QWebSettings Class Reference
[QtWebKit module]

Web Application Support

WebKit provides support for features specified in HTML 5 that improve the performance and capabilities of Web applications. These include client-side (offline) storage and the use of a Web application cache.

Client-side (offline) storage is an improvement over the use of cookies to store persistent data in Web applications. Applications can configure and enable the use of an offline storage database by calling the setOfflineStoragePath() with an appropriate file path, and can limit the quota for each application by calling setOfflineStorageDefaultQuota().

See also QWebPage::settings(), QWebView::settings(), and Browser.

Member Type Documentation

enum QWebSettings::FontFamily

This enum describes the generic font families defined by CSS 2. For more information see the CSS standard.

enum QWebSettings::FontSize

This enum describes the font sizes configurable through QWebSettings.

enum QWebSettings::WebAttribute

This enum describes various attributes that are configurable through QWebSettings.

enum QWebSettings::WebGraphic

This enums describes the standard graphical elements used in webpages.

Member Function Documentation

void QWebSettings::clearIconDatabase ()   [static]

Clears the icon database.

QString QWebSettings::fontFamily ( FontFamily which ) const

Returns the actual font family for the specified generic font family, which.

See also setFontFamily().

int QWebSettings::fontSize ( FontSize type ) const

Returns the default font size for type.

See also setFontSize().

QWebSettings * QWebSettings::globalSettings ()   [static]

Returns the global settings object.

Any setting changed on the default object is automatically applied to all QWebPage instances where the particular setting is not overriden already.

QString QWebSettings::iconDatabasePath ()   [static]

Returns the path of the icon database or an empty string if the icon database is disabled.

See also setIconDatabasePath() and clearIconDatabase().

QIcon QWebSettings::iconForUrl ( const QUrl & url )   [static]

Returns the web site's icon for url.

If the web site does not specify an icon, or the icon is not in the database, a null QIcon is returned.

Note: The returned icon's size is arbitrary.

See also setIconDatabasePath().

int QWebSettings::maximumPagesInCache ()   [static]

Returns the maximum number of web pages that are kept in the memory cache.

See also setMaximumPagesInCache().

qint64 QWebSettings::offlineStorageDefaultQuota ()   [static]

Returns the value of the default quota for new offline storage databases.

This function was introduced in Qt 4.5.

See also setOfflineStorageDefaultQuota().

QString QWebSettings::offlineStoragePath ()   [static]

Returns the path of the HTML5 offline storage or an empty string if the feature is disabled.

This function was introduced in Qt 4.5.

See also setOfflineStoragePath().

void QWebSettings::resetAttribute ( WebAttribute attribute )

Resets the setting of attribute. This function has no effect on the global QWebSettings instance.

See also globalSettings().

void QWebSettings::resetFontFamily ( FontFamily which )

Resets the actual font family to the default font family, specified by which.

This function has no effect on the global QWebSettings instance.

void QWebSettings::resetFontSize ( FontSize type )

Resets the font size for type to the size specified in the global settings object.

This function has no effect on the global QWebSettings instance.

void QWebSettings::setAttribute ( WebAttribute attribute, bool on )

Enables or disables the specified attribute feature depending on the value of on.

void QWebSettings::setFontFamily ( FontFamily which, const QString & family )

Sets the actual font family to family for the specified generic family, which.

See also fontFamily().

void QWebSettings::setFontSize ( FontSize type, int size )

Sets the font size for type to size.

See also fontSize().

void QWebSettings::setIconDatabasePath ( const QString & path )   [static]

Sets the path of the icon database to path. The icon database is used to store "favicons" associated with web sites.

path must point to an existing directory where the icons are stored.

Setting an empty path disables the icon database.

See also iconDatabasePath().

void QWebSettings::setMaximumPagesInCache ( int pages )   [static]

Sets the maximum number of pages to hold in the memory cache to pages.

See also maximumPagesInCache().

void QWebSettings::setObjectCacheCapacities ( int cacheMinDeadCapacity, int cacheMaxDead, int totalCapacity )   [static]

Specifies the capacities for the memory cache for dead objects such as stylesheets or scripts.

The cacheMinDeadCapacity specifies the minimum number of bytes that dead objects should consume when the cache is under pressure.

cacheMaxDead is the maximum number of bytes that dead objects should consume when the cache is not under pressure.

totalCapacity specifies the maximum number of bytes that the cache should consume overall.

The cache is enabled by default. Calling setObjectCacheCapacities(0, 0, 0) will disable the cache. Calling it with one non-zero enables it again.

void QWebSettings::setOfflineStorageDefaultQuota ( qint64 maximumSize )   [static]

Sets the value of the default quota for new offline storage databases to maximumSize.

This function was introduced in Qt 4.5.

See also offlineStorageDefaultQuota().

void QWebSettings::setOfflineStoragePath ( const QString & path )   [static]

Sets the path for HTML5 offline storage to path.

path must point to an existing directory where the databases are stored.

Setting an empty path disables the feature.

This function was introduced in Qt 4.5.

See also offlineStoragePath().

void QWebSettings::setUserStyleSheetUrl ( const QUrl & location )

Specifies the location of a user stylesheet to load with every web page.

The location can be a URL or a path on the local filesystem.

See also userStyleSheetUrl().

void QWebSettings::setWebGraphic ( WebGraphic type, const QPixmap & graphic )   [static]

Sets graphic to be drawn when QtWebKit needs to draw an image of the given type.

For example, when an image cannot be loaded the pixmap specified by MissingImageGraphic is drawn instead.

See also webGraphic().

bool QWebSettings::testAttribute ( WebAttribute attribute ) const

Returns true if attribute is enabled; otherwise returns false.

QUrl QWebSettings::userStyleSheetUrl () const

Returns the location of the user stylesheet.

See also setUserStyleSheetUrl().

QPixmap QWebSettings::webGraphic ( WebGraphic type )   [static]

Returns a previously set pixmap used to draw replacement graphics of the specified type.

For example, when an image cannot be loaded the pixmap specified by MissingImageGraphic is drawn instead.

See also setWebGraphic().