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# QTextDocument Class

The QTextDocument class holds formatted text. More...

Header: | `#include <QTextDocument>`
CMake: | `find_package(Qt6 REQUIRED COMPONENTS Gui)` `target_link_libraries(mytarget PRIVATE Qt6::Gui)`
qmake: | `QT += gui`
Inherits: | QObject

- List of all members, including inherited members
- QTextDocument is part of Rich Text Processing APIs.

Note: All functions in this class are reentrant.

## Public Types

enum | FindFlag { FindBackward, FindCaseSensitively, FindWholeWords }
flags | FindFlags
enum | MarkdownFeature { MarkdownNoHTML, MarkdownDialectCommonMark, MarkdownDialectGitHub }
flags | MarkdownFeatures
enum | MetaInformation { DocumentTitle, DocumentUrl, CssMedia, FrontMatter }
`(since 6.1)` | ResourceProvider
enum | ResourceType { UnknownResource, HtmlResource, ImageResource, StyleSheetResource, MarkdownResource, UserResource }
enum | Stacks { UndoStack, RedoStack, UndoAndRedoStacks }

## Properties

baseUrl : QUrl blockCount : const int defaultFont : QFont defaultStyleSheet : QString defaultTextOption : QTextOption documentMargin : qreal indentWidth : qreal `(since 6.4)` layoutEnabled : bool | maximumBlockCount : int modified : bool pageSize : QSizeF size : const QSizeF textWidth : qreal undoRedoEnabled : bool useDesignMetrics : bool

## Public Functions

| QTextDocument(QObject *parent = nullptr)
| QTextDocument(const QString &text, QObject *parent = nullptr)
virtual | ~QTextDocument()
void | addResource(int type, const QUrl &name, const QVariant &resource)
void | adjustSize()
QList<QTextFormat> | allFormats() const
int | availableRedoSteps() const
int | availableUndoSteps() const
QUrl | baseUrl() const
`(since 6.0)` qreal | baselineOffset() const
QTextBlock | begin() const
int | blockCount() const
QChar | characterAt(int pos) const
int | characterCount() const
virtual void | clear()
void | clearUndoRedoStacks(QTextDocument::Stacks stacksToClear = UndoAndRedoStacks)
QTextDocument * | clone(QObject *parent = nullptr) const
Qt::CursorMoveStyle | defaultCursorMoveStyle() const
QFont | defaultFont() const
QString | defaultStyleSheet() const
QTextOption | defaultTextOption() const
QAbstractTextDocumentLayout * | documentLayout() const
qreal | documentMargin() const
void | drawContents(QPainter *p, const QRectF &rect = QRectF())
QTextBlock | end() const
QTextCursor | find(const QRegularExpression &expr, const QTextCursor &cursor, QTextDocument::FindFlags options = FindFlags()) const
QTextCursor | find(const QRegularExpression &expr, int from = 0, QTextDocument::FindFlags options = FindFlags()) const
QTextCursor | find(const QString &subString, const QTextCursor &cursor, QTextDocument::FindFlags options = FindFlags()) const
QTextCursor | find(const QString &subString, int position = 0, QTextDocument::FindFlags options = FindFlags()) const
QTextBlock | findBlock(int pos) const
QTextBlock | findBlockByLineNumber(int lineNumber) const
QTextBlock | findBlockByNumber(int blockNumber) const
QTextBlock | firstBlock() const
qreal | idealWidth() const
qreal | indentWidth() const
bool | isEmpty() const
bool | isLayoutEnabled() const
bool | isModified() const
bool | isRedoAvailable() const
bool | isUndoAvailable() const
bool | isUndoRedoEnabled() const
QTextBlock | lastBlock() const
int | lineCount() const
void | markContentsDirty(int position, int length)
int | maximumBlockCount() const
QString | metaInformation(QTextDocument::MetaInformation info) const
QTextObject * | object(int objectIndex) const
QTextObject * | objectForFormat(const QTextFormat &f) const
int | pageCount() const
QSizeF | pageSize() const
void | print(QPagedPaintDevice *printer) const
void | redo(QTextCursor *cursor)
QVariant | resource(int type, const QUrl &name) const
`(since 6.1)` QTextDocument::ResourceProvider | resourceProvider() const
int | revision() const
QTextFrame * | rootFrame() const
void | setBaseUrl(const QUrl &url)
`(since 6.0)` void | setBaselineOffset(qreal baseline)
void | setDefaultCursorMoveStyle(Qt::CursorMoveStyle style)
void | setDefaultFont(const QFont &font)
void | setDefaultStyleSheet(const QString &sheet)
void | setDefaultTextOption(const QTextOption &option)
void | setDocumentLayout(QAbstractTextDocumentLayout *layout)
void | setDocumentMargin(qreal margin)
void | setHtml(const QString &html)
void | setIndentWidth(qreal width)
void | setLayoutEnabled(bool b)
void | setMarkdown(const QString &markdown, QTextDocument::MarkdownFeatures features = MarkdownDialectGitHub)
void | setMaximumBlockCount(int maximum)
void | setMetaInformation(QTextDocument::MetaInformation info, const QString &string)
void | setPageSize(const QSizeF &size)
void | setPlainText(const QString &text)
`(since 6.1)` void | setResourceProvider(const QTextDocument::ResourceProvider &provider)
`(since 6.0)` void | setSubScriptBaseline(qreal baseline)
`(since 6.0)` void | setSuperScriptBaseline(qreal baseline)
void | setTextWidth(qreal width)
void | setUndoRedoEnabled(bool enable)
void | setUseDesignMetrics(bool b)
QSizeF | size() const
`(since 6.0)` qreal | subScriptBaseline() const
`(since 6.0)` qreal | superScriptBaseline() const
qreal | textWidth() const
QString | toHtml() const
QString | toMarkdown(QTextDocument::MarkdownFeatures features = MarkdownDialectGitHub) const
QString | toPlainText() const
QString | toRawText() const
void | undo(QTextCursor *cursor)
bool | useDesignMetrics() const

