I have a fresh QtCreator installation, and I set it up to run using a fresh install of Python3.8 on which I pip-installed both pyside2 and pyside6.
When I create a new Qt for Python - Window (UI file) application, whatever I do to the UI file the window always shows up empty and with the default size when I run the app.
I've tried with a QDialog, QMainApplication, using Pyside2 or Pyside6, I've checked that it was correctly loading the UI (and the right one) - no dice. It just won't update, and appears not to have any reason not to.
Default code for completeness:
# This Python file uses the following encoding: utf-8
import os
from pathlib import Path
import sys
from PySide2.QtWidgets import QApplication, QDialog
from PySide2.QtCore import QFile
from PySide2.QtUiTools import QUiLoader
class Dialog(QDialog):
def __init__(self):
super(Dialog, self).__init__()
self.load_ui()
def load_ui(self):
loader = QUiLoader()
path = os.fspath(Path(__file__).resolve().parent / "form.ui")
ui_file = QFile(path)
ui_file.open(QFile.ReadOnly)
loader.load(ui_file, self)
ui_file.close()
if __name__ == "__main__":
app = QApplication([])
widget = Dialog()
widget.show()
sys.exit(app.exec_())
(In the UI I just drag-dropped a button right in the middle and saved the file)
Am I forgetting something fundamental? I'm only used to programming in C++ using QtCreator.
I was expecting this to work right out of the box, but it's not.
This only dynamically load the UI as a new widget, with this custom class as a parent.
If I want signals and slots to work, the only thing I've found was to add a custom build step:
Command: <path to pyside6 install, use pip show to know where>\uic.exe
Arguments: <filename of the .ui file> -o <the python translation .py
which will serve as baseclass> -g python
Working directory: [your project dir]
Then signals and slots need to be connected manually, so QtCreator really only enables you to draw the user interface but all the logic still needs to be done by hand. Component variables are normally named after their UI name, but you can see for yourself in the baseclass file. This is a big step back from how QtCreator is used in C++ ("go to slot" will not work).
Code to use:
import sys
from PySide6.QtWidgets import QApplication, QMainWindow
from PySide6.QtCore import QFile
from PySide6.QtUiTools import QUiLoader
from YourGenPyFileName import Ui_YourUIName
class MainWindow(QMainWindow, Ui_YourUIName):
def __init__(self):
super(MainWindow, self).__init__()
self.setupUi(self)
if __name__ == "__main__":
app = QApplication([])
widget = MainWindow()
widget.show()
sys.exit(app.exec_())
Every time I create a Window UI - Dynamic load project in Qt Creator v8.0.2 and run the project I get the following error:
error: qt.pysideplugin: Environment variable PYSIDE_DESIGNER_PLUGINS
is not set, bailing out.
As a result, the window doesn't display any widgets, it is just a gray empty window
I have tried to configure os.environ['PYSIDE_DESIGNER_PLUGINS'] = '.' but then I get the following error:
error: qt.pysideplugin: No python files found in '.'.
Is there a way to load the pysideplugin to Qt Creator v8.0.2 or to remove the errors related to it and make the project run and show the widgets?
I am testing with a very simple UI
But when I run the project I can only see the following:
The complete code in the mainwindow.py file is:
# This Python file uses the following encoding: utf-8
import os
from pathlib import Path
import sys
from PySide6.QtWidgets import QApplication, QMainWindow
from PySide6.QtCore import QFile
from PySide6.QtUiTools import QUiLoader
class MainWindow(QMainWindow):
def __init__(self, parent=None):
super().__init__(parent)
self.load_ui()
def load_ui(self):
loader = QUiLoader()
path = Path(__file__).resolve().parent / "form.ui"
ui_file = QFile(path)
ui_file.open(QFile.ReadOnly)
loader.load(ui_file, self)
ui_file.close()
if __name__ == "__main__":
#os.environ['PYSIDE_DESIGNER_PLUGINS']='.'
app = QApplication(sys.argv)
widget = MainWindow()
widget.show()
sys.exit(app.exec())
I am using python 3.10.5 and PySide6 version 6.4.0.1
Button click starts a new detached process of the same app. However, when launched from PyCharm, it crashes on second restart. Print is no longer visible after restart as well.
I want my app to be able to restart many times when launched from either PyCharm or cmd.
import sys, os
from PyQt5.QtCore import QProcess
from PyQt5.QtWidgets import QApplication, QMainWindow, QPushButton
class MainWindow(QMainWindow):
def __init__(self):
super().__init__()
button = QPushButton("Restart")
button.clicked.connect(self.restart)
self.setCentralWidget(button)
def restart(self):
print("Restart")
self.close()
proc = QProcess()
proc.startDetached(sys.executable, sys.argv)
def main():
app = QApplication(sys.argv)
window = MainWindow()
window.show()
app.exec()
if __name__ == "__main__":
main()
I'm running a Qt5 application with a main application window and trying to show a progress dialog window. I have a multi screen system, when starting the application the main window is displayed on the screen where it has been executed which is fine, but the progress dialog when executed is shown on a different screen!?
