I try to extend the contextmenu of a QLineEdit with an additional entry for replacing text. I can extend the contextmenu with .createStandardContextMenu(), which works fine. But when I try to add a shortcut with .setShortcut(QKeySequence(Qt.CTRL + Qt.Key_R)) it will not react on the key. Same with different keys, which I tried. In addition the shortcut made with QAction('&Replace', self) doesn't work too.
Some examples here in SO and other sources are constructed in the same way, so I'm wondering that nobody else has got the same problem. Seems that I'm missing anything. But what? I can't figure out, checked the docs multiple times.
Working Example:
from PyQt5.QtGui import *
from PyQt5.QtWidgets import *
from PyQt5.QtCore import *
import sys
class ECM(QWidget):
def __init__(self):
super(ECM, self).__init__()
self.setWindowTitle("Extended Context Menu")
self.lineEdit = QLineEdit()
self.lineEdit.setContextMenuPolicy(Qt.CustomContextMenu)
self.lineEdit.customContextMenuRequested.connect(self.my_contextMenuEvent)
layout = QVBoxLayout()
layout.addWidget(self.lineEdit)
self.setLayout(layout)
self.setFixedSize(800,200)
self.show()
def replace(self):
print("replace")
def my_contextMenuEvent(self):
print("my_contextMenuEvent")
menu = self.lineEdit.createStandardContextMenu()
action = QAction('&Replace', self)
action.setStatusTip('Replace values')
action.setShortcut(QKeySequence(Qt.CTRL + Qt.Key_R))
action.triggered.connect(self.replace)
menu.addAction(action)
menu.exec_()
if __name__ == '__main__':
app = QApplication(sys.argv)
sender = ECM()
app.exec_()
Based on musicamante's comment I came to the following solution:
Extract from the docs:
If you want to extend the standard context menu, reimplement this
function, call createStandardContextMenu() and extend the menu
returned.
The default use of the QAction list (as returned by actions()) is to
create a context QMenu.
It's not totally logically to me, not for the 1st time ;-)
Final code:
from PyQt5.QtGui import *
from PyQt5.QtWidgets import *
from PyQt5.QtCore import *
import sys
class ECM(QWidget):
def __init__(self):
super(ECM, self).__init__()
self.setWindowTitle("Extended Context Menu")
self.lineEdit = QLineEdit()
self.lineEdit.setContextMenuPolicy(Qt.CustomContextMenu)
self.lineEdit.customContextMenuRequested.connect(self.my_contextMenuEvent)
layout = QVBoxLayout()
layout.addWidget(self.lineEdit)
self.setLayout(layout)
self.setFixedSize(800,200)
action = QAction('&Replace', self)
action.setStatusTip('Replace values')
action.setShortcut(QKeySequence(Qt.CTRL + Qt.Key_R))
action.triggered.connect(self.replace)
self.lineEdit.addAction(action)
self.show()
def replace(self):
print("replace")
def my_contextMenuEvent(self):
menu = self.lineEdit.createStandardContextMenu()
menu.addActions(self.lineEdit.actions())
menu.exec_()
if __name__ == '__main__':
app = QApplication(sys.argv)
sender = ECM()
app.exec_()
I have a Pyqt5 form where the user enters data. This data is sent to another module, where it is processed and returned for display in the form.
Very simplistically it looks like this:
frm.py
import sys
from PyQt5.QtWidgets import *
import mdl
def fnc0(in_val):
mdl.fnc1(in_val)
def fnc2(rezult):
msg.setText(rezult)
app = QApplication(sys.argv)
window = QWidget()
layout = QVBoxLayout()
btn = QPushButton('button')
btn.clicked.connect(lambda: fnc0(5))
layout.addWidget(btn)
msg = QLabel('')
layout.addWidget(msg)
window.setLayout(layout)
window.show()
sys.exit(app.exec_())
mdl.py
import frm
def fnc1(in_val):
out_val = str(in_val*2)
frm.fnc2(out_val)
However, when doing this, I get the error of using circular modules:
AttributeError: partially initialized module 'mdl' has no attribute 'fnc1' (most likely due to a circular import)
Is it possible to process the data sent from the form to another module, and then return the result to the form?