## Public Slots

void | redo()
void | setModified(bool m = true)
void | undo()

## Signals

void | baseUrlChanged(const QUrl &url)
void | blockCountChanged(int newBlockCount)
void | contentsChange(int position, int charsRemoved, int charsAdded)
void | contentsChanged()
void | cursorPositionChanged(const QTextCursor &cursor)
void | documentLayoutChanged()
void | modificationChanged(bool changed)
void | redoAvailable(bool available)
void | undoAvailable(bool available)
void | undoCommandAdded()

## Static Public Members

`(since 6.1)` QTextDocument::ResourceProvider | defaultResourceProvider()
`(since 6.1)` void | setDefaultResourceProvider(const QTextDocument::ResourceProvider &provider)

## Protected Functions

virtual QTextObject * | createObject(const QTextFormat &format)
virtual QVariant | loadResource(int type, const QUrl &name)

## Detailed Description

QTextDocument is a container for structured rich text documents, providing support for styled text and various types of document elements, such as lists, tables, frames, and images. They can be created for use in a QTextEdit, or used independently.

Each document element is described by an associated format object. Each format object is treated as a unique object by QTextDocuments, and can be passed to objectForFormat() to obtain the document element that it is applied to.

A QTextDocument can be edited programmatically using a QTextCursor, and its contents can be examined by traversing the document structure. The entire document structure is stored as a hierarchy of document elements beneath the root frame, found with the rootFrame() function. Alternatively, if you just want to iterate over the textual contents of the document you can use begin(), end(), and findBlock() to retrieve text blocks that you can examine and iterate over.

The layout of a document is determined by the documentLayout(); you can create your own QAbstractTextDocumentLayout subclass and set it using setDocumentLayout() if you want to use your own layout logic. The document's title and other meta-information can be obtained by calling the metaInformation() function. For documents that are exposed to users through the QTextEdit class, the document title is also available via the QTextEdit::documentTitle() function.

The toPlainText() and toHtml() convenience functions allow you to retrieve the contents of the document as plain text and HTML. The document's text can be searched using the find() functions.

Undo/redo of operations performed on the document can be controlled using the setUndoRedoEnabled() function. The undo/redo system can be controlled by an editor widget through the undo() and redo() slots; the document also provides contentsChanged(), undoAvailable(), and redoAvailable() signals that inform connected editor widgets about the state of the undo/redo system. The following are the undo/redo operations of a QTextDocument:

- Insertion or removal of characters. A sequence of insertions or removals within the same text block are regarded as a single undo/redo operation.
- Insertion or removal of text blocks. Sequences of insertion or removals in a single operation (e.g., by selecting and then deleting text) are regarded as a single undo/redo operation.
- Text character format changes.
- Text block format changes.
- Text block group format changes.

See also QTextCursor, QTextEdit, and Rich Text Processing.

## Member Type Documentation

### enum QTextDocument::FindFlag
flags QTextDocument::FindFlags

This enum describes the options available to QTextDocument's find function. The options can be OR-ed together from the following list:

Constant | Value | Description
--- | --- | ---
`QTextDocument::FindBackward` | `0x00001` | Search backwards instead of forwards.
`QTextDocument::FindCaseSensitively` | `0x00002` | By default find works case insensitive. Specifying this option changes the behaviour to a case sensitive find operation.
`QTextDocument::FindWholeWords` | `0x00004` | Makes find match only complete words.

The FindFlags type is a typedef for QFlags<FindFlag>. It stores an OR combination of FindFlag values.

### enum QTextDocument::MarkdownFeature
flags QTextDocument::MarkdownFeatures

This enum selects the supported feature set when reading or writing Markdown.