Here is a simple example code that causes the problem for me
from PyQt5.QtCore import *
from PyQt5.QtWidgets import *
import sys
class Example(QMainWindow):
def __init__(self, parent=None):
super(Example, self).__init__(parent)
self._show_progress()
def _show_progress(self):
self._progress = QProgressDialog('msg', None, 0, 0, self)
self._progress.setWindowTitle('Please wait...')
self._progress.setWindowModality(Qt.WindowModal)
self._progress.show()
def main():
app = QApplication(sys.argv)
cb_app = Example()
cb_app.show()
app.exec_()
if __name__ == '__main__':
main()
Can I somehow specify where the the dialog should be shown (ideally on top of the main window)?
I'm using Linux Mint 18.2, window manager X-Cinnamon and PyQt version 5.5.1
I am using PyQt5 5.5.1 (64-bit) with Python 3.4.0 (64-bit) on Windows 8.1
64-bit.
I am having trouble restoring the position and size (geometry) of my
very simple PyQt app.
Here is minimal working application:
import sys
from PyQt5.QtWidgets import QApplication, QWidget
class myApp(QWidget):
def __init__(self):
super().__init__()
self.initUI()
def initUI(self):
self.show()
if __name__ == '__main__':
app = QApplication(sys.argv)
view = myApp()
sys.exit(app.exec())
What I read online is that this is the default behavior and we need to
use QSettings to save and retrieve settings from Windows registry,
which is stored in
\\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\{CompanyName}\{AppName}\
Here are some of the links I read.
I could have followed those tutorials but those tutorials/docs were
written for C++ users.
C++ is not my glass of beer, and converting those codes are impossible to me.
Related:
QSettings(): How to save to current working directory
This should do.
import sys
from PyQt5.QtWidgets import QApplication, QWidget
from PyQt5.QtCore import QSettings, QPoint, QSize
class myApp(QWidget):
def __init__(self):
super(myApp, self).__init__()
self.settings = QSettings( 'My company', 'myApp')
# Initial window size/pos last saved. Use default values for first time
self.resize(self.settings.value("size", QSize(270, 225)))
self.move(self.settings.value("pos", QPoint(50, 50)))
def closeEvent(self, e):
# Write window size and position to config file
self.settings.setValue("size", self.size())
self.settings.setValue("pos", self.pos())
e.accept()
if __name__ == '__main__':
app = QApplication(sys.argv)
frame = myApp()
frame.show()
app.exec_()
I simplified this example: QSettings(): How to save to current working directory
Similar to #Valentin's response, because I feel settings are being written to registry, which will be issue for cross compatiblity. Here is the relevant startEvent() and closeEvent() for the job.
def startEvent()
self.settings = QSettings(QSettings.IniFormat,QSettings.SystemScope, '__MyBiz', '__settings')
self.settings.setFallbacksEnabled(False) # File only, not registry or or.
# setPath() to try to save to current working directory
self.settings.setPath(QSettings.IniFormat,QSettings.SystemScope, './__settings.ini')
# Initial window size/pos last saved
self.resize(self.settings.value("size", QSize(270, 225)))
self.move(self.settings.value("pos", QPoint(50, 50)))
self.tab = QWidget()
def closeEvent(self, e):
# Write window size and position to config file
self.settings.setValue("size", self.size())
self.settings.setValue("pos", self.pos())
startEvent() should be initiated at startup and closeEvent() should be taken care before quitting the main window.
You should indeed use QSetting for this.
All the Qt examples have been converted to Python. They are included in the source packages of PyQt (or PySide), which you can download here
You can also look online in the github repo, particularly in application.py of mainwindows example.
def readSettings(self):
settings = QSettings("Trolltech", "Application Example")
pos = settings.value("pos", QPoint(200, 200))
size = settings.value("size", QSize(400, 400))
self.resize(size)
self.move(pos)
def writeSettings(self):
settings = QSettings("Trolltech", "Application Example")
settings.setValue("pos", self.pos())
settings.setValue("size", self.size())
Fire writeSettings() before quitting and initiate readSettings() on startup.
In my case I use .ini files to store settings (language, default user, ...). the same code works on both Debian and Windows.
An example:
from PySide.QtCore import QSettings
self.settings = QSettings('settings.ini', QSettings.IniFormat)
...
self.settings.setValue('size', self.size())