Allow a range of cells to be copied from SQL results window

Allows selection of a range of cells to copy to clipboard. Results are copied as both plain text and html, so can be pasted easily into spreadsheet apps/etc as tables
qgis · Apr 18, 2023 · 7a0c9a3 · 7a0c9a3
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diff --git a/python/gui/auto_generated/qgsqueryresultwidget.sip.in b/python/gui/auto_generated/qgsqueryresultwidget.sip.in
@@ -91,6 +91,20 @@ in the SQL error panel is ``isSqlError`` is set.
     void tokensReady( const QStringList &tokens );
 %Docstring
 Triggered when the threaded API fetcher has new ``tokens`` to add.
+%End
+
+    void copyResults();
+%Docstring
+Copies the query results to the clipboard, as a formatted table.
+
+.. versionadded:: 3.32
+%End
+
+    void copyResults( int fromRow, int toRow, int fromColumn, int toColumn );
+%Docstring
+Copies a range of the query results to the clipboard, as a formatted table.
+
+.. versionadded:: 3.32
 %End
 
   signals:

diff --git a/src/gui/qgsqueryresultwidget.cpp b/src/gui/qgsqueryresultwidget.cpp
@@ -228,8 +228,33 @@ void QgsQueryResultWidget::showCellContextMenu( QPoint point )
 
     menu->addAction( QgsApplication::getThemeIcon( "mActionEditCopy.svg" ), tr( "Copy" ), this, [ = ]
     {
-      const QString text = mModel->data( modelIndex, Qt::DisplayRole ).toString();
-      QApplication::clipboard()->setText( text );
+      const QModelIndexList selection = mQueryResultsTableView->selectionModel()->selectedIndexes();
+      int minRow = -1;
+      int maxRow = -1;
+      int minCol = -1;
+      int maxCol = -1;
+      for ( const QModelIndex &index : selection )
+      {
+        if ( minRow == -1 || index.row() < minRow )
+          minRow = index.row();
+        if ( maxRow == -1 || index.row() > maxRow )
+          maxRow = index.row();
+        if ( minCol == -1 || index.column() < minCol )
+          minCol = index.column();
+        if ( maxCol == -1 || index.column() > maxCol )
+          maxCol = index.column();
+      }
+
+      if ( minRow == maxRow && minCol == maxCol )
+      {
+        // copy only one cell
+        const QString text = mModel->data( modelIndex, Qt::DisplayRole ).toString();
+        QApplication::clipboard()->setText( text );
+      }
+      else
+      {
+        copyResults( minRow, maxRow, minCol, maxCol );
+      }
     }, QKeySequence::Copy );
 
     menu->exec( mQueryResultsTableView->viewport()->mapToGlobal( point ) );
@@ -388,6 +413,63 @@ void QgsQueryResultWidget::tokensReady( const QStringList &tokens )
   mSqlErrorText->setExtraKeywords( mSqlErrorText->extraKeywords() + tokens );
 }
 
+void QgsQueryResultWidget::copyResults()
+{
+  const int rowCount = mModel->rowCount( QModelIndex() );
+  const int columnCount = mModel->columnCount( QModelIndex() );
+  copyResults( 0, rowCount - 1, 0, columnCount - 1 );
+}
+
+void QgsQueryResultWidget::copyResults( int fromRow, int toRow, int fromColumn, int toColumn )
+{
+  QStringList rowStrings;
+  QStringList columnStrings;
+
+  const int rowCount = mModel->rowCount( QModelIndex() );
+  const int columnCount = mModel->columnCount( QModelIndex() );
+
+  toRow = std::min( toRow, rowCount - 1 );
+  toColumn = std::min( toColumn, columnCount - 1 );
+
+  rowStrings.reserve( toRow - fromRow );
+
+  // add titles first
+  for ( int col = fromColumn; col <= toColumn; col++ )
+  {
+    columnStrings += mModel->headerData( col, Qt::Horizontal, Qt::DisplayRole ).toString();
+  }
+  rowStrings += columnStrings.join( QLatin1Char( '\t' ) );
+  columnStrings.clear();
+
+  for ( int row = fromRow; row <= toRow; row++ )
+  {
+    for ( int col = fromColumn; col <= toColumn; col++ )
+    {
+      columnStrings += mModel->data( mModel->index( row, col ), Qt::DisplayRole ).toString();
+    }
+    rowStrings += columnStrings.join( QLatin1Char( '\t' ) );
+    columnStrings.clear();
+  }
+
+  if ( !rowStrings.isEmpty() )
+  {
+    const QString text = rowStrings.join( QLatin1Char( '\n' ) );
+    QString html = QStringLiteral( "<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC \"-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN\"><html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text/html; charset=utf-8\"/></head><body><table border=\"1\"><tr><td>%1</td></tr></table></body></html>" ).arg( text );
+    html.replace( QLatin1String( "\t" ), QLatin1String( "</td><td>" ) ).replace( QLatin1String( "\n" ), QLatin1String( "</td></tr><tr><td>" ) );
+
+    QMimeData *mdata = new QMimeData();
+    mdata->setData( QStringLiteral( "text/html" ), html.toUtf8() );
+    if ( !text.isEmpty() )
+    {
+      mdata->setText( text );
+    }
+    // Transfers ownership to the clipboard object
+#ifdef Q_OS_LINUX
+    QApplication::clipboard()->setMimeData( mdata, QClipboard::Selection );
+#endif
+    QApplication::clipboard()->setMimeData( mdata, QClipboard::Clipboard );
+  }
+}
 
 QgsAbstractDatabaseProviderConnection::SqlVectorLayerOptions QgsQueryResultWidget::sqlVectorLayerOptions() const
 {

diff --git a/src/gui/qgsqueryresultwidget.h b/src/gui/qgsqueryresultwidget.h
@@ -170,6 +170,20 @@ class GUI_EXPORT QgsQueryResultWidget: public QWidget, private Ui::QgsQueryResul
      */
     void tokensReady( const QStringList &tokens );
 
+    /**
+     * Copies the query results to the clipboard, as a formatted table.
+     *
+     * \since QGIS 3.32
+     */
+    void copyResults();
+
+    /**
+     * Copies a range of the query results to the clipboard, as a formatted table.
+     *
+     * \since QGIS 3.32
+     */
+    void copyResults( int fromRow, int toRow, int fromColumn, int toColumn );
+
   signals:
 
     /**