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In Python, a ui file is a text file that defines the graphical user interface for a Python application. The class will be referred to as QPushButton. To exit the object, we enter its text as QLabel. As a result, the text should be set to Exit, and the icon should be set to File. We set the class to QPushButton as well as the name to exit. To save the object, we created a QLabel and the text Save. Set the text to save, as well as the icon to File, in the next step. It’s our job to save the class name and QPushButton. The class name and QRadioButton must be specified before the file can be filed. This button is located near the radio button and controls its actions. The object must be labeled as QLabel and the text must be filed. Following that, we create a QLabel object. In the QTextEdit field, we’ll enter the text we want to open. This is the object that will hold the text. We’ve created a QTextEdit object after that. Next, in the text box, select Open and the icon for File. The QPushButton must be set to “empty” in order for the class to open. You control the actions of this button by controlling it. Following that, we create a QPushButton object. In our case, we’ve assigned the file to the ui_file argument and the path to it. When a Python file object is used, it is used to store the UI file. We include UIController as a name for the class, ui_file. The widgets’ actions are governed by this method. Another object that must be added to the QMainWindow list is the main window. The UI will be run by the application below. In order to do this, we will need a QApplication object. Next, We Set The Text To Quit And The Icon To File.

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Once the code is generated, you can run it using the Python interpreter. You can then use the Qt Designer tool to load the UI file and convert it to Python code. To run a PyQt5 UI file, you will need to have the PyQt5 toolkit installed. To run your application, click the Run button on the toolbar. To add a connection, select the widget you want to connect from the Connection View, and then click and drag to the widget you want to connect to. On the Design mode toolbar, which is located above the form, select a widget and click where you want to add it to the form. On the Choose a Template page, select Main Window and click Choose. In the New Qt Widgets Application dialog, enter a name for your application, specify where you want to save it, and click Next. Choose File > New File or Project > Applications > Qt Widgets Application > Choose. Print('copied svg to button_pressed_png_set_data():ĭata.setData('image/png', buffer.getvalue())īutton = QtWidgets.QPushButton('copy png with setImage')ī(button_pressed_png_set_image)īutton2 = QtWidgets.QPushButton('copy svg with setImage')ī(button_pressed_svg_set_image)īutton3 = QtWidgets.QPushButton('copy png with setData')ī(button_pressed_png_set_data)īutton4 = QtWidgets.QPushButton('copy svg with setData')ī a GUI with Qt Creator involves using drag-and-drop to add and position widgets on a form. Print('copied svg to button_pressed_svg_set_data(): Print('copied png to button_pressed_svg_set_image(): Import matplotlib.pyplot as button_pressed_png_set_image():

import ioįrom PyQt5.QtCore import pyqtSlot, QMimeData Somehow images cannot be pasted into other apps (except for Inkscape). Why do the copy png/svg with setData buttons not work as expected? Here is a minimal working example to show the behavior:

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Is there something I am missing in my code so that the copied data is recognized properly by all apps? Update

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Now this still works fine (both raster and vektor) if I paste the copied data into a software like Inkscape, but to some unknown reason I can no longer paste the data (no matter if its vektor or raster images) in other programs like LibreOffice Writer, MarkTex, paint etc. Now, to be able to copy vector graphics, I extended the above script to handle arbitrary mimetypes: import ioĭata.setData('image/svg+xml', buffer.getvalue()) however, it copies a rasterized version of the image even if the format is a vektor-graphics typeĬb.setImage(omData(buffer.getvalue())).The code I use to copy raster images works perfectly fine and allows me to copy/paste images into arbitrary software. Specifically I want to copy either raster-graphics (png, jpeg etc.) OR vector-graphics (svg, eps, pdf) from a PyQt5 application and then paste it in some other application (document or image editing software).

I am having troubles copying arbitrary data types with PyQt5 and then pasting the content into another software.