Constant | Value | Description
--- | --- | ---
`QTextDocument::MarkdownNoHTML` | `0x0020 | 0x0040` | Any HTML tags in the Markdown text will be discarded
`QTextDocument::MarkdownDialectCommonMark` | `0` | Only the features standardized by CommonMark
`QTextDocument::MarkdownDialectGitHub` | `0x0004 | 0x0008 | 0x0400 | 0x0100 | 0x0200 | 0x0800 | 0x4000 | 0x100000` | Most features from the GitHub dialect

Specifically, the supported subset of the GitHub dialect includes everything from CommonMark, plus:

- recognizing URLs, www and email addresses and turning them into links
- strikethrough
- underline (distinct from italics; in CommonMark it's the same)
- tables
- task lists
- front matter

"Front matter" is often metadata in YAML format. Qt does not currently include a parser for that; but you may choose a third-party parser, call QTextDocument::metaInformation() to get the whole block, and invoke your own parser after Qt has parsed the Markdown file.

Note: The Markdown output from toMarkdown() currently may include GitHub features even if you attempt to disable them by specifying another enum value. This may be fixed in a future version of Qt.

The MarkdownFeatures type is a typedef for QFlags<MarkdownFeature>. It stores an OR combination of MarkdownFeature values.

See also toMarkdown() and setMarkdown().

### enum QTextDocument::MetaInformation

This enum describes the different types of meta information that can be added to a document.

Constant | Value | Description
--- | --- | ---
`QTextDocument::DocumentTitle` | `0` | The title of the document.
`QTextDocument::DocumentUrl` | `1` | The url of the document. The loadResource() function uses this url as the base when loading relative resources.
`QTextDocument::CssMedia` | `2` | This value is used to select the corresponding '@media' rule, if any, from a specified CSS stylesheet when setHtml() is called. This enum value has been introduced in Qt 6.3.
`QTextDocument::FrontMatter` | `3` | This value is used to select header material, if any was extracted during parsing of the source file (currently only from Markdown format). This enum value has been introduced in Qt 6.8.

See also metaInformation(), setMetaInformation(), and setHtml().

### `[alias, since 6.1]` QTextDocument::ResourceProvider

Type alias for std::function<QVariant(const QUrl&)>.

This typedef was introduced in Qt 6.1.

### enum QTextDocument::ResourceType

This enum describes the types of resources that can be loaded by QTextDocument's loadResource() function or by QTextBrowser::setSource().

Constant | Value | Description
--- | --- | ---
`QTextDocument::UnknownResource` | `0` | No resource is loaded, or the resource type is not known.
`QTextDocument::HtmlResource` | `1` | The resource contains HTML.
`QTextDocument::ImageResource` | `2` | The resource contains image data. Currently supported data types are QMetaType::QPixmap and QMetaType::QImage. If the corresponding variant is of type QMetaType::QByteArray then Qt attempts to load the image using QImage::loadFromData. QMetaType::QIcon is currently not supported. The icon needs to be converted to one of the supported types first, for example using QIcon::pixmap.
`QTextDocument::StyleSheetResource` | `3` | The resource contains CSS.
`QTextDocument::MarkdownResource` | `4` | The resource contains Markdown.
`QTextDocument::UserResource` | `100` | The first available value for user defined resource types.

See also loadResource() and QTextBrowser::sourceType().

### enum QTextDocument::Stacks

Constant | Value | Description
--- | --- | ---
`QTextDocument::UndoStack` | `0x01` | The undo stack.
`QTextDocument::RedoStack` | `0x02` | The redo stack.
`QTextDocument::UndoAndRedoStacks` | `UndoStack | RedoStack` | Both the undo and redo stacks.

## Property Documentation

### baseUrl : QUrl

This property holds the base URL used to resolve relative resource URLs within the document.

Resource URLs are resolved to be within the same directory as the target of the base URL meaning any portion of the path after the last '/' will be ignored.

Base URL | Relative URL | Resolved URL
--- | --- | ---
file:///path/to/content | images/logo.png | file:///path/to/images/logo.png
file:///path/to/content/ | images/logo.png | file:///path/to/content/images/logo.png
file:///path/to/content/index.html | images/logo.png | file:///path/to/content/images/logo.png
file:///path/to/content/images/ | ../images/logo.png | file:///path/to/content/images/logo.png

Access functions:

QUrl | baseUrl() const
void | setBaseUrl(const QUrl &url)

Notifier signal:

void | baseUrlChanged(const QUrl &url)

### `[read-only]` blockCount : const int

This property holds the number of text blocks in the document.

The value of this property is undefined in documents with tables or frames.

By default, if defined, this property contains a value of 1.

Access functions:

int | blockCount() const

See also lineCount() and characterCount().

### defaultFont : QFont

This property holds the default font used to display the document's text

Access functions:

QFont | defaultFont() const
void | setDefaultFont(const QFont &font)

### defaultStyleSheet : QString

The default style sheet is applied to all newly HTML formatted text that is inserted into the document, for example using setHtml() or QTextCursor::insertHtml().

The style sheet needs to be compliant to CSS 2.1 syntax.

Note: Changing the default style sheet does not have any effect to the existing content of the document.

Access functions:

QString | defaultStyleSheet() const
void | setDefaultStyleSheet(const QString &sheet)

See also Supported HTML Subset.

### defaultTextOption : QTextOption

This property holds the default text option will be set on all QTextLayouts in the document.

