Push text format rendering setting into QgsLayoutExporter

Author: nyalldawson

python/core/auto_generated/layout/qgslayoutexporter.sip.in

@@ -188,6 +188,8 @@ Constructor for PdfExportSettings
 
       QgsLayoutRenderContext::Flags flags;
 
+      QgsRenderContext::TextRenderFormat textRenderFormat;
+
     };
 
     ExportResult exportToPdf( const QString &filePath, const QgsLayoutExporter::PdfExportSettings &settings );
@@ -286,6 +288,8 @@ Constructor for SvgExportSettings
 
       QgsLayoutRenderContext::Flags flags;
 
+      QgsRenderContext::TextRenderFormat textRenderFormat;
+
     };
 
     ExportResult exportToSvg( const QString &filePath, const QgsLayoutExporter::SvgExportSettings &settings );

src/core/layout/qgslayoutexporter.cpp

@@ -299,6 +299,7 @@ class LayoutContextSettingsRestorer
       : mLayout( layout )
       , mPreviousDpi( layout->renderContext().dpi() )
       , mPreviousFlags( layout->renderContext().flags() )
+      , mPreviousTextFormat( layout->renderContext().textRenderFormat() )
       , mPreviousExportLayer( layout->renderContext().currentExportLayer() )
     {
     }
@@ -307,6 +308,7 @@ class LayoutContextSettingsRestorer
     {
       mLayout->renderContext().setDpi( mPreviousDpi );
       mLayout->renderContext().setFlags( mPreviousFlags );
+      mLayout->renderContext().setTextRenderFormat( mPreviousTextFormat );
       mLayout->renderContext().setCurrentExportLayer( mPreviousExportLayer );
     }
 
@@ -317,6 +319,7 @@ class LayoutContextSettingsRestorer
     QgsLayout *mLayout = nullptr;
     double mPreviousDpi = 0;
     QgsLayoutRenderContext::Flags mPreviousFlags = nullptr;
+    QgsRenderContext::TextRenderFormat mPreviousTextFormat = QgsRenderContext::TextFormatAlwaysOutlines;
     int mPreviousExportLayer = 0;
 };
 ///@endcond PRIVATE
@@ -496,6 +499,8 @@ QgsLayoutExporter::ExportResult QgsLayoutExporter::exportToPdf( const QString &f
 
   mLayout->renderContext().setFlag( QgsLayoutRenderContext::FlagForceVectorOutput, settings.forceVectorOutput );
 
+  mLayout->renderContext().setTextRenderFormat( settings.textRenderFormat );
+
   QPrinter printer;
   preparePrintAsPdf( mLayout, printer, filePath );
   preparePrint( mLayout, printer, false );
@@ -565,6 +570,8 @@ QgsLayoutExporter::ExportResult QgsLayoutExporter::exportToPdf( QgsAbstractLayou
 
     iterator->layout()->renderContext().setFlag( QgsLayoutRenderContext::FlagForceVectorOutput, settings.forceVectorOutput );
 
+    iterator->layout()->renderContext().setTextRenderFormat( settings.textRenderFormat );
+
     if ( first )
     {
       preparePrintAsPdf( iterator->layout(), printer, fileName );
@@ -780,6 +787,7 @@ QgsLayoutExporter::ExportResult QgsLayoutExporter::exportToSvg( const QString &f
   mLayout->renderContext().setDpi( settings.dpi );
 
   mLayout->renderContext().setFlag( QgsLayoutRenderContext::FlagForceVectorOutput, settings.forceVectorOutput );
+  mLayout->renderContext().setTextRenderFormat( s.textRenderFormat );
 
   QFileInfo fi( filePath );
   PageExportDetails pageDetails;

src/core/layout/qgslayoutexporter.h

@@ -278,6 +278,14 @@ class CORE_EXPORT QgsLayoutExporter
        */
       QgsLayoutRenderContext::Flags flags = nullptr;
 
