Creating GUI Applications with PyQt and Qt Designer
This presentation was given as a scheduled talk at PyCon UK 2007. The material presented covered the following subjects:
Generating code from user interface descriptions with pyuic4
- Connecting signals and slots using auto-connection
Creating custom widgets with PyQt4 for use in Qt Designer
Materials
The following materials are available:
Slides outlining how to use Qt Designer with PyQt4
Example code used in the talk
Examples
Three examples are provided:
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The PyPI Information example shows how a graphical user interface created with Qt Designer can be accessed and used in a PyQt4 application.
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The Equation Viewer example uses a more realistic user interface, with menus, actions and toolbar buttons, and shows how these elements can be connected to features written in Python.
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The Logo Maker example contains two custom widgets: the color button is described in the slides, but the logo widget itself can also be used from within Qt Designer.