code it's clean from bugs but when is running program will freezing
the program its countdown using button to start the countdown
the picture below discripe the layout
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the probelm is im using loop to changing label text and that make program freezed
from time import sleep
import PyQt5.QtWidgets as Qtw
class MainWindow(Qtw.QWidget):
def __init__(self):
super().__init__()
self.setLayout(Qtw.QVBoxLayout())
pushButton = Qtw.QPushButton("start",clicked = lambda: setting_label())
self.layout().addWidget(pushButton)
my_label = Qtw.QLabel("00:00:00")
self.layout().addWidget(my_label)
self.show()
def setting_label():
t = 1200
while t:
h = t // 3600
m = t // 60
s = t % 60
timer = "{:02d}:{:02d}:{:02d}".format(h,m,s)
my_label.setText(timer)
sleep(1)
t -= 1
app = Qtw.QApplication([])
window = MainWindow()
app.exec_()
The way the code is written in the OP, it doesn't really get stuck or frozen. But rather, the display fails to update. You can get around this by trying to force Qt to update the GUI with app.processEvents(). Put it in your setting_label function after the setText():
self.my_label.setText(timer)
app.processEvents()
The Preferred Way
Using app.processEvents() a lot is usually discouraged. Another way to make a countdown timer is to use a QTimer. There is a little more overhead in setting up all of the signals and slots. But it can be very powerful. Here is an example
from time import sleep
import PyQt5.QtWidgets as Qtw
from PyQt5.QtCore import QTimer
class MainWindow(Qtw.QWidget):
def __init__(self):
super().__init__()
self.setLayout(Qtw.QVBoxLayout())
pushButton = Qtw.QPushButton("start",clicked = self.start_countdown)
self.layout().addWidget(pushButton)
self.my_label = Qtw.QLabel("00:00:00")
self.layout().addWidget(self.my_label)
self.timer = QTimer() # create a new QTimer instance
self.timer.setInterval(1000) # make it fire every 1000 msec
self.t = 1200
self.timer.timeout.connect(self.setting_label) # connect the timeout signal to self.setting_label
self.show()
def start_countdown(self):
self.t = 1200
self.timer.start()
def setting_label(self):
if self.t == 0:
self.timer.stop()
print('timer stopped')
h = self.t // 3600
m = self.t // 60
s = self.t % 60
timer = "{:02d}:{:02d}:{:02d}".format(h,m,s)
self.my_label.setText(timer)
self.t -= 1
app = Qtw.QApplication([])
window = MainWindow()
app.exec_()
Edit: This solution works for the OP, but others have pointed out that doing this using threading can cause unexpected behavior, crashes, etc. so it's better to do this using other methods (for example: this answer)
The interface freezes because the while loop you use to change the label blocks the event loop of the app (i.e. receiving inputs). You can fix this by moving the function to a thread like this:
import threading
from time import sleep
import PyQt5.QtWidgets as Qtw
class MainWindow(Qtw.QWidget):
def __init__(self):
super().__init__()
self.setLayout(Qtw.QVBoxLayout())
def setting_label():
t = 1200
while t:
h = t // 3600
m = t // 60
s = t % 60
timer = "{:02d}:{:02d}:{:02d}".format(h,m,s)
my_label.setText(timer)
sleep(1)
t -= 1
pushButton = Qtw.QPushButton(
"start",
clicked=lambda: thread.Thread(target=setting_label).start()
)
self.layout().addWidget(pushButton)
my_label = Qtw.QLabel("00:00:00")
self.layout().addWidget(my_label)
self.show()
app = Qtw.QApplication([])
window = MainWindow()
app.exec_()
Consider this example, modified from https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/pyqt5-qprogressbar-how-to-create-progress-bar/ :
from PyQt5.QtWidgets import *
from PyQt5.QtGui import *
