pyQt - how to make a widgets selection based on QGroupBox - python

In my application,
I have three same QGroupBoxes with some pushbuttons.
I want to have same names for pushbuttons and acces to them through QGroupBox name.
Is that possible?
QGroupBox_one.button_export
QGroupBox_one.button_import
QGroupBox_two.button_export
QGroupBox_two.button_import
Than I could make method with QGroupBox as parameter and configure buttons easier.
Thanks.

I think a clean way of doing what you want is making a new class (MyQGroupBoxes) that has the push buttons and the configure method you need.
from PyQt4 import QtGui
class MyQGroupBoxes(QtGui.QGroupBox):
def __init__(self, parent):
QtGui.QGroupBox.__init__(self, parent)
self.button_export = QtGui.QPushButton("Export", self)
self.button_import = QtGui.QPushButton("Import", self)
layout = QtGui.QVBoxLayout(self)
self.setLayout(layout)
layout.addWidget(self.button_export)
layout.addWidget(self.button_import)
def config_export(self):
# config your button
pass
def config_import(self):
# config your button
pass
if __name__ == "__main__":
app = QtGui.QApplication(sys.argv)
my_box1 = MyQGroupBoxes(None)
my_box2 = MyQGroupBoxes(None)
my_boxes = [my_box1, my_box2]
# Config all the boxes
for my_box in my_boxes:
my_box.config_export()
my_box.config_import()
my_box.show()
app.exec_()

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PyQt5 Problem involving QMainWindow class, QAction and probably the setCentralWidget() function, what to do? [duplicate]