When QTextBlocks are created, the defaultTextOption is set on their QTextLayout. This allows setting global properties for the document such as the default word wrap mode.

Access functions:

QTextOption | defaultTextOption() const
void | setDefaultTextOption(const QTextOption &option)

### documentMargin : qreal

The margin around the document. The default is 4.

Access functions:

qreal | documentMargin() const
void | setDocumentMargin(qreal margin)

### indentWidth : qreal

Returns the width used for text list and text block indenting.

The indent properties of QTextListFormat and QTextBlockFormat specify multiples of this value. The default indent width is 40.

Access functions:

qreal | indentWidth() const
void | setIndentWidth(qreal width)

### `[since 6.4]` layoutEnabled : bool

This property holds whether QTextDocument should recalculate the layout after every change

If this property is set to true, any change to the document triggers a layout, which makes everything work as expected but takes time.

Temporarily disabling the layout can save time when making multiple changes (not just text content, but also default font, default text option....) so that the document is only laid out once at the end. This can be useful when the text width or page size isn't yet known, for instance.

By default, this property is `true`.

This property was introduced in Qt 6.4.

Access functions:

bool | isLayoutEnabled() const
void | setLayoutEnabled(bool b)

See also setTextWidth.

### maximumBlockCount : int

Specifies the limit for blocks in the document.

Specifies the maximum number of blocks the document may have. If there are more blocks in the document that specified with this property blocks are removed from the beginning of the document.

A negative or zero value specifies that the document may contain an unlimited amount of blocks.

The default value is 0.

Note that setting this property will apply the limit immediately to the document contents.

Setting this property also disables the undo redo history.

This property is undefined in documents with tables or frames.

Access functions:

int | maximumBlockCount() const
void | setMaximumBlockCount(int maximum)

### modified : bool

This property holds whether the document has been modified by the user

By default, this property is `false`.

Access functions:

bool | isModified() const
void | setModified(bool m = true)

See also modificationChanged().

### pageSize : QSizeF

This property holds the page size that should be used for laying out the document

The units are determined by the underlying paint device. The size is measured in logical pixels when painting to the screen, and in points (1/72 inch) when painting to a printer.

By default, for a newly-created, empty document, this property contains an undefined size.

Access functions:

QSizeF | pageSize() const
void | setPageSize(const QSizeF &size)

See also modificationChanged().

### `[read-only]` size : const QSizeF

This property holds the actual size of the document. This is equivalent to documentLayout()->documentSize();

The size of the document can be changed either by setting a text width or setting an entire page size.

Note that the width is always >= pageSize().width().

By default, for a newly-created, empty document, this property contains a configuration-dependent size.

Access functions:

QSizeF | size() const

See also setTextWidth(), setPageSize(), and idealWidth().

### textWidth : qreal

The text width specifies the preferred width for text in the document. If the text (or content in general) is wider than the specified with it is broken into multiple lines and grows vertically. If the text cannot be broken into multiple lines to fit into the specified text width it will be larger and the size() and the idealWidth() property will reflect that.

If the text width is set to -1 then the text will not be broken into multiple lines unless it is enforced through an explicit line break or a new paragraph.

The default value is -1.

Setting the text width will also set the page height to -1, causing the document to grow or shrink vertically in a continuous way. If you want the document layout to break the text into multiple pages then you have to set the pageSize property instead.

Access functions:

qreal | textWidth() const
void | setTextWidth(qreal width)

See also size(), idealWidth(), and pageSize().

### undoRedoEnabled : bool

This property holds whether undo/redo are enabled for this document

This defaults to true. If disabled, the undo stack is cleared and no items will be added to it.

Access functions:

bool | isUndoRedoEnabled() const
void | setUndoRedoEnabled(bool enable)

### useDesignMetrics : bool

This property holds whether the document uses design metrics of fonts to improve the accuracy of text layout

If this property is set to true, the layout will use design metrics. Otherwise, the metrics of the paint device as set on QAbstractTextDocumentLayout::setPaintDevice() will be used.

Using design metrics makes a layout have a width that is no longer dependent on hinting and pixel-rounding. This means that WYSIWYG text layout becomes possible because the width scales much more linearly based on paintdevice metrics than it would otherwise.

By default, this property is `false`.

Access functions:

bool | useDesignMetrics() const
void | setUseDesignMetrics(bool b)

## Member Function Documentation

### `[explicit]` QTextDocument::QTextDocument(QObject *parent = nullptr)

Constructs an empty QTextDocument with the given parent.

### `[explicit]` QTextDocument::QTextDocument(const QString &text, QObject *parent = nullptr)

Constructs a QTextDocument containing the plain (unformatted) text specified, and with the given parent.

### `[virtual noexcept]` QTextDocument::~QTextDocument()

Destroys the document.

### void QTextDocument::addResource(int type, const QUrl &name, const QVariant &resource)

Adds the resource resource to the resource cache, using type and name as identifiers. type should be a value from QTextDocument::ResourceType.

