increases/decreases QSpinBox value when click drag mouse - python / pyside - python

How can I make it so when a user clicks on, the up or down arrow of a QSpinBox, the value will increase as the cursor is dragging up and the value will decrease if dragging down. I fond this function very useful for users to be able to just click and drag their cursor than to constantly click the errors. Here is reference source code for a spinner made in C# which works the way i would like it to in python. http://www.paulneale.com/tutorials/dotNet/numericUpDown/numericUpDown.htm
import sys
from PySide import QtGui, QtCore
class Wrap_Spinner( QtGui.QSpinBox ):
def __init__( self, minVal=0, maxVal=100, default=0):
super( Wrap_Spinner, self ).__init__()
self.drag_origin = None
self.setRange( minVal, maxVal )
self.setValue( default)
def get_is_dragging( self ):
# are we the widget that is also the active mouseGrabber?
return self.mouseGrabber( ) == self
### Dragging Handling Methods ################################################
def do_drag_start( self ):
# Record position
# Grab mouse
self.drag_origin = QtGui.QCursor( ).pos( )
self.grabMouse( )
def do_drag_update( self ):
# Transpose the motion into values as a delta off of the recorded click position
curPos = QtGui.QCursor( ).pos( )
offsetVal = self.drag_origin.y( ) - curPos.y( )
self.setValue( offsetVal )
print offsetVal
def do_drag_end( self ):
self.releaseMouse( )
# Restore position
# Reset drag origin value
self.drag_origin = None
### Mouse Override Methods ################################################
def mousePressEvent( self, event ):
if QtCore.Qt.LeftButton:
print 'start drag'
self.do_drag_start( )
elif self.get_is_dragging( ) and QtCore.Qt.RightButton:
# Cancel the drag
self.do_drag_end( )
else:
super( Wrap_Spinner, self ).mouseReleaseEvent( event )
def mouseMoveEvent( self, event ):
if self.get_is_dragging( ):
self.do_drag_update( )
else:
super( Wrap_Spinner, self ).mouseReleaseEvent( event )
def mouseReleaseEvent( self, event ):
if self.get_is_dragging( ) and QtCore.Qt.LeftButton:
print 'finish drag'
self.do_drag_end( )
else:
super( Wrap_Spinner, self ).mouseReleaseEvent( event )
class Example(QtGui.QWidget ):
def __init__( self):
super( Example, self ).__init__( )
self.initUI( )
def initUI( self ):
self.spinFrameCountA = Wrap_Spinner( 2, 50, 40)
self.spinB = Wrap_Spinner( 0, 100, 10)
self.positionLabel = QtGui.QLabel( 'POS:' )
grid = QtGui.QGridLayout( )
grid.setSpacing( 0 )
grid.addWidget( self.spinFrameCountA, 0, 0, 1, 1 )
grid.addWidget( self.spinB, 1, 0, 1, 1 )
grid.addWidget( self.positionLabel, 2, 0, 1, 1 )
self.setLayout( grid )
self.setGeometry( 800, 400, 200, 150 )
self.setWindowTitle( 'Max Style Spinner' )
self.setWindowFlags(self.windowFlags() | QtCore.Qt.FramelessWindowHint)
self.show( )
def main( ):
app = QtGui.QApplication( sys.argv )
ex = Example( )
sys.exit( app.exec_( ) )
if __name__ == '__main__':
main()

I'm a big fan of your plugins so I'm happy I can answer this one for you! I assume you are coding a Max plug-in in pyside, because that's exactly what I was doing when I ran into the same problem (I like the Max default "scrubby" spinners too).
The solution is actually pretty simple, you just have to do it manually. I subclassed the QSpinBox and captured the mouse event, using it to calculate the y position relative to when you first start clicking on the widget. Here's the code, this is pyside2 because as of 3DS Max and Maya 2018 that's what Autodesk is using:
from PySide2 import QtWidgets, QtGui, QtCore
import MaxPlus
class SampleUI(QtWidgets.QDialog):
def __init__(self, parent=MaxPlus.GetQMaxMainWindow()):
super(SampleUI, self).__init__(parent)
self.setWindowTitle("Max-style spinner")
self.initUI()
MaxPlus.CUI.DisableAccelerators()
def initUI(self):
mainLayout = QtWidgets.QHBoxLayout()
lbl1 = QtWidgets.QLabel("Test Spinner:")
self.spinner = SuperSpinner(self)
#self.spinner = QtWidgets.QSpinBox() -- here's the old version
self.spinner.setMaximum(99999)
mainLayout.addWidget(lbl1)
mainLayout.addWidget(self.spinner)
self.setLayout(mainLayout)
def closeEvent(self, e):
MaxPlus.CUI.EnableAccelerators()
class SuperSpinner(QtWidgets.QSpinBox):
def __init__(self, parent):
super(SuperSpinner, self).__init__(parent)
self.mouseStartPosY = 0
self.startValue = 0
def mousePressEvent(self, e):
super(SuperSpinner, self).mousePressEvent(e)
self.mouseStartPosY = e.pos().y()
self.startValue = self.value()
def mouseMoveEvent(self, e):
self.setCursor(QtCore.Qt.SizeVerCursor)
multiplier = .5
valueOffset = int((self.mouseStartPosY - e.pos().y()) * multiplier)
print valueOffset
self.setValue(self.startValue + valueOffset)
def mouseReleaseEvent(self, e):
super(SuperSpinner, self).mouseReleaseEvent(e)
self.unsetCursor()
if __name__ == "__main__":
try:
ui.close()
except:
pass
ui = SampleUI()
ui.show()