This question already has answers here:
PyQT Navigation between layouts
(2 answers)
Closed 1 year ago.
How to get back my MainWindow ?
From my MainWindow. If I Press either the "Open Left Box" button or "Open Right Box" button, it's worked and at the same time, If I press the "Back" Button from Left Box, nothing will happen. How to obtain the main window? (Simply, I want to know how to set Layouts and remove layouts in setcentral Widgets)
import sys,os
from PyQt5.QtGui import *
from PyQt5.QtWidgets import *
from PyQt5.QtCore import *
class Class_MainWindow(QMainWindow):
def __init__(self):
super().__init__()
self.setWindowTitle("Main Window")
self.initUI()
def initUI(self):
self.widgets()
self.layouts()
def widgets(self):
self.Masterbtn = QPushButton("Master")
self.transbtn = QPushButton("tanscation")
self.reportbtn = QPushButton("Reports")
self.masterlbl = QLabel("Master Label")
self.translbl = QLabel("transcation label")
self.reportlbl = QLabel("Report Label")
self.leftboxbtn = QPushButton("Open Left Box")
self.leftboxbtn.clicked.connect(self.leftboxopn)
self.rightboxbtn = QPushButton("Open Right Box")
self.rightboxbtn.clicked.connect(self.rightboxopn)
self.backbtn =QPushButton("Back")
self.backbtn.clicked.connect(self.mainwindow)
def layouts(self):
self.mainbox = QVBoxLayout()
self.mainbox.addWidget(self.leftboxbtn)
self.mainbox.addWidget(self.rightboxbtn)
self.leftbox = QVBoxLayout()
self.leftbox.addWidget(self.Masterbtn)
self.leftbox.addWidget(self.transbtn)
self.leftbox.addWidget(self.reportbtn)
self.leftbox.addWidget(self.backbtn)
self.rightbox = QVBoxLayout()
self.rightbox.addWidget(self.masterlbl)
self.rightbox.addWidget(self.translbl)
self.rightbox.addWidget(self.reportlbl)
# self.rightbox.addWidget(self.backbtn)
widget = QWidget()
widget.setLayout(self.mainbox)
self.setCentralWidget(widget)
def leftboxopn(self):
self.setWindowTitle("Left Box ")
widget = QWidget()
widget.setLayout(self.leftbox)
self.setCentralWidget(widget)
def rightboxopn(self):
self.setWindowTitle("Right Box")
widget = QWidget()
widget.setLayout(self.rightbox)
self.setCentralWidget(widget)
def mainwindow(self):
self.setWindowTitle("Main Window")
widget = QWidget()
widget.setLayout(self.mainbox)
self.setCentralWidget(widget)
def main():
app = QApplication(sys.argv)
mainwindow = Class_MainWindow()
mainwindow.show()
sys.exit(app.exec_())
if __name__ =="__main__":
main()
You cannot "get back" anything, because everytime you use setCentralWidget() the existing widget gets deleted, as the documentation explains:
Note: QMainWindow takes ownership of the widget pointer and deletes it at the appropriate time.
When you call setCentralWidget() on another widget, the previous is completely deleted, including all its children. When a Qt object is deleted, all its child objects gets deleted along with it, and the result is that the self.mainbox you created in the beginning doesn't exist any more (the python object exists, but remember that PyQt objects are only a reference to the actual Qt objects: a Qt object can be deleted if Qt requires it, even if the python reference still exists).
In substance (and, in any case), you should not replace the central widget everytime, but use a paged widget like QStackedWidget as the central widget instead, and then switch to the other interfaces using its functions: setCurrentIndex() or setCurrentWidget().
In order to properly use it, all child widgets must be added to a QWidget container, which will then be added as individual "pages" to QStackedWidget:
class Class_MainWindow(QMainWindow):
# ...
def layouts(self):
self.mainContainer = QWidget()
self.mainbox = QVBoxLayout(self.mainContainer)
self.mainbox.addWidget(self.leftboxbtn)
self.mainbox.addWidget(self.rightboxbtn)
self.leftContainer = QWidget()
self.leftbox = QVBoxLayout(self.leftContainer)
self.leftbox.addWidget(self.Masterbtn)
self.leftbox.addWidget(self.transbtn)
self.leftbox.addWidget(self.reportbtn)
self.leftbox.addWidget(self.backbtn)
self.rightContainer = QWidget()
self.rightbox = QVBoxLayout(self.rightContainer)
self.rightbox.addWidget(self.masterlbl)
self.rightbox.addWidget(self.translbl)
self.rightbox.addWidget(self.reportlbl)
# self.rightbox.addWidget(self.backbtn)
self.stackedWidget = QStackedWidget()
self.setCentralWidget(self.stackedWidget)
self.stackedWidget.addWidget(self.mainContainer)
self.stackedWidget.addWidget(self.leftContainer)
self.stackedWidget.addWidget(self.rightContainer)
def leftboxopn(self):
self.setWindowTitle("Left Box ")
self.stackedWidget.setCurrentWidget(self.leftContainer)
def rightboxopn(self):
self.setWindowTitle("Right Box")
self.stackedWidget.setCurrentWidget(self.rightContainer)
def mainwindow(self):
self.setWindowTitle("Main Window")
self.stackedWidget.setCurrentWidget(self.mainContainer)