For example, you can add an image as a resource in order to reference it from within the document:

         document->addResource(QTextDocument::ImageResource,
             QUrl("mydata://image.png"), QVariant(image));

The image can be inserted into the document using the QTextCursor API:

         QTextImageFormat imageFormat;
         imageFormat.setName("mydata://image.png");
         cursor.insertImage(imageFormat);

Alternatively, you can insert images using the HTML `img` tag:

         editor->append("<img src=\"mydata://image.png\" />");

### void QTextDocument::adjustSize()

Adjusts the document to a reasonable size.

See also idealWidth(), textWidth, and size.

### QList<QTextFormat> QTextDocument::allFormats() const

Returns a list of text formats for all the formats used in the document.

### int QTextDocument::availableRedoSteps() const

Returns the number of available redo steps.

See also isRedoAvailable().

### int QTextDocument::availableUndoSteps() const

Returns the number of available undo steps.

See also isUndoAvailable().

### `[since 6.0]` qreal QTextDocument::baselineOffset() const

Returns the baseline offset in % used in the document layout.

This function was introduced in Qt 6.0.

See also setBaselineOffset(), setSubScriptBaseline(), subScriptBaseline(), setSuperScriptBaseline(), and superScriptBaseline().

### QTextBlock QTextDocument::begin() const

Returns the document's first text block.

See also firstBlock().

### `[signal]` void QTextDocument::blockCountChanged(int newBlockCount)

This signal is emitted when the total number of text blocks in the document changes. The value passed in newBlockCount is the new total.

### QChar QTextDocument::characterAt(int pos) const

Returns the character at position pos, or a null character if the position is out of range.

See also characterCount().

### int QTextDocument::characterCount() const

Returns the number of characters of this document.

Note: As a QTextDocument always contains at least one QChar::ParagraphSeparator, this method will return at least 1.

See also blockCount() and characterAt().

### `[virtual]` void QTextDocument::clear()

Clears the document.

### void QTextDocument::clearUndoRedoStacks(QTextDocument::Stacks stacksToClear = UndoAndRedoStacks)

Clears the stacks specified by stacksToClear.

This method clears any commands on the undo stack, the redo stack, or both (the default). If commands are cleared, the appropriate signals are emitted, QTextDocument::undoAvailable() or QTextDocument::redoAvailable().

See also QTextDocument::undoAvailable() and QTextDocument::redoAvailable().

### QTextDocument *QTextDocument::clone(QObject *parent = nullptr) const

Creates a new QTextDocument that is a copy of this text document. parent is the parent of the returned text document.

### `[signal]` void QTextDocument::contentsChange(int position, int charsRemoved, int charsAdded)

This signal is emitted whenever the document's content changes; for example, when text is inserted or deleted, or when formatting is applied.

Information is provided about the position of the character in the document where the change occurred, the number of characters removed (charsRemoved), and the number of characters added (charsAdded).

The signal is emitted before the document's layout manager is notified about the change. This hook allows you to implement syntax highlighting for the document.

See also QAbstractTextDocumentLayout::documentChanged() and contentsChanged().

### `[signal]` void QTextDocument::contentsChanged()

This signal is emitted whenever the document's content changes; for example, when text is inserted or deleted, or when formatting is applied.

See also contentsChange().

### `[virtual protected]` QTextObject *QTextDocument::createObject(const QTextFormat &format)

Creates and returns a new document object (a QTextObject), based on the given format.

QTextObjects will always get created through this method, so you must reimplement it if you use custom text objects inside your document.

### `[signal]` void QTextDocument::cursorPositionChanged(const QTextCursor &cursor)

This signal is emitted whenever the position of a cursor changed due to an editing operation. The cursor that changed is passed in cursor. If the document is used with the QTextEdit class and you need a signal when the cursor is moved with the arrow keys you can use the cursorPositionChanged() signal in QTextEdit.

### Qt::CursorMoveStyle QTextDocument::defaultCursorMoveStyle() const

The default cursor movement style is used by all QTextCursor objects created from the document. The default is Qt::LogicalMoveStyle.

See also setDefaultCursorMoveStyle().

### QFont QTextDocument::defaultFont() const

Returns the default font to be used in the document layout.

Note: Getter function for property defaultFont.

See also setDefaultFont().

### `[static, since 6.1]` QTextDocument::ResourceProvider QTextDocument::defaultResourceProvider()

Returns the default resource provider.

This function was introduced in Qt 6.1.

See also setDefaultResourceProvider(), resourceProvider(), and loadResource().

### QTextOption QTextDocument::defaultTextOption() const

The default text option is used on all QTextLayout objects in the document. This allows setting global properties for the document such as the default word wrap mode.

Note: Getter function for property defaultTextOption.

See also setDefaultTextOption().

### QAbstractTextDocumentLayout *QTextDocument::documentLayout() const

Returns the document layout for this document.

See also setDocumentLayout().

### `[signal]` void QTextDocument::documentLayoutChanged()

This signal is emitted when a new document layout is set.

See also setDocumentLayout().

### void QTextDocument::drawContents(QPainter *p, const QRectF &rect = QRectF())

Draws the content of the document with painter p, clipped to rect. If rect is a null rectangle (default) then the document is painted unclipped.