A possible solution is that in a third file we create a logic where we can register functions that receive the result and a function that invokes those functions:
core.py
_funct = []
def register_writer(func):
_funct.append(func)
return func
def write(text):
for f in _funct:
f(text)
mdl.py
import core
def fnc1(in_val):
out_val = str(in_val * 2)
core.write(out_val)
frm.py
import sys
from PyQt5.QtWidgets import *
import core
import mdl
#core.register_writer
def fnc2(rezult):
msg.setText(rezult)
app = QApplication(sys.argv)
window = QWidget()
layout = QVBoxLayout()
btn = QPushButton("button")
btn.clicked.connect(lambda: mdl.fnc1(5))
layout.addWidget(btn)
msg = QLabel()
layout.addWidget(msg)
window.setLayout(layout)
window.show()
sys.exit(app.exec_())
I am implement my project using pyqt5. Currently, I have a window including many widget. Now, I want to remove some widgets. The window looks like:
Now, I want to remove the 'name1' widget including the QLabel and QPushButton.
However, after removing all 'name1' widgets, the 'name2' widgets including QLabel and QPushButton can not self-adapte with the window, like:
All my code is:
from PyQt5.QtCore import *
from PyQt5.QtGui import *
from PyQt5.QtWidgets import *
import sys
class Window(QDialog):
def __init__(self):
super().__init__()
self.initGUI()
self.show()
def initGUI(self):
layout = QVBoxLayout()
self.setLayout(layout)
removeLayout = QHBoxLayout()
self.__removeText = QLineEdit()
self.__removeBtn = QPushButton('Remove')
self.__removeBtn.clicked.connect(self.remove)
removeLayout.addWidget(self.__removeText)
removeLayout.addWidget(self.__removeBtn)
ROIsLayout = QVBoxLayout()
for name in ['name1', 'name2']:
subLayout = QHBoxLayout()
subText = QLabel(name)
subText.setObjectName(name)
subBtn = QPushButton(name)
subBtn.setObjectName(name)
subLayout.addWidget(subText)
subLayout.addWidget(subBtn)
ROIsLayout.addLayout(subLayout)
layout.addLayout(removeLayout)
layout.addLayout(ROIsLayout)
self.__ROIsLayout = ROIsLayout
def remove(self, checked=False):
name = self.__removeText.text()
while True:
child = self.__ROIsLayout.takeAt(0)
if child == None:
break
while True:
subChild = child.takeAt(0)
if subChild == None:
break
obName = subChild.widget().objectName()
if name == obName:
widget = subChild.widget()
widget.setParent(None)
child.removeWidget(widget)
self.__ROIsLayout.removeWidget(widget)
del widget
if __name__ == '__main__':
app = QApplication(sys.argv)
window = Window()
sys.exit(app.exec_())
update:
Actually, the issue may be the takeAt. The following code is workable:
from PyQt5.QtCore import *
from PyQt5.QtGui import *
from PyQt5.QtWidgets import *
import sys
class Window(QDialog):
def __init__(self):
super().__init__()
self.initGUI()
self.show()
def initGUI(self):
layout = QVBoxLayout()
self.setLayout(layout)
removeLayout = QHBoxLayout()
self.__removeText = QLineEdit()
self.__removeBtn = QPushButton('Remove')
self.__removeBtn.clicked.connect(self.remove)
removeLayout.addWidget(self.__removeText)
removeLayout.addWidget(self.__removeBtn)
ROIsLayout = QVBoxLayout()
for name in ['name1', 'name2']:
subLayout = QHBoxLayout()
subLayout.setObjectName(name)
subText = QLabel(name, parent=self)
subText.setObjectName(name)
subBtn = QPushButton(name, parent=self)
subBtn.setObjectName(name)
subLayout.addWidget(subText)
subLayout.addWidget(subBtn)
ROIsLayout.addLayout(subLayout)
print(name, subLayout, subText, subBtn)
layout.addLayout(removeLayout)
layout.addLayout(ROIsLayout)
self.__ROIsLayout = ROIsLayout
self.record = [subLayout, subText, subBtn]
def remove(self, checked=False):
layout = self.record[0]
txt = self.record[1]
btn = self.record[2]
layout.removeWidget(txt)
txt.setParent(None)
txt.deleteLater()
layout.removeWidget(btn)
btn.setParent(None)
btn.deleteLater()
if __name__ == '__main__':
app = QApplication(sys.argv)
window = Window()
sys.exit(app.exec_())
But, I have printed the QLabel/QPushButton in the self.record, and I find it is the same with that from child.takeAt(0).widget().
