loadStarted() signal is emitted when the page begins to load.The loadProgress() signal, on the other hand, is emitted whenever an element of the web page completes loading, such as an embedded image, a script, etc. Finally, the loadFinished() signal is emitted when the page contents are loaded completely, independent of script execution or page rendering. Its argument, either true or false, indicates whether or not the load operation succeeded.

### Using QWebPage in a Widget-less Environment

Before you begin painting a QWebPage object, you need to set the size of the viewport by calling setViewportSize(). Then, you invoke the main frame's render function (QWebFrame::render()). An example of this is shown in the code snippet below.

Suppose we have a `Thumbnail` class as follows:

      class Thumbnailer : public QObject
      {
          Q_OBJECT

      public:
          Thumbnailer(const QUrl &url);

      Q_SIGNALS:
          void finished();

      private Q_SLOTS:
          void render();

      private:
          QWebPage page;

      };

The `Thumbnail`'s constructor takes in a url. We connect our QWebPage object's loadFinished() signal to our private slot, `render()`.

      Thumbnailer::Thumbnailer(const QUrl &url)
      {
          page.mainFrame()->load(url);
          connect(&page, SIGNAL(loadFinished(bool)),
              this, SLOT(render()));
      }

The `render()` function shows how we can paint a thumbnail using a QWebPage object.

      void Thumbnailer::render()
      {
          page.setViewportSize(page.mainFrame()->contentsSize());
          QImage image(page.viewportSize(), QImage::Format_ARGB32);
          QPainter painter(&image);

          page.mainFrame()->render(&painter);
          painter.end();

          QImage thumbnail = image.scaled(400, 400);
          thumbnail.save("thumbnail.png");

          emit finished();
      }

We begin by setting the viewportSize and then we instantiate a QImage object, `image`, with the same size as our viewportSize. This image is then sent as a parameter to `painter`. Next, we render the contents of the main frame and its subframes into `painter`. Finally, we save the scaled image.

See also QWebFrame.

## Member Type Documentation

### enum QWebPage::ErrorDomain

This enum describes the domain of an ErrorPageExtensionOption object (i.e. the layer in which the error occurred).

Constant | Value | Description
--- | --- | ---
`QWebPage::QtNetwork` | `0` | The error occurred in the QtNetwork layer; the error code is of type QNetworkReply::NetworkError.
`QWebPage::Http` | `1` | The error occurred in the HTTP layer; the error code is a HTTP status code (see QNetworkRequest::HttpStatusCodeAttribute).
`QWebPage::WebKit` | `2` | The error is an internal WebKit error.

This enum was introduced or modified in Qt 4.6.

### enum QWebPage::Extension

This enum describes the types of extensions that the page can support. Before using these extensions, you should verify that the extension is supported by calling supportsExtension().

Constant | Value | Description
--- | --- | ---
`QWebPage::ChooseMultipleFilesExtension` | `0` | Whether the web page supports multiple file selection. This extension is invoked when the web content requests one or more file names, for example as a result of the user clicking on a "file upload" button in a HTML form where multiple file selection is allowed.
`QWebPage::ErrorPageExtension` | `1` | Whether the web page can provide an error page when loading fails. (introduced in Qt 4.6)

See also ChooseMultipleFilesExtensionOption, ChooseMultipleFilesExtensionReturn, ErrorPageExtensionOption, and ErrorPageExtensionReturn.

### enum QWebPage::Feature

This enum describes the platform feature access categories that the user may be asked to grant or deny access to.

Constant | Value | Description
--- | --- | ---
`QWebPage::Notifications` | `0` | Access to notifications
`QWebPage::Geolocation` | `1` | Access to location hardware or service

See also featurePermissionRequested(), featurePermissionRequestCanceled(), setFeaturePermission(), and PermissionPolicy.

### enum QWebPage::FindFlag
flags QWebPage::FindFlags

This enum describes the options available to the findText() function. The options can be OR-ed together from the following list:

Constant | Value | Description
--- | --- | ---
`QWebPage::FindBackward` | `1` | Searches backwards instead of forwards.
`QWebPage::FindCaseSensitively` | `2` | By default findText() works case insensitive. Specifying this option changes the behaviour to a case sensitive find operation.
`QWebPage::FindWrapsAroundDocument` | `4` | Makes findText() restart from the beginning of the document if the end was reached and the text was not found.
`QWebPage::HighlightAllOccurrences` | `8` | Highlights all existing occurrences of a specific string. (This value was introduced in 4.6.)
`QWebPage::FindAtWordBeginningsOnly` | `16` | Searches for the sub-string only at the beginnings of words. (This value was introduced in 5.2.)
`QWebPage::TreatMedialCapitalAsWordBeginning` | `32` | Treats a capital letter occurring anywhere in the middle of a word as the beginning of a new word. (This value was introduced in 5.2.)
`QWebPage::FindBeginsInSelection` | `64` | Begin searching inside the text selection first. (This value was introduced in 5.2.)

The FindFlags type is a typedef for QFlags<FindFlag>. It stores an OR combination of FindFlag values.