### QTextBlock QTextDocument::end() const

This function returns a block to test for the end of the document while iterating over it.

     for (QTextBlock it = doc->begin(); it != doc->end(); it = it.next())
         std::cout << it.text().toStdString() << "\n";

The block returned is invalid and represents the block after the last block in the document. You can use lastBlock() to retrieve the last valid block of the document.

See also lastBlock().

### QTextCursor QTextDocument::find(const QRegularExpression &expr, const QTextCursor &cursor, QTextDocument::FindFlags options = FindFlags()) const

Finds the next occurrence that matches the given regular expression, expr, within the same paragraph in the document.

The search starts at the position of the given cursor, and proceeds forwards through the document unless specified otherwise in the search options. The options control the type of search performed.

Returns a cursor with the match selected if a match was found; otherwise returns a null cursor.

If the given cursor has a selection, the search begins after the selection; otherwise it begins at the cursor's position.

By default the search is case insensitive, and can match text anywhere in the document.

### QTextCursor QTextDocument::find(const QRegularExpression &expr, int from = 0, QTextDocument::FindFlags options = FindFlags()) const

Finds the next occurrence that matches the given regular expression, expr, within the same paragraph in the document.

The search starts at the given from position, and proceeds forwards through the document unless specified otherwise in the search options. The options control the type of search performed.

Returns a cursor with the match selected if a match was found; otherwise returns a null cursor.

If the from position is 0 (the default) the search begins from the beginning of the document; otherwise it begins at the specified position.

Warning: For historical reasons, the case sensitivity option set on expr is ignored. Instead, the options are used to determine if the search is case sensitive or not.

### QTextCursor QTextDocument::find(const QString &subString, const QTextCursor &cursor, QTextDocument::FindFlags options = FindFlags()) const

Finds the next occurrence of the string, subString, in the document. The search starts at the position of the given cursor, and proceeds forwards through the document unless specified otherwise in the search options. The options control the type of search performed.

Returns a cursor with the match selected if subString was found; otherwise returns a null cursor.

If the given cursor has a selection, the search begins after the selection; otherwise it begins at the cursor's position.

By default the search is case insensitive, and can match text anywhere in the document.

### QTextCursor QTextDocument::find(const QString &subString, int position = 0, QTextDocument::FindFlags options = FindFlags()) const

Finds the next occurrence of the string, subString, in the document. The search starts at the given position, and proceeds forwards through the document unless specified otherwise in the search options. The options control the type of search performed.

Returns a cursor with the match selected if subString was found; otherwise returns a null cursor.

If the position is 0 (the default) the search begins from the beginning of the document; otherwise it begins at the specified position.

This is an overloaded function.

### QTextBlock QTextDocument::findBlock(int pos) const

Returns the text block that contains the pos-th character.

### QTextBlock QTextDocument::findBlockByLineNumber(int lineNumber) const

Returns the text block that contains the specified lineNumber.

See also QTextBlock::firstLineNumber().

### QTextBlock QTextDocument::findBlockByNumber(int blockNumber) const

Returns the text block with the specified blockNumber.

See also QTextBlock::blockNumber().

### QTextBlock QTextDocument::firstBlock() const

Returns the document's first text block.

### qreal QTextDocument::idealWidth() const

Returns the ideal width of the text document. The ideal width is the actually used width of the document without optional alignments taken into account. It is always <= size().width().

See also adjustSize() and textWidth.

### bool QTextDocument::isEmpty() const

Returns `true` if the document is empty; otherwise returns `false`.

### bool QTextDocument::isRedoAvailable() const

Returns `true` if redo is available; otherwise returns `false`.

See also isUndoAvailable() and availableRedoSteps().

### bool QTextDocument::isUndoAvailable() const

Returns `true` if undo is available; otherwise returns `false`.

See also isRedoAvailable() and availableUndoSteps().

### QTextBlock QTextDocument::lastBlock() const

Returns the document's last (valid) text block.

### int QTextDocument::lineCount() const

Returns the number of lines of this document (if the layout supports this). Otherwise, this is identical to the number of blocks.

See also blockCount() and characterCount().

### `[virtual protected invokable]` QVariant QTextDocument::loadResource(int type, const QUrl &name)

Loads data of the specified type from the resource with the given name.

This function is called by the rich text engine to request data that isn't directly stored by QTextDocument, but still associated with it. For example, images are referenced indirectly by the name attribute of a QTextImageFormat object.

When called by Qt, type is one of the values of QTextDocument::ResourceType.

If the QTextDocument is a child object of a QObject that has an invokable loadResource method such as QTextEdit, QTextBrowser or a QTextDocument itself then the default implementation tries to retrieve the data from the parent.

Note: This function can be invoked via the meta-object system and from QML. See Q_INVOKABLE.

See also QTextDocument::ResourceProvider.

### void QTextDocument::markContentsDirty(int position, int length)

Marks the contents specified by the given position and length as "dirty", informing the document that it needs to be laid out again.

