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How can I add new ellipse while retaining the previous ellipse?

Currently, my code can paint an ellipse but every time I click the mouse for a new ellipse the previous ellipse will not retain .
I am used the **QGraphicsView** Framework because I am using its pantool and zoom function but I have a hard time adding the paint function.
import sys
from PyQt5.QtCore import Qt, QRectF, QPointF
from PyQt5.QtGui import QPixmap, QTransform, QBrush, QColor, QPen, QPainterPath
from PyQt5.QtWidgets import QApplication, QMainWindow, QWidget, QVBoxLayout, QGraphicsView,
QGraphicsScene, QGraphicsPixmapItem, QSizePolicy, QSpacerItem, QGraphicsObject
class MouseBrushObject(QGraphicsObject):
def __init__(self):
QGraphicsObject.__init__(self)
self._size = 10
self._x = 0
self._y = 0
self._pen = None
self._brush = None
self._color = None
self.setColor(QColor(255, 0, 0, 255))
def paint(self, painter, option, widget):
rect = self.boundingRect()
painter.setPen(self._pen)
painter.setBrush(self._brush)
painter.drawEllipse(QPointF(self._x,self._y), 5,5)
def boundingRect(self):
return QRectF(self._x, self._y, self._size, self._size)
def setColor(self, color):
self._color = color
self._pen = QPen(self._color, 1)
self._brush = QBrush(QColor(self._color.red(), self._color.green(), self._color.blue(), 40))
def setSize(self, size):
self._size = size
def setPosition(self, pos):
self._x = pos.x() - pos.x()/2
self._y = pos.y() - pos.y()/2
self.setPos(QPointF(self._x, self._y))
class View(QGraphicsView):
def __init__(self, parent=None):
QGraphicsView.__init__(self, parent=parent)
self.setMouseTracking(True)
self.scene = QGraphicsScene(self)
self.setScene(self.scene)
pixmap = QPixmap(300, 300)
self.scene.addItem(QGraphicsPixmapItem(pixmap))
#self.setTransform(QTransform().scale(1, 1).rotate(0))
self.scene.setBackgroundBrush(QBrush(Qt.lightGray))
self._brushItem = MouseBrushObject()
self.path = QPainterPath()
def mousePressEvent(self, event):
pos = event.pos()
self._brushItem.setPosition(pos)
def enterEvent(self, event):
self.scene.addItem(self._brushItem)
return super(View, self).enterEvent(event)
def leaveEvent(self, event):
self.scene.removeItem(self._brushItem)
return super(View, self).leaveEvent(event)
class Viewer(QWidget):
def __init__(self, parent=None):
QWidget.__init__(self, parent=parent)
layout = QVBoxLayout()
self.view = View(self)
self.setLayout(layout)
layout.addWidget(self.view)
class MainWindow(QMainWindow):
def __init__(self):
QMainWindow.__init__(self)
self.viewer = Viewer(self)
layout = QVBoxLayout()
layout.addWidget(self.viewer)
centralwidget = QWidget(self)
centralwidget.setLayout(layout)
self.setCentralWidget(centralwidget)
if __name__ == '__main__':
app = QApplication(sys.argv)
main = MainWindow()
main.show()
sys.exit(app.exec_())
Every time the mousePressEvent is trigger, it will paint an ellipse but the problem is that it will not retain the previous ellipse will adding the new ellipse.
My goal is for this code is two paint an ellipse when the mouse is clicked as it will serve as a point. Then The two points will be automatically connect using path. I have tried it will the qpainter function and it works but since I can't used qpaintEvent in QgraphicsView, I have a hard time executing the code.

