I have a QTableWidget with floats or complex entries that need a lot of horizontal space. Displaying the values with reduced number of digits via string formatting works fine, but obviously I loose precision when editing and storing entries in the table.
I have found a solution for QLineEdit widgets by using an eventFilter: A FocusIn event copies the stored value with full precision to the QLineEdit textfield, a FocusOut event or a Return_Key stores the changed value and overwrites the text field with reduced number of digits.
Using the same approach with a QTableWidgets gives me the following (possibly related) problems:
- FocusIn and FocusOut events are not generated as expected: When I double-click on an item, I get a FocusOut event, clicking on another item produces a FocusIn event
- I can't copy the content of my edited, selected item, I always get the unedited value.
- Selecting an item by clicking on it doesn't produce an event.
I've tried evaluating QTableWidgetItem events, but I don't receive any - do I need to setup an event filter on every QTableWidgetItem? If so, do I need to disconnect the QTableWidgetItem eventFilters every time I resize the table (which do frequently in my application)? Would it make sense to populate my table with QLineEdit widgets instead?
The attached MWE is not exactly small, but I could shrink it any further.
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
#from PyQt5.QWidgets import ( ...)
from PyQt4.QtGui import (QApplication, QWidget, QTableWidget, QTableWidgetItem,
QLabel, QVBoxLayout)
import PyQt4.QtCore as QtCore
from PyQt4.QtCore import QEvent
from numpy.random import randn
class EventTable (QWidget):
def __init__(self, parent = None):
super(EventTable, self).__init__(parent)
self.myTable = QTableWidget(self)
self.myTable.installEventFilter(self) # route all events to self.eventFilter()
myQVBoxLayout = QVBoxLayout()
myQVBoxLayout.addWidget(self.myTable)
self.setLayout(myQVBoxLayout)
self.rows = 3; self.columns = 4 # table + data dimensions
self.data = randn(self.rows, self.columns) # initial data
self._update_table() # create table
def eventFilter(self, source, event):
if isinstance(source, (QTableWidget, QTableWidgetItem)):
# print(type(source).__name__, event.type()) #too much noise
if event.type() == QEvent.FocusIn: # 8: enter widget
print(type(source).__name__, "focus in")
self.item_edited = False
self._update_table_item() # focus: display data with full precision
return True # event processing stops here
elif event.type() == QEvent.KeyPress:
print(type(source).__name__, "key pressed")
self.item_edited = True # table item has been changed
key = event.key() # key press: 6, key release: 7
if key in {QtCore.Qt.Key_Return, QtCore.Qt.Key_Enter}: # store entry
self._store_item() # store edited data in self.data
return True
elif key == QtCore.Qt.Key_Escape: # revert changes
self.item_edited = False
self._update_table() # update table from self.data
return True
elif event.type() == QEvent.FocusOut: # 9: leave widget
print(type(source).__name__, "focus out")
self._store_item()
self._update_table_item() # no focus: use reduced precision
return True
return super(EventTable, self).eventFilter(source, event)
def _update_table(self):
"""(Re-)Create the table with rounded data from self.data """
self.myTable.setRowCount(self.rows)
self.myTable.setColumnCount(self.columns)
for col in range(self.columns):
for row in range(self.rows):
self.myTable.setItem(row,col,
QTableWidgetItem(str("{:.3g}".format(self.data[row][col]))))
self.myTable.resizeColumnsToContents()
self.myTable.resizeRowsToContents()
def _update_table_item(self, source = None):
""" Re-)Create the current table item with full or reduced precision. """
row = self.myTable.currentRow()
col = self.myTable.currentColumn()
item = self.myTable.item(row, col)
if item: # is something selected?
if not item.isSelected(): # no focus, show self.data[row][col] with red. precision
print("\n_update_item (not selected):", row, col)
item.setText(str("{:.3g}".format(self.data[row][col])))
else: # in focus, show self.data[row][col] with full precision
item.setText(str(self.data[row][col]))
print("\n_update_item (selected):", row, col)
def _store_item(self):
""" Store the content of item in self.data """
if self.item_edited:
row = self.myTable.currentRow()
col = self.myTable.currentColumn()
item_txt = self.myTable.item(row, col).text()
self.data[row][col] = float(str(item_txt))
print("\n_store_entry - current item/data:", item_txt, self.data[row][col])
if __name__ == "__main__":
import sys
app = QApplication(sys.argv)
mainw = EventTable()
app.setActiveWindow(mainw)
mainw.show()
sys.exit(app.exec_())