### enum QWebPage::LinkDelegationPolicy

This enum defines the delegation policies a webpage can have when activating links and emitting the linkClicked() signal.

Constant | Value | Description
--- | --- | ---
`QWebPage::DontDelegateLinks` | `0` | No links are delegated. Instead, QWebPage tries to handle them all.
`QWebPage::DelegateExternalLinks` | `1` | When activating links that point to documents not stored on the local filesystem or an equivalent - such as the Qt resource system - then linkClicked() is emitted.
`QWebPage::DelegateAllLinks` | `2` | Whenever a link is activated the linkClicked() signal is emitted.

See also QWebPage::linkDelegationPolicy.

### enum QWebPage::NavigationType

This enum describes the types of navigation available when browsing through hyperlinked documents.

Constant | Value | Description
--- | --- | ---
`QWebPage::NavigationTypeLinkClicked` | `0` | The user clicked on a link or pressed return on a focused link.
`QWebPage::NavigationTypeFormSubmitted` | `1` | The user activated a submit button for an HTML form.
`QWebPage::NavigationTypeBackOrForward` | `2` | Navigation to a previously shown document in the back or forward history is requested.
`QWebPage::NavigationTypeReload` | `3` | The user activated the reload action.
`QWebPage::NavigationTypeFormResubmitted` | `4` | An HTML form was submitted a second time.
`QWebPage::NavigationTypeOther` | `5` | A navigation to another document using a method not listed above.

See also acceptNavigationRequest().

### enum QWebPage::PermissionPolicy

This enum describes the permission policies that the user may set for data or device access.

Constant | Value | Description
--- | --- | ---
`QWebPage::PermissionUnknown` | `0` | It is unknown whether the user grants or denies permission.
`QWebPage::PermissionGrantedByUser` | `1` | The user has granted permission.
`QWebPage::PermissionDeniedByUser` | `2` | The user has denied permission.

See also featurePermissionRequested(), featurePermissionRequestCanceled(), setFeaturePermission(), and Feature.

### enum QWebPage::VisibilityState

This enum defines visibility states that a webpage can take.

Constant | Value | Description
--- | --- | ---
`QWebPage::VisibilityStateVisible` | `0` | The webpage is at least partially visible at on at least one screen.
`QWebPage::VisibilityStateHidden` | `1` | The webpage is not visible at all on any screen.
`QWebPage::VisibilityStatePrerender` | `2` | The webpage is loaded off-screen and is not visible.
`QWebPage::VisibilityStateUnloaded` | `3` | The webpage is unloading its content. More information about this values can be found at W3C Recommendation: Page Visibility: visibilityState attribute.

See also QWebPage::visibilityState.

### enum QWebPage::WebAction

This enum describes the types of action which can be performed on the web page.

Actions only have an effect when they are applicable. The availability of actions can be be determined by checking isEnabled() on the action returned by action().

One method of enabling the text editing, cursor movement, and text selection actions is by setting contentEditable to true.

