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Manipulating qt Dialog item from a subDialog

In my plugin there is a main dialog, showing list data, and a button that opens another dialog to edit the data in. When you finish the editing the data is saved to a file to be accessed later but a refresh needs to be triggered in the main dialog.
Main Dialog has a refresh function but how can I trigger it from the another "subDialog"?
Main Class
class MainDialog(QDialog):
def __init__(self, iface, parent=None, flags=Qt.WindowFlags()):
QDialog.__init__(self, parent, flags)
uic.loadUi(UI_PATH, self)
self.AnotherClass_instance = AnotherClass(self.iface)
#code to open another dialog when edit is pressed
self.refreshDatabaseData()
def opne_the_other_dialog(self):
self.AnotherClass_instance.execDialog()
def refreshDatabaseData(self):
#code to read txt file and change list view in UI
class MainClass(object):
def __init__(self, iface):
self.act.triggered.connect(self.execDialog)
def initGui(self, menu=None):
if menu is not None:
menu.addAction(self.act)
else:
self.iface.addToolBarIcon(self.act)
def execDialog(self):
self.dialog = MainDialog(self.iface, self.iface.mainWindow())
self.dialog.show()
def quitDialog(self):
self.dialog = None
self.act.setEnabled(True)
self.cancel = False
def execTool(self):
#Do something related to plugin
self.quitDialog()
The other class:
class AnotherClassDialog(QDialog):
def __init__(self, iface, parent=None, flags=Qt.WindowFlags()):
QDialog.__init__(self, parent, flags)
uic.loadUi(UI_PATH, self)
self.iface = iface
class AnotherClass(object):
def __init__(self, iface):
self.iface = iface
self.dialog = None
self.cancel = False
self.act.triggered.connect(self.execDialog)
#connect here the buttons to functions, e.g. "OK"-button to execTool
def execDialog(self):
self.dialog = AnotherClassDialog(self.iface, self.iface.mainWindow())
self.dialog.show()
def scheduleAbort(self):
self.cancel = True
def refreshMainPlugin(self):
#need to execute this correctly
self.refreshDatabaseData()
Edit:
I tried passing the list view in self.AnotherClass_instance.execDialog(here), It works but then I can't pass it from AnotherClass to AnotherClassDialog (it changes from Class Object to QMainWindow).

How to add a menu only in the QTreeWidgetItem after pressing the right click? [duplicate]

I have the following code to create a QTreeWidget and a contextmenu with 2 actions.
import sys
from PyQt5 import QtCore, QtWidgets
class Dialog(QtWidgets.QDialog):
def __init__(self, parent=None):
super(Dialog, self).__init__()
self.tw = QtWidgets.QTreeWidget()
self.tw.setHeaderLabels(['Name', 'Cost ($)'])
cg = QtWidgets.QTreeWidgetItem(['carrots', '0.99'])
c1 = QtWidgets.QTreeWidgetItem(['carrot', '0.33'])
self.tw.addTopLevelItem(cg)
self.tw.addTopLevelItem(c1)
self.tw.installEventFilter(self)
layout = QtWidgets.QVBoxLayout(self)
layout.addWidget(self.tw)
def eventFilter(self, source: QtWidgets.QTreeWidget, event):
if (event.type() == QtCore.QEvent.ContextMenu and
source is self.tw):
menu = QtWidgets.QMenu()
AAction = QtWidgets.QAction("AAAAA")
AAction.triggered.connect(lambda :self.a(source.itemAt(event.pos())))
BAction = QtWidgets.QAction("BBBBBB")
BAction.triggered.connect(lambda :self.b(source, event))
menu.addAction(AAction)
menu.addAction(BAction)
menu.exec_(event.globalPos())
return True
return super(Dialog, self).eventFilter(source, event)
def a(self, item):
if item is None:
return
print("A: {}".format([item.text(i) for i in range(self.tw.columnCount())]))
def b(self, source, event):
item = source.itemAt(event.pos())
if item is None:
return
print("B: {}".format([item.text(i) for i in range(source.columnCount())]))
if __name__ == '__main__':
app = QtWidgets.QApplication(sys.argv)
window = Dialog()
window.setGeometry(600, 100, 300, 200)
window.show()
sys.exit(app.exec_())
When opening the contextmenu in the header and clicking on one of the actions it prints either carrot or carrots, depending on where in the contextmenu I click. But I give the position of right click event to the functions.
So why is this happening and what can I do to stop it?

