pyqt-helper

PyQt Helper is a script for auto-generating boiler plate code for interacting with PyQt widgets, such as value getters and setters, widget connections, and slot functions.

Usage

python pyqt_helper.py widgets.txt

where widgets.txt is a text file containing a PyQt widget object name on each line e.g. spinBox_distance.

Example

Given a text file named widgets.txt containing the object name of spinBox_distance, the following code would be generated and saved to a Python file named widgets_helper.py:

class WidgetsHelper:

    @property
    def distance(self) -> int:
        return self.ui.spinBox_distance.value()

    @distance.setter
    def distance(self, value: int) -> None:
        self.ui.spinBox_distance.setValue(value)

    @property
    def distance_enabled(self) -> bool:
        return self.ui.spinBox_distance.isEnabled()

    @distance_enabled.setter
    def distance_enabled(self, enabled: bool) -> None:
        self.ui.spinBox_distance.setEnabled(enabled)

A PyQt UI class can then simply inherit WidgetsHelper to gain the provided functionality:

class MyWindow(QMainWindow, WidgetsHelper):

    def method(self):
        # enable the distance spin box and set its value to 100
        self.distance_enabled = True
        self.distance = 100