I ran into the same issue and unfortunately the solutions I found only work when you click and drag from the arrows or the spinbox's border. But most users would want to drag from the actual text field, so doing this wasn't intuitive.
Instead you can subclass a QLineEdit to get the proper behavior. When you click it, it'll save its current value so that when the user drags it gets the mouse position's delta and applies that back onto the spinbox.
Here's a full example I'm using myself. Sorry though, it's in Maya's attribute style instead of Max's, so you click and drag the middle-mouse button to set the value. With some tweaking you can easily get it to work exactly like Max's:
from PySide2 import QtCore
from PySide2 import QtGui
from PySide2 import QtWidgets
class CustomSpinBox(QtWidgets.QLineEdit):
"""
Tries to mimic behavior from Maya's internal slider that's found in the channel box.
"""
IntSpinBox = 0
DoubleSpinBox = 1
def __init__(self, spinbox_type, value=0, parent=None):
super(CustomSpinBox, self).__init__(parent)
self.setToolTip(
"Hold and drag middle mouse button to adjust the value\n"
"(Hold CTRL or SHIFT change rate)")
if spinbox_type == CustomSpinBox.IntSpinBox:
self.setValidator(QtGui.QIntValidator(parent=self))
else:
self.setValidator(QtGui.QDoubleValidator(parent=self))
self.spinbox_type = spinbox_type
self.min = None
self.max = None
self.steps = 1
self.value_at_press = None
self.pos_at_press = None
self.setValue(value)
def wheelEvent(self, event):
super(CustomSpinBox, self).wheelEvent(event)
steps_mult = self.getStepsMultiplier(event)
if event.delta() > 0:
self.setValue(self.value() + self.steps * steps_mult)
else:
self.setValue(self.value() - self.steps * steps_mult)
def mousePressEvent(self, event):
if event.buttons() == QtCore.Qt.MiddleButton:
self.value_at_press = self.value()
self.pos_at_press = event.pos()
self.setCursor(QtGui.QCursor(QtCore.Qt.SizeHorCursor))
else:
super(CustomSpinBox, self).mousePressEvent(event)
self.selectAll()
def mouseReleaseEvent(self, event):
if event.button() == QtCore.Qt.MiddleButton:
self.value_at_press = None
self.pos_at_press = None
self.setCursor(QtGui.QCursor(QtCore.Qt.IBeamCursor))
return
super(CustomSpinBox, self).mouseReleaseEvent(event)
def mouseMoveEvent(self, event):
if event.buttons() != QtCore.Qt.MiddleButton:
return
if self.pos_at_press is None:
return
steps_mult = self.getStepsMultiplier(event)
delta = event.pos().x() - self.pos_at_press.x()
delta /= 6 # Make movement less sensitive.
delta *= self.steps * steps_mult
value = self.value_at_press + delta
self.setValue(value)
super(CustomSpinBox, self).mouseMoveEvent(event)
def getStepsMultiplier(self, event):
steps_mult = 1
if event.modifiers() == QtCore.Qt.CTRL:
steps_mult = 10
elif event.modifiers() == QtCore.Qt.SHIFT:
steps_mult = 0.1
return steps_mult
def setMinimum(self, value):
self.min = value
def setMaximum(self, value):
self.max = value
def setSteps(self, steps):
if self.spinbox_type == CustomSpinBox.IntSpinBox:
self.steps = max(steps, 1)
else:
self.steps = steps
def value(self):
if self.spinbox_type == CustomSpinBox.IntSpinBox:
return int(self.text())
else:
return float(self.text())
def setValue(self, value):
if self.min is not None:
value = max(value, self.min)
if self.max is not None:
value = min(value, self.max)
if self.spinbox_type == CustomSpinBox.IntSpinBox:
self.setText(str(int(value)))
else:
self.setText(str(float(value)))
class MyTool(QtWidgets.QWidget):
"""
Example of how to use the spinbox.
"""
def __init__(self, parent=None):
super(MyTool, self).__init__(parent)
self.setWindowTitle("Custom spinboxes")
self.resize(300, 150)
self.int_spinbox = CustomSpinBox(CustomSpinBox.IntSpinBox, parent=self)
self.int_spinbox.setMinimum(-50)
self.int_spinbox.setMaximum(100)
self.float_spinbox = CustomSpinBox(CustomSpinBox.DoubleSpinBox, parent=self)
self.float_spinbox.setSteps(0.1)
self.main_layout = QtWidgets.QVBoxLayout()
self.main_layout.addWidget(self.int_spinbox)
self.main_layout.addWidget(self.float_spinbox)
self.setLayout(self.main_layout)
# Run the tool.
global tool_instance
tool_instance = MyTool()
tool_instance.show()
I tried to make the functions match Qt's native spinBox. I didn't need it in my case, but it would be easy to add a signal when the value changes on release. It would also be easy to take it to the next level like Houdini's sliders so that the steps rate can change depending on where the mouse is vertically. Bah, maybe for a rainy day though :).
Here's what this features right now:
Can do both integer or double spinboxes
Click then drag middle-mouse button to set the value
While dragging, hold ctrl to increase the rate or hold shift to slow the rate
You can still type in the value like normal
You can also change the value by scrolling the mouse wheel (holding ctrl and shift changes rate)

This is old, but is still a top hit on Google.
I found a few possibilities online, but none were ideal. My solution was top create a new type of label that 'scrubs' a QSpinBox or QDoubleSpinBox when dragged. Here you go:
////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
// Label for a QSpinBox or QDoubleSpinBox (or derivatives) that scrubs the spinbox value on click-drag
//
// Notes:
// - Cursor is hidden and cursor position remains fixed during the drag
// - Holding 'Ctrl' reduces the speed of the scrub
// - Scrub multipliers are currently hardcoded - may want to make that a parameter in the future
template <typename SpinBoxT, typename ValueT>
class SpinBoxLabel : public QLabel
{
public:
SpinBoxLabel(const QString& labelText, SpinBoxT& buddy)
: QLabel(labelText)
, Buddy(&buddy)
{
setBuddy(&buddy);
}
protected:
virtual void mouseMoveEvent(QMouseEvent* event) override {
if (!(event->buttons() & Qt::LeftButton))
return QLabel::mouseMoveEvent(event);
if (!IsDragging) {
StartDragPos = QCursor::pos();
Value = double(Buddy->value());
IsDragging = true;
QApplication::setOverrideCursor(Qt::BlankCursor);
}
else {
int dragDist = QCursor::pos().x() - StartDragPos.x();
if (dragDist == 0)
return;
double dragMultiplier = .25 * Buddy->singleStep();
if (!(event->modifiers() & Qt::ControlModifier))
dragMultiplier *= 10.0;
Value += dragMultiplier * dragDist;
Buddy->setValue(ValueT(Value));
QCursor::setPos(StartDragPos);
}
}
virtual void mouseReleaseEvent(QMouseEvent* event) override {
if (!IsDragging || event->button() != Qt::LeftButton)
return QLabel::mouseReleaseEvent(event);
IsDragging = false;
QApplication::restoreOverrideCursor();
}
private:
SpinBoxT* Buddy;
bool IsDragging = false;
QPoint StartDragPos;
double Value = 0.0;
};
typedef SpinBoxLabel<QDoubleSpinBox, double> DoubleSpinBoxLabel;
typedef SpinBoxLabel<QSpinBox, int> IntSpinBoxLabel;

The speed of the spinbox increment can be changed with QAbstractSpinBox.setAccelerated:
self.spinFrameCountA.setAccelerated(True)
With this enabled, the spinbox value will change more quickly the longer the mouse button is held down.