The main issue in your code is that you're constantly using takeAt(). The result is that all items in the __ROIsLayout layout will be removed from it (but not deleted), which, in your case, are the sub layouts. This is clearly not a good approach: only the widgets with the corresponding object name will be actually deleted, while the others will still be "owned" by their previous parent, will still be visible at their previous position and their geometries won't be updated since they're not managed by the layout anymore.
There are multiple solutions to your question, all depending on your needs.
If you need to remove rows from a layout, I'd consider setting the object name on the layout instead, and look for it using self.findChild().
Also consider that, while Qt allows setting the same object name for more than one object, that's not suggested.
Finally, while using del is normally enough, it's usually better to call deleteLater() for all Qt objects, which ensures that Qt correctly removes all objects (and related parentship/connections).
Another possibility, for this specific case, is to use a QFormLayout.
I currently have a basic GUI right now with each page in its own file. I can navigate to and from each page with no problem, but I'm having difficulty simply passing a search query to another Widget. Here's where I setup the connections in the main file:
from PyQt5.QtCore import *
from PyQt5.QtGui import *
from PyQt5.QtWidgets import *
import sys
import search
import watching
import helpinfo
import results
class MainWindow(QMainWindow):
def __init__(self, parent=None):
'''
Constructor
'''
QMainWindow.__init__(self, parent)
self.centralWidget = QStackedWidget()
self.setCentralWidget(self.centralWidget)
self.startScreen = Start(self)
self.searchScreen = search.Search(self)
self.watchingScreen = watching.Watching(self)
self.helpInfoScreen = helpinfo.HelpInfo(self)
self.resultsScreen = results.Results(self)
self.centralWidget.addWidget(self.startScreen)
self.centralWidget.addWidget(self.searchScreen)
self.centralWidget.addWidget(self.watchingScreen)
self.centralWidget.addWidget(self.helpInfoScreen)
self.centralWidget.addWidget(self.resultsScreen)
self.centralWidget.setCurrentWidget(self.startScreen)
self.startScreen.searchClicked.connect(lambda: self.centralWidget.setCurrentWidget(self.searchScreen))
self.startScreen.watchingClicked.connect(lambda: self.centralWidget.setCurrentWidget(self.watchingScreen))
self.startScreen.helpInfoClicked.connect(lambda: self.centralWidget.setCurrentWidget(self.helpInfoScreen))
self.searchScreen.searchSubmitted.connect(lambda: self.centralWidget.setCurrentWidget(self.resultsScreen))
self.searchScreen.passQuery.connect(lambda: self.resultsScreen.grabSearch) #This is the problem line
self.searchScreen.clicked.connect(lambda: self.centralWidget.setCurrentWidget(self.startScreen))
self.watchingScreen.clicked.connect(lambda: self.centralWidget.setCurrentWidget(self.startScreen))
self.helpInfoScreen.clicked.connect(lambda: self.centralWidget.setCurrentWidget(self.startScreen))
self.resultsScreen.clicked.connect(lambda: self.centralWidget.setCurrentWidget(self.startScreen))
Here's the search file:
from PyQt5.QtCore import *
from PyQt5.QtGui import *
from PyQt5.QtWidgets import *
import sys
class Search(QWidget):
clicked = pyqtSignal()
searchSubmitted = pyqtSignal()
passQuery = pyqtSignal(str)
def __init__(self, parent=None):
super(Search, self).__init__(parent)
logo = QLabel(self)
pixmap = QPixmap('res/logo.png')
logo.setPixmap(pixmap)
logo.setSizePolicy(QSizePolicy.Preferred, QSizePolicy.Preferred)
logo.setAlignment(Qt.AlignCenter)
self.textbox = QLineEdit(self)
label = QLabel(text="This is the search page.")
label.setAlignment(Qt.AlignCenter)
button = QPushButton(text='Submit')
button.clicked.connect(lambda: self.submitSearch())
button2 = QPushButton(text='Go back.')
