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Can a QMenu be used like a Button

I searched some time for this topic but i didnt find anything
I want to use a QMenu like a Button but it has no clicked event and the triggered Event doesent seem to work either.
I tried it like that:
self.ui.menuInfo.triggered.connect(self.MenuInfoClicked)
but nothing happens when i click the Menu.
I have a MainWindow with a QMenuBar and multiple QMenus in it.
But I dont want to open a submenu with QActions i just want to use it as a Button to open a info popup
As for my code, i compiled the ui with pyuic5 and then i imported the UI like that
from PyQt5 import QtWidgets
import sys
import MainWindow
class GUI(QtWidgets.QMainWindow):
def __init__(self):
QtWidgets.QMainWindow.__init__(self)
self.ui = MainWindow.Ui_MainWindow()
self.ui.setupUi(self)
self.ui.menuInfo.triggered.connect(self.MenuInfoClicked)
def MenuInfoClicked(self):
print("test!")
if __name__ == '__main__':
app = QtWidgets.QApplication(sys.argv)
mainWindow = GUI()
mainWindow.show()
sys.exit(app.exec_())
The UI:
Compiled UI Code (MainWindow.py):
from PyQt5 import QtCore, QtGui, QtWidgets
class Ui_MainWindow(object):
def setupUi(self, MainWindow):
MainWindow.setObjectName("MainWindow")
MainWindow.resize(634, 415)
self.centralwidget = QtWidgets.QWidget(MainWindow)
self.centralwidget.setObjectName("centralwidget")
MainWindow.setCentralWidget(self.centralwidget)
self.menubar = QtWidgets.QMenuBar(MainWindow)
self.menubar.setGeometry(QtCore.QRect(0, 0, 634, 21))
self.menubar.setObjectName("menubar")
self.menuInfo = QtWidgets.QMenu(self.menubar)
self.menuInfo.setObjectName("menuInfo")
MainWindow.setMenuBar(self.menubar)
self.statusbar = QtWidgets.QStatusBar(MainWindow)
self.statusbar.setObjectName("statusbar")
MainWindow.setStatusBar(self.statusbar)
self.menubar.addAction(self.menuInfo.menuAction())
self.retranslateUi(MainWindow)
QtCore.QMetaObject.connectSlotsByName(MainWindow)
def retranslateUi(self, MainWindow):
_translate = QtCore.QCoreApplication.translate
MainWindow.setWindowTitle(_translate("MainWindow", "MainWindow"))
self.menuInfo.setTitle(_translate("MainWindow", "Info"))

The triggered signal is triggered when a QAction is pressed but in this case there are none. Instead you should use the aboutToShow signal:
self.ui.menuInfo.aboutToShow.connect(self.MenuInfoClicked)

update a python ui without rewrite all the button event

I'm looking for a better way to handle python UI "update" from QtDesigner without overwrite button event. The workflow I got now is:
Design UI layout in QtDesigner
convert .ui to .py by pyuic5
adding button event in .py file
excute .py to see window and button action
So if my UI keep changing the design, how do I keep all the button event I add into .py without being overwrite after convert? Thank you.

Answer my own question, what I found is have three python files. Main.py, CallUI.py and MainWindow.py. (Named as you want.)
So you can keep regenerate UI and override MainWindow.py without clear button event you wrote.
1.Main.py is the one to launch everything, name == "main". Call CAllUI.py's setup function.
#Main.py
from PyQt5 import QtCore, QtGui, QtWidgets
import sys
import CallUI
def setUp():
CallUI.setUpWindow()
raw_input()
if __name__ == "__main__":
setUp()
2.CallUI.py is the one to use "QtWidgets.QApplication(sys.argv)" to show UI and add button click functions.
#CallUI.py
import sys
from MainWindow import Ui_Dialog
from PyQt5 import QtCore, QtGui, QtWidgets
import os
class CallUI(QtWidgets.QWidget):
def __init__(self):
QtWidgets.QWidget.__init__(self)
self.ui = Ui_Dialog()
self.ui.setupUi(self)
self.setUpBtnconnect()
def setUpBtnconnect(self):
self.ui.pushButton.clicked.connect(self.myFunction)
def myFunction(self):
os.system("ipconfig")
raw_input()
def setUpWindow():
app = QtWidgets.QApplication(sys.argv)
nowWindow = CallUI()
nowWindow.show()
sys.exit(app.exec_())
3.MainWindow.py is the one you converted from pyuic5, it's describe all the UI layout.
#MainWindow.py
from PyQt5 import QtCore, QtGui, QtWidgets
class Ui_Dialog(object):
def setupUi(self, Dialog):
Dialog.setObjectName("MainWindow")
Dialog.resize(466, 417)
self.centralwidget = QtWidgets.QWidget(Dialog)
self.centralwidget.setObjectName("centralwidget")
self.pushButton = QtWidgets.QPushButton(self.centralwidget)
self.pushButton.setGeometry(QtCore.QRect(160, 260, 75, 23))
self.pushButton.setObjectName("pushButton")
self.menubar = QtWidgets.QMenuBar(Dialog)
self.menubar.setGeometry(QtCore.QRect(0, 0, 466, 21))
self.menubar.setObjectName("menubar")
self.statusbar = QtWidgets.QStatusBar(Dialog)
self.statusbar.setObjectName("statusbar")
self.retranslateUi(Dialog)
QtCore.QMetaObject.connectSlotsByName(Dialog)
def retranslateUi(self, Dialog):
_translate = QtCore.QCoreApplication.translate
self.pushButton.setText(_translate("MainWindow", "PushButton"))