Your code has 2 errors:
The main error is that the itemAt() method uses the coordinates with respect to the viewport() and not with respect to the view (the QTreeWidget) so you will get incorrect items (the header occupies a space making the positions with respect to the QTreeWidget and the viewport() have an offset).
You should not block the eventloop, for example blocking the eventFilter you may be blocking other events that would cause errors that are difficult to debug, in this case it is better to use a signal.
class Dialog(QtWidgets.QDialog):
rightClicked = QtCore.pyqtSignal(QtCore.QPoint)
def __init__(self, parent=None):
super(Dialog, self).__init__()
self.tw = QtWidgets.QTreeWidget()
self.tw.setHeaderLabels(["Name", "Cost ($)"])
cg = QtWidgets.QTreeWidgetItem(["carrots", "0.99"])
c1 = QtWidgets.QTreeWidgetItem(["carrot", "0.33"])
self.tw.addTopLevelItem(cg)
self.tw.addTopLevelItem(c1)
self.tw.viewport().installEventFilter(self)
layout = QtWidgets.QVBoxLayout(self)
layout.addWidget(self.tw)
self.rightClicked.connect(self.handle_rightClicked)
def eventFilter(self, source: QtWidgets.QTreeWidget, event):
if event.type() == QtCore.QEvent.ContextMenu and source is self.tw.viewport():
self.rightClicked.emit(event.pos())
return True
return super(Dialog, self).eventFilter(source, event)
def handle_rightClicked(self, pos):
item = self.tw.itemAt(pos)
if item is None:
return
menu = QtWidgets.QMenu()
print_action = QtWidgets.QAction("Print")
print_action.triggered.connect(lambda checked, item=item: self.print_item(item))
menu.addAction(print_action)
menu.exec_(self.tw.viewport().mapToGlobal(pos))
def print_item(self, item):
if item is None:
return
texts = []
for i in range(item.columnCount()):
text = item.text(i)
texts.append(text)
print("B: {}".format(",".join(texts)))
Although it is unnecessary that you use an eventFilter to handle the contextmenu since a simpler solution is to set the contextMenuPolicy of the QTreeWidget to Qt::CustomContextMenu and use the customContextMenuRequested signal:
class Dialog(QtWidgets.QDialog):
def __init__(self, parent=None):
super(Dialog, self).__init__()
self.tw = QtWidgets.QTreeWidget()
self.tw.setHeaderLabels(["Name", "Cost ($)"])
cg = QtWidgets.QTreeWidgetItem(["carrots", "0.99"])
c1 = QtWidgets.QTreeWidgetItem(["carrot", "0.33"])
self.tw.addTopLevelItem(cg)
self.tw.addTopLevelItem(c1)
self.tw.setContextMenuPolicy(QtCore.Qt.CustomContextMenu)
self.tw.customContextMenuRequested.connect(self.handle_rightClicked)
layout = QtWidgets.QVBoxLayout(self)
layout.addWidget(self.tw)
def handle_rightClicked(self, pos):
item = self.tw.itemAt(pos)
if item is None:
return
menu = QtWidgets.QMenu()
print_action = QtWidgets.QAction("Print")
print_action.triggered.connect(lambda checked, item=item: self.print_item(item))
menu.addAction(print_action)
menu.exec_(self.tw.viewport().mapToGlobal(pos))
def print_item(self, item):
if item is None:
return
texts = []
for i in range(item.columnCount()):
text = item.text(i)
texts.append(text)
print("B: {}".format(",".join(texts)))

How to update UI with output from QProcess loop without the UI freezing?

