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Why setTabOrder didnt work at all? Loopy or single not working

I tried it in simply one example but i cant figure how to do it.
I search like 2-3 hours for figure also even in QtDesigner i cant run it correctly.
I also tried with .focusProxy not working
import sys
from PyQt5.QtWidgets import *
class Pencere(QWidget):
def __init__(self):
super().__init__()
self.icayarlar()
def icayarlar(self):
self.setWindowTitle("Deneme")
self.b1=QLineEdit()
self.b2=QLineEdit()
self.b3=QLineEdit()
self.v_box=QHBoxLayout()
self.v_box.addWidget(self.b1)
self.v_box.addWidget(self.b2)
self.v_box.addWidget(self.b3)
self.setTabOrder(self.b1,self.b3)
self.setLayout(self.v_box)
app=QApplication(sys.argv)
pencere=Pencere()
pencere.show()
sys.exit(app.exec_())
i also tried this
self.setTabOrder(self.b1,self.b3)
self.setTabOrder(self.b3, self.b2)
self.setTabOrder(self.b2, self.b1)

Run first setLayout(), then the setTabOrder().
import sys
from PyQt5.QtWidgets import *
class Pencere(QWidget):
def __init__(self):
super().__init__()
self.icayarlar()
self.show()
def icayarlar(self):
self.setWindowTitle("Deneme")
self.b1=QLineEdit()
self.b2=QLineEdit()
self.b3=QLineEdit()
self.v_box=QHBoxLayout()
self.v_box.addWidget(self.b1)
self.v_box.addWidget(self.b2)
self.v_box.addWidget(self.b3)
# first setLayout()
self.setLayout(self.v_box)
# after setTabOrder()
self.setTabOrder(self.b1,self.b3)
app = QApplication(sys.argv)
wid = Pencere()
sys.exit(app.exec_())
Hope this helps.

How to add custom button to a QMessageBox in PyQt4

I am coding a application which needs a custom buttons in QMessageBox. i managed to create an example in QT designer which is given below.
i wanted to do this in a QMessageBox.
I am using python 2.6.4 and PyQt4. please, can any one help.

Here is an example of building a custom message box from the ground up.
import sys
from PyQt4 import QtCore, QtGui
class Example(QtGui.QDialog):
def __init__(self, parent=None):
super(Example, self).__init__(parent)
msgBox = QtGui.QMessageBox()
msgBox.setText('What to do?')
msgBox.addButton(QtGui.QPushButton('Accept'), QtGui.QMessageBox.YesRole)
msgBox.addButton(QtGui.QPushButton('Reject'), QtGui.QMessageBox.NoRole)
msgBox.addButton(QtGui.QPushButton('Cancel'), QtGui.QMessageBox.RejectRole)
ret = msgBox.exec_()
if __name__ == "__main__":
app = QtGui.QApplication(sys.argv)
ex = Example()
ex.show()
sys.exit(app.exec_())

manuel-gutierrez, why do you inherit from QDilaog? You can inherit from QMessageBox. It's much simpler and less code
import sys
from PyQt4.QtGui import QMessageBox, QPushButton, QApplication
from PyQt4.QtCore import Qt
class ErrorWindow(QMessageBox):
def __init__(self, parent=None):
QMessageBox.__init__(self, parent)
self.setWindowTitle("Example")
self.addButton(QPushButton("Yes"), QMessageBox.YesRole )
self.addButton(QPushButton("No"), QMessageBox.NoRole)
self.addButton(QPushButton("Cancel"), QMessageBox.RejectRole)
if __name__ == "__main__":
app = QApplication(sys.argv)
ex = ErrorWindow()
ex.setText("some error")
ex.show()
sys.exit(app.exec_())

The standard QMessageBox "impose an interpretation of the response", being accepted, rejected or canceled.
Here is a version that allows arbitrary buttons, as much as wanted, and leave the interpreatation up to the user.
And it simplifies the sourcecode a bit.
The argument "buttons" gives a text list, this makes the buttons.
The return value is the text of the clicked botton.
So the user can do what he want's with that.
Note: This might be against UI-Standards and therefore less robust, but hey.
Note2: Since it's 2021, i use PyQt5 and python 3.7
I just posted this in case someone prefer this more generic approach.
#!/usr/bin/python3
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
""" A more generic, a bit simplified message box also known as 'popup' """
from PyQt5 import QtWidgets as QW
class Popup(QW.QMessageBox):
def __init__(
self,
title,
text,
buttons = ["Ok"]
):
super(Popup, self).__init__()
self.setWindowTitle(title)
self.setText(text)
self.buttons = buttons
for txt in self.buttons:
b = QW.QPushButton(txt)
self.addButton(b, QW.QMessageBox.NoRole)
def do(self):
answer = self.exec_()
text = self.buttons[answer]
return text
if __name__ == "__main__": # test
class Tester(QW.QWidget):
def __init__(self):
super(Tester, self).__init__()
btn = QW.QPushButton("do it")
btn.clicked.connect(self.klick)
layout = QW.QHBoxLayout(self)
layout.addWidget(btn)
def klick(self, text):
r = Popup(
"choose a letter",
"What is your favorite\nLetter\namong a to e ?",
buttons = "a,b,c,d,e".split(","))
print("result = ",r.do())
import sys
app = QW.QApplication(sys.argv)
widget = Tester()
widget.setGeometry(400,400,100,100)
widget.show()
sys.exit(app.exec_())

How to make a window that occupies the full screen without maximising?