from PyQt5.QtCore import *
import sys
import time
class Example(QWidget):
def __init__(self):
super().__init__()
# calling initUI method
self.initUI()
# method for creating widgets
def initUI(self):
# creating progress bar
self.pbar = QProgressBar(self)
# setting its geometry
self.pbar.setGeometry(30, 40, 200, 25)
# creating push button
self.btn = QPushButton('Start', self)
# changing its position
self.btn.move(40, 80)
# adding action to push button
self.btn.clicked.connect(self.doAction)
# setting window geometry
self.setGeometry(300, 300, 280, 170)
# setting window action
self.setWindowTitle("Python")
# set format of progress bar:
#self.pbar.setFormat("Hello world %v of %m") # works fine
print("Just testing leading zeroes: %04d"%12) # ok, prints 0012
self.pbar.setFormat("Hello world %04v of %04m") # leading zeroes? Nope
# showing all the widgets
self.show()
# when button is pressed this method is being called
def doAction(self):
self.pbar.setMaximum(100)
# setting for loop to set value of progress bar
for i in range(101):
# slowing down the loop
time.sleep(0.05)
# setting value to progress bar
self.pbar.setValue(i)
# main method
if __name__ == '__main__':
# create pyqt5 app
App = QApplication(sys.argv)
# create the instance of our Window
window = Example()
# start the app
sys.exit(App.exec())
Using self.pbar.setFormat("Hello world %v of %m") to print out the current and max value of the progress bar works fine.
Now, I would like to do the same, but with the current value and max being formatted with up to 4 leading zeroes.
So, considering that e.g. print("%04d"%12) prints 0012 - I tried self.pbar.setFormat("Hello world %04v of %04m") - but it does not format numbers at all:
So, is it possible to set the format of the progress bar somehow, so it formats the current and the max value as integers with leading zeroes?
A possible solution is to override the text() method of QProgressBar:
from PyQt5 import QtWidgets
class ProgressBar(QtWidgets.QProgressBar):
def text(self):
return self.format() % dict(m=self.value(), v=(self.maximum() - self.minimum()))
if __name__ == "__main__":
import sys
app = QtWidgets.QApplication(sys.argv)
w = ProgressBar()
w.setMaximum(100)
w.setValue(5)
w.setFormat("Hello world %(m)04d of %(v)04d")
w.show()
sys.exit(app.exec())
I have the below piece of code which gives the below picture.
import os
import numpy as np
from PyQt5 import QtCore, QtWidgets
import sqlite3
class Ui_Form():
def __init__(self):
#Checking if the loading database is in place
if not os.path.exists("loading_database.db"):
QtWidgets.QMessageBox.information(None,'Loading database missing','Loading database has not been found. Creation of a new one will be attempted')
self.loadingDatabaseCreator()
QtWidgets.QMessageBox.information(None,'Successful','Loading database succesfully created')
#Asking the user for the input file to be parsed and the number of componenets determined
filePath, _ = QtWidgets.QFileDialog.getOpenFileName(None, "Select input model","","Input deck (*.inp)","*.inp")
filePath = str(filePath)
self.pleaseWait = waitWindow()
self.pleaseWait.show()
#If no file has been inputted the script will exit
if not filePath:
exit()
else:
#If a file has been inputted now it will be opened and a list containing all the lines will be created
readInputFile(filePath)
#Searching in the file for all the valid components. We disregards collectors containing RBE3 elements
#as they don't require fatigue analysis
self.pleaseWait.close()
for line in model_file:
if "*ELEMENT," in line and "DCOUP3D" not in line:
#If a valid collector is found it will be added to the array of type numpy.