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I am designing a ui in qt-desginer where I have added dial. It looks like below:
It doesn't have any markings. Is it possible to add some markings to understand it better. Something like below:
Unfortunately, QDial is a widget that has never been really cared about, mostly because it's scarcely used, but also because many feature needs might change its behavior in inconsistent ways. In any case, this is not possible from Designer.
It can be partially done by subclassing QDial and promoting it in designer, but you'll end up having numbers drawn over the notches or the dial itself, which will look ugly.
In order to achieve what you want, you need to use a custom widget that contains the dial, and eventually promote that widget, but you'll not be able to see it in designer nor set its properties (unless you create a Designer plugin, which is not very easy). This is achieved by setting the container layout margins, so that there's always enough space to show the values as text.
This is a possible implementation. Consider that, for obvious reasons, if you have a big value range with a small dial, the numbers will overlap.
class ValueDial(QtWidgets.QWidget):
_dialProperties = ('minimum', 'maximum', 'value', 'singleStep', 'pageStep',
'notchesVisible', 'tracking', 'wrapping',
'invertedAppearance', 'invertedControls', 'orientation')
_inPadding = 3
_outPadding = 2
valueChanged = QtCore.pyqtSignal(int)
def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
# remove properties used as keyword arguments for the dial
dialArgs = {k:v for k, v in kwargs.items() if k in self._dialProperties}
for k in dialArgs.keys():
kwargs.pop(k)
super().__init__(*args, **kwargs)
layout = QtWidgets.QVBoxLayout(self)
self.dial = QtWidgets.QDial(self, **dialArgs)
layout.addWidget(self.dial)
self.dial.valueChanged.connect(self.valueChanged)
# make the dial the focus proxy (so that it captures focus *and* key events)
self.setFocusProxy(self.dial)
# simple "monkey patching" to access dial functions
self.value = self.dial.value
self.setValue = self.dial.setValue
self.minimum = self.dial.minimum
self.maximum = self.dial.maximum
self.wrapping = self.dial.wrapping
self.notchesVisible = self.dial.notchesVisible
self.setNotchesVisible = self.dial.setNotchesVisible
self.setNotchTarget = self.dial.setNotchTarget
self.notchSize = self.dial.notchSize
self.invertedAppearance = self.dial.invertedAppearance
self.setInvertedAppearance = self.dial.setInvertedAppearance
self.updateSize()
def inPadding(self):
return self._inPadding
def setInPadding(self, padding):
self._inPadding = max(0, padding)
self.updateSize()
def outPadding(self):
return self._outPadding
def setOutPadding(self, padding):
self._outPadding = max(0, padding)
self.updateSize()
# the following functions are required to correctly update the layout
def setMinimum(self, minimum):
self.dial.setMinimum(minimum)
self.updateSize()
def setMaximum(self, maximum):
self.dial.setMaximum(maximum)
self.updateSize()
def setWrapping(self, wrapping):
self.dial.setWrapping(wrapping)
self.updateSize()
def updateSize(self):
# a function that sets the margins to ensure that the value strings always
# have enough space
fm = self.fontMetrics()
minWidth = max(fm.width(str(v)) for v in range(self.minimum(), self.maximum() + 1))
self.offset = max(minWidth, fm.height()) / 2
margin = self.offset + self._inPadding + self._outPadding
self.layout().setContentsMargins(margin, margin, margin, margin)
def translateMouseEvent(self, event):
# a helper function to translate mouse events to the dial
return QtGui.QMouseEvent(event.type(),
self.dial.mapFrom(self, event.pos()),
event.button(), event.buttons(), event.modifiers())
def changeEvent(self, event):
if event.type() == QtCore.QEvent.FontChange:
self.updateSize()
def mousePressEvent(self, event):
self.dial.mousePressEvent(self.translateMouseEvent(event))
def mouseMoveEvent(self, event):
self.dial.mouseMoveEvent(self.translateMouseEvent(event))
def mouseReleaseEvent(self, event):
self.dial.mouseReleaseEvent(self.translateMouseEvent(event))
def paintEvent(self, event):
radius = min(self.width(), self.height()) / 2
radius -= (self.offset / 2 + self._outPadding)
invert = -1 if self.invertedAppearance() else 1
if self.wrapping():
angleRange = 360
startAngle = 270
rangeOffset = 0
else:
angleRange = 300
startAngle = 240 if invert > 0 else 300
rangeOffset = 1
fm = self.fontMetrics()
# a reference line used for the target of the text rectangle
reference = QtCore.QLineF.fromPolar(radius, 0).translated(self.rect().center())
fullRange = self.maximum() - self.minimum()
textRect = QtCore.QRect()
qp = QtGui.QPainter(self)
qp.setRenderHints(qp.Antialiasing)
for p in range(0, fullRange + rangeOffset, self.notchSize()):
value = self.minimum() + p
if invert < 0:
value -= 1
if value < self.minimum():
continue
angle = p / fullRange * angleRange * invert
reference.setAngle(startAngle - angle)
textRect.setSize(fm.size(QtCore.Qt.TextSingleLine, str(value)))
textRect.moveCenter(reference.p2().toPoint())
qp.drawText(textRect, QtCore.Qt.AlignCenter, str(value))
if __name__ == '__main__':
import sys
app = QtWidgets.QApplication(sys.argv)
dial = ValueDial(minimum=1, maximum=11)
dial.setNotchesVisible(True)
dial.show()
sys.exit(app.exec_())

how to use QGraphicsView::RubberBandDrag?

