PyQt - Creating a tabbed interface?

[dodle]

I have become familiar with wxPython and created an application with it. I would now like to create a version using Qt so that it integrates well with KDE, but I'm having trouble getting started. Creating the tabbed interface has got me stuck. How do I add widgets to a tab?

Here is the code I have so far:

import os, sys
from PyQt4 import QtGui, QtCore

class MainWindow(QtGui.QWidget):
def __init__(self):
QtGui.QWidget.__init__(self)

self.setGeometry(0,0, 500,650)
self.setWindowTitle("Debreate")
self.setWindowIcon(QtGui.QIcon("icon.png"))
self.resize(500,650)
self.setMinimumSize(500,650)
self.center()

# --- Menu --- #
open = QtGui.QAction("Exit", self)
save = QtGui.QAction("Save", self)
build = QtGui.QAction("Build", self)
exit = QtGui.QAction("Quit", self)

menu_bar = QtGui.QMenuBar()
file = menu_bar.addMenu("&File")
help = menu_bar.addMenu("&Help")

file.addAction(open)
file.addAction(save)
file.addAction(build)
file.addAction(exit)

tabs = QtGui.QTabWidget(self)
tab_bar = QtGui.QTabBar(tabs)

tab_1 = tab_bar.addTab("Main")
tab_2 = tab_bar.addTab("Description")

vbox = QtGui.QVBoxLayout()
vbox.addWidget(menu_bar)
vbox.addWidget(tabs)

self.setLayout(vbox)


def center(self):
screen = QtGui.QDesktopWidget().screenGeometry()
size = self.geometry()
self.move((screen.width()-size.width())/2, (screen.height()-size.height())/2)


app = QtGui.QApplication(sys.argv)
frame = MainWindow()
frame.show()
sys.exit(app.exec_())

I've been going over Qt's references but I'm having trouble. There are a few tutorials at http://zetcode.com/tutorials/pyqt4/, but they are somewhat limited. Does anyone know of any other good tutorials or references?

[OutOfReach]

Well the way I do it is like this.
First I define my tab widget:


tab_widget = QTabWidget()

Then I define a tab...


tab1 = QWidget()

It may seem weird but you'll understand why I am doing this.
Now I will create my layout...


layout = QVBoxLayout(tab1)

and I add widgets to that layout as usual...Now when I want to add the tab into the tab widget I just:


tab_widget.addTab(tab1, "Test Tab")

Now keep doing this until you have all the tabs you want, now we set the dialog (or main window's) main layout:


mainLayout = QVBoxLayout()
mainLayout.addWidget(tab_widget)

and then set this as the main layout....


thisForm.setLayout(mainLayout)


Hope this helped a little

[dodle]

Thank you. That helps me out a lot!


import os, sys
from PyQt4 import QtGui, QtCore

class MainWindow(QtGui.QWidget):
def __init__(self):
QtGui.QWidget.__init__(self)

self.setGeometry(0,0, 500,650)
self.setWindowTitle("Debreate")
self.setWindowIcon(QtGui.QIcon("icon.png"))
self.resize(500,650)
self.setMinimumSize(500,650)
self.center()

# --- Menu --- #
open = QtGui.QAction("Exit", self)
save = QtGui.QAction("Save", self)
build = QtGui.QAction("Build", self)
exit = QtGui.QAction("Quit", self)

menu_bar = QtGui.QMenuBar()
file = menu_bar.addMenu("&File")
help = menu_bar.addMenu("&Help")

file.addAction(open)
file.addAction(save)
file.addAction(build)
file.addAction(exit)

tab_widget = QtGui.QTabWidget()
tab1 = QtGui.QWidget()
tab2 = QtGui.QWidget()

p1_vertical = QtGui.QVBoxLayout(tab1)
p2_vertical = QtGui.QVBoxLayout(tab2)

tab_widget.addTab(tab1, "Main")
tab_widget.addTab(tab2, "Description")

button1 = QtGui.QPushButton("button1")
p1_vertical.addWidget(button1)

vbox = QtGui.QVBoxLayout()
vbox.addWidget(menu_bar)
vbox.addWidget(tab_widget)

self.setLayout(vbox)


def center(self):
screen = QtGui.QDesktopWidget().screenGeometry()
size = self.geometry()
self.move((screen.width()-size.width())/2, (screen.height()-size.height())/2)


app = QtGui.QApplication(sys.argv)
frame = MainWindow()
frame.show()
sys.exit(app.exec_())

[Zancarius]

I hate to bump this (relatively) old post over something petty, but you might also want to try:


size = self.frameSize()

Instead of


size = self.geometry()

as the former will take into account the full window with (frame borders and all) rather than the internal geometry.

It's only a handful of pixels, but if you're looking at doing a "CenterOnScreen()" wxPython work-alike, that's another way to do it. I'm sure there's others.