try:
#Checks if the collector has already been recorded as different element types partaining of the same component
#will be specified in different collectors win the input deck
if not line.split("ELSET=")[1][:-1] in self.collector_array:
self.collector_array = np.concatenate((self.collector_array,np.array([line.split("ELSET=")[1][:-1]])),axis=0)
except:
self.collector_array = np.array([line.split("ELSET=")[1][:-1]])
#model_file_obj.close
#Testing to see if the array has been created indicating the presence of at least one entity
#This will be useful if the user loads a load deck instead of a model as they have the same .inp extension
try:
self.collector_array
except:
QtWidgets.QMessageBox.information(None,'Error','File contains no element collectors')
#Creating the initial Window
self.mainWidget = QtWidgets.QWidget()
self.mainWidget.resize(500, 500)
self.mainWidget.setWindowFlags(self.mainWidget.windowFlags() | QtCore.Qt.MSWindowsFixedSizeDialogHint)
self.mainWidget.setWindowTitle("nCode analysis set-up")
#Creating the top level grid layout
self.mainGrid = QtWidgets.QGridLayout(self.mainWidget)
#Creating the boxes which will describe the analysis to be written in the .dcl file
self.analysis_type_label = QtWidgets.QLabel(self.mainWidget)
self.analysis_type_label.setText("Type of analysis")
self.mainGrid.addWidget(self.analysis_type_label,0,0)
self.analysis_type_combo = QtWidgets.QComboBox(self.mainWidget)
self.analysis_type_combo.addItems(["Fatigue","Proof plus fatigue"])
self.mainGrid.addWidget(self.analysis_type_combo,0,1,1,2)
self.load_deck_type_label = QtWidgets.QLabel(self.mainWidget)
self.load_deck_type_label.setText("Type of fatigue deck")
self.mainGrid.addWidget(self.load_deck_type_label,1,0)
self.load_deck_type_combo = QtWidgets.QComboBox(self.mainWidget)
self.load_deck_type_combo.addItems(["Regen braking","No regen braking"])
self.mainGrid.addWidget(self.load_deck_type_combo,1,1,1,2)
self.analysis_engine_type_label = QtWidgets.QLabel(self.mainWidget)
self.analysis_engine_type_label.setText("Analysis Engine")
self.mainGrid.addWidget(self.analysis_engine_type_label,2,0)
self.analysis_engine_type_combo = QtWidgets.QComboBox(self.mainWidget)
self.analysis_engine_type_combo.addItems(["EN analysis","SN analysis"])
self.mainGrid.addWidget(self.analysis_engine_type_combo,2,1,1,2)
#Creating a scrolable area to accommodate for a large number of components with possible lenghty names
self.scrollArea = QtWidgets.QScrollArea(self.mainWidget)
#The line below is absolutely required to make the scrollable area work.
self.scrollArea.setWidgetResizable(True)
self.mainGrid.addWidget(self.scrollArea,3,0,1,3)
self.secondaryWidget = QtWidgets.QWidget()
self.scrollArea.setWidget(self.secondaryWidget)
self.secondaryGrid = QtWidgets.QGridLayout(self.secondaryWidget)
#This bit creates the necessary object for every componenet that was found in the input deck.
#The globals method is used to dynamically assign objects to variables for subsequent manipulation.