Constant | Value | Description
--- | --- | ---
`QWebPage::NoWebAction` | `-1` | No action is triggered.
`QWebPage::OpenLink` | `0` | Open the current link.
`QWebPage::OpenLinkInNewWindow` | `1` | Open the current link in a new window.
`QWebPage::OpenLinkInThisWindow` | `69` | Open the current link without opening a new window. Used on links that would default to opening in another frame or a new window. (Added in Qt 5.0)
`QWebPage::OpenFrameInNewWindow` | `2` | Replicate the current frame in a new window.
`QWebPage::DownloadLinkToDisk` | `3` | Download the current link to the disk.
`QWebPage::CopyLinkToClipboard` | `4` | Copy the current link to the clipboard.
`QWebPage::OpenImageInNewWindow` | `5` | Open the highlighted image in a new window.
`QWebPage::DownloadImageToDisk` | `6` | Download the highlighted image to the disk.
`QWebPage::CopyImageToClipboard` | `7` | Copy the highlighted image to the clipboard. (Added in Qt 4.8)
`QWebPage::CopyImageUrlToClipboard` | `68` | Copy the highlighted image's URL to the clipboard.
`QWebPage::Back` | `8` | Navigate back in the history of navigated links.
`QWebPage::Forward` | `9` | Navigate forward in the history of navigated links.
`QWebPage::Stop` | `10` | Stop loading the current page.
`QWebPage::StopScheduledPageRefresh` | `67` | Stop all pending page refresh/redirect requests. (Added in Qt 4.7)
`QWebPage::Reload` | `11` | Reload the current page.
`QWebPage::ReloadAndBypassCache` | `53` | Reload the current page, but do not use any local cache. (Added in Qt 4.6)
`QWebPage::Cut` | `12` | Cut the content currently selected into the clipboard.
`QWebPage::Copy` | `13` | Copy the content currently selected into the clipboard.
`QWebPage::Paste` | `14` | Paste content from the clipboard.
`QWebPage::Undo` | `15` | Undo the last editing action.
`QWebPage::Redo` | `16` | Redo the last editing action.
`QWebPage::MoveToNextChar` | `17` | Move the cursor to the next character.
`QWebPage::MoveToPreviousChar` | `18` | Move the cursor to the previous character.
`QWebPage::MoveToNextWord` | `19` | Move the cursor to the next word.
`QWebPage::MoveToPreviousWord` | `20` | Move the cursor to the previous word.
`QWebPage::MoveToNextLine` | `21` | Move the cursor to the next line.
`QWebPage::MoveToPreviousLine` | `22` | Move the cursor to the previous line.
`QWebPage::MoveToStartOfLine` | `23` | Move the cursor to the start of the line.
`QWebPage::MoveToEndOfLine` | `24` | Move the cursor to the end of the line.
`QWebPage::MoveToStartOfBlock` | `25` | Move the cursor to the start of the block.
`QWebPage::MoveToEndOfBlock` | `26` | Move the cursor to the end of the block.
`QWebPage::MoveToStartOfDocument` | `27` | Move the cursor to the start of the document.
`QWebPage::MoveToEndOfDocument` | `28` | Move the cursor to the end of the document.
`QWebPage::SelectNextChar` | `29` | Select to the next character.
`QWebPage::SelectPreviousChar` | `30` | Select to the previous character.
`QWebPage::SelectNextWord` | `31` | Select to the next word.
`QWebPage::SelectPreviousWord` | `32` | Select to the previous word.
`QWebPage::SelectNextLine` | `33` | Select to the next line.
`QWebPage::SelectPreviousLine` | `34` | Select to the previous line.
`QWebPage::SelectStartOfLine` | `35` | Select to the start of the line.
`QWebPage::SelectEndOfLine` | `36` | Select to the end of the line.
`QWebPage::SelectStartOfBlock` | `37` | Select to the start of the block.
`QWebPage::SelectEndOfBlock` | `38` | Select to the end of the block.
`QWebPage::SelectStartOfDocument` | `39` | Select to the start of the document.
`QWebPage::SelectEndOfDocument` | `40` | Select to the end of the document.
`QWebPage::DeleteStartOfWord` | `41` | Delete to the start of the word.
`QWebPage::DeleteEndOfWord` | `42` | Delete to the end of the word.
`QWebPage::SetTextDirectionDefault` | `43` | Set the text direction to the default direction.
`QWebPage::SetTextDirectionLeftToRight` | `44` | Set the text direction to left-to-right.
`QWebPage::SetTextDirectionRightToLeft` | `45` | Set the text direction to right-to-left.
`QWebPage::ToggleBold` | `46` | Toggle the formatting between bold and normal weight.
`QWebPage::ToggleItalic` | `47` | Toggle the formatting between italic and normal style.
`QWebPage::ToggleUnderline` | `48` | Toggle underlining.
`QWebPage::InspectElement` | `49` | Show the Web Inspector with the currently highlighted HTML element.
`QWebPage::InsertParagraphSeparator` | `50` | Insert a new paragraph.
`QWebPage::InsertLineSeparator` | `51` | Insert a new line.
`QWebPage::SelectAll` | `52` | Selects all content.
`QWebPage::PasteAndMatchStyle` | `54` | Paste content from the clipboard with current style. (Added in Qt 4.6)
`QWebPage::RemoveFormat` | `55` | Removes formatting and style. (Added in Qt 4.6)
`QWebPage::ToggleStrikethrough` | `56` | Toggle the formatting between strikethrough and normal style. (Added in Qt 4.6)
`QWebPage::ToggleSubscript` | `57` | Toggle the formatting between subscript and baseline. (Added in Qt 4.6)
`QWebPage::ToggleSuperscript` | `58` | Toggle the formatting between supercript and baseline. (Added in Qt 4.6)
`QWebPage::InsertUnorderedList` | `59` | Toggles the selection between an ordered list and a normal block. (Added in Qt 4.6)
`QWebPage::InsertOrderedList` | `60` | Toggles the selection between an ordered list and a normal block. (Added in Qt 4.6)
`QWebPage::Indent` | `61` | Increases the indentation of the currently selected format block by one increment. (Added in Qt 4.6)
`QWebPage::Outdent` | `62` | Decreases the indentation of the currently selected format block by one increment. (Added in Qt 4.6)
`QWebPage::AlignCenter` | `63` | Applies center alignment to content. (Added in Qt 4.6)
`QWebPage::AlignJustified` | `64` | Applies full justification to content. (Added in Qt 4.6)
`QWebPage::AlignLeft` | `65` | Applies left justification to content. (Added in Qt 4.6)
`QWebPage::AlignRight` | `66` | Applies right justification to content. (Added in Qt 4.6)
`QWebPage::DownloadMediaToDisk` | `70` | Download the hovered audio or video to the disk. (Added in Qt 5.2)
`QWebPage::CopyMediaUrlToClipboard` | `71` | Copy the hovered audio or video's URL to the clipboard. (Added in Qt 5.2)
`QWebPage::ToggleMediaControls` | `72` | Toggles between showing and hiding the controls for the hovered audio or video element. (Added in Qt 5.2)
`QWebPage::ToggleMediaLoop` | `73` | Toggles whether the hovered audio or video should loop on completetion or not. (Added in Qt 5.2)
`QWebPage::ToggleMediaPlayPause` | `74` | Toggles the play/pause state of the hovered audio or video element. (Added in Qt 5.2)
`QWebPage::ToggleMediaMute` | `75` | Mutes or unmutes the hovered audio or video element. (Added in Qt 5.2)
`QWebPage::ToggleVideoFullscreen` | `76` | Switches the hovered video element into or out of fullscreen mode. (Added in Qt 5.2)

### enum QWebPage::WebWindowType

This enum describes the types of window that can be created by the createWindow() function.