### QString QTextDocument::metaInformation(QTextDocument::MetaInformation info) const

Returns meta information about the document of the type specified by info.

See also setMetaInformation().

### `[signal]` void QTextDocument::modificationChanged(bool changed)

This signal is emitted whenever the content of the document changes in a way that affects the modification state. If changed is true, the document has been modified; otherwise it is false.

For example, calling setModified(false) on a document and then inserting text causes the signal to get emitted. If you undo that operation, causing the document to return to its original unmodified state, the signal will get emitted again.

### QTextObject *QTextDocument::object(int objectIndex) const

Returns the text object associated with the given objectIndex.

### QTextObject *QTextDocument::objectForFormat(const QTextFormat &f) const

Returns the text object associated with the format f.

### int QTextDocument::pageCount() const

returns the number of pages in this document.

### void QTextDocument::print(QPagedPaintDevice *printer) const

Prints the document to the given printer. The QPagedPaintDevice must be set up before being used with this function.

This is only a convenience method to print the whole document to the printer.

If the document is already paginated through a specified height in the pageSize() property it is printed as-is.

If the document is not paginated, like for example a document used in a QTextEdit, then a temporary copy of the document is created and the copy is broken into multiple pages according to the size of the paint device's paperRect(). By default a 2 cm margin is set around the document contents. In addition the current page number is printed at the bottom of each page.

See also QTextEdit::print().

### void QTextDocument::redo(QTextCursor *cursor)

Redoes the last editing operation on the document if redo is available.

The provided cursor is positioned at the end of the location where the edition operation was redone.

### `[slot]` void QTextDocument::redo()

Redoes the last editing operation on the document if redo is available.

This is an overloaded function.

### `[signal]` void QTextDocument::redoAvailable(bool available)

This signal is emitted whenever redo operations become available (available is true) or unavailable (available is false).

### QVariant QTextDocument::resource(int type, const QUrl &name) const

Returns data of the specified type from the resource with the given name.

This function is called by the rich text engine to request data that isn't directly stored by QTextDocument, but still associated with it. For example, images are referenced indirectly by the name attribute of a QTextImageFormat object.

Resources are cached internally in the document. If a resource can not be found in the cache, loadResource is called to try to load the resource. loadResource should then use addResource to add the resource to the cache.

If loadResource does not load the resource, then the resourceProvider and lastly the defaultResourceProvider will be called, if set. Note that the result from the provider will not be added automatically to the cache.

See also QTextDocument::ResourceType and resourceProvider().

### `[since 6.1]` QTextDocument::ResourceProvider QTextDocument::resourceProvider() const

Returns the resource provider for this text document.

This function was introduced in Qt 6.1.

See also setResourceProvider(), defaultResourceProvider(), and loadResource().

### int QTextDocument::revision() const

Returns the document's revision (if undo is enabled).

The revision is guaranteed to increase when a document that is not modified is edited.

See also QTextBlock::revision() and isModified().

### QTextFrame *QTextDocument::rootFrame() const

Returns the document's root frame.

### `[since 6.0]` void QTextDocument::setBaselineOffset(qreal baseline)

Sets the base line as a% of font height to use in the document layout to baseline. The default value is 0. A positive value moves up the text, by the corresponding %; a negative value moves it down.

This function was introduced in Qt 6.0.

See also baselineOffset(), setSubScriptBaseline(), subScriptBaseline(), setSuperScriptBaseline(), and superScriptBaseline().

### void QTextDocument::setDefaultCursorMoveStyle(Qt::CursorMoveStyle style)

Sets the default cursor movement style to the given style.

See also defaultCursorMoveStyle().

### void QTextDocument::setDefaultFont(const QFont &font)

Sets the default font to use in the document layout.

Note: Setter function for property defaultFont.

See also defaultFont().

### `[static, since 6.1]` void QTextDocument::setDefaultResourceProvider(const QTextDocument::ResourceProvider &provider)

Sets the default resource provider to provider.

The default provider will be used by all QTextDocuments that don't have an explicit provider set.

This function was introduced in Qt 6.1.

See also defaultResourceProvider(), setResourceProvider(), and loadResource().

### void QTextDocument::setDefaultTextOption(const QTextOption &option)

Sets the default text option to option.

Note: Setter function for property defaultTextOption.

See also defaultTextOption().

### void QTextDocument::setDocumentLayout(QAbstractTextDocumentLayout *layout)

Sets the document to use the given layout. The previous layout is deleted.

See also documentLayoutChanged().

### void QTextDocument::setHtml(const QString &html)

Replaces the entire contents of the document with the given HTML-formatted text in the html string. The undo/redo history is reset when this function is called.

The HTML formatting is respected as much as possible; for example, "<b>bold</b> text" will produce text where the first word has a font weight that gives it a bold appearance: "bold text".

To select a css media rule other than the default "screen" rule, use setMetaInformation() with 'CssMedia' as "info" parameter.

Note: It is the responsibility of the caller to make sure that the text is correctly decoded when a QString containing HTML is created and passed to setHtml().

See also setPlainText(), Supported HTML Subset, and setMetaInformation().