button2.clicked.connect(self.clicked.emit)
layout = QVBoxLayout()
layout.addWidget(logo)
layout.addWidget(label)
layout.addWidget(self.textbox)
layout.addWidget(button)
layout.addWidget(button2)
layout.setAlignment(Qt.AlignTop)
self.setLayout(layout)
def submitSearch(self):
self.searchSubmitted.emit()
self.passQuery.emit(self.textbox.text())
And here is the results file:
from PyQt5.QtCore import *
from PyQt5.QtGui import *
from PyQt5.QtWidgets import *
class Results(QWidget):
clicked = pyqtSignal()
def __init__(self, parent=None):
super(Results, self).__init__(parent)
# Create Logo
logo = QLabel(self)
pixmap = QPixmap('res/logo.png')
logo.setPixmap(pixmap)
logo.setSizePolicy(QSizePolicy.Preferred, QSizePolicy.Preferred)
logo.setAlignment(Qt.AlignCenter)
# Create page contents
label = QLabel(text="This is the results page. If you see this, it's still broken.")
label.setAlignment(Qt.AlignCenter)
button = QPushButton(text='Add to watching.')
button2 = QPushButton(text='Go back.')
button2.clicked.connect(self.clicked.emit)
# Set up layout
layout = QVBoxLayout()
layout.addWidget(logo)
layout.addWidget(label)
layout.addWidget(button)
layout.addWidget(button2)
layout.setAlignment(Qt.AlignTop)
self.setLayout(layout)
#pyqtSlot(str)
def grabSearch(self, str):
print(str)
self.label.setText(str)
The way I understand it, what I have right now should be working. When the user submits some text on the search page, it calls the submitSearch() function. That function emits two signals: the first, searchSubmitted, changes the screen to the results screen (this works as intended). The second, passQuery, should be passing the contents of the textbox to the connected function grabSearch() in the results file. However, the passQuery never seems to be caught by the results page despite being connected. I've verified with print statements that it is being emitted, but that's it.
What am I missing here?
Your code has the following errors:
If you are going to use a lambda to make the connection you must invoke the function with the arguments.
self.searchScreen.passQuery.connect(lambda text: self.resultsScreen.grabSearch(text))
But it is better to use the direct connection since the signatures are the same:
self.searchScreen.passQuery.connect(self.resultsScreen.grabSearch)
Another error is that the results.py label must be a member of the class:
self.label = QLabel(text="This is the results page. If you see this, it's still broken.") # <--
self.label.setAlignment(Qt.AlignCenter) # <--
# ..
# Set up layout
layout = QVBoxLayout()
layout.addWidget(logo)
layout.addWidget(self.label) # <--
And finally do not use reserved words like str, change to:
#pyqtSlot(str)
def grabSearch(self, text):
self.label.setText(text)
I am a beginner with GUI's and PYQT. What I am trying to do is dynamically set up a grid of QComboBox's and QLineEdit's. From the QComboBox you can select a choice and from that choice, it will fill in the corresponding QLineEdit with some numbers. The problem I'm having is creating the link between the first QComboBox and the first QLineEdit box. I could make a function for each row but I would like to know a better way. I will post some sample code. Thank you for any help or advice that you might have.
import sys
from PyQt5.QtCore import QCoreApplication
from PyQt5.QtGui import *
from PyQt5.QtWidgets import *
class window(QMainWindow):
def __init__(self):
super(window, self).__init__()
self.setGeometry(50, 50, 700, 600)
self.home()
def home(self):
Test1Choices = ['Test1:','Choice1', 'Choice2', 'Choice3', 'Choice4','Choice5', 'Choice6', 'Choice7', 'Choice8', 'Choice9']
Test2Choices= ['Test2:','1','2','3','4','5','6','7','8','9','10','11','12','13','14','15']
for i in range(0,10):
Choice1ComboBox = QComboBox(self)
Choice1ComboBox.addItems(Test1Choices)
Choice1ComboBox.resize(150,25)
Choice1ComboBox.move(30,(150+(i*35)))
Choice1ComboBox.setCurrentIndex(2)
Choice2ComboBox = QComboBox(self)
Choice2ComboBox.setObjectName("Choice2ComboBox"+str(i))
Choice2ComboBox.addItems(Test2Choices)
Choice2ComboBox.resize(75,25)
Choice2ComboBox.move(200,(150+(i*35)))
Choice2ComboBox.setCurrentIndex(2)
Choice2ComboBox.activated[str].connect(self.doSomething)
numTextBox = QLineEdit(self)
numTextBox.setObjectName("numBox"+str(i))
numTextBox.move(325,(150+(i*35)))
numTextBox.resize(35,25)
result1TextBox = QLineEdit(self)
result1TextBox.setObjectName("result1Box"+str(i))
result1TextBox.move(400,(150+(i*35)))
result1TextBox.resize(100,25)
result1TextBox.setEnabled(0)
result2TextBox = QLineEdit(self)
result2TextBox.setObjectName("result2Box"+str(i))
result2TextBox.move(525,(150+(i*35)))
result2TextBox.resize(100,25)
result2TextBox.setEnabled(0)
self.show()
def doSomething(self):
numbers=['result1','result2','result3','result4','result5','result6','result7','result8','result9','result10','result11','result12','result13','result14','result15']
def run():
app = QApplication(sys.argv)
Gui = window()
sys.exit(app.exec_())
run()
To summarize I would like to bring in the index of the selected QComboBox. Then use that index number to reference the answer that is in the "numbers" array. Then print that result in the QLineEdit that is in the same row
We use sender() to get the object that emits the signal, then we look for the name of that object with setObjectName(), and we search the index, then we get the other objects with findChildren(), for example the output will be the union of the selected texts.