for i in range(0, self.collector_array.shape[0]):
globals()["self.materialLabel"+str(i)] = QtWidgets.QLabel(self.secondaryWidget)
globals()["self.materialLabel"+str(i)].setText(self.collector_array[i]+" material")
self.secondaryGrid.addWidget(globals()["self.materialLabel"+str(i)],2+i,0)
globals()["self.materialName"+str(i)] = QtWidgets.QLineEdit(self.secondaryWidget)
globals()["self.materialName"+str(i)].setPlaceholderText("Drop material name here")
globals()["self.materialName"+str(i)].setFixedWidth(150)
self.secondaryGrid.addWidget(globals()["self.materialName"+str(i)],2+i,1)
globals()["self.materialPickingButton"+str(i)] = QtWidgets.QPushButton(self.secondaryWidget)
globals()["self.materialPickingButton"+str(i)].setText("Pick material")
globals()["self.materialPickingButton"+str(i)].clicked.connect(self.material_lookup)
self.secondaryGrid.addWidget(globals()["self.materialPickingButton"+str(i)],2+i,2)
#Creates the button that connects to the DLC_writer function
self.createDCL = QtWidgets.QPushButton(self.mainWidget)
self.createDCL.setText("Create DCL")
self.mainGrid.addWidget(self.createDCL,4,0,1,3)
self.createDCL.clicked.connect(self.DCL_guide)
self.mainWidget.show()
class waitWindow(QtWidgets.QDialog):
def __init__(self):
super().__init__()
self.setWindowTitle("Info")
self.resize(600,200)
self.VLayout = QtWidgets.QVBoxLayout(self)
self.message = QtWidgets.QLabel(self)
self.message.setFixedWidth(550)
self.message.setText("Please wait while input file is being read")
self.VLayout.addWidget(self.message)
class readInputFile():
def __init__(self,filePath):
model_file_obj = open(filePath, "r")
globals()['model_file'] = model_file_obj.readlines()
model_file_obj.close
if __name__ == "__main__":
import sys
app = QtWidgets.QApplication(sys.argv)
ui = Ui_Form()
sys.exit(app.exec_())
The problem is my text label is missing from this window. I made it so big in case the label did not have enough space to fully display but in that case I think it would have displayed what it had space for. Hopefully someone knows why.
Edit: I have included the entire init function of Ui_Form. All my problems are caused in this bit the rest working ok.
The window you are viewing is not pleaseWait window but the mainWidget window.
The above is explained assuming that:
The file that is read is small, so the pleaseWait window will open and close instantly, so that being that synchronous action Qt will not have time to do it and for the user the window will never have been shown. For this case the solution is to give a reasonable time for the user to see the window.
The file is very large, the reading will take a long time blocking the eventloop, which will cause tasks such as displaying a window to not be performed, to avoid blocking the task must be executed in another thread.
Combining both solutions we obtain the following code:
import os
from functools import partial
from PyQt5 import QtCore, QtWidgets
class Worker(QtCore.QObject):
finished = QtCore.pyqtSignal()
contentChanged = QtCore.pyqtSignal(list)
#QtCore.pyqtSlot(str)
def read_file(self, fileName):
with open(fileName, "r") as model_file_obj:
model_file = model_file_obj.readlines()
print(model_file)
self.contentChanged.emit(model_file)
self.finished.emit()
class MainWidget(QtWidgets.QWidget):
def __init__(self, parent=None):
super().__init__(parent)
self.resize(500, 500)
self.setWindowFlags(