Can somebody please provide an explanation, or better yet a short example, of how to use the RubberBandDrag enum value in QGraphicsView? PyQt5 would be great, but I can translate from the C++ version if that is preferred for whomever can provide a helpful exmaple.
NoDrag and ScrollHandDrag are relatively easy to understand (NoDrag makes the mouse a pointer and you can capture clicks at certain locations, ScrollHandDrag makes the mouse a hand and you can implement click and drag to scroll around), but I'm unclear on what RubberBandDrag can be used for.
Before somebody says "go read the docs", here is the information provided
https://doc.qt.io/qt-5/qgraphicsview.html
enum QGraphicsView::DragMode
QGraphicsView::RubberBandDrag
A rubber band will appear. Dragging the mouse will set the rubber band
geometry, and all items covered by the rubber band are selected. This
mode is disabled for non-interactive views.
This is clear but I'm not sure how I could actually use RubberBandDrag. Is there a way to use this to drag points of a QPolygon around after initial placement? That would be really useful.
The QGraphicsView::RubberBandDrag flag only serves to activate the internal QRubberBand:
And the QRubberBand in general only aims to visualize a selected area and in the case of QGraphicsView select the items below that area if they are selectable(enable QGraphicsItem::ItemIsSelectable flag).
According to your last question: Is there a way to use this to drag points of a QPolygon around after initial placement? That would be really useful, it seems to me that you have an XY problem since it seems that the use of drag in the terminology makes you think that it serves to drag elements, because no, that drag refers to the way of creating the rubber band.
In a few moments I will show how to implement the drag of the vertices to modify the QPolygon.
The following shows how to modify the position of the vertices by dragging the mouse:
import math
from PyQt5 import QtCore, QtGui, QtWidgets
class GripItem(QtWidgets.QGraphicsPathItem):
circle = QtGui.QPainterPath()
circle.addEllipse(QtCore.QRectF(-10, -10, 20, 20))
square = QtGui.QPainterPath()
square.addRect(QtCore.QRectF(-15, -15, 30, 30))
def __init__(self, annotation_item, index):
super(GripItem, self).__init__()
self.m_annotation_item = annotation_item
self.m_index = index
self.setPath(GripItem.circle)
self.setBrush(QtGui.QColor("green"))
self.setPen(QtGui.QPen(QtGui.QColor("green"), 2))
self.setFlag(QtWidgets.QGraphicsItem.ItemIsSelectable, True)
self.setFlag(QtWidgets.QGraphicsItem.ItemIsMovable, True)
self.setFlag(QtWidgets.QGraphicsItem.ItemSendsGeometryChanges, True)
self.setAcceptHoverEvents(True)
self.setZValue(11)
self.setCursor(QtGui.QCursor(QtCore.Qt.PointingHandCursor))
def hoverEnterEvent(self, event):
self.setPath(GripItem.square)
self.setBrush(QtGui.QColor("red"))
super(GripItem, self).hoverEnterEvent(event)
def hoverLeaveEvent(self, event):
self.setPath(GripItem.circle)
self.setBrush(QtGui.QColor("green"))
super(GripItem, self).hoverLeaveEvent(event)
def mouseReleaseEvent(self, event):
self.setSelected(False)
super(GripItem, self).mouseReleaseEvent(event)
def itemChange(self, change, value):
if change == QtWidgets.QGraphicsItem.ItemPositionChange and self.isEnabled():
self.m_annotation_item.movePoint(self.m_index, value)
return super(GripItem, self).itemChange(change, value)
class PolygonAnnotation(QtWidgets.QGraphicsPolygonItem):
def __init__(self, parent=None):
super(PolygonAnnotation, self).__init__(parent)
self.m_points = []
self.setZValue(10)
self.setPen(QtGui.QPen(QtGui.QColor("green"), 2))
self.setAcceptHoverEvents(True)
self.setFlag(QtWidgets.QGraphicsItem.ItemIsSelectable, True)
self.setFlag(QtWidgets.QGraphicsItem.ItemIsMovable, True)
self.setFlag(QtWidgets.QGraphicsItem.ItemSendsGeometryChanges, True)
self.setCursor(QtGui.QCursor(QtCore.Qt.PointingHandCursor))
self.m_items = []
def addPoint(self, p):
self.m_points.append(p)
self.setPolygon(QtGui.QPolygonF(self.m_points))
item = GripItem(self, len(self.m_points) - 1)
self.scene().addItem(item)
self.m_items.append(item)
item.setPos(p)
def movePoint(self, i, p):
if 0 <= i < len(self.m_points):
self.m_points[i] = self.mapFromScene(p)
self.setPolygon(QtGui.QPolygonF(self.m_points))
def move_item(self, index, pos):
if 0 <= index < len(self.m_items):
item = self.m_items[index]
item.setEnabled(False)
item.setPos(pos)
item.setEnabled(True)
def itemChange(self, change, value):
if change == QtWidgets.QGraphicsItem.ItemPositionHasChanged:
for i, point in enumerate(self.m_points):
self.move_item(i, self.mapToScene(point))
return super(PolygonAnnotation, self).itemChange(change, value)
def hoverEnterEvent(self, event):
self.setBrush(QtGui.QColor(255, 0, 0, 100))
super(PolygonAnnotation, self).hoverEnterEvent(event)
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self.setBrush(QtGui.QBrush(QtCore.Qt.NoBrush))
super(PolygonAnnotation, self).hoverLeaveEvent(event)
if __name__ == "__main__":
import sys
app = QtWidgets.QApplication(sys.argv)
scene = QtWidgets.QGraphicsScene()
w = QtWidgets.QGraphicsView(scene)
polygon_item = PolygonAnnotation()
scene.addItem(polygon_item)
r = 100
sides = 10
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x = r * math.cos(angle)
y = r * math.sin(angle)
p = QtCore.QPointF(x, y) + QtCore.QPointF(200, 200)
polygon_item.addPoint(p)
w.resize(640, 480)
w.show()
sys.exit(app.exec_())