Implementing a preferences dialog window in PyQt

I'm trying to use an interface I designed in Qt designer as a means of letting the user edit preferences for my program.
I am currently able to display the GUI I made by connecting the following function to the preferences menu option:
def preferences(self):
preferences_dialog = QtGui.QDialog()
preferences_dialog.ui = Ui_Preferences()
preferences_dialog.ui.setupUi(preferences_dialog)
preferences_dialog.setAttribute(QtCore.Qt.WA_DeleteOnClose)
preferences_dialog.exec_()
My question is this: what is a good way to implement this so that I can use the fields in the GUI to change values in my config file?
I also want to display the pre-existing values in the boxes before they are changed.
Should I make a new class that uses the above function as its __init__ method? I would imagine I might need a class that handles all of the processes for the window. Also, I am unsure of a good way to pass data between the file and the GUI without a bunch of specific code.

Use QSettings. Here's an example in PyQt5.
First, the main window's ui definition
# file ui_main.py
from PyQt5 import QtCore, QtWidgets
class Ui_MainWindow(object):
def setupUi(self, MainWindow):
MainWindow.setObjectName("MainWindow")
MainWindow.resize(584, 897)
self.menubar = QtWidgets.QMenuBar(MainWindow)
self.menubar.setGeometry(QtCore.QRect(0, 0, 584, 21))
self.menubar.setObjectName("menubar")
self.menuPreferences = QtWidgets.QMenu(self.menubar)
self.menuPreferences.setObjectName("menuPreferences")
MainWindow.setMenuBar(self.menubar)
self.setPreferencesAction = QtWidgets.QAction(MainWindow)
self.setPreferencesAction.setObjectName("setPreferencesAction")
self.menuPreferences.addAction(self.setPreferencesAction)
self.menubar.addAction(self.menuPreferences.menuAction())
self.retranslateUi(MainWindow)
QtCore.QMetaObject.connectSlotsByName(MainWindow)
def retranslateUi(self, MainWindow):
_translate = QtCore.QCoreApplication.translate
MainWindow.setWindowTitle(_translate("MainWindow", "MainWindow"))
self.menuPreferences.setTitle(_translate("MainWindow", "Settings"))
self.setPreferencesAction.setText(_translate("MainWindow", "Preferences"))
and second, the preferences dialog ui definition:
# file ui_dialog.py
from PyQt5 import QtCore, QtGui, QtWidgets
class Ui_Dialog(object):
def setupUi(self, Dialog):
Dialog.setObjectName("Dialog")
Dialog.resize(508, 300)
self.buttonBox = QtWidgets.QDialogButtonBox(Dialog)
self.buttonBox.setGeometry(QtCore.QRect(150, 250, 341, 32))
self.buttonBox.setOrientation(QtCore.Qt.Horizontal)
self.buttonBox.setStandardButtons(QtWidgets.QDialogButtonBox.Cancel|QtWidgets.QDialogButtonBox.Ok)
self.buttonBox.setObjectName("buttonBox")
self.sl_value = QtWidgets.QSlider(Dialog)
self.sl_value.setGeometry(QtCore.QRect(220, 120, 161, 31))
self.sl_value.setOrientation(QtCore.Qt.Horizontal)
self.sl_value.setObjectName("sl_value")
self.buttonBox.accepted.connect(Dialog.accept)
self.buttonBox.rejected.connect(Dialog.reject)
QtCore.QMetaObject.connectSlotsByName(Dialog)
The MainWindow keeps track of the configuration in a QSettings object, which is uniquely defined (and accessed) using the application and company strings fed into its constructor.
# file main.py
class MainWindow(QMainWindow):
def __init__(self, parent=None):
super(MainWindow, self).__init__(parent)
self.settings = QSettings(COMPANY_NAME, APPLICATION_NAME)
self.ui = Ui_MainWindow()
self.ui.setupUi(self)
when the preferences dialog box is triggered, the settings are loaded and passed along to the PreferencesDialog. If the Dialog returns successfully, the new settings are saved and written to storage using del
#pyqtSlot(bool)
def on_setPreferencesAction_triggered(self, triggered):
settings = self.settings
default_config_value = settings.value(CONFIG_KEY_1, defaultValue=None, type=str)
preference_dialog = PreferencesDialog(default_config_value=default_config_value, parent=self)
if preference_dialog.exec():
settings.setValue(CONFIG_KEY_1, preference_dialog.preferences[CONFIG_KEY_1])
# this writes the settings to storage
del settings
The PreferencesDialog constructor sets the values according to the parameters it receives, and a a pyqtSlot is attached to the appropriate signal to save the values in a dictionary.
To run the demo:
if __name__ == '__main__':
import sys
app = QApplication(sys.argv)
window = MainWindow()
window.show()
sys.exit(app.exec_())