PyQt - Custom scrolling with QListWidget

I am trying to figure out a way to customize the scrollbars for QListWidget to have the scrollbars above and below the QListWidget instead of the normal vertical and horizontal scrollbars.
Please check out my example below if you don't understand what I mean.
In the example below I use QPushButtons with QTimers controlling the scrolling in place of the scrollbars but what I am looking for are scrollbars like the ones in QMenu when menu scrolling is enabled.
If that is not an option, I am wondering if there is a scrollbar signal or something that I could try to use to know when the scrollbars are normally activated? That way I can show/hide the buttons as needed. Thanks.
import sys
from PyQt5.QtCore import pyqtSignal, QTimer, Qt
from PyQt5.QtGui import QPainter
from PyQt5.QtWidgets import QWidget, QPushButton, QVBoxLayout, \
QApplication, QStyle, QListWidget, QStyleOptionButton, QListWidgetItem
class UpBtn(QPushButton):
mouseHover = pyqtSignal()
def __init__(self):
QPushButton.__init__(self)
self.setMouseTracking(True)
self.timer = QTimer()
def paintEvent(self, event):
painter = QPainter()
painter.begin(self)
opt = QStyleOptionButton()
self.initStyleOption(opt)
self.style().drawControl(QStyle.CE_ScrollBarSubLine, opt, painter, self)
painter.end()
def startScroll(self):
self.mouseHover.emit()
def enterEvent(self, event):
self.timer.timeout.connect(self.startScroll)
self.timer.start(120)
def leaveEvent(self, event):
self.timer.stop()
class DwnBtn(QPushButton):
mouseHover = pyqtSignal()
def __init__(self):
QPushButton.__init__(self)
self.setMouseTracking(True)
self.timer = QTimer()
def paintEvent(self, event):
painter = QPainter()
painter.begin(self)
opt = QStyleOptionButton()
self.initStyleOption(opt)
self.style().drawControl(QStyle.CE_ScrollBarAddLine, opt, painter, self)
painter.end()
def startScroll(self):
self.mouseHover.emit()
def enterEvent(self, event):
self.timer.timeout.connect(self.startScroll)
self.timer.start(120)
def leaveEvent(self, event):
self.timer.stop()
class Window(QWidget):
def __init__(self):
super(Window, self).__init__()
self.layout = QVBoxLayout()
self.layout.setContentsMargins(0, 0, 0, 0)
self.layout.setSpacing(0)
self.upBtn = UpBtn()
self.upBtn.setFixedWidth(230)
self.layout.addWidget(self.upBtn)
self.listWidget = QListWidget()
self.listWidget.setFixedWidth(230)
self.listWidget.setHorizontalScrollBarPolicy(Qt.ScrollBarAlwaysOff)
self.listWidget.setVerticalScrollBarPolicy(Qt.ScrollBarAlwaysOff)
self.layout.addWidget(self.listWidget)
self.downBtn = DwnBtn()
self.downBtn.setFixedWidth(230)
self.layout.addWidget(self.downBtn)
self.setLayout(self.layout)
self.upBtn.clicked.connect(self.upBtnClicked)
self.upBtn.mouseHover.connect(self.upBtnClicked)
self.downBtn.clicked.connect(self.downBtnClicked)
self.downBtn.mouseHover.connect(self.downBtnClicked)
for i in range(100):
item = QListWidgetItem()
item.setText("list item " + str(i))
self.listWidget.addItem(item)
def upBtnClicked(self):
cur = self.listWidget.currentRow()
self.listWidget.setCurrentRow(cur - 1)
def downBtnClicked(self):
cur = self.listWidget.currentRow()
self.listWidget.setCurrentRow(cur + 1)
if __name__ == '__main__':
app = QApplication(sys.argv)
window = Window()
window.show()
sys.exit(app.exec_())
EDIT:
Here is an example image for what I am talking about. This is a scrollable QMenu.
EDIT:
Scrollable QMenu code.
Uncomment the commented parts to get a fixed size like in the image. Normally Qmenu scrolling only works when the menu items exceed the screen height. I am just looking for the top and bottom hover style scrolling but to be used in QListWidget.
import sys
from PyQt5.QtCore import QPoint, QEvent
from PyQt5.QtWidgets import QWidget, QPushButton, QVBoxLayout, \
QApplication, QAction, QMenu, QProxyStyle, QStyle
class MyMenu(QMenu):
def event(self, event):
if event.type() == QEvent.Show:
self.move(self.parent().mapToGlobal(QPoint(-108, 0)))
return super(MyMenu, self).event(event)
# class CustomStyle(QProxyStyle):
# def pixelMetric(self, QStyle_PixelMetric, option=None, widget=None):
# if QStyle_PixelMetric == QStyle.PM_MenuScrollerHeight:
# return 15
# if QStyle_PixelMetric == QStyle.PM_MenuDesktopFrameWidth:
# return 290
# else:
# return QProxyStyle.pixelMetric(self, QStyle_PixelMetric, option, widget)
class MainWindow(QWidget):
def __init__(self, parent=None):
super(MainWindow, self).__init__(parent)
self.layout = QVBoxLayout()
self.btn = QPushButton("Button")
self.btn.setFixedHeight(30)
self.btn.setFixedWidth(100)
self.myMenu = MyMenu("Menu", self.btn)
self.btn.setMenu(self.myMenu)
self.layout.addWidget(self.btn)
self.setLayout(self.layout)
menus = []
for _ in range(5):
myMenus = QMenu("Menu"+str(_+1), self.btn)
# myMenus.setFixedHeight(120)
myMenus.setStyleSheet("QMenu{menu-scrollable: 1; }")
menus.append(myMenus)
for i in menus:
self.btn.menu().addMenu(i)
for item in range(100):
action = QAction("item" + str(item), self)
i.addAction(action)
if __name__ == '__main__':
app = QApplication(sys.argv)
# app.setStyle(CustomStyle())
w = MainWindow()
w.show()
app.exec_()

