pythonpyqtpyqt5qaction

How to change the icon of an action in the toolbar at runtime?


I want to change QAction's icon in Toolbar when it is clicked.

I have seen the same question in C++, but it's hard to me to understand other languages. (On Qt, how to change the icon of an action in the toolbar at runtime?)

import sys
from PyQt5.QtWidgets import *
from PyQt5.QtGui import QIcon


class MainWindow(QMainWindow):
    def __init__(self):
        super().__init__()
        self.initUI()

    def initUI(self):

        self.PausePlay = QAction(QIcon('Play.png'), 'Play')
        self.PausePlay.setCheckable(True)
        self.PausePlay.triggered[bool].connect(self.Playing)

        self.toolbar = self.addToolBar('tb')
        self.toolbar.addAction(self.PausePlay)

        self.setGeometry(300, 300, 300, 300)
        self.show()

    def Playing(self, active):
        if active:
            # setting new icon
        else:
            # setting new icon


if __name__ == '__main__':
    app = QApplication(sys.argv)
    MWindow = MainWindow()
    sys.exit(app.exec_())

Solution

  • It is not necessary to use QToolButton as the other answers indicate. In this case you should only get the QAction and set a new icon

    def Playing(self, active):
        self.PausePlay.setIcon(QIcon("icon1.png") if active else QIcon("icon2.png"))