I'm writing in python using Qt
I want to create the application window (with decorations) to occupy the full screen size. Currently this is the code I have:
avGeom = QtGui.QDesktopWidget().availableGeometry()
self.setGeometry(avGeom)
the problem is that it ignores window decorations so the frame is larger... I googled and what not, found this:
http://harmattan-dev.nokia.com/docs/library/html/qt4/application-windows.html#window-geometry
which seems to indicate I need to set the frameGeometry to the avGeom however I haven't found a way to do that. Also, in the comments in the above link it says what I'm after may not be even possible as the programme can't set the frameGeometry before running... If that is the case I just want confirmation that my problem is not solvable.
EDIT:
So I played around with the code a bit and this gives what I want... however the number 24 is basically through trial and error until the window title is visible.... I want some better way to do this... which is window manager independent..
avGeom = QtGui.QDesktopWidget().availableGeometry()
avGeom.setTop(24)
self.setGeometry(avGeom)
Now I can do what I want but purely out of trial and error
Running Ubuntu, using Spyder as an IDE
thanks

Use QtGui.QApplication().desktop().availableGeometry() for the size of the window:
#!/usr/bin/env python
#-*- coding:utf-8 -*-
from PyQt4 import QtGui, QtCore
class MyWindow(QtGui.QWidget):
def __init__(self, parent=None):
super(MyWindow, self).__init__(parent)
self.pushButtonClose = QtGui.QPushButton(self)
self.pushButtonClose.setText("Close")
self.pushButtonClose.clicked.connect(self.on_pushButtonClose_clicked)
self.layoutVertical = QtGui.QVBoxLayout(self)
self.layoutVertical.addWidget(self.pushButtonClose)
titleBarHeight = self.style().pixelMetric(
QtGui.QStyle.PM_TitleBarHeight,
QtGui.QStyleOptionTitleBar(),
self
)
geometry = app.desktop().availableGeometry()
geometry.setHeight(geometry.height() - (titleBarHeight*2))
self.setGeometry(geometry)
#QtCore.pyqtSlot()
def on_pushButtonClose_clicked(self):
QtGui.QApplication.instance().quit()
if __name__ == "__main__":
import sys
app = QtGui.QApplication(sys.argv)
app.setApplicationName('MyWindow')
main = MyWindow()
main.show()
sys.exit(app.exec_())

I've always found inheritting from the QMainWindow class to be particularly useful. Like this:
import sys
from PySide.QtGui import *
from PySide.QtCore import *
class Some_APP(QMainWindow):
def __init__(self):
super().__init__()
self.initUI()
def initUI(self):
### this line here is what you'd be looking for
self.setWindowState(Qt.WindowMaximized)
###
self.show()
def main():
app = QApplication(sys.argv)
some_app = Some_APP()
sys.exit(app.exec_())
if __name__ == "__main__":
main()

Qt QGraphicsDropShadowEffect is not showing

I am creating a custom widget my_widget inheriting from QWidget.
Here, I have a label to which I would like to apply QGraphicsDropShadowEffect however it does not seem to be working since I don't see any shadows.
My code is in Python and it's:
eff = QGraphicsDropShadowEffect()
self.my_widget_label.setGraphicsEffect(eff)
I tried various alterations to this code to no avail.
After doing a through search on Google, I came across many similar questions without answers.
What might be the cause? How can I get the shadow?

Works for me in C++. I did the following in a QDialog containing a QLabel object named titleLabel. I'm using Qt 4.8.4 on a Windows XP computer.
QGraphicsDropShadowEffect* eff = new QGraphicsDropShadowEffect(this);
eff->setBlurRadius(5);
titleLabel->setGraphicsEffect(eff);

See if this works for you:
#!/usr/bin/env python
#-*- coding:utf-8 -*-
import sip
sip.setapi('QString', 2)
sip.setapi('QVariant', 2)
from PyQt4.QtCore import *
from PyQt4.QtGui import *
class testShadow(QWidget):
def __init__(self, parent=None):
super(testShadow, self).__init__(parent)
self.resize(94, 35)
self.verticalLayout = QVBoxLayout(self)
self.verticalLayout.setObjectName("verticalLayout")
self.label = QLabel(self)
self.label.setText("Text Label")
self.shadow = QGraphicsDropShadowEffect(self)
self.shadow.setBlurRadius(5)
self.label.setGraphicsEffect(self.shadow)
self.verticalLayout.addWidget(self.label)
if __name__ == "__main__":
import sys
app = QApplication(sys.argv)
main = testShadow()
main.show()
sys.exit(app.exec_())