The idea is to obtain the row of the upper and lower element that will decide whether the buttons are hidden or not, for that we use the method itemAt () that returns the item given the geometrical coordinates. On the other hand I have improved this calculation has to do every time they change the number of items in the QListView for that we use the signals of the internal model.
import sys
from PyQt5 import QtCore, QtGui, QtWidgets
class Button(QtWidgets.QPushButton):
moveSignal = QtCore.pyqtSignal()
def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
super(Button, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
self.m_timer = QtCore.QTimer(self, interval=120)
self.m_timer.timeout.connect(self.moveSignal)
self.setMouseTracking(True)
self.setFixedHeight(20)
def mouseReleaseEvent(self, e):
super(Button, self).mousePressEvent(e)
self.setDown(True)
def enterEvent(self, e):
self.setDown(True)
self.m_timer.start()
super(Button, self).enterEvent(e)
def leaveEvent(self, e):
self.setDown(False)
self.m_timer.stop()
super(Button, self).leaveEvent(e)
class Window(QtWidgets.QWidget):
def __init__(self):
super(Window, self).__init__()
self.setFixedWidth(230)
icon = self.style().standardIcon(QtWidgets.QStyle.SP_ArrowUp)
self.upBtn = Button(icon=icon)
self.upBtn.moveSignal.connect(self.moveUp)
icon = self.style().standardIcon(QtWidgets.QStyle.SP_ArrowDown)
self.downBtn = Button(icon=icon)
self.downBtn.moveSignal.connect(self.moveDown)
self.listWidget = QtWidgets.QListWidget()
self.listWidget.setHorizontalScrollBarPolicy(QtCore.Qt.ScrollBarAlwaysOff)
self.listWidget.setVerticalScrollBarPolicy(QtCore.Qt.ScrollBarAlwaysOff)
layout = QtWidgets.QVBoxLayout(self)
layout.setContentsMargins(0, 0, 0, 0)
layout.setSpacing(0)
layout.addWidget(self.upBtn)
layout.addWidget(self.listWidget)
layout.addWidget(self.downBtn)
self.adjust_buttons()
self.create_connections()
def create_connections(self):
self.listWidget.currentItemChanged.connect(self.adjust_buttons)
model = self.listWidget.model()
model.rowsInserted.connect(self.adjust_buttons)
model.rowsRemoved.connect(self.adjust_buttons)
model.rowsMoved.connect(self.adjust_buttons)
model.modelReset.connect(self.adjust_buttons)
model.layoutChanged.connect(self.adjust_buttons)
#QtCore.pyqtSlot()
def adjust_buttons(self):
first = self.listWidget.itemAt(QtCore.QPoint())
r = self.listWidget.row(first)
self.upBtn.setVisible(r != 0 and r!= -1)
last = self.listWidget.itemAt(self.listWidget.viewport().rect().bottomRight())
r = self.listWidget.row(last)
self.downBtn.setVisible( r != (self.listWidget.count() -1) and r != -1)
#QtCore.pyqtSlot()
def moveUp(self):
ix = self.listWidget.moveCursor(QtWidgets.QAbstractItemView.MoveUp, QtCore.Qt.NoModifier)
self.listWidget.setCurrentIndex(ix)
#QtCore.pyqtSlot()
def moveDown(self):
ix = self.listWidget.moveCursor(QtWidgets.QAbstractItemView.MoveDown, QtCore.Qt.NoModifier)
self.listWidget.setCurrentIndex(ix)
#QtCore.pyqtSlot(str)
def add_item(self, text):
item = QtWidgets.QListWidgetItem(text)
self.listWidget.addItem(item)
if __name__ == '__main__':
app = QtWidgets.QApplication(sys.argv)
window = Window()
for i in range(100):
window.add_item("item {}".format(i))
window.show()
sys.exit(app.exec_())

