QFormBuilder

The QFormBuilder class is used to dynamically construct user interfaces from UI files at run-time. More…

Synopsis

Functions

• def addPluginPath (pluginPath)

• def clearPluginPaths ()

• def customWidgets ()

• def pluginPaths ()

• def setPluginPath (pluginPaths)

Virtual functions

• def updateCustomWidgets ()

Static functions

• def widgetByName (topLevel, name)

Detailed Description

The QFormBuilder class provides a mechanism for dynamically creating user interfaces at run-time, based on UI files created with Qt Designer. For example:

    MyForm::MyForm(QWidget parent)
QWidget.__init__(self, parent)

        builder = QFormBuilder()
        file = QFile(":/forms/myWidget.ui")
        file.open(QFile.ReadOnly)
        myWidget = builder.load(file, self)
        file.close()
        layout = QVBoxLayout()
        layout.addWidget(myWidget)
        setLayout(layout)

By including the user interface in the example’s resources (myForm.qrc), we ensure that it will be present when the example is run:

<not DOCTYPE RCC><RCC version="1.0">
<qresource prefix="/forms">
   <file>mywidget.ui</file>
</qresource>
</RCC>

QFormBuilder extends the QAbstractFormBuilder base class with a number of functions that are used to support custom widget plugins:

• pluginPaths() returns the list of paths that the form builder searches when loading custom widget plugins.

• addPluginPath() allows additional paths to be registered with the form builder.

• setPluginPath() is used to replace the existing list of paths with a list obtained from some other source.

• clearPluginPaths() removes all paths registered with the form builder.

• customWidgets() returns a list of interfaces to plugins that can be used to create new instances of registered custom widgets.

The QFormBuilder class is typically used by custom components and applications that embed Qt Designer. Standalone applications that need to dynamically generate user interfaces at run-time use the QUiLoader class, found in the QtUiTools module.

See also

QAbstractFormBuilder Qt UI Tools

class PySide6.QtDesigner.QFormBuilder

Constructs a new form builder.

PySide6.QtDesigner.QFormBuilder.addPluginPath(pluginPath)

Parameters

pluginPath – str

Adds a new plugin path specified by pluginPath to the list of paths that will be searched by the form builder when loading a custom widget plugin.

See also

setPluginPath() clearPluginPaths()

PySide6.QtDesigner.QFormBuilder.clearPluginPaths()

Clears the list of paths that the form builder uses to search for custom widget plugins.

See also

pluginPaths()

PySide6.QtDesigner.QFormBuilder.customWidgets()

Return type

Returns a list of the available plugins.

PySide6.QtDesigner.QFormBuilder.pluginPaths()

Return type

list of strings

Returns the list of paths the form builder searches for plugins.

See also

addPluginPath()

PySide6.QtDesigner.QFormBuilder.setPluginPath(pluginPaths)

Parameters

pluginPaths – list of strings

Sets the list of plugin paths to the list specified by pluginPaths.

See also

addPluginPath()

PySide6.QtDesigner.QFormBuilder.updateCustomWidgets()

static PySide6.QtDesigner.QFormBuilder.widgetByName(topLevel, name)

Parameters

• topLevel – PySide6.QtWidgets.QWidget

• name – str

Return type

PySide6.QtWidgets.QWidget