Get Clicked Point Along QPainterPath

How can I get the percentage representing the point clicked along a QPainterPath. For example say I have a line, like the image below, and a user clicks on the QPainterPath, represented by the red dot. I would like to log what percentage the point falls along the path. In this case it would print 0.75 since the point is located around 75%.
These are the known variables:
# QPainterPath
path = QPainterPath()
path.moveTo( QPointF(10.00, -10.00) )
path.cubicTo(
QPointF(114.19, -10.00),
QPointF(145.80, -150.00),
QPointF(250.00, -150.00)
)
# User Clicked Point
QPointF(187.00, -130.00)
Updated!
My goal is to give the user the ability to click on the path and insert a point. Below is the code i have so far. You'll see in the video that it appears to fail when adding points between points. simply click on the path to insert a point.
Video Link to Watch bug:
https://youtu.be/nlWyZUIa7II
import sys
from PySide.QtGui import *
from PySide.QtCore import *
import random, math
class MyGraphicsView(QGraphicsView):
def __init__(self):
super(MyGraphicsView, self).__init__()
self.setDragMode(QGraphicsView.RubberBandDrag)
self.setCacheMode(QGraphicsView.CacheBackground)
self.setHorizontalScrollBarPolicy( Qt.ScrollBarAlwaysOff )
self.setVerticalScrollBarPolicy( Qt.ScrollBarAlwaysOff )
def mousePressEvent(self, event):
item = self.itemAt(event.pos())
if event.button() == Qt.LeftButton and isinstance(item, ConnectionItem):
percentage = self.percentageByPoint(item.shape(), self.mapToScene(event.pos()))
item.addKnotByPercent(percentage)
event.accept()
elif event.button() == Qt.MiddleButton:
super(MyGraphicsView, self).mousePressEvent(event)
# connection methods
def percentageByPoint(self, path, point, precision=0.5, width=3.0):
percentage = -1.0
if path.contains(point):
t = 0.0
d = []
while t <=100.0:
d.append(QVector2D(point - path.pointAtPercent(t/100.0)).length())
t += precision
percentage = d.index(min(d))*precision
return percentage
class MyGraphicsScene(QGraphicsScene):
def __init__(self, parent):
super(MyGraphicsScene, self).__init__()
self.setBackgroundBrush(QBrush(QColor(50,50,50)))
class KnotItem(QGraphicsEllipseItem):
def __init__(self, parent=None,):
super(self.__class__, self).__init__(parent)
self.setAcceptHoverEvents(True)
self.setFlag(self.ItemSendsScenePositionChanges, True)
self.setFlag(self.ItemIsSelectable, True) # false
self.setFlag(self.ItemIsMovable, True) # false
self.setRect(-6, -6, 12, 12)
# Overrides
def paint(self, painter, option, widget=None):
painter.save()
painter.setRenderHint(QPainter.Antialiasing)
painter.setPen(QPen(QColor(30,30,30), 2, Qt.SolidLine))
painter.setBrush(QBrush(QColor(255,30,30)))
painter.drawEllipse(self.rect())
painter.restore()
def itemChange(self, change, value):
if change == self.ItemScenePositionHasChanged:
if self.parentItem():
self.parentItem().update()
return super(self.__class__, self).itemChange(change, value)
def boundingRect(self):
rect = self.rect()
rect.adjust(-1,-1,1,1)
return rect
class ConnectionItem(QGraphicsPathItem):
def __init__(self, startPoint, endPoint, parent=None):
super(ConnectionItem, self).__init__()
self._hover = False
self.setAcceptHoverEvents(True)
self.setFlag( QGraphicsItem.ItemIsSelectable )
self.setFlag(QGraphicsItem.ItemSendsScenePositionChanges, True)
self.setZValue(-100)
self.startPoint = startPoint
self.endPoint = endPoint
self.knots = []
self.update()
def getBezierPath(self, points=[], curving=1.0):
# Calculate Bezier Line
path = QPainterPath()
curving = 1.0 # range 0-1
if len(points) < 2:
return path
path.moveTo(points[0])
for i in range(len(points)-1):
startPoint = points[i]
endPoint = points[i+1]
# use distance as mult, closer the nodes less the bezier
dist = math.hypot(endPoint.x() - startPoint.x(), endPoint.y() - startPoint.y())
# multiply distance by 0.375
offset = dist * 0.375 * curving
ctrlPt1 = startPoint + QPointF(offset,0);
ctrlPt2 = endPoint + QPointF(-offset,0);
# print startPoint, ctrlPt1, ctrlPt2, endPoint
path.cubicTo(ctrlPt1, ctrlPt2, endPoint)
return path
def drawPath(self, pos=None):
# Calculate Bezier Line
points = [self.startPoint]
for k in self.knots:
points.append(k.scenePos())
points.append(self.endPoint)
path = self.getBezierPath(points)
self.setPath(path)
def update(self):
super(self.__class__, self).update()
self.drawPath()
def paint(self, painter, option, widget):
painter.setRenderHints( QPainter.Antialiasing | QPainter.SmoothPixmapTransform | QPainter.HighQualityAntialiasing, True )
pen = QPen(QColor(170,170,170), 2, Qt.SolidLine, Qt.RoundCap, Qt.RoundJoin)
if self.isSelected():
pen.setColor(QColor(255, 255, 255))
elif self.hover:
pen.setColor(QColor(255, 30, 30))
painter.setPen(pen)
painter.drawPath(self.path())
def shape(self):
'''
Description:
This is super important for creating a more accurate path used for
collision detection by cursor.
'''
qp = QPainterPathStroker()
qp.setWidth(15)
qp.setCapStyle(Qt.SquareCap)
return qp.createStroke(self.path())
def hoverEnterEvent(self, event):
self.hover = True
self.update()
super(self.__class__, self).hoverEnterEvent(event)
def hoverLeaveEvent(self, event):
self.hover = False
self.update()
super(self.__class__, self).hoverEnterEvent(event)
def addKnot(self, pos=QPointF(0,0)):
'''
Description:
Add not based on current location of cursor or inbetween points on path.
'''
knotItem = KnotItem(parent=self)
knotItem.setPos(pos)
self.knots.append(knotItem)
self.update()
def addKnotByPercent(self, percentage=0.0):
'''
Description:
The percentage value should be between 0.0 and 100.0. This value
determines the location of the point and it's index in the knots list.
'''
if percentage < 0.0 or percentage > 100.0:
return
# add item
pos = self.shape().pointAtPercent(percentage*.01)
knotItem = KnotItem(parent=self)
knotItem.setPos(pos)
index = int(len(self.knots) * (percentage*.01))
print len(self.knots), (percentage), index
self.knots.insert(index, knotItem)
self.update()
# properties
#property
def hover(self):
return self._hover
#hover.setter
def hover(self, value=False):
self._hover = value
self.update()
class MyMainWindow(QMainWindow):
def __init__(self):
super(MyMainWindow, self).__init__()
self.setWindowTitle("Test")
self.resize(800,600)
self.gv = MyGraphicsView()
self.gv.setScene(MyGraphicsScene(self))
self.btnReset = QPushButton('Reset')
lay_main = QVBoxLayout()
lay_main.addWidget(self.btnReset)
lay_main.addWidget(self.gv)
widget_main = QWidget()
widget_main.setLayout(lay_main)
self.setCentralWidget(widget_main)
self.populate()
# connect
self.btnReset.clicked.connect(self.populate)
def populate(self):
scene = self.gv.scene()
for x in scene.items():
scene.removeItem(x)
del x
con = ConnectionItem(QPointF(-150,150), QPointF(250,-150))
scene.addItem(con)
def main():
app = QApplication(sys.argv)
ex = MyMainWindow()
ex.show()
sys.exit(app.exec_())
if __name__ == '__main__':
main()