Connecting signal to slot between classes in PyQt

Aim is to connect a signal of the top class TicTacToe with the QMainWindow class.
It throws an error: TicTacToe cannot be converted to PyQt5.QtCore.QObject in this context
#!/usr/bin/env python
from PyQt5.QtCore import (QLineF, QPointF, QRectF, pyqtSignal)
from PyQt5.QtGui import (QIcon, QBrush, QColor, QPainter, QPixmap)
from PyQt5.QtWidgets import (QAction, QMainWindow, QApplication, QGraphicsView, QGraphicsScene, QGraphicsItem,
QGridLayout, QVBoxLayout, QHBoxLayout,
QLabel, QLineEdit, QPushButton)
class TicTacToe(QGraphicsItem):
def __init__(self):
super(TicTacToe, self).__init__()
def paintEvent(self, painter, option, widget):
painter.setPen(Qt.black)
painter.drawLine(0,100,300,100)
def boundingRect(self):
return QRectF(0,0,300,300)
def mousePressEvent(self, event):
pos = event.pos()
self.select(int(pos.x()/100), int(pos.y()/100))
self.update()
super(TicTacToe, self).mousePressEvent(event)
messageSignal = pyqtSignal(int)
class MyGraphicsView(QGraphicsView):
def __init__(self):
super(MyGraphicsView, self).__init__()
scene = QGraphicsScene(self)
self.tic_tac_toe = TicTacToe()
scene.addItem(self.tic_tac_toe)
scene.addPixmap(QPixmap("exit.png"))
self.setScene(scene)
def keyPressEvent(self, event):
key = event.key()
if key == Qt.Key_R:
self.tic_tac_toe.reset()
super(MyGraphicsView, self).keyPressEvent(event)
class Example(QMainWindow):
def __init__(self):
super(Example, self).__init__()
self.y = MyGraphicsView()
self.setCentralWidget(self.y)
self.y.tic_tac_toe.messageSignal.connect (self.messageSlot)
self.initUI()
def messageSlot(self, val):
self.statusBar().showMessage(val)
def initUI(self):
self.toolbar = self.addToolBar('Tools')
self.setGeometry(30, 30, 30, 20)
self.setWindowTitle('Menubar')
self.show()
if __name__ == '__main__':
import sys
app = QApplication(sys.argv)
mainWindow = Example()
mainWindow.showFullScreen()
sys.exit(app.exec_())