I am wanting to have a list of commands being processed through a QProcess and have its output be appended to a textfield I have. I've found a these two pages that seems to do each of the things i need (updating the UI, and not freezing the UI via QThread):
Printing QProcess Stdout only if it contains a Substring
https://nikolak.com/pyqt-threading-tutorial/
So i tried to combine these two....
import sys
from PySide import QtGui, QtCore
class commandThread(QtCore.QThread):
def __init__(self):
QtCore.QThread.__init__(self)
self.cmdList = None
self.process = QtCore.QProcess()
def __del__(self):
self.wait()
def command(self):
# print 'something'
self.process.start('ping', ['127.0.0.1'])
processStdout = str(self.process.readAll())
return processStdout
def run(self):
for i in range(3):
messages = self.command()
self.emit(QtCore.SIGNAL('dataReady(QString)'), messages)
# self.sleep(1)
class MainWindow(QtGui.QMainWindow):
def __init__(self):
super(MainWindow, self).__init__()
self.initUI()
def dataReady(self,outputMessage):
cursorOutput = self.output.textCursor()
cursorSummary = self.summary.textCursor()
cursorOutput.movePosition(cursorOutput.End)
cursorSummary.movePosition(cursorSummary.End)
# Update self.output
cursorOutput.insertText(outputMessage)
# Update self.summary
for line in outputMessage.split("\n"):
if 'TTL' in line:
cursorSummary.insertText(line)
self.output.ensureCursorVisible()
self.summary.ensureCursorVisible()
def initUI(self):
layout = QtGui.QHBoxLayout()
self.runBtn = QtGui.QPushButton('Run')
self.runBtn.clicked.connect(self.callThread)
self.output = QtGui.QTextEdit()
self.summary = QtGui.QTextEdit()
layout.addWidget(self.runBtn)
layout.addWidget(self.output)
layout.addWidget(self.summary)
centralWidget = QtGui.QWidget()
centralWidget.setLayout(layout)
self.setCentralWidget(centralWidget)
# self.process.started.connect(lambda: self.runBtn.setEnabled(False))
# self.process.finished.connect(lambda: self.runBtn.setEnabled(True))
def callThread(self):
self.runBtn.setEnabled(False)
self.get_thread = commandThread()
# print 'this this running?'
self.connect(self.get_thread, QtCore.SIGNAL("dataReady(QString)"), self.dataReady)
self.connect(self.get_thread, QtCore.SIGNAL("finished()"), self.done)
def done(self):
self.runBtn.setEnabled(True)
def main():
app = QtGui.QApplication(sys.argv)
mainWindow = MainWindow()
mainWindow.show()
sys.exit(app.exec_())
if __name__ == '__main__':
main()
The problem is that once I click the "Run" button the textfield on the right doesn't seem to populate, and i am no longer getting any errors so I am not sure what is happening.
I tried referring to this page as well but I think i am already emulating what it is describing...?
https://www.qtcentre.org/threads/46056-QProcess-in-a-loop-works-but
Ultimately what I want to build is for a main window to submit a series of commands via subprocess/QProcess, and open up a little log window that constantly updates it on the progress via displaying the console output. Similar to what you kind of see in like Installer packages...
I feel like i am so close to an answer, yet so far away. Is anyone able to chime in on this?
EDIT: so to answer eyllanesc's question, the list of commands has to be run one after the previous one has completed, as the command i plan to use will be very CPU intensive, and i cannot have more than one process of it running. also the time of each command completing will completely vary so I can't just have a arbitrary hold like with time.sleep() as some may complete quicker/slower than others. so ideally figuring out when the process has finished should kickstart another command (which is why i have a for loop in this example to represent that).
i also decided to use threads because apparently that was one way of preventing the UI to freeze while the process was running,so i assumed i needed to utilize this to have a sort of live feed/update in the text field.
the other thing is in the UI i would ideally in addition to updating a text field with console logs, i would want it to have some sort of label that gets updated that says something like "2 of 10 jobs completed". so something like this:
It would be nice too when before a new command is being processed a custom message can be appended to the text field indicating what command is being run...
