How to display a particular area?

Question

Hy,

I'm developing a plugin in python for Qgis.

I would like the user to select a particular area in a list (let say a country list) and zoom in the map on the corresponding area.

Actually I'm doing it 'ugly':I create a layer (from a wkt), zoom to this particular layer, and delete this layer...

Is there a way to do it properly ?

Answer 1

Try this:

rect = geometry.boundingBox()
iface.mapCanvas().setExtent(rect)
iface.mapCanvas().refresh()