monkey path custom widgets

3nids · 3nids · commit 0cffd19e5f54 · 2018-05-31T12:33:38.000-08:00
this will add module to the system to avoid missing modules when running on a local install (uic widget-plugin not installed)
diff --git a/python/__init__.py b/python/__init__.py
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 
 from builtins import zip
 import os
+import sys
 
 
 def setupenv():
@@ -69,3 +70,20 @@ def setupenv():
 
 
 from qgis.PyQt import QtCore
+
+# monkey patching custom widgets in case we are running on a local install
+# this should fix import errors such as "ModuleNotFoundError: No module named qgsfilewidget"
+# ("from qgsfilewidget import QgsFileWidget")
+# In a complete install, this is normally avoided and rather imports "qgis.gui"
+# (thanks to uic/widget-plugins/qgis_customwidgets.py)
+try:
+    import qgis.gui
+    widget_list = dir(qgis.gui)
+    # remove widgets that are not allowed as customwidgets (they need to be manually promoted)
+    skip_list = ['QgsScrollArea']
+    for widget in widget_list:
+        if widget.startswith('Qgs') and widget not in skip_list:
+            sys.modules[widget.lower()] = qgis.gui
+except ImportError:
+    # gui might not be built
+    pass