UPDATE: apologies for taking so long to post an update on this, but based on eyllanesc's answer, I was able to figure out how to make this open a separate window and run the "ping" commands. here is the example code I have made to achieve my results in my main application:
from PySide import QtCore, QtGui
class Task:
def __init__(self, program, args=None):
self._program = program
self._args = args or []
#property
def program(self):
return self._program
#property
def args(self):
return self._args
class SequentialManager(QtCore.QObject):
started = QtCore.Signal()
finished = QtCore.Signal()
progressChanged = QtCore.Signal(int)
dataChanged = QtCore.Signal(str)
#^ this is how we can send a signal and can declare what type
# of information we want to pass with this signal
def __init__(self, parent=None):
super(SequentialManager, self).__init__(parent)
self._progress = 0
self._tasks = []
self._process = QtCore.QProcess(self)
self._process.setProcessChannelMode(QtCore.QProcess.MergedChannels)
self._process.finished.connect(self._on_finished)
self._process.readyReadStandardOutput.connect(self._on_readyReadStandardOutput)
def execute(self, tasks):
self._tasks = iter(tasks)
#this 'iter()' method creates an iterator object
self.started.emit()
self._progress = 0
self.progressChanged.emit(self._progress)
self._execute_next()
def _execute_next(self):
try:
task = next(self._tasks)
except StopIteration:
return False
else:
self._process.start(task.program, task.args)
return True
# QtCore.Slot()
#^ we don't need this line here
def _on_finished(self):
self._process_task()
if not self._execute_next():
self.finished.emit()
# #QtCore.Slot()
def _on_readyReadStandardOutput(self):
output = self._process.readAllStandardOutput()
result = output.data().decode()
self.dataChanged.emit(result)
def _process_task(self):
self._progress += 1
self.progressChanged.emit(self._progress)
class MainWindow(QtGui.QMainWindow):
def __init__(self, parent=None):
super(MainWindow, self).__init__(parent)
self.outputWindow = outputLog(parentWindow=self)
self._button = QtGui.QPushButton("Start")
central_widget = QtGui.QWidget()
lay = QtGui.QVBoxLayout(central_widget)
lay.addWidget(self._button)
self.setCentralWidget(central_widget)
self._button.clicked.connect(self.showOutput)
def showOutput(self):
self.outputWindow.show()
self.outputWindow.startProcess()
#property
def startButton(self):
return self._button
class outputLog(QtGui.QWidget):
def __init__(self, parent=None, parentWindow=None):
QtGui.QWidget.__init__(self,parent)
self.parentWindow = parentWindow
self.setWindowTitle('Render Log')
self.setMinimumSize(225, 150)
self.renderLogWidget = QtGui.QWidget()
lay = QtGui.QVBoxLayout(self.renderLogWidget)
self._textedit = QtGui.QTextEdit(readOnly=True)
self._progressbar = QtGui.QProgressBar()
self._button = QtGui.QPushButton("Close")
self._button.clicked.connect(self.windowClose)
lay.addWidget(self._textedit)
lay.addWidget(self._progressbar)
lay.addWidget(self._button)
self._manager = SequentialManager(self)
self.setLayout(lay)
def startProcess(self):
self._manager.progressChanged.connect(self._progressbar.setValue)
self._manager.dataChanged.connect(self.on_dataChanged)
self._manager.started.connect(self.on_started)
self._manager.finished.connect(self.on_finished)
self._progressbar.setFormat("%v/%m")
self._progressbar.setValue(0)
tasks = [
Task("ping", ["8.8.8.8"]),
Task("ping", ["8.8.8.8"]),
Task("ping", ["8.8.8.8"]),
Task("ping", ["8.8.8.8"]),
Task("ping", ["8.8.8.8"]),
Task("ping", ["8.8.8.8"]),
]
self._progressbar.setMaximum(len(tasks))
self._manager.execute(tasks)
#QtCore.Slot()
def on_started(self):
self._button.setEnabled(False)
self.parentWindow.startButton.setEnabled(False)
#QtCore.Slot()
def on_finished(self):
self._button.setEnabled(True)
#QtCore.Slot(str)
def on_dataChanged(self, message):
if message:
cursor = self._textedit.textCursor()
cursor.movePosition(QtGui.QTextCursor.End)
cursor.insertText(message)
self._textedit.ensureCursorVisible()
def windowClose(self):
self.parentWindow.startButton.setEnabled(True)
self.close()
if __name__ == "__main__":
import sys
app = QtGui.QApplication(sys.argv)
w = MainWindow()
w.show()
sys.exit(app.exec_())
i still don't really understand the use of the QtCore.Slot() decorators as when I commented them out it didn't really seem to change the result. But i kept them in just to be safe.