self.windowFlags() | QtCore.Qt.MSWindowsFixedSizeDialogHint
)
self.setWindowTitle("nCode analysis set-up")
mainGrid = QtWidgets.QGridLayout(self)
thread = QtCore.QThread(self)
thread.start()
self.m_worker = Worker()
self.m_worker.moveToThread(thread)
self.m_worker.contentChanged.connect(self.get_content)
def launch_task(self):
if not os.path.exists("loading_database.db"):
QtWidgets.QMessageBox.information(
None,
"Loading database missing",
"Loading database has not been found. Creation of a new one will be attempted",
)
# self.loadingDatabaseCreator()
QtWidgets.QMessageBox.information(
None, "Successful", "Loading database succesfully created"
)
fileName, _ = QtWidgets.QFileDialog.getOpenFileName(
None, "Select input model", "", "Input deck (*.inp)", "*.inp"
)
self.pleaseWait = WaitWindow()
self.pleaseWait.show()
self.m_worker.finished.connect(self.pleaseWait.close)
wrapper = partial(self.m_worker.read_file, fileName)
# Launch the task in a reasonable time for the window to show
QtCore.QTimer.singleShot(100, wrapper) #
#QtCore.pyqtSlot(list)
def get_content(self, lines):
print(lines)
class WaitWindow(QtWidgets.QDialog):
def __init__(self):
super().__init__()
self.setWindowTitle("Info")
self.resize(600, 200)
layout = QtWidgets.QVBoxLayout(self)
self.message = QtWidgets.QLabel(self)
self.message.setFixedWidth(550)
self.message.setText("Please wait while input file is being read")
layout.addWidget(self.message)
if __name__ == "__main__":
import sys
app = QtWidgets.QApplication(sys.argv)
w = MainWidget()
w.show()
w.launch_task()
sys.exit(app.exec_())
Update:
import os
from functools import partial
import numpy as np
from PyQt5 import QtCore, QtWidgets
class MainWidget(QtWidgets.QWidget):
def __init__(self, parent=None):
super().__init__(parent)
self.resize(500, 500)
self.setWindowFlags(
self.windowFlags() | QtCore.Qt.MSWindowsFixedSizeDialogHint
)
self.setWindowTitle("nCode analysis set-up")
self.wait_window = WaitWindow()
thread = QtCore.QThread(self)
thread.start()
self.m_worker = Worker()
self.m_worker.moveToThread(thread)
self.m_worker.new_content_signal.connect(self.get_content)
# Creating the top level grid layout
mainGrid = QtWidgets.QGridLayout(self)
self.analysis_type_label = QtWidgets.QLabel(self)
self.analysis_type_label.setText("Type of analysis")
mainGrid.addWidget(self.analysis_type_label, 0, 0)
self.analysis_type_combo = QtWidgets.QComboBox(self)
self.analysis_type_combo.addItems(["Fatigue", "Proof plus fatigue"])
mainGrid.addWidget(self.analysis_type_combo, 0, 1, 1, 2)
self.load_deck_type_label = QtWidgets.QLabel(self)
self.load_deck_type_label.setText("Type of fatigue deck")
mainGrid.addWidget(self.load_deck_type_label, 1, 0)
self.load_deck_type_combo = QtWidgets.QComboBox(self)
self.load_deck_type_combo.addItems(
["Regen braking", "No regen braking"]
)
mainGrid.addWidget(self.load_deck_type_combo, 1, 1, 1, 2)
self.analysis_engine_type_label = QtWidgets.QLabel(self)
self.analysis_engine_type_label.setText("Analysis Engine")
mainGrid.addWidget(self.analysis_engine_type_label, 2, 0)
self.analysis_engine_type_combo = QtWidgets.QComboBox(self)
self.analysis_engine_type_combo.addItems(["EN analysis", "SN analysis"])
mainGrid.addWidget(self.analysis_engine_type_combo, 2, 1, 1, 2)
# Creating a scrolable area to accommodate for a large number of components with possible lenghty names
self.scrollArea = QtWidgets.QScrollArea(self)