### void QTextDocument::setIndentWidth(qreal width)

Sets the width used for text list and text block indenting.

The indent properties of QTextListFormat and QTextBlockFormat specify multiples of this value. The default indent width is 40 .

Note: Setter function for property indentWidth.

See also indentWidth().

### void QTextDocument::setMarkdown(const QString &markdown, QTextDocument::MarkdownFeatures features = MarkdownDialectGitHub)

Replaces the entire contents of the document with the given Markdown-formatted text in the markdown string, with the given features supported. By default, all supported GitHub-style Markdown features are included; pass `MarkdownDialectCommonMark` for a more basic parse.

The Markdown formatting is respected as much as possible; for example, "*bold* text" will produce text where the first word has a font weight that gives it an emphasized appearance.

Parsing of HTML included in the markdown string is handled in the same way as in setHtml; however, Markdown formatting inside HTML blocks is not supported.

Some features of the parser can be enabled or disabled via the features argument. The default is `MarkdownDialectGitHub`.

The undo/redo history is reset when this function is called.

### void QTextDocument::setMetaInformation(QTextDocument::MetaInformation info, const QString &string)

Sets the document's meta information of the type specified by info to the given string.

See also metaInformation().

### void QTextDocument::setPlainText(const QString &text)

Replaces the entire contents of the document with the given plain text. The undo/redo history is reset when this function is called.

See also setHtml().

### `[since 6.1]` void QTextDocument::setResourceProvider(const QTextDocument::ResourceProvider &provider)

Sets the provider of resources for the text document to provider.

This function was introduced in Qt 6.1.

See also resourceProvider() and loadResource().

### `[since 6.0]` void QTextDocument::setSubScriptBaseline(qreal baseline)

Sets the default subscript's base line as a % of font height to use in the document layout to baseline. The default value is 16.67% (1/6 of height).

This function was introduced in Qt 6.0.

See also subScriptBaseline(), setSuperScriptBaseline(), superScriptBaseline(), setBaselineOffset(), and baselineOffset().

### `[since 6.0]` void QTextDocument::setSuperScriptBaseline(qreal baseline)

Sets the default superscript's base line as a % of font height to use in the document layout to baseline. The default value is 50% (1/2 of height).

This function was introduced in Qt 6.0.

See also superScriptBaseline(), setSubScriptBaseline(), subScriptBaseline(), setBaselineOffset(), and baselineOffset().

### `[since 6.0]` qreal QTextDocument::subScriptBaseline() const

Returns the superscript's base line as a % of font height used in the document layout.

This function was introduced in Qt 6.0.

See also setSubScriptBaseline(), setSuperScriptBaseline(), superScriptBaseline(), setBaselineOffset(), and baselineOffset().

### `[since 6.0]` qreal QTextDocument::superScriptBaseline() const

Returns the superscript's base line as a % of font height used in the document layout.

This function was introduced in Qt 6.0.

See also setSuperScriptBaseline(), setSubScriptBaseline(), subScriptBaseline(), setBaselineOffset(), and baselineOffset().

### QString QTextDocument::toHtml() const

Returns a string containing an HTML representation of the document.

The content of the document specifies its encoding to be UTF-8. If you later on convert the returned html string into a byte array for transmission over a network or when saving to disk you should use QString::toUtf8() to convert the string to a QByteArray.

See also Supported HTML Subset.

### QString QTextDocument::toMarkdown(QTextDocument::MarkdownFeatures features = MarkdownDialectGitHub) const

Returns a string containing a Markdown representation of the document with the given features, or an empty string if writing fails for any reason.

See also setMarkdown.

### QString QTextDocument::toPlainText() const

Returns the plain text contained in the document. If you want formatting information use a QTextCursor instead.

This function returns the same as toRawText(), but will replace some unicode characters with ASCII alternatives. In particular, no-break space (U+00A0) is replaced by a regular space (U+0020), and both paragraph (U+2029) and line (U+2028) separators are replaced by line feed (U+000A). If you need the precise contents of the document, use toRawText() instead.

Note: Embedded objects, such as images, are represented by a Unicode value U+FFFC (OBJECT REPLACEMENT CHARACTER).

See also toHtml().

### QString QTextDocument::toRawText() const

Returns the raw text contained in the document without any formatting information. If you want formatting information use a QTextCursor instead.

See also toPlainText().

### void QTextDocument::undo(QTextCursor *cursor)

Undoes the last editing operation on the document if undo is available. The provided cursor is positioned at the end of the location where the edition operation was undone.

See the Qt Undo Framework documentation for details.

See also undoAvailable() and isUndoRedoEnabled().

### `[slot]` void QTextDocument::undo()

This is an overloaded function.

### `[signal]` void QTextDocument::undoAvailable(bool available)

This signal is emitted whenever undo operations become available (available is true) or unavailable (available is false).

See the Qt Undo Framework documentation for details.

See also undo() and isUndoRedoEnabled().

### `[signal]` void QTextDocument::undoCommandAdded()

This signal is emitted every time a new level of undo is added to the QTextDocument.