It is not necessary to use threads in this case since QProcess is executed using the event loop. The procedure is to launch a task, wait for the finishes signal, get the result, send the result, and execute the next task until all the tasks are finished. The key to the solution is to use the signals and distribute the tasks with an iterator.
Considering the above, the solution is:
from PySide import QtCore, QtGui
class Task:
def __init__(self, program, args=None):
self._program = program
self._args = args or []
#property
def program(self):
return self._program
#property
def args(self):
return self._args
class SequentialManager(QtCore.QObject):
started = QtCore.Signal()
finished = QtCore.Signal()
progressChanged = QtCore.Signal(int)
dataChanged = QtCore.Signal(str)
def __init__(self, parent=None):
super(SequentialManager, self).__init__(parent)
self._progress = 0
self._tasks = []
self._process = QtCore.QProcess(self)
self._process.setProcessChannelMode(QtCore.QProcess.MergedChannels)
self._process.finished.connect(self._on_finished)
self._process.readyReadStandardOutput.connect(self._on_readyReadStandardOutput)
def execute(self, tasks):
self._tasks = iter(tasks)
self.started.emit()
self._progress = 0
self.progressChanged.emit(self._progress)
self._execute_next()
def _execute_next(self):
try:
task = next(self._tasks)
except StopIteration:
return False
else:
self._process.start(task.program, task.args)
return True
QtCore.Slot()
def _on_finished(self):
self._process_task()
if not self._execute_next():
self.finished.emit()
#QtCore.Slot()
def _on_readyReadStandardOutput(self):
output = self._process.readAllStandardOutput()
result = output.data().decode()
self.dataChanged.emit(result)
def _process_task(self):
self._progress += 1
self.progressChanged.emit(self._progress)
class MainWindow(QtGui.QMainWindow):
def __init__(self, parent=None):
super(MainWindow, self).__init__(parent)
self._button = QtGui.QPushButton("Start")
self._textedit = QtGui.QTextEdit(readOnly=True)
self._progressbar = QtGui.QProgressBar()
central_widget = QtGui.QWidget()
lay = QtGui.QVBoxLayout(central_widget)
lay.addWidget(self._button)
lay.addWidget(self._textedit)
lay.addWidget(self._progressbar)
self.setCentralWidget(central_widget)
self._manager = SequentialManager(self)
self._manager.progressChanged.connect(self._progressbar.setValue)
self._manager.dataChanged.connect(self.on_dataChanged)
self._manager.started.connect(self.on_started)
self._manager.finished.connect(self.on_finished)
self._button.clicked.connect(self.on_clicked)
#QtCore.Slot()
def on_clicked(self):
self._progressbar.setFormat("%v/%m")
self._progressbar.setValue(0)
tasks = [
Task("ping", ["8.8.8.8"]),
Task("ping", ["8.8.8.8"]),
Task("ping", ["8.8.8.8"]),
]
self._progressbar.setMaximum(len(tasks))
self._manager.execute(tasks)
#QtCore.Slot()
def on_started(self):
self._button.setEnabled(False)
#QtCore.Slot()
def on_finished(self):
self._button.setEnabled(True)
#QtCore.Slot(str)
def on_dataChanged(self, message):
if message:
cursor = self._textedit.textCursor()
cursor.movePosition(QtGui.QTextCursor.End)
cursor.insertText(message)
self._textedit.ensureCursorVisible()
if __name__ == "__main__":
import sys
app = QtGui.QApplication(sys.argv)
w = MainWindow()
w.show()
sys.exit(app.exec_())