# The line below is absolutely required to make the scrollable area work.
self.scrollArea.setWidgetResizable(True)
mainGrid.addWidget(self.scrollArea, 3, 0, 1, 3)
self.secondaryWidget = QtWidgets.QWidget()
self.scrollArea.setWidget(self.secondaryWidget)
self.secondaryGrid = QtWidgets.QGridLayout(self.secondaryWidget)
self.createDCL = QtWidgets.QPushButton(self)
self.createDCL.setText("Create DCL")
mainGrid.addWidget(self.createDCL, 4, 0, 1, 3)
def start_task(self):
if not os.path.exists("loading_database.db"):
QtWidgets.QMessageBox.information(
None,
"Loading database missing",
"Loading database has not been found. Creation of a new one will be attempted",
)
# self.loadingDatabaseCreator()
QtWidgets.QMessageBox.information(
None, "Successful", "Loading database succesfully created"
)
filePath, _ = QtWidgets.QFileDialog.getOpenFileName(
None, "Select input model", "", "Input deck (*.inp)", "*.inp"
)
if filePath:
self.wait_window.show()
self.m_worker.finished.connect(self.wait_window.close)
wrapper = partial(self.m_worker.read_file, filePath)
# Launch the task in a reasonable time for the window to show
QtCore.QTimer.singleShot(100, wrapper)
#QtCore.pyqtSlot(int, str)
def get_content(self, i, content):
label = QtWidgets.QLabel("{} material".format(content))
linedit = QtWidgets.QLineEdit(placeholderText="Drop material name here")
linedit.setFixedWidth(150)
button = QtWidgets.QPushButton("Pick material")
self.secondaryGrid.addWidget(label, 2 + i, 0)
self.secondaryGrid.addWidget(linedit, 2 + i, 1)
self.secondaryGrid.addWidget(button, 2 + i, 2)
class WaitWindow(QtWidgets.QDialog):
def __init__(self):
super().__init__()
self.setWindowTitle("Info")
self.resize(600, 200)
layout = QtWidgets.QVBoxLayout(self)
self.message = QtWidgets.QLabel()
self.message.setFixedWidth(550)
self.message.setText("Please wait while input file is being read")
layout.addWidget(self.message)
class Worker(QtCore.QObject):
finished = QtCore.pyqtSignal()
new_content_signal = QtCore.pyqtSignal(int, str)
#QtCore.pyqtSlot(str)
def read_file(self, fileName):
i = 0
collector_array = []
with open(fileName, "r") as model_file_obj:
for line in model_file_obj.readlines():
if "*ELEMENT," in line and "DCOUP3D" not in line:
t = line.split("ELSET=")[1][:-1]
if t not in collector_array:
self.new_content_signal.emit(i, t)
QtCore.QThread.msleep(10)
collector_array.append(t)
i += 1
self.finished.emit()
if __name__ == "__main__":
import sys
app = QtWidgets.QApplication(sys.argv)
w = MainWidget()
w.show()
w.start_task()
sys.exit(app.exec_())
This code works perfectly for me:
import sys
from PyQt5 import QtWidgets
from PyQt5.Qt import QApplication
class waitWindow(QtWidgets.QDialog):
def __init__(self):
super().__init__()
self.setWindowTitle("Info")
self.resize(600,200)
self.VLayout = QtWidgets.QVBoxLayout(self)
self.message = QtWidgets.QLabel(self)
self.message.setFixedWidth(550)
self.message.setText("Please wait while input file is being read")
self.VLayout.addWidget(self.message)
self.show()
def closeWindow(self):
self.close()
app = QApplication(sys.argv)
w = waitWindow()
w.exec_()
Okay took your code and gutted all the unessential stuff to analyze the actual issue I have included the gutted version so you can see what is necessary in the future to see what is wrong.
In short the issue is that you need to add the following line as the last line in your waitWindow function >> self.exec() by adding that I got your label to display (see code below)
Now with that said you do have another issue and that is the QDialog box will not allow the program to continue until it has been closed (aka it stops the process flow until you release it by closing the window or use a different means). My question is why not use your "main window" to display that message then repopulate with the rest of that data. Also curious why are you not using QMainWindow?
import sys
from PyQt5.QtCore import *
from PyQt5.QtGui import *
from PyQt5.QtWidgets import *
class Ui_Form():
def __init__(self):
self.pleaseWait = waitWindow()
self.pleaseWait.show()
self.pleaseWait.close()
sys.exit()
class waitWindow(QDialog):
def __init__(self):
super(waitWindow, self).__init__()
self.setWindowTitle("Info")
self.resize(600,200)
self.message = QLabel(self)
self.message.setFixedWidth(550)
self.message.setText("Please wait while input file is being read")
self.VLayout = QVBoxLayout(self)
self.VLayout.addWidget(self.message)
self.setLayout(self.VLayout)
self.exec_()
if __name__ == "__main__":
app = QApplication(sys.argv)
ui = Ui_Form()
sys.exit(app.exec_())
EDIT: There are a number of similar posts on PyQt4 progress bars not updating. They all focus on the issue of threads & where the program actually updates the window. Although helpful, my code was so structured that the replies were not practical. The accepted answer given here is simple, to the point & works.