pyqt5: some widgets are disappear in my label

I am implement my-self label, but some widget is disappear.
My code is:
from PyQt5.QtWidgets import *
import sys
class TypeManagerLabel(QLabel):
def __init__(self):
super().__init__()
layout = QVBoxLayout()
self.setLayout(layout)
btnLayout = QHBoxLayout()
self.__nameLineEdit = QLineEdit()
self.__opBtn = QPushButton('Add/Remove')
self.__colorBtn = QPushButton('Color')
btnLayout.addWidget(self.__nameLineEdit)
btnLayout.addWidget(self.__opBtn)
layout.addLayout(btnLayout)
class MyWin(QLabel):
def __init__(self):
super().__init__()
layout = QVBoxLayout()
self.setLayout(layout)
lab1 = TypeManagerLabel()
layout.addWidget(lab1)
# layout.addStretch()
lab2 = QPushButton('test')
layout.addWidget(lab2)
app = QApplication(sys.argv)
dialog = MyWin()
dialog.show()
app.exec_()
Currently, the label is OK, and the result should be:
Now, I want the QLineEdit should be located on the top of the label, thus I add a stretch. And the code is:
class MyWin(QLabel):
def __init__(self):
super().__init__()
layout = QVBoxLayout()
self.setLayout(layout)
lab1 = TypeManagerLabel()
layout.addWidget(lab1)
layout.addStretch() ###################### add the stretch
lab2 = QPushButton('test')
layout.addWidget(lab2)
And the result is:
In the above figure, the QLineEdit is disappeared.
#
My environment is:
win 10
python 3.7.8
pyqt5 5.14.0
--------------------------------update ----------------------------------
Thank for the suggestion from musicamante and Heike, subclass QWidget instead of QLabel. But the new bug is reported after I add some new widget. The code is:
from PyQt5.QtWidgets import *
import sys
class TypeManagerLabel(QWidget):
def __init__(self):
super().__init__()
layout = QVBoxLayout()
self.setLayout(layout)
btnLayout = QHBoxLayout()
self.__nameLineEdit = QLineEdit()
self.__opBtn = QPushButton('Add')
btnLayout.addWidget(self.__nameLineEdit)
btnLayout.addWidget(self.__opBtn)
layout.addLayout(btnLayout)
infoLabel = QLabel()
layout.addWidget(infoLabel)
self.__infoLayout = QVBoxLayout()
infoLabel.setLayout(self.__infoLayout)
self.__opBtn.clicked.connect(self.addRemoveSlot)
def addRemoveSlot(self, checked=False):
name = self.__nameLineEdit.text()
layout = QHBoxLayout()
checkBox = QCheckBox()
lineEdit = QLineEdit(name)
layout.addWidget(checkBox)
layout.addWidget(lineEdit)
self.__infoLayout.addLayout(layout)
class MyWin(QLabel):
def __init__(self):
super().__init__()
layout = QVBoxLayout()
self.setLayout(layout)
lab1 = TypeManagerLabel()
layout.addWidget(lab1)
# layout.addStretch()
lab2 = QPushButton('test')
layout.addWidget(lab2)
app = QApplication(sys.argv)
dialog = MyWin()
dialog.show()
app.exec_()
When I input a string in the QLineEdit, and click the "Add" button, the result is:
The above figure is what I expected.
But if I add stretch with the code:
class MyWin(QLabel):
def __init__(self):
super().__init__()
layout = QVBoxLayout()
self.setLayout(layout)
lab1 = TypeManagerLabel()
layout.addWidget(lab1)
layout.addStretch() ###################### add the stretch
lab2 = QPushButton('test')
layout.addWidget(lab2)
Then, if I input a string in the QLineEdit and click the 'Add' button, the expected widget would not appear.
QLabel is a very special type of widget. While it seems very simple, it is not: it has its own behavior when dealing with sizes, and that's in order to accomodate all requirements a widget that is primarily based on (possibly) variable text size, not only horizontally, but vertically also.
That said, one should never try to add layouts and child widgets to classes that are not intended to be used as container, most importantly it should not be done on widgets with peculiar behavior like QLabel.
Using such a widget to contain other widgets is not only a very bad idea, but also completely useless, as you're not actually using the real features a QLabel provides (showing text or images).
To add children and layouts, just use a nested layout, a plain QWidget class, or any other container widgets like QGroupBox or QFrame.
Even after the comments, you're still trying to add widgets to a QLabel. Remove that label, and just add the layout to the main one.
class TypeManagerLabel(QWidget):
def __init__(self):
super().__init__()
# ...
layout.addLayout(btnLayout)
self.__infoLayout = QVBoxLayout()
layout.addLayout(self.__infoLayout)
self.__opBtn.clicked.connect(self.addRemoveSlot)
# ...