Context menu - Renaming in nested QMenus

I have a 'nested', a 2-tiered qmenus in which I have created a context menu for renaming and deleting.
I created a subclass for the QMenus in hopes of making my code cleaner as I am unable to use eventFilter in my current code as it messes some functionalities..
For the renaming part, while it renames the first tiered, as soon as I tried to do the same for the second-tiered item, the prompt actually renames the first-tiered item.
The following is a code portion of the QMenu subclass that I did and if you do the following:
Right click and add in a new object called main
In main, create another object called sub
(This is an extra right-click) If you perform another right-mouse click on main and select rename options, and have it changed to 'newMain', this works
Perform the same action as detailed in point #3, but this time, rename on sub to newSub
If you open up the overall menu, noticed that newMain was changed to newSub, while sub remains unchanged.
Could someone kindly shed some light towards my QMenu subclass on where I have done it wrong?
import functools
import sys
from PyQt4 import QtGui, QtCore
class QAddAction(QtGui.QAction):
def __init__(self, icon=None, text="Add Item", parent=None):
if icon:
super(QAddAction, self).__init__(icon, text, parent)
else:
super(QAddAction, self).__init__(text, parent)
class QRenameAction(QtGui.QAction):
def __init__(self, icon=None, text="Rename Item", parent=None):
if icon:
super(QRenameAction, self).__init__(icon, text, parent)
else:
super(QRenameAction, self).__init__(text, parent)
class QDeleteAction(QtGui.QAction):
def __init__(self, icon=None, text="Delete Item", parent=None):
if icon:
super(QDeleteAction, self).__init__(icon, text, parent)
else:
super(QDeleteAction, self).__init__(text, parent)
class QCustomMenu(QtGui.QMenu):
"""Customized QMenu."""
def __init__(self, title, parent=None):
super(QCustomMenu, self).__init__(title=str(title), parent=parent)
self.setup_menu()
def setup_menu(self):
self.setContextMenuPolicy(QtCore.Qt.DefaultContextMenu)
def contextMenuEvent(self, event):
no_right_click = [QAddAction, QRenameAction, QDeleteAction]
if any([isinstance(self.actionAt(event.pos()), instance) for instance in no_right_click]):
return
self.show_adv_qmenu()
def show_adv_qmenu(self):
qmenu = QCustomMenu(self)
rename_menu_action = QRenameAction(text= "Rename Item", parent=self)
rename_slot = functools.partial(self.rename_menu_item)
rename_menu_action.triggered.connect(rename_slot)
qmenu.addAction(rename_menu_action)
delete_menu_action = QDeleteAction(text="Delete Item", parent=self)
delete_slot = functools.partial(self.delete_menu_item, delete_menu_action)
delete_menu_action.triggered.connect(delete_slot)
qmenu.addAction(delete_menu_action)
qmenu.exec_(QtGui.QCursor().pos())
def addAction(self, action):
super(QCustomMenu, self).addAction(action)
def rename_menu_item(self):
new_name, ok = QtGui.QInputDialog.getText(
self,
"Rename Menu Item ({0})".format(self.title()),
"New name:"
)
if ok:
self.setTitle(new_name)
def delete_menu_item(self, action):
reply = QtGui.QMessageBox.question(self, 'Message',
"Really Delete this item?", QtGui.QMessageBox.Yes, QtGui.QMessageBox.No)
if reply == QtGui.QMessageBox.Yes:
parent = action.parent()
print parent
self.remove_menu_item(self)
else:
event.ignore()
def err_popup(self):
"""Prompts a notification popup."""
msg = QtGui.QMessageBox()
msg.setIcon(QtGui.QMessageBox.Critical)
msg.setText("Input name already exists. Please check.")
msg.setWindowTitle('Unable to add item')
msg.setStandardButtons(QtGui.QMessageBox.Ok)
msg.exec_()
class Example(QtGui.QMainWindow):
def __init__(self, parent=None):
super(Example, self).__init__(parent)
self.initUI()
def initUI(self):
self.setGeometry(300, 300, 300, 200)
self.setWindowTitle('Context menu')
self.qmenu = QCustomMenu(title='', parent=self)
add_item_action = QtGui.QAction('Add new item', self,
triggered=self.add_new_item)
self.qmenu.addAction(add_item_action)
def contextMenuEvent(self, event):
action = self.qmenu.exec_(self.mapToGlobal(event.pos()))
def add_new_item(self):
main_menu_name, ok = QtGui.QInputDialog.getText(
self,
'Main Menu',
'Name of new Menu Item:'
)
if ok:
self._addMenuItemTest(main_menu_name)
def _addMenuItemTest(self, main_menu_name):
base_qmenu = QCustomMenu(title=main_menu_name, parent=self)
base_qmenu.setTearOffEnabled(True)
add_item_action = QAddAction(None, 'Add Item', base_qmenu)
slot = functools.partial(self.add_sub_item, base_qmenu)
add_item_action.triggered.connect(slot)
base_qmenu.addAction(add_item_action)
self.qmenu.addMenu(base_qmenu)
def add_sub_item(self, base_menu):
sub_menu_name, ok = QtGui.QInputDialog.getText(
self,
'Sub Menu',
'Name of new Sub Item:'
)
if ok:
action = QtGui.QAction(sub_menu_name, self)
slot = functools.partial(
self._callActionItem,
str(base_menu.title()),
str(sub_menu_name)
)
action.setCheckable(True)
action.setChecked(True)
action.toggled.connect(slot)
base_menu.addAction(action)
def _callActionItem(self):
pass
if __name__ == "__main__":
app = QtGui.QApplication(sys.argv)
window = Example()
window.show()
sys.exit(app.exec_())

