QListWidget

The QListWidget class provides an item-based list widget. More

Inheritance diagram of PySide2.QtWidgets.QListWidget

Synopsis

Functions

Virtual functions

Slots

Signals

Detailed Description

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QListWidget is a convenience class that provides a list view similar to the one supplied by QListView , but with a classic item-based interface for adding and removing items. QListWidget uses an internal model to manage each QListWidgetItem in the list.

For a more flexible list view widget, use the QListView class with a standard model.

List widgets are constructed in the same way as other widgets:

listWidget = QListWidget(self)

The selectionMode() of a list widget determines how many of the items in the list can be selected at the same time, and whether complex selections of items can be created. This can be set with the setSelectionMode() function.

There are two ways to add items to the list: they can be constructed with the list widget as their parent widget, or they can be constructed with no parent widget and added to the list later. If a list widget already exists when the items are constructed, the first method is easier to use:

QListWidgetItem(tr("Oak"), listWidget)
QListWidgetItem(tr("Fir"), listWidget)
QListWidgetItem(tr("Pine"), listWidget)

If you need to insert a new item into the list at a particular position, then it should be constructed without a parent widget. The insertItem() function should then be used to place it within the list. The list widget will take ownership of the item.

newItem = QListWidgetItem()
newItem.setText(itemText)
listWidget.insertItem(row, newItem)

For multiple items, insertItems() can be used instead. The number of items in the list is found with the count() function. To remove items from the list, use takeItem() .

The current item in the list can be found with currentItem() , and changed with setCurrentItem() . The user can also change the current item by navigating with the keyboard or clicking on a different item. When the current item changes, the currentItemChanged() signal is emitted with the new current item and the item that was previously current.

class QListWidget([parent=None])
param parent

QWidget

Constructs an empty QListWidget with the given parent .

PySide2.QtWidgets.QListWidget.addItem(item)
Parameters

itemQListWidgetItem

Inserts the item at the end of the list widget.

Warning

A QListWidgetItem can only be added to a QListWidget once. Adding the same QListWidgetItem multiple times to a QListWidget will result in undefined behavior.

See also

insertItem()

PySide2.QtWidgets.QListWidget.addItem(label)
Parameters

label – unicode

PySide2.QtWidgets.QListWidget.addItems(labels)
Parameters

labels – list of strings

Inserts items with the text labels at the end of the list widget.

See also

insertItems()

PySide2.QtWidgets.QListWidget.clear()

Removes all items and selections in the view.

Warning

All items will be permanently deleted.

PySide2.QtWidgets.QListWidget.closePersistentEditor(item)
Parameters

itemQListWidgetItem

Closes the persistent editor for the given item .

PySide2.QtWidgets.QListWidget.count()
Return type

int

PySide2.QtWidgets.QListWidget.currentItem()
Return type

QListWidgetItem

Returns the current item.

See also

setCurrentItem()

PySide2.QtWidgets.QListWidget.currentItemChanged(current, previous)
Parameters
PySide2.QtWidgets.QListWidget.currentRow()
Return type

int

See also

setCurrentRow()

PySide2.QtWidgets.QListWidget.currentRowChanged(currentRow)
Parameters

currentRowint

PySide2.QtWidgets.QListWidget.currentTextChanged(currentText)
Parameters

currentText – unicode

PySide2.QtWidgets.QListWidget.dropMimeData(index, data, action)
Parameters
  • indexint

  • dataQMimeData

  • actionDropAction

Return type

bool

Handles data supplied by an external drag and drop operation that ended with the given action in the given index . Returns true if data and action can be handled by the model; otherwise returns false .

PySide2.QtWidgets.QListWidget.editItem(item)
Parameters

itemQListWidgetItem

Starts editing the item if it is editable.

PySide2.QtWidgets.QListWidget.findItems(text, flags)
Parameters
  • text – unicode

  • flagsMatchFlags

Return type

Finds items with the text that matches the string text using the given flags .

PySide2.QtWidgets.QListWidget.indexFromItem(item)
Parameters

itemQListWidgetItem

Return type

QModelIndex

This is an overloaded function.

PySide2.QtWidgets.QListWidget.indexFromItem(item)
Parameters

itemQListWidgetItem

Return type

QModelIndex

Returns the QModelIndex associated with the given item .

Note

In Qt versions prior to 5.10, this function took a non-const item .

PySide2.QtWidgets.QListWidget.insertItem(row, label)
Parameters
  • rowint

  • label – unicode

PySide2.QtWidgets.QListWidget.insertItem(row, item)
Parameters

Inserts the item at the position in the list given by row .

See also

addItem()

PySide2.QtWidgets.QListWidget.insertItems(row, labels)
Parameters
  • rowint

  • labels – list of strings

Inserts items from the list of labels into the list, starting at the given row .

PySide2.QtWidgets.QListWidget.isItemHidden(item)
Parameters

itemQListWidgetItem

Return type

bool

Returns true if the item is explicitly hidden; otherwise returns false .

This function is deprecated. Use isHidden() instead.

PySide2.QtWidgets.QListWidget.isItemSelected(item)
Parameters

itemQListWidgetItem

Return type

bool

Returns true if item is selected; otherwise returns false .

This function is deprecated. Use isSelected() instead.

PySide2.QtWidgets.QListWidget.isPersistentEditorOpen(item)
Parameters

itemQListWidgetItem

Return type

bool

Returns whether a persistent editor is open for item item .