I have only every tried to use this (and used it successfully) in QGraphicsScene situations. This works for me, while trying to set it on a normal QWidget actually crashes the entire application:
from PyQt4 import QtGui
class Graphics(QtGui.QWidget):
def __init__(self):
super(Graphics, self).__init__()
layout = QtGui.QVBoxLayout(self)
layout.setMargin(0)
shad = QtGui.QGraphicsDropShadowEffect(self)
shad.setBlurRadius(5)
self.scene = QtGui.QGraphicsScene(self)
self.view = QtGui.QGraphicsView(self)
self.view.setScene(self.scene)
text = self.scene.addText("Drop Shadow!")
text.setGraphicsEffect(shad)
layout.addWidget(self.view)
if __name__ == "__main__":
app = QtGui.QApplication([])
main = Graphics()
main.show()
main.raise_()
app.exec_()

How to connect a signal from the controller in PyQt4? (iOS like MVC structure in PyQt4)

Why doesn't the following example work?
from PyQt4 import QtGui
import sys
class TestView(QtGui.QWidget):
def __init__(self):
super(TestView, self).__init__()
self.initUI()
def initUI(self):
self.btn = QtGui.QPushButton('Button', self)
self.btn.resize(self.btn.sizeHint())
self.btn.move(50, 50)
class TestViewController():
def __init__(self, view):
view.btn.clicked.connect(self.buttonClicked)
view.show()
def buttonClicked(self):
print 'clicked'
def main():
app = QtGui.QApplication(sys.argv)
view = TestView()
TestViewController(view)
app.exec_()
if __name__ == '__main__':
main()
The example is supposed to represent an MVC structure (like the one in Figure 4 -- without the Model) where the controller (TestViewController) receives a reference to the view (TestView) and connects the clicked signal from the view's button view.btn to its function self.buttonClicked.
I'm sure the line view.btn.clicked.connect(self.buttonClicked) is executed but, apparently, it has no effect. Does anyone knows how to solve that?
Update (awful solution):
In the example, if I replace the line
view.btn.clicked.connect(self.buttonClicked)
with
view.clicked = self.clicked
view.btn.clicked.connect(view.clicked)
it works. I'm still not happy with that.

The reason it is not working is because the controller class is being garbage collected before you can ever click anything for it.
When you set view.clicked = self.clicked, what you're actually doing is making one of the objects from the controller persist on the view object so it never gets cleaned up - which isn't really the solution.
If you store your controller to a variable, it will protect it from collection.
So if you change your code above to read:
ctrl = TestViewController(view)
You'll be all set.
That being said - what exactly you are trying to do here, I am not sure...it seems you're trying to setup an MVC system for Qt - but Qt already has a pretty good system for that using the Qt Designer to separate the interface components into UI (view/template) files from controller logic (QWidget subclasses). Again, I don't know what you are trying to do and this may be a dumb down version of it, but I'd recommend making it all one class like so:
from PyQt4 import QtGui
import sys
class TestView(QtGui.QWidget):
def __init__(self):
super(TestView, self).__init__()
self.initUI()
def initUI(self):
self.btn = QtGui.QPushButton('Button', self)
self.btn.resize(self.btn.sizeHint())
self.btn.move(50, 50)
self.btn.clicked.connect(self.buttonClicked)
def buttonClicked(self):
print 'clicked'
def main():
app = QtGui.QApplication(sys.argv)
view = TestView()
view.show()
app.exec_()
if __name__ == '__main__':
main()
Edit: Clarifying the MVC of Qt
So this above example doesn't actually load the ui dynamically and create a controller/view separation. Its a bit hard to show on here. Best to work through some Qt/Designer based examples/tutorials - I have one here http://bitesofcode.blogspot.com/2011/10/introduction-to-designer.html but many can be found online.
The short answer is, your loadUi method can be replace with a PyQt4.uic dynamic load (and there are a number of different ways to set that up) such that your code ultimately reads something like this:
from PyQt4 import QtGui
import PyQt4.uic
import sys
class TestController(QtGui.QWidget):
def __init__(self):
super(TestController, self).__init__()
# load view
uifile = '/path/to/some/widget.ui'
PyQt4.uic.loadUi(uifile, self)
# create connections (assuming there is a widget called 'btn' that is loaded)
self.btn.clicked.connect(self.buttonClicked)
def buttonClicked(self):
print 'clicked'
def main():
app = QtGui.QApplication(sys.argv)
view = TestController()
view.show()
app.exec_()
if __name__ == '__main__':
main()
Edit 2: Storing UI references
If it is easier to visualize this concept, you Can also store a reference to the generated UI object:
from PyQt4 import QtGui
import PyQt4.uic
import sys
class TestController(QtGui.QWidget):
def __init__(self):
super(TestController, self).__init__()
# load a view from an external template
uifile = '/path/to/some/widget.ui'
self.ui = PyQt4.uic.loadUi(uifile, self)
# create connections (assuming there is a widget called 'btn' that is loaded)
self.ui.btn.clicked.connect(self.buttonClicked)
def buttonClicked(self):
print 'clicked'
def main():
app = QtGui.QApplication(sys.argv)
view = TestController()
view.show()
app.exec_()
if __name__ == '__main__':
main()