Add a click on QLineEdit

I am working on set a click() event to QLineEdit, I already successfully did it. But I want to go back to Mainwindow when the QLine Edit is clicked because I need the data in Mainwindow to further process the data. But I failed to let it go back, neither nor to cite the Mainwindow as parent, I hope someone can point it out. Thank you so much.
MainWindow
{
...
self.tc = MyLineEdit(self.field[con.ConfigFields.VALUE])#self.tc = wx.TextCtrl(self.parent, -1, str(field[con.ConfigFields.VALUE]), pos=(x+220, y-3), size=(200, -1))
...
}
class MyLineEdit(QtGui.QLineEdit):
def __init__(self, parent=MainWindow):
super(MyLineEdit, self).__init__(parent)
#super(CustomQLineEidt, self).__init__()
def mousePressEvent(self, e):
self.mouseseleted()
def mouseseleted(self):
print "here"
MainWindow.mousePressEvent

I use the following to connect any method as the callback for a click event:
class ClickableLineEdit(QLineEdit):
clicked = pyqtSignal() # signal when the text entry is left clicked
def mousePressEvent(self, event):
if event.button() == Qt.LeftButton: self.clicked.emit()
else: super().mousePressEvent(event)
To use:
textbox = ClickableLineEdit('Default text')
textbox.clicked.connect(someMethod)
Specifically for the op:
self.tc = ClickableLineEdit(self.field[con.ConfigFields.VALUE])
self.tc.clicked.connect(self.mouseseleted)

Just simply call the MainWindow mousePressEvent and give it the event variable the line edit received
class MyLineEdit(QtGui.QLineEdit):
def __init__(self, parent):
super(MyLineEdit, self).__init__(parent)
self.parentWindow = parent
def mousePressEvent(self, event):
print 'forwarding to the main window'
self.parentWindow.mousePressEvent(event)
Or you can connect a signal from the line edit
class MyLineEdit(QtGui.QLineEdit):
mousePressed = QtCore.pyqtProperty(QtGui.QMouseEvent)
def __init__(self, value):
super(MyLineEdit, self).__init__(value)
def mousePressEvent(self, event):
print 'forwarding to the main window'
self.mousePressed.emit(event)
Then just connect the signal in your main window where you created it
self.tc = MyLineEdit(self.field[con.ConfigFields.VALUE])#self.tc = wx.TextCtrl(self.parent, -1, str(field[con.ConfigFields.VALUE]), pos=(x+220, y-3), size=(200, -1))
self.tc.mousePressed[QtGui.QMouseEvent].connect(self.mousePressEvent)

This is what I used to do onClick for QLineEdits
class MyLineEdit(QtGui.QLineEdit):
def focusInEvent(self, e):
try:
self.CallBack(*self.CallBackArgs)
except AttributeError:
pass
super().focusInEvent(e)
def SetCallBack(self, callBack):
self.CallBack = callBack
self.IsCallBack = True
self.CallBackArgs = []
def SetCallBackArgs(self, args):
self.CallBackArgs = args
and in my MainGUI:
class MainGUI(..):
def __init__(...):
....
self.input = MyLineEdit()
self.input.SetCallBack(self.Test)
self.input.SetCallBackArgs(['value', 'test'])
...
def Test(self, value, test):
print('in Test', value, test)