Constant | Value | Description
--- | --- | ---
`QWebPage::WebBrowserWindow` | `0` | The window is a regular web browser window.
`QWebPage::WebModalDialog` | `1` | The window acts as modal dialog.

## Property Documentation

### contentEditable : bool

This property holds whether the content in this QWebPage is editable or not.

If this property is enabled the contents of the page can be edited by the user through a visible cursor. If disabled (the default) only HTML elements in the web page with their `contenteditable` attribute set are editable.

This property was introduced in Qt 4.5.

Access functions:

bool | isContentEditable() const
void | setContentEditable(bool editable)

See also modified, contentsChanged(), and WebAction.

### forwardUnsupportedContent : bool

This property holds whether QWebPage should forward unsupported content.

If enabled, the unsupportedContent() signal is emitted with a network reply that can be used to read the content.

If disabled, the download of such content is aborted immediately.

By default unsupported content is not forwarded.

Access functions:

bool | forwardUnsupportedContent() const
void | setForwardUnsupportedContent(bool forward)

### hasSelection : const bool

This property holds whether this page contains selected content or not.

Access functions:

bool | hasSelection() const

See also selectionChanged().

### linkDelegationPolicy : LinkDelegationPolicy

This property holds how QWebPage should delegate the handling of links through the linkClicked() signal.

The default is to delegate no links.

Access functions:

LinkDelegationPolicy | linkDelegationPolicy() const
void | setLinkDelegationPolicy(LinkDelegationPolicy policy)

### modified : const bool

This property holds whether the page contains unsubmitted form data, or the contents have been changed.

By default, this property is false.

Access functions:

bool | isModified() const

See also contentsChanged(), contentEditable, and undoStack().

### palette : QPalette

This property holds the page's palette.

The base brush of the palette is used to draw the background of the main frame.

By default, this property contains the application's default palette.

Access functions:

QPalette | palette() const
void | setPalette(const QPalette &palette)

### preferredContentsSize : QSize

This property holds a custom size used for laying out the page contents.

By default all pages are laid out using the viewport of the page as the base.

As pages mostly are designed for desktop usage, they often do not layout properly on small devices as the contents require a certain view width. For this reason it is common to use a different layout size and then scale the contents to fit within the actual view.

If this property is set to a valid size, this size is used for all layout needs instead of the size of the viewport.

Setting an invalid size, makes the page fall back to using the viewport size for layout.

This property was introduced in Qt 4.6.

Access functions:

QSize | preferredContentsSize() const
void | setPreferredContentsSize(const QSize &size) const

See also viewportSize.

### selectedHtml : const QString

This property holds the HTML currently selected.

By default, this property contains an empty string.

This property was introduced in Qt 4.8.

Access functions:

QString | selectedHtml() const

See also selectionChanged() and selectedText().

### selectedText : const QString

This property holds the text currently selected.

By default, this property contains an empty string.

Access functions:

QString | selectedText() const

See also selectionChanged() and selectedHtml().

### viewportSize : QSize

This property holds the size of the viewport.

The size affects for example the visibility of scrollbars if the document is larger than the viewport.

By default, for a newly-created Web page, this property contains a size with zero width and height.

Access functions:

QSize | viewportSize() const
void | setViewportSize(const QSize &size) const

See also QWebFrame::render() and preferredContentsSize.

### visibilityState : VisibilityState

This property holds the page's visibility state.

This property should be changed by Qt applications who want to notify the JavaScript application that the visibility state has changed (e.g. by reimplementing QWidget::setVisible). The visibility state will be updated with the state parameter value only if it's different from the previous set. Then, HTML DOM Document Object attributes 'hidden' and 'visibilityState' will be updated to the correct value and a 'visiblitychange' event will be fired. More information about this HTML5 API can be found at W3C Recommendation: Page Visibility.

By default, this property is set to VisibilityStateVisible.

Access functions:

VisibilityState | visibilityState() const
void | setVisibilityState(VisibilityState)

## Member Function Documentation

### QWebPage::QWebPage(QObject *parent = Q_NULLPTR)

Constructs an empty QWebPage with parent parent.

### QWebPage::~QWebPage()

Destroys the web page.

### `[virtual protected]` bool QWebPage::acceptNavigationRequest(QWebFrame *frame, const QNetworkRequest &request, NavigationType type)

This function is called whenever WebKit requests to navigate frame to the resource specified by request by means of the specified navigation type type.

