Question :
So if I go into QtDesigner and build a UI, it’ll be saved as a .ui file. How can I make this as a python file or use this in python?
Answer #1:
Another way to use .ui in your code is:
from PyQt4 import QtCore, QtGui, uic
class MyWidget(QtGui.QWidget)
...
#somewhere in constructor:
uic.loadUi('MyWidget.ui', self)
both approaches are good. Do not forget, that if you use Qt resource files (extremely useful) for icons and so on, you must compile it too:
pyrcc4.exe -o ui/images_rc.py ui/images/images.qrc
Note, when uic compiles interface, it adds ‘import images_rc’ at the end of .py file, so you must compile resources into the file with this name, or rename it in generated code.
Answer #2:
Combining Max’s answer and Shriramana Sharma’s mailing list post, I built a small working example for loading a mywindow.ui file containing a QMainWindow (so just choose to create a Main Window in Qt Designer’s File-New dialog).
This is the code that loads it:
import sys
from PyQt4 import QtGui, uic
class MyWindow(QtGui.QMainWindow):
def __init__(self):
super(MyWindow, self).__init__()
uic.loadUi('mywindow.ui', self)
self.show()
if __name__ == '__main__':
app = QtGui.QApplication(sys.argv)
window = MyWindow()
sys.exit(app.exec_())
Answer #3:
You need to generate a python file from your ui file with the pyuic tool (site-packagespyqt4bin)
pyuic form1.ui > form1.py
with pyqt4
pyuic4.bat form1.ui > form1.py
Then you can import the form1 into your script.
Answer #4:
I found this article very helpful.
http://talk.maemo.org/archive/index.php/t-43663.html
I’ll briefly describe the actions to create and change .ui file to .py file, taken from that article.
- Start Qt Designer from your start menu.
- From “New Form” window, create “Main Window”
- From “Display Widgets” towards the bottom of your “Widget Box Menu” on the left hand side
add a “Label Widget”. (Click Drag and Drop) - Double click on the newly added Label Widget to change its name to “Hello World”
- at this point you can use Control + R hotkey to see how it will look.
- Add buttons or text or other widgets by drag and drop if you want.
- Now save your form.. File->Save As-> “Hello World.ui” (Control + S will also bring up
the “Save As” option) Keep note of the directory where you saved your “Hello World” .ui
file. (I saved mine in (C:) for convenience)
The file is created and saved, now we will Generate the Python code from it using pyuic!
- From your start menu open a command window.
- Now “cd” into the directory where you saved your “Hello World.ui” For me i just had to
“cd” and was at my “”C:>
prompt, where my “”Hello World.ui”” was saved to.
