QActionGroup

The QActionGroup class groups actions together. More…

Synopsis

Functions

• def actions ()

• def addAction (a)

• def addAction (icon, text)

• def addAction (text)

• def checkedAction ()

• def isEnabled ()

• def isExclusive ()

• def isVisible ()

• def removeAction (a)

Slots

• def setDisabled (b)

• def setEnabled (arg__1)

• def setExclusive (arg__1)

• def setVisible (arg__1)

Signals

• def hovered (arg__1)

• def triggered (arg__1)

Detailed Description

In some situations it is useful to group QAction objects together. For example, if you have a Left Align action, a Right Align action, a Justify action, and a Center action, only one of these actions should be active at any one time. One simple way of achieving this is to group the actions together in an action group.

Here’s a example (from the Menus example):

alignmentGroup =  QActionGroup(self)
alignmentGroup.addAction(leftAlignAct)
alignmentGroup.addAction(rightAlignAct)
alignmentGroup.addAction(justifyAct)
alignmentGroup.addAction(centerAct)
leftAlignAct.setChecked(True)

Here we create a new action group. Since the action group is exclusive by default, only one of the actions in the group is checked at any one time.

A QActionGroup emits an triggered() signal when one of its actions is chosen. Each action in an action group emits its triggered() signal as usual.

As stated above, an action group is exclusive by default; it ensures that only one checkable action is active at any one time. If you want to group checkable actions without making them exclusive, you can turn of exclusiveness by calling setExclusive (false).

Actions can be added to an action group using addAction() , but it is usually more convenient to specify a group when creating actions; this ensures that actions are automatically created with a parent. Actions can be visually separated from each other by adding a separator action to the group; create an action and use QAction ‘s setSeparator() function to make it considered a separator. Action groups are added to widgets with the addActions() function.

See also

QAction

class QActionGroup(parent)

param parent

QObject

Constructs an action group for the parent object.

The action group is exclusive by default. Call setExclusive (false) to make the action group non-exclusive.

PySide2.QtWidgets.QActionGroup.actions()

Return type

Returns the list of this groups’s actions. This may be empty.

PySide2.QtWidgets.QActionGroup.addAction(icon, text)

Parameters

• icon – QIcon

• text – unicode

Return type

QAction

Creates and returns an action with text and an icon . The newly created action is a child of this action group.

Normally an action is added to a group by creating it with the group as its parent, so this function is not usually used.

See also

setActionGroup()

PySide2.QtWidgets.QActionGroup.addAction(text)

Parameters

text – unicode

Return type

QAction

PySide2.QtWidgets.QActionGroup.addAction(a)

Parameters

a – QAction

Return type

QAction

Adds the action to this group, and returns it.

Normally an action is added to a group by creating it with the group as its parent, so this function is not usually used.

See also

setActionGroup()

PySide2.QtWidgets.QActionGroup.checkedAction()

Return type

QAction

Returns the currently checked action in the group, or 0 if none are checked.

PySide2.QtWidgets.QActionGroup.hovered(arg__1)

Parameters

arg__1 – QAction

PySide2.QtWidgets.QActionGroup.isEnabled()

Return type

bool

PySide2.QtWidgets.QActionGroup.isExclusive()

Return type

bool

PySide2.QtWidgets.QActionGroup.isVisible()

Return type

bool

PySide2.QtWidgets.QActionGroup.removeAction(a)

Parameters

a – QAction

Removes the action from this group. The action will have no parent as a result.

See also

setActionGroup()

PySide2.QtWidgets.QActionGroup.setDisabled(b)

Parameters

b – bool

This is a convenience function for the enabled property, that is useful for signals–slots connections. If b is true the action group is disabled; otherwise it is enabled.

PySide2.QtWidgets.QActionGroup.setEnabled(arg__1)

Parameters

arg__1 – bool

See also

isEnabled()

PySide2.QtWidgets.QActionGroup.setExclusive(arg__1)

Parameters

arg__1 – bool

See also

isExclusive()

PySide2.QtWidgets.QActionGroup.setVisible(arg__1)

Parameters

arg__1 – bool

See also

isVisible()

PySide2.QtWidgets.QActionGroup.triggered(arg__1)

Parameters

arg__1 – QAction