Only classes that inherit from QObject have the ability to create signals, for example QWidget, QMainWIndow, QGraphicsView inherit from QObject so they can have signals. But QGraphicsItem does not inherit from QObject because of efficiency issues so they do not have the ability to create signals. If you want an item that is a QObject you must use QGraphicsObject. In addition, the items have the paint() method, not paintEvent().
class TicTacToe(QGraphicsObject):
def paint(self, painter, option, widget):
painter.setPen(Qt.black)
painter.drawLine(0,100,300,100)
def boundingRect(self):
return QRectF(0,0,300,300)
def mousePressEvent(self, event):
pos = event.pos()
# self.select(int(pos.x()/100), int(pos.y()/100))
self.update()
super(TicTacToe, self).mousePressEvent(event)
messageSignal = pyqtSignal(int)
If you still want to use QGraphicsItem, a possible work around is to create a class that is in charge of the communication and that inherits from QObject:
class Helper(QObject):
messageSignal = pyqtSignal(int)
class TicTacToe(QGraphicsObject):
def __init__(self, helper):
super(TicTacToe, self).__init__()
self.helper = helper
def paint(self, painter, option, widget):
painter.setPen(Qt.black)
painter.drawLine(0,100,300,100)
def boundingRect(self):
return QRectF(0,0,300,300)
def mousePressEvent(self, event):
pos = event.pos()
self.helper.emit(10)
# self.select(int(pos.x()/100), int(pos.y()/100))
self.update()
super(TicTacToe, self).mousePressEvent(event)
class MyGraphicsView(QGraphicsView):
def __init__(self):
super(MyGraphicsView, self).__init__()
scene = QGraphicsScene(self)
self.helper = Helper(self)
self.tic_tac_toe = TicTacToe(self.helper)
scene.addItem(self.tic_tac_toe)
scene.addPixmap(QPixmap("exit.png"))
self.setScene(scene)
def keyPressEvent(self, event):
key = event.key()
if key == Qt.Key_R:
self.tic_tac_toe.reset()
super(MyGraphicsView, self).keyPressEvent(event)
class Example(QMainWindow):
def __init__(self):
super(Example, self).__init__()
self.y = MyGraphicsView()
self.setCentralWidget(self.y)
self.helper.messageSignal.connect(self.messageSlot)
self.initUI()
def messageSlot(self, val):
self.statusBar().showMessage(val)
def initUI(self):
self.toolbar = self.addToolBar('Tools')
self.setGeometry(30, 30, 30, 20)
self.setWindowTitle('Menubar')
self.show()

The problem is that your class TicTacToe doesn't inherit -- directly or otherwise -- from QObject meaning it can't be used by Qt as a signal source.
Try inheriting from QGraphicsObject instead...
class TicTacToe(QGraphicsObject):
def __init__(self):
super(TicTacToe, self).__init__()

PyQt5: painting using events

I am new on PyQt I am working on a project on which I should implement a feature that make the user able to draw a digit using the mouse (digit recognition system). So what I want is when the mouse button is pressed the app will start to draw till the button is released. I made this source code but it is still not working (I think I am struggling with sending a signal to PaintEvent()).
import sys
from PyQt5 import QtCore
from PyQt5 import QtGui, QtWidgets
from PyQt5.QtWidgets import QApplication, QWidget, QInputDialog, QLineEdit, QFileDialog,QGraphicsView,QGraphicsScene,QVBoxLayout
from PyQt5.QtWidgets import (QApplication, QLabel, QWidget)
from PyQt5.QtGui import QPainter, QColor, QPen
from PyQt5.QtCore import Qt
from PyQt5.QtGui import QPainter
from PyQt5.QtCore import pyqtSignal, QObject
from PyQt5.QtWidgets import QMainWindow, QApplication
class Communicate(QObject):
drawApp = pyqtSignal()
class MyWidget(QWidget):
def __init__(self):
super().__init__()
self.initUI()
def initUI(self):
self.setGeometry(300, 300, 300, 220)
self.setWindowTitle('Simple')
self.setMouseTracking(True)
self.label = QLabel(self)
self.label.resize(500, 40)
self.c = Communicate()
self.c.drawApp.connect(self.PaintEvent())
self.show()
def mousePressEvent(self, event):
self.c.drawApp.emit()
self.startingposx = event.x()
self.startingposy = event.y()
#super().mousePressEvent(event)
print ("mouse pressed")
def mouseMoveEvent(self, event):
self.label.setText('Coordinates: ( %d : %d )' % (event.x(), event.y()) )
self.y = event.y()
self.x=event.x()
def PaintEvent(self,event):
qp = QPainter()
qp.begin(self)
#qp.setPen(Qt.red)
qp.drawPoints(self,qp)
qp.end()
self.update()
def mouseReleaseEvent(self,event):
self.endingposx = event.x()
self.endingposy = event.y()
super().mouseReleaseEvent(event)
print("starting point was",self.startingposx)
print("starting point y was ",self.startingposy)
print("ending point was ",self.endingposx)
print("ending point was y ",self.endingposy)
print("released")
def drawPoints(self,qp):
qp.setPen(Qt.red)
size = self.size()
x=self.x
y=self.y
qp.drawPoint(x,y)
app = QApplication(sys.argv)
widget = MyWidget()
widget.show()
app.exec_()

