I have an application I'm writing using PyQt. I'm trying to create the
various windows by subclassing Qt objects. I have a subclassed
QMainWindow as the parent, and then a series of subclassed QWidgets as
other child windows that get used. How can I pass variables back and
forth between the parent and child windows? For example, if I have a
child window that processes a customer lookup I want the retrieved
values to be passed back to the QMainWindow. I have tried using global
variables, but these variables seem to be global only in the sense of
each subclassed object. Not between the subclassed objects.
Here's a generic sample:
parent_window.p y
=============
my_value = 'main'
from child_window import *
class Parent_Window(Q MainWindow):
def __init__(self):
QMainWindow.__i nit__(self,None ,'application main
window',Qt.WDes tructiveClose)
print my_value
child_window= Child_Window()
self.setCentral Widget(child_wi ndow)
self.catchEvent ()
child_window.py
============
class Child_Window(QW idget):
def __init__(self):
QWidget.__init_ _(self)
print my_value
This doesn' t seem to work, as the Child_Window class doesn't recognize
the my_value global variable that appears in the Parent_Window class. 2 5120
gregarican schrieb: I have an application I'm writing using PyQt. I'm trying to create the various windows by subclassing Qt objects. I have a subclassed QMainWindow as the parent, and then a series of subclassed QWidgets as other child windows that get used. How can I pass variables back and forth between the parent and child windows? For example, if I have a child window that processes a customer lookup I want the retrieved values to be passed back to the QMainWindow. I have tried using global variables, but these variables seem to be global only in the sense of each subclassed object. Not between the subclassed objects.
Looks (or better smells) like a design smell to me. In Qt,and especially
PyQt, you rarely subclass widgets, as that makes you lose the
possibility to use the fabulous designer. The only thing I subclass in
PyQt are the designer-generetaed top-level-classes. Can be a widget, or
sometimes dialogs.
QObjects usually communicate using signals/slots. That ensures a nice
weak coupling of components and enforces good MVC design. If you
absolutely must share state by means of instances of widgets,
explicietly introduce them to each other. No globals needed!
Additionally, what you experience is the fact that python only knows
module-global variables. See http://www.faqs.org/docs/diveintopyt...ct_locals.html
for an introduction.
Regards,
Diez
Diez B. Roggisch wrote: Looks (or better smells) like a design smell to me. In Qt,and especially PyQt, you rarely subclass widgets, as that makes you lose the possibility to use the fabulous designer. The only thing I subclass in PyQt are the designer-generetaed top-level-classes. Can be a widget, or sometimes dialogs.
QObjects usually communicate using signals/slots. That ensures a nice weak coupling of components and enforces good MVC design. If you absolutely must share state by means of instances of widgets, explicietly introduce them to each other. No globals needed!
Additionally, what you experience is the fact that python only knows module-global variables. See http://www.faqs.org/docs/diveintopyt...ct_locals.html
for an introduction.
Regards,
Diez
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