If frame is a null pointer then navigation to a new window is requested. If the request is accepted createWindow() will be called.

The default implementation interprets the page's linkDelegationPolicy and emits linkClicked accordingly or returns true to let QWebPage handle the navigation itself.

See also createWindow().

### QAction *QWebPage::action(WebAction action) const

Returns a QAction for the specified WebAction action.

The action is owned by the QWebPage but you can customize the look by changing its properties.

QWebPage also takes care of implementing the action, so that upon triggering the corresponding action is performed on the page.

See also triggerAction().

### `[signal]` void QWebPage::applicationCacheQuotaExceeded(QWebSecurityOrigin *origin, quint64 defaultOriginQuota, quint64 totalSpaceNeeded)

This signal is emitted whenever the web site is asking to store data to the application cache database databaseName and the quota allocated to that web site is exceeded.

### quint64 QWebPage::bytesReceived() const

Returns the number of bytes that were received from the network to render the current page.

See also totalBytes() and loadProgress().

### `[virtual protected]` QString QWebPage::chooseFile(QWebFrame *parentFrame, const QString &suggestedFile)

This function is called when the web content requests a file name, for example as a result of the user clicking on a "file upload" button in a HTML form.

A suggested filename may be provided in suggestedFile. The frame originating the request is provided as parentFrame.

See also ChooseMultipleFilesExtension.

### `[signal]` void QWebPage::contentsChanged()

This signal is emitted whenever the text in form elements changes as well as other editable content.

This function was introduced in Qt 4.5.

See also contentEditable, modified, QWebFrame::toHtml(), and QWebFrame::toPlainText().

### `[virtual protected]` QObject *QWebPage::createPlugin(const QString &classid, const QUrl &url, const QStringList &paramNames, const QStringList &paramValues)

This function is called whenever WebKit encounters a HTML object element with type "application/x-qt-plugin". It is called regardless of the value of QWebSettings::PluginsEnabled. The classid, url, paramNames and paramValues correspond to the HTML object element attributes and child elements to configure the embeddable object.

### QMenu *QWebPage::createStandardContextMenu()

This function creates the standard context menu which is shown when the user clicks on the web page with the right mouse button. It is called from the default contextMenuEvent() handler. The popup menu's ownership is transferred to the caller.

This function was introduced in Qt 4.5.

### `[virtual protected]` QWebPage *QWebPage::createWindow(WebWindowType type)

This function is called whenever WebKit wants to create a new window of the given type, for example when a JavaScript program requests to open a document in a new window.

If the new window can be created, the new window's QWebPage is returned; otherwise a null pointer is returned.

If the view associated with the web page is a QWebView object, then the default implementation forwards the request to QWebView's createWindow() function; otherwise it returns a null pointer.

If type is WebModalDialog, the application must call setWindowModality(Qt::ApplicationModal) on the new window.

Note: In the cases when the window creation is being triggered by JavaScript, apart from reimplementing this method application must also set the JavaScriptCanOpenWindows attribute of QWebSettings to true in order for it to get called.

See also acceptNavigationRequest() and QWebView::createWindow().

### QWebFrame *QWebPage::currentFrame() const

Returns the frame currently active.

See also mainFrame() and frameCreated().

### `[signal]` void QWebPage::databaseQuotaExceeded(QWebFrame *frame, QString databaseName)

This signal is emitted whenever the web site shown in frame is asking to store data to the database databaseName and the quota allocated to that web site is exceeded.

This function was introduced in Qt 4.5.

See also QWebDatabase.

### `[signal]` void QWebPage::downloadRequested(const QNetworkRequest &request)

This signal is emitted when the user decides to download a link. The url of the link as well as additional meta-information is contained in request.

See also unsupportedContent().

### `[virtual]` bool QWebPage::event(QEvent *ev)

### `[virtual]` bool QWebPage::extension(Extension extension, const ExtensionOption *option = Q_NULLPTR, ExtensionReturn *output = Q_NULLPTR)

This virtual function can be reimplemented in a QWebPage subclass to provide support for extensions. The option argument is provided as input to the extension; the output results can be stored in output.

The behavior of this function is determined by extension. The option and output values are typically casted to the corresponding types (for example, ChooseMultipleFilesExtensionOption and ChooseMultipleFilesExtensionReturn for ChooseMultipleFilesExtension).

You can call supportsExtension() to check if an extension is supported by the page.

Returns true if the extension was called successfully; otherwise returns false.

See also supportsExtension() and Extension.

### `[signal]` void QWebPage::featurePermissionRequestCanceled(QWebFrame *frame, QWebPage::Feature feature)

This is signal is emitted when the given frame cancels a previously issued request to make use of feature.

See also featurePermissionRequested() and setFeaturePermission().

### `[signal]` void QWebPage::featurePermissionRequested(QWebFrame *frame, QWebPage::Feature feature)

This is signal is emitted when the given frame requests to make use of the resource or device identified by feature.

See also featurePermissionRequestCanceled() and setFeaturePermission().