Python is sensitive to uppercase and lowercase so be more careful, the method is called paintEvent.
Also you should not call paintEvent directly, you must use the function update(), this method will internally call paintEvent().
But even correcting that error your problem is not solved, if you want to draw a path it is advisable to use QPainterPath as this stores the strokes.
class Drawer(QWidget):
newPoint = pyqtSignal(QPoint)
def __init__(self, parent=None):
QWidget.__init__(self, parent)
self.path = QPainterPath()
def paintEvent(self, event):
painter = QPainter(self)
painter.drawPath(self.path)
def mousePressEvent(self, event):
self.path.moveTo(event.pos())
self.update()
def mouseMoveEvent(self, event):
self.path.lineTo(event.pos())
self.newPoint.emit(event.pos())
self.update()
def sizeHint(self):
return QSize(400, 400)
class MyWidget(QWidget):
def __init__(self, parent=None):
QWidget.__init__(self, parent)
self.setLayout(QVBoxLayout())
label = QLabel(self)
drawer = Drawer(self)
drawer.newPoint.connect(lambda p: label.setText('Coordinates: ( %d : %d )' % (p.x(), p.y())))
self.layout().addWidget(label)
self.layout().addWidget(drawer)
if __name__ == '__main__':
app = QApplication(sys.argv)
w = MyWidget()
w.show()
sys.exit(app.exec_())
Screenshot:

I don't have the reputation to reply to eyllanesc's solution, but in case others are having issues, the imports were not complete. Here's is eyllanesc's solution with the imports. It will execute without error:
import sys
from PyQt5.QtWidgets import QVBoxLayout
from PyQt5.QtWidgets import (QLabel, QWidget)
from PyQt5.QtGui import QPainter, QPainterPath
from PyQt5.QtCore import pyqtSignal, QPoint, QSize
from PyQt5.QtWidgets import QApplication
class Drawer(QWidget):
newPoint = pyqtSignal(QPoint)
def __init__(self, parent=None):
QWidget.__init__(self, parent)
self.path = QPainterPath()
def paintEvent(self, event):
painter = QPainter(self)
painter.drawPath(self.path)
def mousePressEvent(self, event):
self.path.moveTo(event.pos())
self.update()
def mouseMoveEvent(self, event):
self.path.lineTo(event.pos())
self.newPoint.emit(event.pos())
self.update()
def sizeHint(self):
return QSize(400, 400)
class MyWidget(QWidget):
def __init__(self, parent=None):
QWidget.__init__(self, parent)
self.setLayout(QVBoxLayout())
label = QLabel(self)
drawer = Drawer(self)
drawer.newPoint.connect(lambda p: label.setText('Coordinates: ( %d : %d )' % (p.x(), p.y())))
self.layout().addWidget(label)
self.layout().addWidget(drawer)
if __name__ == '__main__':
app = QApplication(sys.argv)
w = MyWidget()
w.show()
sys.exit(app.exec_())

