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1 import os
3 from . import PYSIDE, PYSIDE2, PYQT4, PYQT5
4 from .QtWidgets import QComboBox
7 if PYQT5:
9 from PyQt5.uic import *
11 elif PYQT4:
13 from PyQt4.uic import *
15 else:
17 __all__ = ['loadUi']
19 # In PySide, loadUi does not exist, so we define it using QUiLoader, and
20 # then make sure we expose that function. This is adapted from qt-helpers
21 # which was released under a 3-clause BSD license:
22 # qt-helpers - a common front-end to various Qt modules
24 # Copyright (c) 2015, Chris Beaumont and Thomas Robitaille
26 # All rights reserved.
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54 # Which itself was based on the solution at
56 # https://gist.github.com/cpbotha/1b42a20c8f3eb9bb7cb8
58 # which was released under the MIT license:
60 # Copyright (c) 2011 Sebastian Wiesner <lunaryorn@gmail.com>
61 # Modifications by Charl Botha <cpbotha@vxlabs.com>
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81 if PYSIDE:
82 from PySide.QtCore import QMetaObject
83 from PySide.QtUiTools import QUiLoader
84 elif PYSIDE2:
85 from PySide2.QtCore import QMetaObject
86 from PySide2.QtUiTools import QUiLoader
88 class UiLoader(QUiLoader):
89 """
90 Subclass of :class:`~PySide.QtUiTools.QUiLoader` to create the user
91 interface in a base instance.
93 Unlike :class:`~PySide.QtUiTools.QUiLoader` itself this class does not
94 create a new instance of the top-level widget, but creates the user
95 interface in an existing instance of the top-level class if needed.
97 This mimics the behaviour of :func:`PyQt4.uic.loadUi`.
98 """
100 def __init__(self, baseinstance, customWidgets=None):
102 Create a loader for the given ``baseinstance``.
104 The user interface is created in ``baseinstance``, which must be an
105 instance of the top-level class in the user interface to load, or a
106 subclass thereof.
108 ``customWidgets`` is a dictionary mapping from class name to class
109 object for custom widgets. Usually, this should be done by calling
110 registerCustomWidget on the QUiLoader, but with PySide 1.1.2 on
111 Ubuntu 12.04 x86_64 this causes a segfault.
113 ``parent`` is the parent object of this loader.
116 QUiLoader.__init__(self, baseinstance)
118 self.baseinstance = baseinstance
120 if customWidgets is None:
121 self.customWidgets = {}
122 else:
123 self.customWidgets = customWidgets
125 def createWidget(self, class_name, parent=None, name=''):
127 Function that is called for each widget defined in ui file,
128 overridden here to populate baseinstance instead.
131 if parent is None and self.baseinstance:
132 # supposed to create the top-level widget, return the base
133 # instance instead
134 return self.baseinstance
136 else:
138 # For some reason, Line is not in the list of available
139 # widgets, but works fine, so we have to special case it here.
140 if class_name in self.availableWidgets() or class_name == 'Line':
141 # create a new widget for child widgets
142 widget = QUiLoader.createWidget(self, class_name, parent, name)
144 else:
145 # If not in the list of availableWidgets, must be a custom
146 # widget. This will raise KeyError if the user has not
147 # supplied the relevant class_name in the dictionary or if
148 # customWidgets is empty.
149 try:
150 widget = self.customWidgets[class_name](parent)
151 except KeyError:
152 raise Exception('No custom widget ' + class_name + ' '
153 'found in customWidgets')
155 if self.baseinstance:
156 # set an attribute for the new child widget on the base
157 # instance, just like PyQt4.uic.loadUi does.
158 setattr(self.baseinstance, name, widget)
160 return widget
162 def _get_custom_widgets(ui_file):
164 This function is used to parse a ui file and look for the <customwidgets>
165 section, then automatically load all the custom widget classes.
168 import sys
169 import importlib
170 from xml.etree.ElementTree import ElementTree
172 # Parse the UI file
173 etree = ElementTree()
174 ui = etree.parse(ui_file)
176 # Get the customwidgets section
177 custom_widgets = ui.find('customwidgets')
179 if custom_widgets is None:
180 return {}
182 custom_widget_classes = {}
184 for custom_widget in custom_widgets.getchildren():
186 cw_class = custom_widget.find('class').text
187 cw_header = custom_widget.find('header').text
189 module = importlib.import_module(cw_header)
191 custom_widget_classes[cw_class] = getattr(module, cw_class)
193 return custom_widget_classes
195 def loadUi(uifile, baseinstance=None, workingDirectory=None):
197 Dynamically load a user interface from the given ``uifile``.
199 ``uifile`` is a string containing a file name of the UI file to load.
201 If ``baseinstance`` is ``None``, the a new instance of the top-level
202 widget will be created. Otherwise, the user interface is created within
203 the given ``baseinstance``. In this case ``baseinstance`` must be an
204 instance of the top-level widget class in the UI file to load, or a
205 subclass thereof. In other words, if you've created a ``QMainWindow``
206 interface in the designer, ``baseinstance`` must be a ``QMainWindow``
207 or a subclass thereof, too. You cannot load a ``QMainWindow`` UI file
208 with a plain :class:`~PySide.QtGui.QWidget` as ``baseinstance``.
210 :method:`~PySide.QtCore.QMetaObject.connectSlotsByName()` is called on
211 the created user interface, so you can implemented your slots according
212 to its conventions in your widget class.
214 Return ``baseinstance``, if ``baseinstance`` is not ``None``. Otherwise
215 return the newly created instance of the user interface.
218 # We parse the UI file and import any required custom widgets
219 customWidgets = _get_custom_widgets(uifile)
221 loader = UiLoader(baseinstance, customWidgets)
223 if workingDirectory is not None:
224 loader.setWorkingDirectory(workingDirectory)
226 widget = loader.load(uifile)
227 QMetaObject.connectSlotsByName(widget)
228 return widget