Cannot create QScrollArea with QWidget and QVBoxLayout to QWidget with QVBoxLayout

I have this code:
class Window(QWidget):
def __init__(self):
super().__init__()
def init_gui(self):
self.layout = QVBoxLayout()
self.setLayout(self.layout)
self.new1()
self.new2()
self.showMaximized()
def create_scroll_area(self):
scroll_area = QScrollArea()
widget = QWidget()
scroll_area.setWidget(widget)
layout = QVBoxLayout()
widget.setLayout(layout)
button = QPushButton("Ahoj")
layout.addWidget(button)
self.layout.addLayout(layout)
def new1(self):
self.create_scroll_area()
def new2(self):
self.create_scroll_area()
I get this error message:
QLayout::addChildLayout: layout "" already has a parent
What's wrong?
Who is layout's parent? Widget? I also tried self.widget instead of widget and it still does not work.
Please try this code.
from PyQt5.QtWidgets import *
from PyQt5.QtGui import *
from PyQt5.QtCore import *
import sys
class Window(QWidget):
def __init__(self, parent=None):
super().__init__(parent=None)
self.init_gui()
def init_gui(self):
self.create_scroll_area()
self.showMaximized()
def create_scroll_area(self):
scroll_area = QScrollArea()
widget = QWidget()
layout = QVBoxLayout()
button = QPushButton("Ahoj")
layout.addWidget(button)
widget.setLayout(layout)
scroll_area.setWidget(widget)
self.setLayout(layout)
def main():
app = QApplication([])
window = Window()
window.show()
sys.exit(app.exec_())
if __name__ == "__main__":
main()
Let's revise from A to Z.
1 to write self.init_gui() in __init__ constructor.
If you don't do it, you can't execute init_gui method at the first time.
2.setLayout() or setWidget() should be written at the last place at least.
In python, we prepare the things we want to show, and set them on the mainwidget, and show them at the last time.
3.please pay attention to self.layout name.
Widget has originally setLayout() method. and layout() method.
If you make self.layout = ***, you crush the original method of QWidget.
4. it may as well delete new1 and new2 method.
please call them directly.
5. please look create_scroll_area method.
You make three widget.QScrollArea,QWidget,QPushButton.
and make a layout object.and you set the layout into QWidget.
But you set the QWidget before the widget set the layout.
It is not good order for coding.
You make QPushButton but the button doesn't belong to any widget.
Because you set the button on the self.layout certainly, but if you want to show it, you must setLayout(self.layout) at the last position.

PyQt QVBoxLayout and missing widgets?

