Docking Attribute Table using PyQgis

Question

Is it possible to dock the attribute table using pyqgis? For instance, docking it to the bottom of the screen?

• Joseph: If using QGIS 2.x, then this post might be helpful: Displaying QGIS attribute table on the right. Simply replace Qt.RightDockWidgetArea with Qt.BottomDockWidgetArea :)
• Kasper Skjeggestad: @Joseph Thanks, do you know if it is possible to change the settings of QGIS through pyqgis as well? I would like it to work for more than just me.
• Snaileater: was the question "docking the attribute table to the bottom of the screen" regardless of QGIS window's position ? :-p
• Kasper Skjeggestad: @snaileater I ment the bottom of QGIS window :P

Answer 1

There is the setting Open attribute table in a dock window which automatically opens the attribute table in the bottom dock window. You can set this manually via the menubar:

Settings > Options > Data Sources > Open attribute table in a dock window

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Or via PyQGIS:

from PyQt4.QtCore import QSettings
QSettings().setValue("/Qgis/dockAttributeTable", True)

• Joseph: @KasperSkjeggestad - Most welcome! Glad it helped :)

Answer 2

To do this in Qgis 3.x (expanding on the accepted answer by @Joseph), use:

from qgis.PyQt.QtCore import QSettings
QSettings().setValue("/Qgis/dockAttributeTable", True)
# And to check the current value of the setting
QSettings().value("/Qgis/dockAttributeTable")