PyQT5 when we click an object to a menu bar we want to open a new window

Question

Two days ago, i begun to study python in order to develop a lesson project. With my team we wrote the code bellow. Is a simple first screen with one image, two labels and a menu bar.

import sys
from PyQt5.QtWidgets import QMainWindow, QApplication, QWidget, QPushButton, QAction, QMenu, QLabel, QTextEdit
from PyQt5.QtGui import QIcon, QPixmap
from PyQt5 import QtCore

class Example(QMainWindow):    
    def __init__(self):
        super().__init__()

        self.initUI()


    def initUI(self):         


        self.left = 10
        self.top = 10
        self.width = 640
        self.height = 480

        menubar = self.menuBar()
        #MEnubar horizontal
        fileMenu = menubar.addMenu('Indoor Models')
        fileMenu2 = menubar.addMenu('Outdoor Models')
        fileMenu3 = menubar.addMenu('Report')
        fileMenu4 = menubar.addMenu('About')


       #menubar vertical column 1

        newAct = QAction('Free Space Lost', self)
        newAct2 = QAction('Okumura', self)
        newAct3 = QAction('Hata', self)
        newAct4 = QAction('COST 211', self)

        fileMenu.addAction(newAct)
        fileMenu.addAction(newAct2)
        fileMenu.addAction(newAct3)
        fileMenu.addAction(newAct4)

        #menubar vertical column 2

        newAct = QAction('Okumura', self)
        newAct2 = QAction('Okumura', self)
        newAct3 = QAction('Hata', self)
        newAct4 = QAction('COST 211', self)

        fileMenu2.addAction(newAct)
        fileMenu2.addAction(newAct2)
        fileMenu2.addAction(newAct3)
        fileMenu2.addAction(newAct4)

        self.setGeometry(300, 100, 800, 600) 

        #stylesheet LABEL HEADER
        self.setStyleSheet("QLabel {color: #3391EF; qproperty-alignment: AlignCenter}")

        label = QLabel('<font size=14><strong>Propagation Models</strong></font>', self)
        label.setGeometry(QtCore.QRect(230, 40, 300, 100))


        #LABEL FOR IMAGE
        label2 = QLabel(self)
        label2.setGeometry(QtCore.QRect(140, 140, 500, 200))
        pixmap = QPixmap('1.png')
        label2.setPixmap(pixmap)

        label3 = QLabel('<font size=14><strong><u>Description</u></strong></font>', self)
        label3.setGeometry(QtCore.QRect(230, 350, 300, 100))



        self.show()


if __name__ == '__main__':

    app = QApplication(sys.argv)
    ex = Example()
    sys.exit(app.exec_())

The next step is when we click an object to a menu bar (for example "Hata"), we want to open a new window. We stuck to this step... Any idea that could help us in this situation?

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 15 '18 at 22:59

The first thing you must learn is that in PyQt you should try to do everything asynchronously, for that you must use the signals, these are emits when an event happens, in your particular case every time you press a QAction the triggered signal is emitted, you must connect This signal to some function that you want to be called when the event happens, in PyQt that function is called Slot. In that Slot you must do the task you want, in this case I will show a QDialog:

class Example(QMainWindow):    
    def __init__(self):
        super().__init__()
        self.initUI()

    def initUI(self):         
        ...

        self.show()

        newAct3.triggered.connect(self.on_triggered)

    @QtCore.pyqtSlot()
    def on_triggered(self):
        w = QDialog(self)
        w.resize(640, 480)
        w.exec_()

...

Very helpfull your comments and your code working fine! Thanks a lot! — A Damian, Apr 16 '18 at 06:43
@ADamian The best way to thank is to mark my answer as correct, if you do not know how to do it, review the [tour] — eyllanesc, Apr 16 '18 at 06:44

PyQT5 when we click an object to a menu bar we want to open a new window

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