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PyQt Prevent QInputDialog from closing on ESC/Enter cross click


I created QInputDialog and configured event filter in it, but I don't know how to prevent it from closing on ESC or ENTER button click in eventFilter(self, widget, event) method.

 self.inDialog = QInputDialog(self)
 #some config...
 self.inDialog.setLabelText('')
 self.nameAction.setText('&Nazwa pola głównego ✔')
 self.inDialog.show()

My event filter concept:

def eventFilter(self, widget, event):
    if isinstance(event, QtGui.QKeyEvent):
        if event.key() == 16777220:
            return False
    # here I want to call super somehow?
    return

It is worth mentioning that I am doing all this operations in QMainWindow class from which I am calling this QInputdialog. I would prefer not to subclass QDialog and write everything manually.


Solution

  • If you want to avoid that the event happens to the QInputDialog you must return True in the filter, on the other hand it is better to use the Qt::Key to make a more readable code.

    from PyQt5 import QtCore, QtGui, QtWidgets
    
    class MainWindow(QtWidgets.QMainWindow):
        def __init__(self, parent=None):
            super(MainWindow, self).__init__(parent)
            button = QtWidgets.QPushButton("Press me")
            button.clicked.connect(self.opendialog)
            self.setCentralWidget(button)
    
            self.inDialog = QtWidgets.QInputDialog()
            self.inDialog.setLabelText('')
            self.inDialog.installEventFilter(self)
    
        @QtCore.pyqtSlot()
        def opendialog(self):
            if self.inDialog.exec_() == QtWidgets.QDialog.Accepted:
                print("Acepted")
                print(self.inDialog.textValue())
    
        def eventFilter(self, obj, event):
            if obj is self.inDialog and event.type() == QtCore.QEvent.KeyPress:
                if event.key() in (QtCore.Qt.Key_Return, 
                    QtCore.Qt.Key_Escape, 
                    QtCore.Qt.Key_Enter,):
                    return True
            return super(MainWindow, self).eventFilter(obj, event)
    
    if __name__ == '__main__':
        import sys
        app = QtWidgets.QApplication(sys.argv)
        w = MainWindow()
        w.show()
        sys.exit(app.exec_())
    

    Update: + Disable close button:

    def eventFilter(self, obj, event):
        if obj is self.inDialog:
            if event.type() == QtCore.QEvent.KeyPress:
                if event.key() in (QtCore.Qt.Key_Return, 
                    QtCore.Qt.Key_Escape, 
                    QtCore.Qt.Key_Enter,):
                    return True
            if event.type() == QtCore.QEvent.Close:
                event.ignore()
                return True
        return super(MainWindow, self).eventFilter(obj, event)