I want to click a button made in QML and execute a function that's defined in my Python (PyQt) code. How do I do that?
main.py:
import sys
from PyQt5.QtCore import QObject, QUrl, Qt
from PyQt5.QtWidgets import QApplication
from PyQt5.QtQml import QQmlApplicationEngine
if __name__ == "__main__":
app = QApplication(sys.argv)
engine = QQmlApplicationEngine()
ctx = engine.rootContext()
ctx.setContextProperty("main", engine)
engine.load('test.qml')
win = engine.rootObjects()[0]
win.show()
sys.exit(app.exec())
main.qml:
import QtQuick 2.2
import QtQuick.Window 2.1
import QtQuick.Controls 1.2
import QtQuick.Dialogs 1.1
ApplicationWindow {
title: qsTr("Test Invoke")
width: 200
height: 100
Button{
y : 70
text : "About"
onClicked: {
print('Hello')
}
}
}
If you name the button, you can connect to its onClick signal, or to a custom signal that it emits in onClicked
. Example:
ApplicationWindow {
title: qsTr("Test Invoke")
width: 200
height: 100
Button {
signal messageRequired
objectName: "myButton"
y : 70
text : "About"
onClicked: messageRequired()
}
}
Note the signal in Button and the objectName property. Then the Python code just before exec
could be for example:
def myFunction():
print 'handler called'
button = win.findChild(QObject, "myButton")
button.messageRequired.connect(myFunction)
button.clicked.connect(myFunction) # works too
Note that in the Button above, onClicked
just emits the messageRequired
signal, so it is better to drop the custom signal and connect to clicked
directly. Both onClicked()
and any slots connected to clicked
will get called when you click button.