A possible solution is to use pointAtPercent () that returns a given point a percentage and calculate the distance to the point and find the minimum index and multiply it by the step. But for this the search must be refined because the previous algorithm works for any point even if it is outside the path. The idea in this case is to use a QPainterPath with a certain area using QPainterPathStroker and verify if the point belongs, and if not the value is outside the QPainterPath.
C++
#include <QtGui>
static qreal percentageByPoint(const QPainterPath & path, const QPointF & p, qreal precision=0.5, qreal width=3.0){
qreal percentage = -1;
QPainterPathStroker stroker;
stroker.setWidth(width);
QPainterPath strokepath = stroker.createStroke(path);
if(strokepath.contains(p)){
std::vector<qreal> d;
qreal t=0.0;
while(t<=100.0){
d.push_back(QVector2D(p - path.pointAtPercent(t/100)).length());
t+= precision;
}
std::vector<qreal>::iterator result = std::min_element(d.begin(), d.end());
int j= std::distance(d.begin(), result);
percentage = j*precision;
}
return percentage;
}
int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
Q_UNUSED(argc)
Q_UNUSED(argv)
QPainterPath path;
path.moveTo( QPointF(10.00, -10.00) );
path.cubicTo(
QPointF(114.19, -10.00),
QPointF(145.80, -150.00),
QPointF(250.00, -150.00)
);
// User Clicked Point
QPointF p(187.00, -130.00);
qreal percentage = percentageByPoint(path, p);
qDebug() << percentage;
return 0;
}
python:
def percentageByPoint(path, point, precision=0.5, width=3.0):
percentage = -1.0
stroker = QtGui.QPainterPathStroker()
stroker.setWidth(width)
strokepath = stroker.createStroke(path)
if strokepath.contains(point):
t = 0.0
d = []
while t <=100.0:
d.append(QtGui.QVector2D(point - path.pointAtPercent(t/100)).length())
t += precision
percentage = d.index(min(d))*precision
return percentage
if __name__ == '__main__':
path = QtGui.QPainterPath()
path.moveTo(QtCore.QPointF(10.00, -10.00) )
path.cubicTo(
QtCore.QPointF(114.19, -10.00),
QtCore.QPointF(145.80, -150.00),
QtCore.QPointF(250.00, -150.00)
)
point = QtCore.QPointF(187.00, -130.00)
percentage = percentageByPoint(path, point)
print(percentage)
Output:
76.5
Instead of implementing the logic in QGraphicsView, you must do it in the item, and then when you update the path, the points must be ordered with respect to the percentage.
import math
from PySide import QtCore, QtGui
from functools import partial
class MyGraphicsView(QtGui.QGraphicsView):
def __init__(self):
super(MyGraphicsView, self).__init__()
self.setDragMode(QtGui.QGraphicsView.RubberBandDrag)
self.setCacheMode(QtGui.QGraphicsView.CacheBackground)
self.setHorizontalScrollBarPolicy(QtCore.Qt.ScrollBarAlwaysOff)
self.setVerticalScrollBarPolicy(QtCore.Qt.ScrollBarAlwaysOff)
scene = QtGui.QGraphicsScene(self)
scene.setBackgroundBrush(QtGui.QBrush(QtGui.QColor(50,50,50)))
self.setScene(scene)
class KnotItem(QtGui.QGraphicsEllipseItem):
def __init__(self, parent=None,):
super(self.__class__, self).__init__(parent)
self.setAcceptHoverEvents(True)
self.setFlag(self.ItemSendsScenePositionChanges, True)
self.setFlag(self.ItemIsSelectable, True)
self.setFlag(self.ItemIsMovable, True)
self.setRect(-6, -6, 12, 12)
self.setPen(QtGui.QPen(QtGui.QColor(30,30,30), 2, QtCore.Qt.SolidLine))
self.setBrush(QtGui.QBrush(QtGui.QColor(255,30,30)))
def itemChange(self, change, value):
if change == self.ItemScenePositionHasChanged:
if isinstance(self.parentItem(), ConnectionItem):
self.parentItem().updatePath()
# QtCore.QTimer.singleShot(60, partial(self.parentItem().setSelected,False))
return super(self.__class__, self).itemChange(change, value)
class ConnectionItem(QtGui.QGraphicsPathItem):
def __init__(self, startPoint, endPoint, parent=None):
super(ConnectionItem, self).__init__(parent)
self._start_point = startPoint
self._end_point = endPoint
self._hover = False
self.setAcceptHoverEvents(True)
self.setFlag(QtGui.QGraphicsItem.ItemIsSelectable )
self.setFlag(QtGui.QGraphicsItem.ItemSendsScenePositionChanges)
self.setZValue(-100)
self.updatePath()
def updatePath(self):
p = [self._start_point]
for children in self.childItems():
if isinstance(children, KnotItem):
p.append(children.pos())
p.append(self._end_point)
v = sorted(p, key=partial(ConnectionItem.percentageByPoint, self.path()))
self.setPath(ConnectionItem.getBezierPath(v))
def paint(self, painter, option, widget):
painter.setRenderHints(QtGui.QPainter.Antialiasing | QtGui.QPainter.SmoothPixmapTransform | QtGui.QPainter.HighQualityAntialiasing, True )
pen = QtGui.QPen(QtGui.QColor(170,170,170), 2, QtCore.Qt.SolidLine, QtCore.Qt.RoundCap, QtCore.Qt.RoundJoin)
if self.isSelected():
pen.setColor(QtGui.QColor(255, 255, 255))
elif self._hover:
pen.setColor(QtGui.QColor(255, 30, 30))
painter.setPen(pen)
painter.drawPath(self.path())
def mousePressEvent(self, event):
if event.button() == QtCore.Qt.LeftButton:
item = KnotItem(parent=self)
item.setPos(event.pos())
def hoverEnterEvent(self, event):
self._hover = True
self.update()
super(self.__class__, self).hoverEnterEvent(event)
def hoverLeaveEvent(self, event):
self._hover = False
self.update()
super(self.__class__, self).hoverEnterEvent(event)
def shape(self):
qp = QtGui.QPainterPathStroker()
qp.setWidth(15)
qp.setCapStyle(QtCore.Qt.SquareCap)
return qp.createStroke(self.path())
#staticmethod
def getBezierPath(points=[], curving=1.0):
# Calculate Bezier Line
path = QtGui.QPainterPath()
curving = 1.0 # range 0-1
if len(points) < 2:
return path
path.moveTo(points[0])
for i in range(len(points)-1):
startPoint = points[i]
endPoint = points[i+1]
# use distance as mult, closer the nodes less the bezier
dist = math.hypot(endPoint.x() - startPoint.x(), endPoint.y() - startPoint.y())
# multiply distance by 0.375
offset = dist * 0.375 * curving
ctrlPt1 = startPoint + QtCore.QPointF(offset,0);
ctrlPt2 = endPoint + QtCore.QPointF(-offset,0);
# print startPoint, ctrlPt1, ctrlPt2, endPoint
path.cubicTo(ctrlPt1, ctrlPt2, endPoint)
return path
#staticmethod
def percentageByPoint(path, point, precision=0.5):
t = 0.0
d = []
while t <=100.0:
d.append(QtGui.QVector2D(point - path.pointAtPercent(t/100.0)).length())
t += precision
percentage = d.index(min(d))*precision
return percentage
class MyMainWindow(QtGui.QMainWindow):
def __init__(self):
super(MyMainWindow, self).__init__()
central_widget = QtGui.QWidget()
self.setCentralWidget(central_widget)
button = QtGui.QPushButton("Reset")
self._view = MyGraphicsView()
button.clicked.connect(self.reset)
lay = QtGui.QVBoxLayout(central_widget)
lay.addWidget(button)
lay.addWidget(self._view)
self.resize(640, 480)
self.reset()
#QtCore.Slot()
def reset(self):
self._view.scene().clear()
it = ConnectionItem(QtCore.QPointF(-150,150), QtCore.QPointF(250,-150))
self._view.scene().addItem(it)
def main():
import sys
app =QtGui.QApplication(sys.argv)
ex = MyMainWindow()
ex.show()
sys.exit(app.exec_())
main()