PySide2.QtWidgets.QListWidget.isSortingEnabled()
Return type

bool

PySide2.QtWidgets.QListWidget.item(row)
Parameters

rowint

Return type

QListWidgetItem

Returns the item that occupies the given row in the list if one has been set; otherwise returns None .

See also

row()

PySide2.QtWidgets.QListWidget.itemActivated(item)
Parameters

itemQListWidgetItem

PySide2.QtWidgets.QListWidget.itemAt(x, y)
Parameters
  • xint

  • yint

Return type

QListWidgetItem

This is an overloaded function.

Returns a pointer to the item at the coordinates (x , y ). The coordinates are relative to the list widget’s viewport() .

PySide2.QtWidgets.QListWidget.itemAt(p)
Parameters

pQPoint

Return type

QListWidgetItem

Returns a pointer to the item at the coordinates p . The coordinates are relative to the list widget’s viewport() .

PySide2.QtWidgets.QListWidget.itemChanged(item)
Parameters

itemQListWidgetItem

PySide2.QtWidgets.QListWidget.itemClicked(item)
Parameters

itemQListWidgetItem

PySide2.QtWidgets.QListWidget.itemDoubleClicked(item)
Parameters

itemQListWidgetItem

PySide2.QtWidgets.QListWidget.itemEntered(item)
Parameters

itemQListWidgetItem

PySide2.QtWidgets.QListWidget.itemFromIndex(index)
Parameters

indexQModelIndex

Return type

QListWidgetItem

Returns a pointer to the QListWidgetItem associated with the given index .

PySide2.QtWidgets.QListWidget.itemPressed(item)
Parameters

itemQListWidgetItem

PySide2.QtWidgets.QListWidget.itemSelectionChanged()
PySide2.QtWidgets.QListWidget.itemWidget(item)
Parameters

itemQListWidgetItem

Return type

QWidget

Returns the widget displayed in the given item .

PySide2.QtWidgets.QListWidget.items(data)
Parameters

dataQMimeData

Return type

Returns a list of pointers to the items contained in the data object. If the object was not created by a QListWidget in the same process, the list is empty.

PySide2.QtWidgets.QListWidget.mimeData(items)
Parameters

items

Return type

QMimeData

Returns an object that contains a serialized description of the specified items . The format used to describe the items is obtained from the mimeTypes() function.

If the list of items is empty, 0 is returned instead of a serialized empty list.

PySide2.QtWidgets.QListWidget.mimeTypes()
Return type

list of strings

Returns a list of MIME types that can be used to describe a list of listwidget items.

See also

mimeData()

PySide2.QtWidgets.QListWidget.openPersistentEditor(item)
Parameters

itemQListWidgetItem

Opens an editor for the given item . The editor remains open after editing.

PySide2.QtWidgets.QListWidget.removeItemWidget(item)
Parameters

itemQListWidgetItem

Removes the widget set on the given item .

To remove an item (row) from the list entirely, either delete the item or use takeItem() .

PySide2.QtWidgets.QListWidget.row(item)
Parameters

itemQListWidgetItem

Return type

int

Returns the row containing the given item .

See also

item()

PySide2.QtWidgets.QListWidget.scrollToItem(item[, hint=EnsureVisible])
Parameters

Scrolls the view if necessary to ensure that the item is visible.

hint specifies where the item should be located after the operation.

PySide2.QtWidgets.QListWidget.selectedItems()
Return type

Returns a list of all selected items in the list widget.

PySide2.QtWidgets.QListWidget.setCurrentItem(item)
Parameters

itemQListWidgetItem

Sets the current item to item .

Unless the selection mode is NoSelection , the item is also selected.

See also

currentItem()

PySide2.QtWidgets.QListWidget.setCurrentItem(item, command)
Parameters

Set the current item to item , using the given command .

PySide2.QtWidgets.QListWidget.setCurrentRow(row)
Parameters

rowint

See also

currentRow()

PySide2.QtWidgets.QListWidget.setCurrentRow(row, command)
Parameters
  • rowint

  • commandSelectionFlags

Sets the current row to be the given row , using the given command ,

PySide2.QtWidgets.QListWidget.setItemHidden(item, hide)
Parameters

If hide is true, the item will be hidden; otherwise it will be shown.

This function is deprecated. Use setHidden() instead.

See also

isItemHidden()

PySide2.QtWidgets.QListWidget.setItemSelected(item, select)
Parameters

Selects or deselects the given item depending on whether select is true of false.

This function is deprecated. Use setSelected() instead.

See also

isItemSelected()

PySide2.QtWidgets.QListWidget.setItemWidget(item, widget)
Parameters

Sets the widget to be displayed in the given item .

This function should only be used to display static content in the place of a list widget item. If you want to display custom dynamic content or implement a custom editor widget, use QListView and subclass QItemDelegate instead.

PySide2.QtWidgets.QListWidget.setSortingEnabled(enable)
Parameters

enablebool

PySide2.QtWidgets.QListWidget.sortItems([order=Qt.AscendingOrder])
Parameters

orderSortOrder

Sorts all the items in the list widget according to the specified order .

PySide2.QtWidgets.QListWidget.supportedDropActions()
Return type

DropActions

Returns the drop actions supported by this view.

See also

DropActions

PySide2.QtWidgets.QListWidget.takeItem(row)
Parameters

rowint

Return type

QListWidgetItem

Removes and returns the item from the given row in the list widget; otherwise returns None .

Items removed from a list widget will not be managed by Qt, and will need to be deleted manually.

PySide2.QtWidgets.QListWidget.visualItemRect(item)
Parameters

itemQListWidgetItem

Return type

QRect

Returns the rectangle on the viewport occupied by the item at item .