I am trying to set up a window that has a text input & a combo box. At the moment I just want to see the text & the selection displayed under the appropriate widget.
I have used QVBoxLayout() as I will be adding more stuff later & thought it would be a simple way of laying out the window.
Unfortunately only the combo box ever gets displayed. The code:
from PyQt4 import QtCore, QtGui
import sys
class Polyhedra(QtGui.QMainWindow):
def __init__(self):
super(Polyhedra, self).__init__()
self.initUI()
def initUI(self):
# Poly names
self.pNames = QtGui.QLabel(self)
polyNameInput = QtGui.QLineEdit(self)
# polyName entry
polyNameInput.textChanged[str].connect(self.onChanged)
# Polytype selection
self.defaultPolyType = QtGui.QLabel("Random polyhedra", self)
polyType = QtGui.QComboBox(self)
polyType.addItem("Random polyhedra")
polyType.addItem("Spheres")
polyType.addItem("Waterman polyhedra")
polyType.activated[str].connect(self.onActivated)
# Layout
vbox = QtGui.QVBoxLayout()
vbox.addWidget(polyNameInput)
vbox.addWidget(self.pNames)
vbox.addWidget(polyType)
vbox.addWidget(self.defaultPolyType)
vbox.addStretch()
# Set up window
self.setGeometry(500, 500, 300, 300)
self.setWindowTitle('Pyticle')
self.show()
# Combo box
def onActivated(self, text):
self.defaultPolyType.setText(text)
self.defaultPolyType.adjustSize()
# Poly names
def onChanged(self, text):
self.pNames.setText(text)
self.pNames.adjustSize()
def main():
app = QtGui.QApplication(sys.argv)
ex = Polyhedra()
sys.exit(app.exec_())
if __name__ == '__main__':
main()
So whats going on here? Am I missing some important directive to QVBoxLayout()?
Using Python 2.7 on Win 7 x64 machine with PyQt 4.
EDIT: Additional problem (still related to missing widgets)
I have amended the code following the clarification below. I then added more widgets when a certain option in the combobox is chosen (see below) but these widgets dont show. I attempted to add a child widget to 'widget' called 'ranPolyWidget' to take a numerical input.
# Combo box
def onActivated(self, text):
if text=="Random polyhedra":
self.randomSeedLbl = QtGui.QLabel("Seed: ", self)
randomSeed = QtGui.QLineEdit(self)
randomSeed.textChanged[str].connect(self.setSeed)
ranPolyWidget = QtGui.QWidget(self.widget)
rbox = QtGui.QVBoxLayout(ranPolyWidget)
rbox.addWidget(randomSeed)
self.layout().addWidget(ranPolyWidget)
self.show()
else:
self.defaultPolyType.setText(text)
self.defaultPolyType.adjustSize()
Same issue as before, no widgets. I am missing something pretty fundamental arent I?
You're forgetting to set it to the widget or main window, so since the QComboBox is the last one made, it's the only one displayed. Basically, everything is added to the layout, but the layout is "free-floating", and so it does not display properly. You need to bind the layout to a QWidget, which I do here. For most widgets, you can can do this by the QtGui.QVBoxLayout(widget) or by widget.setLayout(layout).
Alternatively, if you want multiple layouts on a widget, you can do have a parent layout and then add each child layout to the main layout.
EDIT: This is a better answer:
Make a widget, set layout to widget and set as central widget.
QMainWindow-s don't like you using the builtin layout or overriding it.
widget = QtGui.QWidget()
vbox = QtGui.QVBoxLayout(widget)
self.setCentralWidget(widget)
Old Answer:
self.layout().addLayout(vbox).
This should fix your issue:
Changes I made:
Since QMainWindow already has a layout, add in a widget (28G) and then set the VBoxLayout to the widget and add it to the main window.
from PyQt4 import QtCore, QtGui
import sys
class Polyhedra(QtGui.QMainWindow):
def __init__(self):
super(Polyhedra, self).__init__()
self.initUI()
def initUI(self):
# Poly names
self.pNames = QtGui.QLabel(self)
polyNameInput = QtGui.QLineEdit(self)
# polyName entry
polyNameInput.textChanged[str].connect(self.onChanged)
# Polytype selection
self.defaultPolyType = QtGui.QLabel("Random polyhedra", self)
polyType = QtGui.QComboBox(self)
polyType.addItem("Random polyhedra")
polyType.addItem("Spheres")
polyType.addItem("Waterman polyhedra")
polyType.activated[str].connect(self.onActivated)
# Layout
widget = QtGui.QWidget()
vbox = QtGui.QVBoxLayout(widget)
vbox.addWidget(polyNameInput)
vbox.addWidget(self.pNames)
vbox.addWidget(polyType)
vbox.addWidget(self.defaultPolyType)
vbox.addStretch()
# Set up window
self.setGeometry(500, 500, 300, 300)
self.setWindowTitle('Pyticle')
self.layout().addWidget(widget)
self.show()
# Combo box
def onActivated(self, text):
self.defaultPolyType.setText(text)
self.defaultPolyType.adjustSize()
# Poly names
def onChanged(self, text):
self.pNames.setText(text)
self.pNames.adjustSize()
def main():
app = QtGui.QApplication(sys.argv)
ex = Polyhedra()
sys.exit(app.exec_())
if __name__ == '__main__':
main()
EDIT:
For adding new widgets, you should add them to the layout of the central widget and parent them to that widget.
Here's how I'd restructure your full code:
from PyQt4 import QtCore, QtGui
import sys
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(self)
polyNameInput = QtGui.QLineEdit(self)
# polyName entry
polyNameInput.textChanged[str].connect(self.onChanged)
# Polytype selection
self.defaultPolyType = QtGui.QLabel("Random polyhedra", self)
polyType = QtGui.QComboBox(self)
polyType.addItem("Random polyhedra")
polyType.addItem("Spheres")
polyType.addItem("Waterman polyhedra")
polyType.activated[str].connect(self.onActivated)
self.layout.addWidget(polyNameInput)
self.layout.addWidget(self.pNames)
self.layout.addWidget(polyType)
self.layout.addWidget(self.defaultPolyType)
self.layout.addStretch()
def onActivated(self, text):
'''Adds randSeed to layout'''
if text=="Random polyhedra":
self.randomSeedLbl = QtGui.QLabel("Seed: ", self)
randomSeed = QtGui.QLineEdit(self)
randomSeed.textChanged[str].connect(self.setSeed)
self.layout.addWidget(randomSeed)
else:
self.defaultPolyType.setText(text)
self.defaultPolyType.adjustSize()
# Poly names
def onChanged(self, text):
self.pNames.setText(text)
self.pNames.adjustSize()
class Polyhedra(QtGui.QMainWindow):
def __init__(self):
super(Polyhedra, self).__init__()
# I like having class attributes bound in __init__
# Not very Qt of me, but it's more
# so I break everything down into subclasses
# find it more Pythonic and easier to debug: parent->child
# is easy when I need to repaint or delete child widgets
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):
'''Pass to child'''
self.central_widget.onActivated(text)
def main():
app = QtGui.QApplication(sys.argv)
ex = Polyhedra()
sys.exit(app.exec_())
if __name__ == '__main__':
main()