+      /**
+       * Text rendering format, which controls how text should be rendered in the export (e.g.
+       * as paths or real text objects).
+       *
+       * \since QGIS 3.4.3
+       */
+      QgsRenderContext::TextRenderFormat textRenderFormat = QgsRenderContext::TextFormatAlwaysOutlines;
+
     };
 
     /**
@@ -417,6 +425,14 @@ class CORE_EXPORT QgsLayoutExporter
        */
       QgsLayoutRenderContext::Flags flags = nullptr;
 
+      /**
+       * Text rendering format, which controls how text should be rendered in the export (e.g.
+       * as paths or real text objects).
+       *
+       * \since QGIS 3.4.3
+       */
+      QgsRenderContext::TextRenderFormat textRenderFormat = QgsRenderContext::TextFormatAlwaysOutlines;
+
     };
 
     /**

tests/src/python/test_qgslayoutexporter.py

@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
                        QgsRectangle,
                        QgsLayoutItemPage,
                        QgsLayoutItemMap,
+                       QgsLayoutItemScaleBar,
                        QgsLayoutPoint,
                        QgsLayoutMeasurement,
                        QgsUnitTypes,
@@ -40,6 +41,7 @@
                        QgsCoordinateReferenceSystem,
                        QgsPrintLayout,
                        QgsSingleSymbolRenderer,
+                       QgsRenderContext,
                        QgsReport)
 from qgis.PyQt.QtCore import QSize, QSizeF, QDir, QRectF, Qt, QDateTime, QDate, QTime, QTimeZone
 from qgis.PyQt.QtGui import QImage, QPainter
@@ -615,6 +617,53 @@ def checkMetadata(f, expected):
         for f in [svg_file_path, svg_file_path_2]:
             checkMetadata(f, False)
 
+    def testExportToSvgTextRenderFormat(self):
+        l = QgsLayout(QgsProject.instance())
+        l.initializeDefaults()
+
+        # add a map and scalebar
+        mapitem = QgsLayoutItemMap(l)
+        mapitem.attemptSetSceneRect(QRectF(110, 120, 200, 250))
+        mapitem.zoomToExtent(QgsRectangle(1, 1, 10, 10))
+        mapitem.setScale(666)  # unlikely to appear in the SVG by accident... unless... oh no! RUN!
+        l.addItem(mapitem)
+
+        item1 = QgsLayoutItemScaleBar(l)
+        item1.attemptSetSceneRect(QRectF(10, 20, 100, 150))
+        item1.setLinkedMap(mapitem)
+        item1.setStyle('Numeric')
+        l.addItem(item1)
+
+        exporter = QgsLayoutExporter(l)
+        # setup settings
+        settings = QgsLayoutExporter.SvgExportSettings()
+        settings.dpi = 80
+        settings.forceVectorOutput = False
+        settings.exportMetadata = True
+        settings.textRenderFormat = QgsRenderContext.TextFormatAlwaysText
+
+        svg_file_path = os.path.join(self.basetestpath, 'test_exporttosvgtextformattext.svg')
+        self.assertEqual(exporter.exportToSvg(svg_file_path, settings), QgsLayoutExporter.Success)
+        self.assertTrue(os.path.exists(svg_file_path))
+
+        # expect svg to contain a text object with the scale
+        with open(svg_file_path, 'r') as f:
+            lines = ''.join(f.readlines())
+        self.assertIn('<text', lines)
+        self.assertIn('>1:666<', lines)
+
+        # force use of outlines
+        os.unlink(svg_file_path)
+        settings.textRenderFormat = QgsRenderContext.TextFormatAlwaysOutlines
+        self.assertEqual(exporter.exportToSvg(svg_file_path, settings), QgsLayoutExporter.Success)
+        self.assertTrue(os.path.exists(svg_file_path))
+
+        # expect svg NOT to contain a text object with the scale
+        with open(svg_file_path, 'r') as f:
+            lines = ''.join(f.readlines())
+        self.assertNotIn('<text', lines)
+        self.assertNotIn('>1:666<', lines)
+
     def testPrint(self):
         l = QgsLayout(QgsProject.instance())
         l.initializeDefaults()