### bool QWebPage::findText(const QString &subString, FindFlags options = FindFlags())

Finds the specified string, subString, in the page, using the given options.

If the HighlightAllOccurrences flag is passed, the function will highlight all occurrences that exist in the page. All subsequent calls will extend the highlight, rather than replace it, with occurrences of the new string.

If the HighlightAllOccurrences flag is not passed, the function will select an occurrence and all subsequent calls will replace the current occurrence with the next one.

To clear the selection, just pass an empty string.

Returns true if subString was found; otherwise returns false.

### bool QWebPage::focusNextPrevChild(bool next)

Similar to QWidget::focusNextPrevChild() it focuses the next focusable web element if next is true; otherwise the previous element is focused.

Returns true if it can find a new focusable element, or false if it can't.

### QWebFrame *QWebPage::frameAt(const QPoint &pos) const

Returns the frame at the given point pos, or 0 if there is no frame at that position.

This function was introduced in Qt 4.6.

See also mainFrame() and currentFrame().

### `[signal]` void QWebPage::frameCreated(QWebFrame *frame)

This signal is emitted whenever the page creates a new frame.

See also currentFrame().

### `[signal]` void QWebPage::geometryChangeRequested(const QRect &geom)

This signal is emitted whenever the document wants to change the position and size of the page to geom. This can happen for example through JavaScript.

### QWebHistory *QWebPage::history() const

Returns a pointer to the view's history of navigated web pages.

### QVariant QWebPage::inputMethodQuery(Qt::InputMethodQuery property) const

This method is used by the input method to query a set of properties of the page to be able to support complex input method operations as support for surrounding text and reconversions.

property specifies which property is queried.

See also QWidget::inputMethodEvent() and QInputMethodEvent.

### `[virtual protected]` void QWebPage::javaScriptAlert(QWebFrame *frame, const QString &msg)

This function is called whenever a JavaScript program running inside frame calls the alert() function with the message msg.

The default implementation shows the message, msg, with QMessageBox::information.

### `[virtual protected]` bool QWebPage::javaScriptConfirm(QWebFrame *frame, const QString &msg)

This function is called whenever a JavaScript program running inside frame calls the confirm() function with the message, msg. Returns true if the user confirms the message; otherwise returns false.

The default implementation executes the query using QMessageBox::information with QMessageBox::Ok and QMessageBox::Cancel buttons.

### `[virtual protected]` void QWebPage::javaScriptConsoleMessage(const QString &message, int lineNumber, const QString &sourceID)

This function is called whenever a JavaScript program tries to print a message to the web browser's console.

For example in case of evaluation errors the source URL may be provided in sourceID as well as the lineNumber.

The default implementation prints nothing.

### `[virtual protected]` bool QWebPage::javaScriptPrompt(QWebFrame *frame, const QString &msg, const QString &defaultValue, QString *result)

This function is called whenever a JavaScript program running inside frame tries to prompt the user for input. The program may provide an optional message, msg, as well as a default value for the input in defaultValue.

If the prompt was cancelled by the user the implementation should return false; otherwise the result should be written to result and true should be returned. If the prompt was not cancelled by the user, the implementation should return true and the result string must not be null.

The default implementation uses QInputDialog::getText().

### `[signal]` void QWebPage::linkClicked(const QUrl &url)

This signal is emitted whenever the user clicks on a link and the page's linkDelegationPolicy property is set to delegate the link handling for the specified url.

By default no links are delegated and are handled by QWebPage instead.

Note: This signal possibly won't be emitted for clicked links which use JavaScript to trigger navigation.

See also linkHovered().

### `[signal]` void QWebPage::linkHovered(const QString &link, const QString &title, const QString &textContent)

This signal is emitted when the mouse hovers over a link.

link contains the link url. title is the link element's title, if it is specified in the markup. textContent provides text within the link element, e.g., text inside an HTML anchor tag.

When the mouse leaves the link element the signal is emitted with empty parameters.

See also linkClicked().

### `[signal]` void QWebPage::loadFinished(bool ok)

This signal is emitted when the page finishes loading content. This signal is independant of script execution or page rendering. ok will indicate whether the load was successful or any error occurred.

See also loadStarted() and ErrorPageExtension.

### `[signal]` void QWebPage::loadProgress(int progress)

This signal is emitted when the global progress status changes. The current value is provided by progress and scales from 0 to 100, which is the default range of QProgressBar. It accumulates changes from all the child frames.

See also bytesReceived().

### `[signal]` void QWebPage::loadStarted()

This signal is emitted when a page starts loading content.

See also loadFinished().

### QWebFrame *QWebPage::mainFrame() const

Returns the main frame of the page.

The main frame provides access to the hierarchy of sub-frames and is also needed if you want to explicitly render a web page into a given painter.

See also currentFrame().

### `[signal]` void QWebPage::menuBarVisibilityChangeRequested(bool visible)

This signal is emitted whenever the visibility of the menubar in a web browser window that hosts QWebPage should be changed to visible.