Qt Framework, PyQt5 and AttributeError: 'MyApp' object has no attribute 'myAttribute'

Last week I started to learn Python and I developed some command line apps. Now I would like to develop apps with GUI. I searched in internet and I found a project that fits my needs: Qt Project (http://qt-project.org) and PyQt (http://www.riverbankcomputing.com/software/pyqt/intro). I installed Qt 5.3.2 Open Source, SIP 4.16.4, PyQt5 5.3.2 on Mac OS X 10.10 and python 2.7.6. After some troubles on installing Qt and PyQt, finally I managed to make them work. If I open example projects from PyQt example folder the gui appears without any problems. So I created my GUI with Qt Creator and then I used pyuic5 to generate python code. This is what pyuic5 created (file name "myapp_auto.py"):
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
# Form implementation generated from reading ui file '/Users/andrea/Developer/Qt/mainwindow.ui'
#
# Created: Mon Nov 17 14:20:14 2014
# by: PyQt5 UI code generator 5.3.2
#
# WARNING! All changes made in this file will be lost!
from PyQt5 import QtCore, QtGui, QtWidgets
class Ui_MainWindow(object):
def setupUi(self, MainWindow):
MainWindow.setObjectName("MainWindow")
MainWindow.resize(400, 300)
self.centralWidget = QtWidgets.QWidget(MainWindow)
self.centralWidget.setObjectName("centralWidget")
self.ok = QtWidgets.QPushButton(self.centralWidget)
self.ok.setGeometry(QtCore.QRect(140, 120, 115, 32))
self.ok.setAccessibleName("")
self.ok.setObjectName("ok")
self.text = QtWidgets.QLabel(self.centralWidget)
self.text.setGeometry(QtCore.QRect(100, 70, 181, 16))
self.text.setAccessibleName("")
self.text.setAlignment(QtCore.Qt.AlignCenter)
self.text.setObjectName("text")
self.time = QtWidgets.QDateTimeEdit(self.centralWidget)
self.time.setGeometry(QtCore.QRect(100, 180, 194, 24))
self.time.setAccessibleName("")
self.time.setObjectName("time")
MainWindow.setCentralWidget(self.centralWidget)
self.menuBar = QtWidgets.QMenuBar(MainWindow)
self.menuBar.setGeometry(QtCore.QRect(0, 0, 400, 22))
self.menuBar.setObjectName("menuBar")
self.menuMyApp = QtWidgets.QMenu(self.menuBar)
self.menuMyApp.setObjectName("menuMyApp")
self.menuEdit = QtWidgets.QMenu(self.menuBar)
self.menuEdit.setObjectName("menuEdit")
MainWindow.setMenuBar(self.menuBar)
self.mainToolBar = QtWidgets.QToolBar(MainWindow)
self.mainToolBar.setObjectName("mainToolBar")
MainWindow.addToolBar(QtCore.Qt.TopToolBarArea, self.mainToolBar)
self.statusBar = QtWidgets.QStatusBar(MainWindow)
self.statusBar.setObjectName("statusBar")
MainWindow.setStatusBar(self.statusBar)
self.menuBar.addAction(self.menuMyApp.menuAction())
self.menuBar.addAction(self.menuEdit.menuAction())
self.retranslateUi(MainWindow)
QtCore.QMetaObject.connectSlotsByName(MainWindow)
def retranslateUi(self, MainWindow):
_translate = QtCore.QCoreApplication.translate
MainWindow.setWindowTitle(_translate("MainWindow", "MainWindow"))
self.ok.setText(_translate("MainWindow", "Ok"))
self.text.setText(_translate("MainWindow", "I\'m a GUI"))
self.menuMyApp.setTitle(_translate("MainWindow", "MyApp"))
self.menuEdit.setTitle(_translate("MainWindow", "Edit"))
After that I added a new python file where I put my code; this is what i wrote (file name "myapp.py"):
#!/usr/bin/env python
from PyQt5.QtCore import *
from PyQt5.QtWidgets import *
from PyQt5.QtGui import *
from myapp_auto import Ui_MainWindow
import sys
import time
class MyApp(Ui_MainWindow):
parse_triggered = pyqtSignal()
def __init__(self, parent=None, name=None):
Ui_MainWindow.__init__(self)
if __name__ == "__main__":
app = QApplication(sys.argv)
MainWindow = QMainWindow()
ui = MyApp()
ui.setupUi(MainWindow)
MainWindow.show()
sys.exit(app.exec_())
Then, I run myapp.py and I verified that all GUI elements appeared to be where they should be. Well...now arrive my issue: I tried to access with code the "time" element in MainWindow modifying init def thus:
def __init__(self, parent=None, name=None):
Ui_MainWindow.__init__(self)
# Set the date to now
now = QDateTime()
now.setTime_t(int(time.time()))
self.time.setDateTime(now)
But the compiler shows alway this error:
AttributeError: 'MyApp' object has no attribute 'time'
This happen even if I try to access any other element ("ok", "text").
Will surely be a stupid mistake but I just can not figure out where I went wrong.
Thank you all guys!
Have a good day,
Andrea