PyQt : How to set up a widget hidding an other widget if it's visible?

Let's say I created two QObject in my interface (ui). I would like to connect these two widgets and let them controling each other depending on their visual status. If one is hidden, the other one must be visible. And vice versa.
Can you help me ? :)
Thanks !
Nico
Possible solution: Sublclass widgets and override hideEvent and showEvent:
#!/usr/bin/env python
import sys
from PyQt4 import QtCore, QtGui
class CustomWidget(QtGui.QLabel):
signal_hided = QtCore.pyqtSignal()
signal_shown = QtCore.pyqtSignal()
def hideEvent(self, event):
print 'hideEvent'
super(CustomWidget, self).hideEvent(event)
self.signal_hided.emit()
def showEvent(self, event):
print 'showEvent'
super(CustomWidget, self).showEvent(event)
self.signal_shown.emit()
class MainWidget(QtGui.QWidget):
def __init__(self, parent=None):
QtGui.QWidget.__init__(self, parent)
self.widget1 = CustomWidget('Widget1')
self.widget2 = CustomWidget('Widget2')
# connect signals, so if one widget is hidden then other is shown
self.widget1.signal_hided.connect(self.widget2.show)
self.widget2.signal_hided.connect(self.widget1.show)
self.widget2.signal_shown.connect(self.widget1.hide)
self.widget1.signal_shown.connect(self.widget2.hide)
# some test code
self.button = QtGui.QPushButton('test')
layout = QtGui.QVBoxLayout()
layout.addWidget(self.button)
layout.addWidget(self.widget1)
layout.addWidget(self.widget2)
self.setLayout(layout)
self.button.clicked.connect(self.do_test)
def do_test(self):
if self.widget1.isHidden():
self.widget1.show()
else:
self.widget2.show()
if __name__ == "__main__":
app = QtGui.QApplication(sys.argv)
widget = MainWidget()
widget.resize(640, 480)
widget.show()
sys.exit(app.exec_())

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