### `[signal]` void QWebPage::microFocusChanged()

This signal is emitted when for example the position of the cursor in an editable form element changes. It is used to inform input methods about the new on-screen position where the user is able to enter text. This signal is usually connected to the QWidget::updateMicroFocus() slot.

### QNetworkAccessManager *QWebPage::networkAccessManager() const

Returns the QNetworkAccessManager that is responsible for serving network requests for this QWebPage.

See also setNetworkAccessManager().

### QWebPluginFactory *QWebPage::pluginFactory() const

Returns the QWebPluginFactory that is responsible for creating plugins embedded into this QWebPage. If no plugin factory is installed a null pointer is returned.

See also setPluginFactory().

### `[signal]` void QWebPage::printRequested(QWebFrame *frame)

This signal is emitted whenever the page requests the web browser to print frame, for example through the JavaScript `window.print()` call.

See also QWebFrame::print() and QPrintPreviewDialog.

### `[signal]` void QWebPage::repaintRequested(const QRect &dirtyRect)

This signal is emitted whenever this QWebPage should be updated. It's useful when rendering a QWebPage without a QWebView or QGraphicsWebView. dirtyRect contains the area that needs to be updated. To paint the QWebPage get the mainFrame() and call the render(QPainter*, const QRegion&) method with the dirtyRect as the second parameter.

See also mainFrame() and view().

### `[signal]` void QWebPage::restoreFrameStateRequested(QWebFrame *frame)

This signal is emitted when the load of frame is finished and the application may now update its state accordingly.

This function was introduced in Qt 4.5.

### `[signal]` void QWebPage::saveFrameStateRequested(QWebFrame *frame, QWebHistoryItem *item)

This signal is emitted shortly before the history of navigated pages in frame is changed, for example when navigating back in the history.

The provided QWebHistoryItem, item, holds the history entry of the frame before the change.

A potential use-case for this signal is to store custom data in the QWebHistoryItem associated to the frame, using QWebHistoryItem::setUserData().

This function was introduced in Qt 4.5.

### `[signal]` void QWebPage::scrollRequested(int dx, int dy, const QRect &rectToScroll)

This signal is emitted whenever the content given by rectToScroll needs to be scrolled dx and dy downwards.

### `[signal]` void QWebPage::selectionChanged()

This signal is emitted whenever the selection changes, either interactively or programmatically (e.g. by calling triggerAction() with a selection action).

See also selectedText().

### void QWebPage::setActualVisibleContentRect(const QRect &rect) const

### void QWebPage::setFeaturePermission(QWebFrame *frame, Feature feature, PermissionPolicy policy)

Sets the permission for the given frame to use feature to policy.

See also featurePermissionRequested() and featurePermissionRequestCanceled().

### void QWebPage::setNetworkAccessManager(QNetworkAccessManager *manager)

Sets the QNetworkAccessManager manager responsible for serving network requests for this QWebPage.

Note: It is currently not supported to change the network access manager after the QWebPage has used it. The results of doing this are undefined.

See also networkAccessManager().

### void QWebPage::setPluginFactory(QWebPluginFactory *factory)

Sets the QWebPluginFactory factory responsible for creating plugins embedded into this QWebPage.

Note: The plugin factory is only used if the QWebSettings::PluginsEnabled attribute is enabled.

See also pluginFactory().

### void QWebPage::setView(QWidget *view)

Sets the view that is associated with the web page.

See also view().

### QWebSettings *QWebPage::settings() const

Returns a pointer to the page's settings object.

See also QWebSettings::globalSettings().

### `[virtual]` bool QWebPage::shouldInterruptJavaScript()

This function is called when a JavaScript program is running for a long period of time.

If the user wanted to stop the JavaScript the implementation should return true; otherwise false.

The default implementation executes the query using QMessageBox::information with QMessageBox::Yes and QMessageBox::No buttons.

This function was introduced in Qt 4.6.

### `[signal]` void QWebPage::statusBarMessage(const QString &text)

This signal is emitted when the statusbar text is changed by the page.

### `[signal]` void QWebPage::statusBarVisibilityChangeRequested(bool visible)

This signal is emitted whenever the visibility of the statusbar in a web browser window that hosts QWebPage should be changed to visible.

### QStringList QWebPage::supportedContentTypes() const

Returns the list of all content types supported by QWebPage.

### bool QWebPage::supportsContentType(const QString &mimeType) const

Returns true if QWebPage can handle the given mimeType; otherwise, returns false.

### `[virtual]` bool QWebPage::supportsExtension(Extension extension) const

This virtual function returns true if the web page supports extension; otherwise false is returned.

See also extension().

### bool QWebPage::swallowContextMenuEvent(QContextMenuEvent *event)

Filters the context menu event, event, through handlers for scrollbars and custom event handlers in the web page. Returns true if the event was handled; otherwise false.

A web page may swallow a context menu event through a custom event handler, allowing for context menus to be implemented in HTML/JavaScript. This is used by Google Maps, for example.

### `[signal]` void QWebPage::toolBarVisibilityChangeRequested(bool visible)

This signal is emitted whenever the visibility of the toolbar in a web browser window that hosts QWebPage should be changed to visible.