pyqt passing signals between classes

I have seen similar questions but none of them seems to work in order to solve my problem.
Basically, my intention is very simple. I try to pass the signal from my settingsWindow class to the centerWindow. Therefore, I created a Qbject called brigde to pass the signal.
In this example, I suppose to get a print "fire" when I press the Ok Button in the settingsWindow. But, nothing is happening.
I'm not sure if I defined all my classes properly. Are all the inheritances correct?
import sys
from PyQt5.QtCore import QFileInfo, QSettings, QCoreApplication, QSize, QRect, Qt, QObject, pyqtSignal
from PyQt5.QtGui import QIcon
from PyQt5.QtWidgets import (qApp, QApplication, QMainWindow, QFormLayout, QPushButton, QTabWidget,QDialog, QWidget, QAction, QVBoxLayout, QHBoxLayout, QSpacerItem, QSizePolicy)
class mainWindow(QMainWindow):
def __init__(self, parent=None):
super(mainWindow, self).__init__(parent)
self.initUI()
def initUI(self):
exitAction = QAction('Exit', self)
exitAction.triggered.connect(qApp.quit)
gSettingAction = QAction('Settings', self)
gSettingAction.triggered.connect(settingsWindow)
self.toolbar = self.addToolBar('Exit')
self.toolbar.setMovable(False)
self.toolbar.addAction(exitAction)
self.toolbar.addAction(gSettingAction)
self.center_window = centerWindow(self)
self.setCentralWidget(self.center_window)
class centerWindow(QWidget):
def __init__(self, parent):
super(centerWindow, self).__init__(parent)
self.initUI()
wb = bridge()
wb.valueUpdated.connect(self.fire)
def initUI(self):
lytLWin = QVBoxLayout()
self.hbox1 = QHBoxLayout()
self.hbox1.addLayout(lytLWin)
self.setLayout(self.hbox1)
def fire(self):
print 'fire'
class settingsWindow(QDialog):
def __init__(self):
QDialog.__init__(self)
self.tab_widget = QTabWidget()
self.win_vbox = QVBoxLayout(self)
self.win_vbox.addWidget(self.tab_widget)
self.tab1 = QWidget()
self.tab_widget.addTab(self.tab1, "Tab_1")
t1 = self.tab1_UI()
self.tab1.setLayout(t1)
self.win_vbox.addLayout(self.btnbar())
self.setLayout(self.win_vbox)
self.wb = bridge()
self.exec_()
def tab1_UI(self):
lytSettings = QFormLayout()
vbox = QVBoxLayout()
vbox.addLayout(lytSettings)
return vbox
def btnbar(self):
ok_set_PB = QPushButton('OK')
ok_set_PB.setObjectName("ok_set_PB_IH")
ok_set_PB.clicked.connect(self.ok_settings)
cancel_set_PB = QPushButton('Cancel')
cancel_set_PB.setObjectName("cancel_set_PB_IH")
btn_hbox = QHBoxLayout()
btn_hbox.addStretch()
btn_hbox.addWidget(ok_set_PB)
btn_hbox.addWidget(cancel_set_PB)
spacerItem = QSpacerItem(2, 2, QSizePolicy.Minimum, QSizePolicy.Minimum)
btn_hbox.addItem(spacerItem)
return btn_hbox
def ok_settings(self):
self.wb.sendSignal()
class bridge(QObject):
valueUpdated = pyqtSignal()
def __init__(self):
QObject.__init__(self)
def sendSignal(self):
self.valueUpdated.emit()
def main():
app = QApplication(sys.argv)
ex = mainWindow()
ex.setGeometry(100,100,1000,600)
ex.show()
sys.exit(app.exec_())
if __name__ == "__main__":
main()

The problem is that you are working with different instances, so that it works you should change to the following:
class mainWindow(QMainWindow):
def __init__(self, parent=None):
super(mainWindow, self).__init__(parent)
self.wb = bridge()
self.initUI()
def initUI(self):
[...]
gSettingAction.triggered.connect(lambda: settingsWindow(self.wb))
[...]
self.center_window = centerWindow(self.wb, self)
[...]
class centerWindow(QWidget):
def __init__(self, bridge, parent=None):
super(centerWindow, self).__init__(parent)
self.initUI()
wb = bridge
wb.valueUpdated.connect(self.fire)
[...]
class settingsWindow(QDialog):
def __init__(self, bridge, parent=None):
QDialog.__init__(self)
[...]
self.wb = bridge
[...]