Moving QSlider to Mouse Click Position

I have a QSlider that I want to move to the position of the mouse cursor when the user presses the left mouse button. I've been hunting around and couldn't find anything that was recent and solved my problem.
This is the slider I have. I want to be able to click to have the slider jump to the position where the mouse clicks. I can drag the slider, but I want to be able to click. I tested out clicking on the slider in the Dolphin file manager. It incremented rather than jumping to the exact position of the mouse.
Looking at the Qt5 documentation
QSlider has very few of its own functions [...]
This would indicate that there is no built-in way to do this. Is there no way to get where the mouse clicked and move the slider to that point?
The solution is to make a calculation of the position and set it in the mousePressEvent, the calculation is not easy as an arithmetic calculation since it depends on the style of each OS and the stylesheet so we must use QStyle as shown below:
from PyQt5 import QtCore, QtWidgets
class Slider(QtWidgets.QSlider):
def mousePressEvent(self, event):
super(Slider, self).mousePressEvent(event)
if event.button() == QtCore.Qt.LeftButton:
val = self.pixelPosToRangeValue(event.pos())
self.setValue(val)
def pixelPosToRangeValue(self, pos):
opt = QtWidgets.QStyleOptionSlider()
self.initStyleOption(opt)
gr = self.style().subControlRect(QtWidgets.QStyle.CC_Slider, opt, QtWidgets.QStyle.SC_SliderGroove, self)
sr = self.style().subControlRect(QtWidgets.QStyle.CC_Slider, opt, QtWidgets.QStyle.SC_SliderHandle, self)
if self.orientation() == QtCore.Qt.Horizontal:
sliderLength = sr.width()
sliderMin = gr.x()
sliderMax = gr.right() - sliderLength + 1
else:
sliderLength = sr.height()
sliderMin = gr.y()
sliderMax = gr.bottom() - sliderLength + 1;
pr = pos - sr.center() + sr.topLeft()
p = pr.x() if self.orientation() == QtCore.Qt.Horizontal else pr.y()
return QtWidgets.QStyle.sliderValueFromPosition(self.minimum(), self.maximum(), p - sliderMin,
sliderMax - sliderMin, opt.upsideDown)
if __name__ == '__main__':
import sys
app = QtWidgets.QApplication(sys.argv)
w = QtWidgets.QWidget()
flay = QtWidgets.QFormLayout(w)
w1 = QtWidgets.QSlider(QtCore.Qt.Horizontal)
w2 = Slider(QtCore.Qt.Horizontal)
flay.addRow("default: ", w1)
flay.addRow("modified: ", w2)
w.show()
sys.exit(app.exec_())
QSlider doesn't have such feature so the only way to implepent this is write custom widget and override mouse click in it:
class Slider(QSlider):
def mousePressEvent(self, e):
if e.button() == Qt.LeftButton:
e.accept()
x = e.pos().x()
value = (self.maximum() - self.minimum()) * x / self.width() + self.minimum()
self.setValue(value)
else:
return super().mousePressEvent(self, e)
Note that this code will work for horizontal slider only.
I believe I have a much less involved solution:
from PyQt5.QtWidgets import QSlider
class ClickSlider(QSlider):
"""A slider with a signal that emits its position when it is pressed. Created to get around the slider only updating when the handle is dragged, but not when a new position is clicked"""
sliderPressedWithValue = QSignal(int)
def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
super().__init__(*args, **kwargs)
self.sliderPressed.connect(self.on_slider_pressed)
def on_slider_pressed(self):
"""emits a more descriptive signal when pressed (with slider value during the press event)"""
self.sliderPressedWithValue.emit(self.value())
And then just make sure to connect to whatever you're updating like this:
# example if you're updating a QMediaPlayer object
from PyQt5.QtMultimedia import QMediaPlayer
player = QMediaPlayer()
slider = ClickSlider()
slider.sliderPressedWithValue.connect(player.setPosition) # updates on click
slider.sliderMoved.connect(player.setPosition) # updates on drag
Try this code.
class MySliderStyle : public QProxyStyle
{
public:
virtual int styleHint(StyleHint hint, const QStyleOption * option = 0, const QWidget * widget = 0, QStyleHintReturn * returnData = 0) const{
if (hint == QStyle::SH_Slider_AbsoluteSetButtons)
{
return Qt::LeftButton;
}
else
{
return QProxyStyle::styleHint(hint, option, widget, returnData);
}
}
};
ui->mySlider->setStyle(new MySliderStyle);