add name to Choice1ComboBox:
Choice1ComboBox.setObjectName("Choice1ComboBox"+str(i))
doSomething function:
def doSomething(self, _):
sender = self.sender()
l = sender.objectName().split("Choice1ComboBox")
if len(l) > 1:
number = l[1]
else:
number = sender.objectName().split("Choice2ComboBox")[1]
combo1 = self.findChildren(QComboBox, "Choice1ComboBox"+number)[0]
combo2 = self.findChildren(QComboBox, "Choice2ComboBox"+number)[0]
obj = self.findChildren(QLineEdit, "numBox"+number)[0]
obj.setText(combo1.currentText() + " " + combo2.currentText())
Complete code:
import sys
from PyQt5.QtCore import QCoreApplication
from PyQt5.QtGui import *
from PyQt5.QtWidgets import *
class window(QMainWindow):
def __init__(self):
super(window, self).__init__()
self.setGeometry(50, 50, 700, 600)
self.home()
def home(self):
Test1Choices = ['Test1:','Choice1', 'Choice2', 'Choice3', 'Choice4','Choice5', 'Choice6', 'Choice7', 'Choice8', 'Choice9']
Test2Choices= ['Test2:','1','2','3','4','5','6','7','8','9','10','11','12','13','14','15']
for i in range(0,10):
Choice1ComboBox = QComboBox(self)
Choice1ComboBox.setObjectName("Choice1ComboBox"+str(i))
Choice1ComboBox.addItems(Test1Choices)
Choice1ComboBox.resize(150,25)
Choice1ComboBox.move(30,(150+(i*35)))
Choice1ComboBox.setCurrentIndex(2)
Choice1ComboBox.activated[str].connect(self.doSomething)
Choice2ComboBox = QComboBox(self)
Choice2ComboBox.setObjectName("Choice2ComboBox"+str(i))
Choice2ComboBox.addItems(Test2Choices)
Choice2ComboBox.resize(75,25)
Choice2ComboBox.move(200,(150+(i*35)))
Choice2ComboBox.setCurrentIndex(2)
Choice2ComboBox.activated[str].connect(self.doSomething)
numTextBox = QLineEdit(self)
numTextBox.setObjectName("numBox"+str(i))
numTextBox.move(325,(150+(i*35)))
numTextBox.resize(35,25)
result1TextBox = QLineEdit(self)
result1TextBox.setObjectName("result1Box"+str(i))
result1TextBox.move(400,(150+(i*35)))
result1TextBox.resize(100,25)
result1TextBox.setEnabled(0)
result2TextBox = QLineEdit(self)
result2TextBox.setObjectName("result2Box"+str(i))
result2TextBox.move(525,(150+(i*35)))
result2TextBox.resize(100,25)
result2TextBox.setEnabled(0)
self.show()
def doSomething(self, _):
sender = self.sender()
l = sender.objectName().split("Choice1ComboBox")
if len(l) > 1:
number = l[1]
else:
number = sender.objectName().split("Choice2ComboBox")[1]
combo1 = self.findChildren(QComboBox, "Choice1ComboBox"+number)[0]
combo2 = self.findChildren(QComboBox, "Choice2ComboBox"+number)[0]
obj = self.findChildren(QLineEdit, "numBox"+number)[0]
obj.setText(combo1.currentText() + " " + combo2.currentText())
def run():
app = QApplication(sys.argv)
Gui = window()
sys.exit(app.exec_())
run()