I am using Python 2.7 and PyQT 4 on a Win 7 x64 machine.
I am trying to clear my window of one widget, an 'Accept' button, see code, and replace it with a progress bar.
Even though I close the 'Accept' button & add the progress bar before the processing loop is entered into. The window is only updated after the loop has finished & the progress bar jumps straight to 100%.
My code,
from PyQt4 import QtCore, QtGui
import sys
import time
class CentralWidget(QtGui.QWidget):
def __init__(self, parent=None):
super(CentralWidget, self).__init__(parent)
# set layouts
self.layout = QtGui.QVBoxLayout(self)
# Poly names
self.pNames = QtGui.QLabel("Import file name", self)
self.polyNameInput = QtGui.QLineEdit(self)
# Polytype selection
self.polyTypeName = QtGui.QLabel("Particle type", self)
polyType = QtGui.QComboBox(self)
polyType.addItem("")
polyType.addItem("Random polyhedra")
polyType.addItem("Spheres")
polyType.addItem("Waterman polyhedra")
polyType.activated[str].connect(self.onActivated)
# Place widgets in layout
self.layout.addWidget(self.pNames)
self.layout.addWidget(self.polyNameInput)
self.layout.addWidget(self.polyTypeName)
self.layout.addWidget(polyType)
self.layout.addStretch()
# Combobox choice
def onActivated(self, text):
if text=="Random polyhedra":
self.randomPolyhedra(text)
if text=="Spheres": # not implementaed yet
self.polyTypeName.setText("Not implemented yet.")
self.polyTypeName.adjustSize()
if text=="Waterman polyhedra": # not implementaed yet
self.polyTypeName.setText("Not implemented yet.")
self.polyTypeName.adjustSize()
# New options for random polyhedra choice
def randomPolyhedra(self, text):
self.polyNumberLbl = QtGui.QLabel("How many: ", self)
self.polyNumber = QtGui.QLineEdit(self)
self.acceptSeed = QtGui.QPushButton('Accept') # Accept button created
self.acceptSeed.clicked.connect(lambda: self.ranPolyGen())
self.layout.addWidget(self.polyNumberLbl)
self.layout.addWidget(self.polyNumber)
self.layout.addWidget(self.acceptSeed) # Accept button in layout
self.randFlag = True
self.polyTypeName.setText(text)
self.polyTypeName.adjustSize()
# Act on option choices for random polyhedra
def ranPolyGen(self):
polyCount = int(self.polyNumber.text())
self.progressBar = QtGui.QProgressBar() # Progress bar created
self.progressBar.setMinimum(1)
self.progressBar.setMaximum(polyCount)
self.acceptSeed.close() # Accept button closed
self.layout.addWidget(self.progressBar) # Add progressbar to layout
for poly in range(1, polyCount+1):
time.sleep(1) # Calls to main polyhedral generating code go here
print poly
self.progressBar.setValue(poly)
self.doneLbl = QtGui.QLabel("Done", self)
self.layout.addWidget(self.doneLbl)
# Creates GUI
class Polyhedra(QtGui.QMainWindow):
def __init__(self):
super(Polyhedra, self).__init__()
# Place central widget in layout
self.central_widget = CentralWidget(self)
self.setCentralWidget(self.central_widget)
# Set up window
self.setGeometry(500, 500, 300, 300)
self.setWindowTitle('Pyticle')
self.show()
# Combo box
def onActivated(self, text):
self.central_widget.onActivated(text)
def main():
app = QtGui.QApplication(sys.argv)
poly = Polyhedra()
sys.exit(app.exec_())
if __name__ == '__main__':
main()
Below is a picture of during loop execution & after completion.
