module: resources¶
(internal) support for items in resources folder, such as forms defined in .ui files
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Assign_GUP.resources.
loadUi
(ui_file, baseinstance=None, **kw)[source]¶ load a .ui file for use in building a GUI
Wraps uic.loadUi() with code that finds our program’s resources directory.
See: http://nullege.com/codes/search/PyQt4.uic.loadUi See: http://bitesofcode.blogspot.ca/2011/10/comparison-of-loading-techniques.html inspired by: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/14892713/how-do-you-load-ui-files-onto-python-classes-with-pyside?lq=1
Basic Procedure
- Use Qt Designer to create a .ui file.
- Create a python class of the same type as the widget you created in the .ui file.
- When initializing the python class, use uic to dynamically load the .ui file onto the class.
Here is an example from this code:
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from PyQt4 import QtGui import resources UI_FILE = 'plainTextEdit.ui' class TextWindow(QtGui.QDialog, form_class): def __init__(self, title, text): QtGui.QDialog.__init__(self, parent) resources.loadUi(UI_FILE, baseinstance=self) self.setWindowTitle(title) self.plainTextEdit.setPlainText(text) import sys app = QtGui.QApplication(sys.argv) win = TextWindow('the title', __doc__) win.show() sys.exit(app.exec_())