Basic Layouts Example

Basic Layouts shows how to use the standard layout managers that are available in Qt Widgets: QBoxLayout, QGridLayout, and QFormLayout.

basiclayouts.py

"""PySide6 port of the widgets/layouts/basiclayout example from Qt v5.x"""

import sys

from PySide6.QtCore import Qt
from PySide6.QtWidgets import (QApplication, QComboBox, QDialog,
                               QDialogButtonBox, QGridLayout, QGroupBox,
                               QFormLayout, QHBoxLayout, QLabel, QLineEdit,
                               QMenu, QMenuBar, QPushButton, QSpinBox,
                               QTextEdit, QVBoxLayout, QWidget)


class Dialog(QDialog):
    num_grid_rows = 3
    num_buttons = 4

    def __init__(self):
        super().__init__()

        self.create_menu()
        self.create_horizontal_group_box()
        self.create_grid_group_box()
        self.create_form_group_box()

        big_editor = QTextEdit()
        big_editor.setPlainText("This widget takes up all the remaining space "
                "in the top-level layout.")

        button_box = QDialogButtonBox(QDialogButtonBox.Ok | QDialogButtonBox.Cancel)

        button_box.accepted.connect(self.accept)
        button_box.rejected.connect(self.reject)

        main_layout = QVBoxLayout()
        main_layout.setMenuBar(self._menu_bar)
        main_layout.addWidget(self._horizontal_group_box)
        main_layout.addWidget(self._grid_group_box)
        main_layout.addWidget(self._form_group_box)
        main_layout.addWidget(big_editor)
        main_layout.addWidget(button_box)
        self.setLayout(main_layout)

        self.setWindowTitle("Basic Layouts")

    def create_menu(self):
        self._menu_bar = QMenuBar()

        self._file_menu = QMenu("&File", self)
        self._exit_action = self._file_menu.addAction("E&xit")
        self._menu_bar.addMenu(self._file_menu)

        self._exit_action.triggered.connect(self.accept)

    def create_horizontal_group_box(self):
        self._horizontal_group_box = QGroupBox("Horizontal layout")
        layout = QHBoxLayout()

        for i in range(Dialog.num_buttons):
            button = QPushButton(f"Button {i + 1}")
            layout.addWidget(button)

        self._horizontal_group_box.setLayout(layout)

    def create_grid_group_box(self):
        self._grid_group_box = QGroupBox("Grid layout")
        layout = QGridLayout()

        for i in range(Dialog.num_grid_rows):
            label = QLabel(f"Line {i + 1}:")
            line_edit = QLineEdit()
            layout.addWidget(label, i + 1, 0)
            layout.addWidget(line_edit, i + 1, 1)

        self._small_editor = QTextEdit()
        self._small_editor.setPlainText("This widget takes up about two thirds "
                "of the grid layout.")

        layout.addWidget(self._small_editor, 0, 2, 4, 1)

        layout.setColumnStretch(1, 10)
        layout.setColumnStretch(2, 20)
        self._grid_group_box.setLayout(layout)

    def create_form_group_box(self):
        self._form_group_box = QGroupBox("Form layout")
        layout = QFormLayout()
        layout.addRow(QLabel("Line 1:"), QLineEdit())
        layout.addRow(QLabel("Line 2, long text:"), QComboBox())
        layout.addRow(QLabel("Line 3:"), QSpinBox())
        self._form_group_box.setLayout(layout)


if __name__ == '__main__':
    app = QApplication(sys.argv)
    dialog = Dialog()
    sys.exit(dialog.exec())