I dont think I have got my head around the addWidget() method. I was under the impression that this would add another widget to the present layout (a vbox layout here) & that the .close() method removed a widget when directed to do so.
What am I missing?
You can add:
from PyQt4.QtGui import QApplication
Then in your for loop:
QApplication.processEvents()
Your app is actually becoming unresponsive, you need to call processEvents() to process the events and redraw the gui. I am not overly familiar with pyqt but I imagine another alternative is using a thread.
I have realized a python simple application, without any animation on it.
Now I want to add a simple animation, triggered by a signal (a button click for example), which on trigger enlarges the width of the windows and shows a new text area with some text in it.
Honestly, I am quite new to python/pyqt4, and I do not know much about the animation framework.
I tried to add this to my class code, for example in a method called clicking on the about menu :) :
self.anim = QPropertyAnimation(self, "size")
self.anim.setDuration(2500)
self.anim.setStartValue(QSize(self.width(), self.height()))
self.anim.setEndValue(QSize(self.width()+100, self.height()))
self.anim.start()
and this enlarge my window as I want.
Unfortunately I have no idea how to insert a new text area, avoiding the widgets already present to fill the new space (actually, when the window enlarge, the widgets use
all the spaces, thus enlarging themselves)
Could someone help me knowing how to add the text area appearance animation?
Any help is appreciated...really...
One way to achieve this is to animate the maximumWidth property on both the window and the text-edit.
The main difficulty is doing it in a way that plays nicely with standard layouts whilst also allowing resizing of the window. Avoiding flicker during the animation is also quite tricky.
The following demo is almost there (the animation is slightly jerky at the beginning and end):
from PyQt4 import QtGui, QtCore
class Window(QtGui.QDialog):
def __init__(self):
QtGui.QDialog.__init__(self)
self._offset = 200
self._closed = False
self._maxwidth = self.maximumWidth()
self.widget = QtGui.QWidget(self)
self.listbox = QtGui.QListWidget(self.widget)
self.button = QtGui.QPushButton('Slide', self.widget)
self.button.clicked.connect(self.handleButton)
self.editor = QtGui.QTextEdit(self)
self.editor.setMaximumWidth(self._offset)
vbox = QtGui.QVBoxLayout(self.widget)
vbox.setContentsMargins(0, 0, 0, 0)
vbox.addWidget(self.listbox)
vbox.addWidget(self.button)
layout = QtGui.QHBoxLayout(self)
layout.addWidget(self.widget)
layout.addWidget(self.editor)
layout.setSizeConstraint(QtGui.QLayout.SetMinAndMaxSize)
self.animator = QtCore.QParallelAnimationGroup(self)
for item in (self, self.editor):
animation = QtCore.QPropertyAnimation(item, 'maximumWidth')
animation.setDuration(800)
animation.setEasingCurve(QtCore.QEasingCurve.OutCubic)
self.animator.addAnimation(animation)
self.animator.finished.connect(self.handleFinished)
def handleButton(self):
for index in range(self.animator.animationCount()):
animation = self.animator.animationAt(index)
width = animation.targetObject().width()
animation.setStartValue(width)
if self._closed:
self.editor.show()
animation.setEndValue(width + self._offset)
else:
animation.setEndValue(width - self._offset)
self._closed = not self._closed
self.widget.setMinimumSize(self.widget.size())
self.layout().setSizeConstraint(QtGui.QLayout.SetFixedSize)
self.animator.start()
def handleFinished(self):
if self._closed:
self.editor.hide()
self.layout().setSizeConstraint(QtGui.QLayout.SetMinAndMaxSize)
self.widget.setMinimumSize(0, 0)
self.setMaximumWidth(self._maxwidth)
if __name__ == '__main__':
import sys
app = QtGui.QApplication(sys.argv)
window = Window()
window.move(500, 300)
window.show()
sys.exit(app.exec_())