You're not far off.
The MyApp class needs to inherit QMainWindow, and you don't need to use the time module. Try something like this:
class MyApp(QMainWindow, Ui_MainWindow):
parse_triggered = pyqtSignal()
def __init__(self, parent=None, name=None):
super(MyApp, self).__init__(parent)
self.setupUi(self)
# Set the date to now
self.time.setDateTime(QDateTime.currentDateTime())
if __name__ == "__main__":
app = QApplication(sys.argv)
window = MyApp()
window.show()
sys.exit(app.exec_())

How do I access a dynamic property in PyQt?

I've created a dynamic property in the Designer interface. How do I access this property in my code?
I don't see any properties listed with the name I've provided. I've found a dynamicPropertyNames property that contains a QByteArray object and the name I provided, but I cannot figure out how to access the data I stored (nor do I know if this is even the correct place to be querying).
Thanks!

Just because I had a similar problem and the reason wasn't a wrong object: The property's content can be accessed with toString().

this answer is just for myself, tried to reproduce the question and answer it.
Here the QtDesigner generated code for a Mainwindow with a DynamicPropierty,
main_win.py :
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
# Form implementation generated from reading ui file 'main_win.ui'
#
# Created by: PyQt5 UI code generator 5.12.3
#
# WARNING! All changes made in this file will be lost!
from PyQt5 import QtCore, QtGui, QtWidgets
class Ui_MainWindow(object):
def setupUi(self, MainWindow):
MainWindow.setObjectName("MainWindow")
MainWindow.resize(800, 600)
self.centralwidget = QtWidgets.QWidget(MainWindow)
self.centralwidget.setObjectName("centralwidget")
self.pushButton = QtWidgets.QPushButton(self.centralwidget)
self.pushButton.setGeometry(QtCore.QRect(270, 20, 261, 131))
self.pushButton.setObjectName("pushButton")
MainWindow.setCentralWidget(self.centralwidget)
self.menubar = QtWidgets.QMenuBar(MainWindow)
self.menubar.setGeometry(QtCore.QRect(0, 0, 800, 29))
self.menubar.setObjectName("menubar")
MainWindow.setMenuBar(self.menubar)
self.statusbar = QtWidgets.QStatusBar(MainWindow)
self.statusbar.setObjectName("statusbar")
MainWindow.setStatusBar(self.statusbar)
self.retranslateUi(MainWindow)
QtCore.QMetaObject.connectSlotsByName(MainWindow)
def retranslateUi(self, MainWindow):
_translate = QtCore.QCoreApplication.translate
MainWindow.setWindowTitle(_translate("MainWindow", "MainWindow"))
MainWindow.setProperty("Prova-proprieta", _translate("MainWindow", "valore_pp")) ### here the dynamic property created in the Designer interface
self.pushButton.setText(_translate("MainWindow", "PushButton"))
here my code printing the value of the dynamic property,
main.py :
import sys
from PyQt5 import QtWidgets, QtCore
from PyQt5.QtWidgets import QPushButton
from main_win import Ui_MainWindow
class MainWindow(QtWidgets.QMainWindow, Ui_MainWindow):
def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
super(MainWindow, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
self.setupUi(self)
print('from inside init : ', self.property('Prova-proprieta'))
self.pushButton.clicked.connect(self.pushButton_1_Pressed)
def pushButton_1_Pressed(self):
self.setProperty('Prova-proprieta', 'changed')
print('from PushButton : ', self.property('Prova-proprieta'))
if __name__ == "__main__":
app = QtWidgets.QApplication(sys.argv)
window = MainWindow()
print('from loop : ',window.property('Prova-proprieta'))
window.show()
sys.exit(app.exec_())
Let me know if it right for You