Custom widget in pyside (python/Qt) won't show up

I am just trying my first prototype in pyside (python/Qt). The application itself starts up fine, creates a window with widgets according to my layout. Threads are started and execute, all fine. Except...
I want to enhance the GUI by adding some custom widget indicating the execution state of the threads. So I thought flashing LEDs would be fine for that. For this I try to implement a custom LED widget.
Remember that I currently try to learn python, so there might be some strange approaches in this. Anyway, here is the LED widgets class in its current state:
from PySide import QtCore, QtGui
class LED(QtGui.QWidget):
class Mode:
STATIC_OFF = 0
STATIC_ON = 1
FLASH_SLOW = 2
FLASH_MEDIUM = 2
FLASH_FAST = 3
class Color:
BLACK = '#000000'
GREEN = '#00FF00'
RED = '#FF0000'
BLUE = '#0000FF'
YELLOW = '#FFFF00'
WHITE = '#FFFFFF'
mode = Mode.STATIC_ON
color = Color.BLACK
radius = 10
status = False
timer = None
outdated = QtCore.Signal()
def __init__(self, mode, color, radius, parent=None):
super(LED, self).__init__(parent)
self.outdated.connect(self.update)
self.setMode(mode,False)
self.setColor(color,False)
self.setRadius(radius,False)
self.timer = QtCore.QTimer(self)
self.timer.timeout.connect(self.adjustAppearance)
self.adjustAppearance()
def getCenter(self):
return QtCore.QPoint(self.radius, self.radius)
def getBox(self):
return QtCore.QRect(self.radius, self.radius)
def setColor(self, color, update=True):
assert color in (self.Color.GREEN,self.Color.RED,self.Color.BLUE,self.Color.YELLOW,self.Color.WHITE), "invalid color"
self.color = color
if update:
self.adjustAppearance()
def setMode(self, mode, update=True):
assert mode in (self.Mode.STATIC_OFF,self.Mode.STATIC_ON,self.Mode.FLASH_SLOW,self.Mode.FLASH_MEDIUM,self.Mode.FLASH_FAST),"invalid mode"
self.mode = mode
if update:
self.adjustAppearance()
def setRadius(self, radius, update=True):
assert isinstance(radius, int), "invalid radius type (integer)"
assert 10<=radius<=100, "invalid radius value (0-100)"
self.radius = radius
if update:
self.adjustAppearance()
def switchOn(self):
self.status = True
self.adjustAppearance()
def switchOff(self):
self.status = False
self.adjustAppearance()
def adjustAppearance(self):
if self.mode is self.Mode.STATIC_OFF:
self.status = False
self.timer.stop()
elif self.mode is self.Mode.STATIC_ON:
self.status = True
self.timer.stop()
elif self.mode is self.Mode.FLASH_SLOW:
self.status = not self.status
self.timer.start(200)
elif self.mode is self.Mode.FLASH_SLOW:
self.status = not self.status
self.timer.start(500)
elif self.mode is self.Mode.FLASH_SLOW:
self.status = not self.status
self.timer.start(1000)
self.outdated.emit()
def paintEvent(self, event):
painter = QtGui.QPainter()
painter.begin(self)
self.drawWidget(event, painter)
painter.end()
def drawWidget(self, event, painter):
if self.status:
shade = QtGui.QColor(self.color).darker
else:
shade = QtGui.QColor(self.color).lighter
#painter.setPen(QtGui.QColor('black'), 1, QtCore.Qt.SolidLine)
painter.setPen(QtGui.QColor('black'))
painter.setBrush(QtCore.Qt.RadialGradientPattern)
painter.drawEllipse(self.getCenter(), self.radius, self.radius)
My problem is that the widget simply does not show when I add it to the windows layout. Other widgets (non-custome, plain Qt widgets) do show, so I gues it is not a question of creating the widget, not a question of how I use the widget. Nevertheless here is the (shortened) instanciation if the widget:
class View(QtGui.QMainWindow):
ui = None
def __init__(self, config, parent=None):
log.debug("window setup")
self.config = config
super(View, self).__init__(parent)
try:
self.ui = self.Ui(self)
self.setObjectName("appView")
self.setWindowTitle("AvaTalk")
self.show()
except RuntimeError as e:
log.error(e.message)
class Ui(QtCore.QObject):
# [...]
iconDetector = None
buttonDetector = None
# [...]
def __init__(self, window, parent=None):
log.debug("ui setup")
super(View.Ui, self).__init__(parent)
self.window = window
# central widget
log.debug("widget setup")
self.centralWidget = QtGui.QWidget()
self.widgetLayout = QtGui.QVBoxLayout(self.centralWidget)
# create toolbars
#self.createMenubar()
#self.createCanvas()
self.createToolbar()
#self.createStatusbar()
# visualize widget
self.window.setCentralWidget(self.centralWidget)
# actions
log.debug("actions setup")
self.actionQuit = QtGui.QAction(self.window)
self.actionQuit.setObjectName("actionQuit")
self.menuFile.addAction(self.actionQuit)
self.menubar.addAction(self.menuFile.menuAction())
log.debug("connections setup")
QtCore.QObject.connect(self.actionQuit, QtCore.SIGNAL("activated()"), self.window.close)
QtCore.QMetaObject.connectSlotsByName(self.window)
def createToolbar(self):
log.debug("toolbar setup")
self.toolbar = QtGui.QHBoxLayout()
self.toolbar.setObjectName("toolbar")
self.toolbar.addStretch(1)
# camera
# detector
self.iconDetector = LED(LED.Mode.STATIC_OFF,LED.Color.GREEN,10,self.window)
self.buttonDetector = IconButton("Detector", "detector",self.window)
self.toolbar.addWidget(self.iconDetector)
self.toolbar.addWidget(self.buttonDetector)
self.toolbar.addStretch(1)
# analyzer
# extractor
# layout
self.widgetLayout.addLayout(self.toolbar)
It might well be that the actual painting using QPainter is still nonsense. I did not yet come to test that: actually when testing I find that isVisible() returns False on the widget after the setup has completed. So I assume I miss a central point. Unfortunately I am unable to find out what I miss...
Maybe someone can spot my issue? Thanks !
One thing to be careful when implementing custom widgets derived from QWidget is: sizeHint or minimumSizeHint for QWidget returns invalid QSize by default. This means, if it is added to a layout, depending on the other widgets, it will shrink to 0. This effectively makes it 'not-visible'. Although, isVisible would still return True. Widget is 'visible', but it just doesn't have anything to show (0 size). So, if you're getting False, there is definitely another issue at hand.
So it is necessary to define these two methods with sensible sizes:
class LED(QtGui.QWidget):
# ...
def sizeHint(self):
size = 2 * self.radius + 2
return QtCore.QSize(size, size)
def minimumSizeHint(self):
size = 2 * self.radius + 2
return QtCore.QSize(size, size)
Note: There are other issues:
Like defining mode, color, etc as class attributes and then overriding them with instance attributes. They won't break anything but they are pointless.
painter.setBrush(QtCore.Qt.RadialGradientPattern) is wrong. You can't create a brush with QtCore.Qt.RadialGradientPattern. It is there, so that brush.style() can return something. If you want a gradient pattern you should create a brush with QGradient constructor.
if self.mode is self.Mode.STATIC_OFF: comparing with is is wrong. is compares identity, you want == here. (also, FLASH_SLOW and FLASH_MEDIUM are both 2)
assert is for debugging and unit tests. You shouldn't use it in real code. Raise an exception if you want. Or have sensible defaults, where invalid values would be replaced with that.

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