Button Class Reference
from PyKDE4.solid import *
Inherits: Solid.DeviceInterface → QObject
Namespace: Solid
Detailed Description
This device interface is available on button devices.
A button is a device, like power button or lid switch, that can be pressed by user. Some buttons can have two states (Enabled/Disabled, On/Off ...), other buttons haven't state.
| Enumerations | |
| ButtonType | { LidButton, PowerButton, SleepButton, UnknownButtonType, TabletButton } | 
| Signals | |
| pressed (Solid.Button.ButtonType type, QString udi) | |
| Methods | |
| __init__ (self, QObject backendObject) | |
| bool | hasState (self) | 
| bool | stateValue (self) | 
| Solid.Button.ButtonType | type (self) | 
| Static Methods | |
| Solid.DeviceInterface.Type | deviceInterfaceType () | 
Signal Documentation
| pressed | ( | Solid.Button.ButtonType | type, | |
| QString | udi | |||
| ) | 
This signal is emitted when the button is pressed.
- Parameters:
- 
type the type of button device, it's one of the type Solid.Button.ButtonType 
- See also:
- Solid.Button.ButtonType
- Parameters:
- 
udi the UDI of the button 
- Signal syntax:
- QObject.connect(source, SIGNAL("pressed(Solid::Button::ButtonType, const QString&)"), target_slot)
Method Documentation
| __init__ | ( | self, | ||
| QObject | backendObject | |||
| ) | 
Creates a new Button object. You generally won't need this. It's created when necessary using Device.as().
- Parameters:
- 
backendObject the device interface object provided by the backend 
- See also:
- Solid.Device.as()
| bool hasState | ( | self ) | 
Indicates if the button mantains state (Can toggled on/off).
- Returns:
- true if the button maintains state, false otherwise.
- See also:
- stateValue()
| bool stateValue | ( | self ) | 
Retrieves the state of the button. A button can have two states (Enabled/Disabled, On/Off ...). Available only if hasState is true.
- Returns:
- true if the button is enabled, false otherwise.
- See also:
- hasState()
| Solid.Button.ButtonType type | ( | self ) | 
Retrieves the type of button device.
- Returns:
- the type of button device.
- See also:
- Solid.Button.ButtonType
Static Method Documentation
| Solid.DeviceInterface.Type deviceInterfaceType | ( | ) | 
Get the Solid.DeviceInterface.Type of the Button device interface.
- Returns:
- the Button device interface type
- See also:
- Solid.DeviceInterface.Type
Enumeration Documentation
| ButtonType | 
This enum type defines the type of button.
- LidButton : The switch on a laptop that senses whether the lid is open or closed. - PowerButton : The main power button on the computer. - SleepButton : The sleep button on a computer capable of putting the computer into a suspend state. - TabletButton : The tablet switch on a laptop that senses if the monitor is rotated or not. - UnknownButtonType : The type of the button is unknow.
- Enumerator:
- 
LidButton PowerButton SleepButton UnknownButtonType TabletButton 
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