### quint64 QWebPage::totalBytes() const

Returns the total number of bytes that were received from the network to render the current page, including extra content such as embedded images.

See also bytesReceived().

### `[virtual]` void QWebPage::triggerAction(WebAction action, bool checked = false)

This function can be called to trigger the specified action. It is also called by Qt WebKit if the user triggers the action, for example through a context menu item.

If action is a checkable action then checked specified whether the action is toggled or not.

See also action().

### QUndoStack *QWebPage::undoStack() const

Returns a pointer to the undo stack used for editable content.

See also modified.

### `[signal]` void QWebPage::unsupportedContent(QNetworkReply *reply)

This signal is emitted when WebKit cannot handle a link the user navigated to or a web server's response includes a "Content-Disposition" header with the 'attachment' directive. If "Content-Disposition" is present in reply, the web server is indicating that the client should prompt the user to save the content regardless of content-type. See RFC 2616 sections 19.5.1 for details about Content-Disposition.

At signal emission time the meta-data of the QNetworkReply reply is available.

Note: The receiving slot is responsible for deleting the QNetworkReply reply.

Note: This signal is only emitted if the forwardUnsupportedContent property is set to true.

See also downloadRequested().

### void QWebPage::updatePositionDependentActions(const QPoint &pos)

Updates the page's actions depending on the position pos. For example if pos is over an image element the CopyImageToClipboard action is enabled.

### `[virtual protected]` QString QWebPage::userAgentForUrl(const QUrl &url) const

This function is called when a user agent for HTTP requests is needed. You can reimplement this function to dynamically return different user agents for different URLs, based on the url parameter.

The default implementation returns the following value:

"Mozilla/5.0 (%Platform%%Security%%Subplatform%) AppleWebKit/%WebKitVersion% (KHTML, like Gecko) %AppVersion Safari/%WebKitVersion%"

In this string the following values are replaced at run-time:

- %Platform% expands to the windowing system followed by "; " if it is not Windows (e.g. "X11; ").
- %Security% expands to "N; " if SSL is disabled.
- %Subplatform% expands to the operating system version (e.g. "Windows NT 6.1" or "Intel Mac OS X 10.5").
- %WebKitVersion% is the version of WebKit the application was compiled against.
- %AppVersion% expands to QCoreApplication::applicationName()/QCoreApplication::applicationVersion() if they're set; otherwise defaulting to Qt and the current Qt version.

### QWidget *QWebPage::view() const

Returns the view widget that is associated with the web page.

See also setView().

### ViewportAttributes QWebPage::viewportAttributesForSize(const QSize &availableSize) const

Computes the optimal viewport configuration given the availableSize, when user interface components are disregarded.

The configuration is also dependent on the device screen size which is obtained automatically. For testing purposes the size can be overridden by setting two environment variables QTWEBKIT_DEVICE_WIDTH and QTWEBKIT_DEVICE_HEIGHT, which both needs to be set.

The ViewportAttributes includes a pixel density ratio, which will also be exposed to the web author though the -webkit-pixel-ratio media feature. This is the ratio between 1 density-independent pixel (DPI) and physical pixels.

A density-independent pixel is equivalent to one physical pixel on a 160 DPI screen, so on our platform assumes that as the baseline density.

The conversion of DIP units to screen pixels is quite simple:

pixels = DIPs * (density / 160).

Thus, on a 240 DPI screen, 1 DIPs would equal 1.5 physical pixels.

An invalid instance will be returned in the case an empty size is passed to the method.

Note: The density is automatically obtained from the DPI of the screen where the page is being shown, but as many X11 servers are reporting wrong DPI, it is possible to override it using QX11Info::setAppDpiY().

### `[signal]` void QWebPage::viewportChangeRequested()

Page authors can provide the supplied values by using the viewport meta tag. More information about this can be found at Safari Reference Library: Using the Viewport Meta Tag.

This function was introduced in Qt 4.8.

See also QWebPage::ViewportAttributes, setPreferredContentsSize(), and QGraphicsWebView::setScale().

### `[signal]` void QWebPage::windowCloseRequested()

This signal is emitted whenever the page requests the web browser window to be closed, for example through the JavaScript `window.close()` call.

## Related Non-Members

### int qWebKitMajorVersion()

Returns the 'major' version number of WebKit at run-time as an integer (for example, 531). This is the version of WebKit the application was compiled against.

This function was introduced in Qt 4.6.

See also qWebKitVersion().

### int qWebKitMinorVersion()

Returns the 'minor' version number of WebKit at run-time as an integer (for example, 3). This is the version of WebKit the application was compiled against.

This function was introduced in Qt 4.6.

See also qWebKitVersion().

### QString qWebKitVersion()

Returns the version number of WebKit at run-time as a string (for example, "531.3").

This version is commonly used in WebKit based browsers as part of the user agent string. Web servers and JavaScript might use it to identify the presence of certain WebKit engine features and behaviour.

The evolution of this version is bound to the releases of Apple's Safari browser.

This function was introduced in Qt 4.6.

See also QWebPage::userAgentForUrl().