QTabWidget¶

Inheritance diagram of QTabWidget

Synopsis¶

Functions¶

def addTab (widget, arg__2)
def addTab (widget, icon, label)
def clear ()
def cornerWidget ([corner=Qt.TopRightCorner])
def count ()
def currentIndex ()
def currentWidget ()
def documentMode ()
def elideMode ()
def iconSize ()
def indexOf (widget)
def initStyleOption (option)
def insertTab (index, widget, arg__3)
def insertTab (index, widget, icon, label)
def isMovable ()
def isTabEnabled (index)
def removeTab (index)
def setCornerWidget (w[, corner=Qt.TopRightCorner])
def setDocumentMode (set)
def setElideMode (arg__1)
def setIconSize (size)
def setMovable (movable)
def setTabBar (arg__1)
def setTabEnabled (index, arg__2)
def setTabIcon (index, icon)
def setTabPosition (arg__1)
def setTabShape (s)
def setTabText (index, arg__2)
def setTabToolTip (index, tip)
def setTabWhatsThis (index, text)
def setTabsClosable (closeable)
def setUpLayout ([arg__1=false])
def setUsesScrollButtons (useButtons)
def tabBar ()
def tabIcon (index)
def tabPosition ()
def tabShape ()
def tabText (index)
def tabToolTip (index)
def tabWhatsThis (index)
def tabsClosable ()
def usesScrollButtons ()
def widget (index)

Virtual functions¶

def tabInserted (index)
def tabRemoved (index)

Slots¶

def setCurrentIndex (index)
def setCurrentWidget (widget)

Signals¶

def currentChanged (index)
def tabCloseRequested (index)

Detailed Description¶

The PySide.QtGui.QTabWidget class provides a stack of tabbed widgets.

A tab widget provides a tab bar (see PySide.QtGui.QTabBar ) and a “page area” that is used to display pages related to each tab. By default, the tab bar is shown above the page area, but different configurations are available (see QTabWidget.TabPosition ). Each tab is associated with a different widget (called a page). Only the current page is shown in the page area; all the other pages are hidden. The user can show a different page by clicking on its tab or by pressing its Alt+*letter* shortcut if it has one.

The normal way to use PySide.QtGui.QTabWidget is to do the following:

The position of the tabs is defined by PySide.QtGui.QTabWidget.tabPosition() , their shape by PySide.QtGui.QTabWidget.tabShape() .

The signal PySide.QtGui.QTabWidget.currentChanged() is emitted when the user selects a page.

The current page index is available as PySide.QtGui.QTabWidget.currentIndex() , the current page widget with PySide.QtGui.QTabWidget.currentWidget() . You can retrieve a pointer to a page widget with a given index using PySide.QtGui.QTabWidget.widget() , and can find the index position of a widget with PySide.QtGui.QTabWidget.indexOf() . Use PySide.QtGui.QTabWidget.setCurrentWidget() or PySide.QtGui.QTabWidget.setCurrentIndex() to show a particular page.

You can change a tab’s text and icon using PySide.QtGui.QTabWidget.setTabText() or PySide.QtGui.QTabWidget.setTabIcon() . A tab and its associated page can be removed with PySide.QtGui.QTabWidget.removeTab() .

Each tab is either enabled or disabled at any given time (see PySide.QtGui.QTabWidget.setTabEnabled() ). If a tab is enabled, the tab text is drawn normally and the user can select that tab. If it is disabled, the tab is drawn in a different way and the user cannot select that tab. Note that even if a tab is disabled, the page can still be visible, for example if all of the tabs happen to be disabled.

Tab widgets can be a very good way to split up a complex dialog. An alternative is to use a PySide.QtGui.QStackedWidget for which you provide some means of navigating between pages, for example, a PySide.QtGui.QToolBar or a PySide.QtGui.QListWidget .

Most of the functionality in PySide.QtGui.QTabWidget is provided by a PySide.QtGui.QTabBar (at the top, providing the tabs) and a PySide.QtGui.QStackedWidget (most of the area, organizing the individual pages).

A Windows XP style tab widget. A Macintosh style tab widget. A Plastique style tab widget.

See also

PySide.QtGui.QTabBar PySide.QtGui.QStackedWidget PySide.QtGui.QToolBox Tab Dialog Example

class PySide.QtGui.QTabWidget([parent=None])¶

Parameters:	parent – `PySide.QtGui.QWidget`

Constructs a tabbed widget with parent parent .

PySide.QtGui.QTabWidget.TabShape¶

This enum type defines the shape of the tabs:

Constant	Description
QTabWidget.Rounded	The tabs are drawn with a rounded look. This is the default shape.
QTabWidget.Triangular	The tabs are drawn with a triangular look.

PySide.QtGui.QTabWidget.TabPosition¶

This enum type defines where PySide.QtGui.QTabWidget draws the tab row:

Constant	Description
QTabWidget.North	The tabs are drawn above the pages.
QTabWidget.South	The tabs are drawn below the pages.
QTabWidget.West	The tabs are drawn to the left of the pages.
QTabWidget.East	The tabs are drawn to the right of the pages.

PySide.QtGui.QTabWidget.addTab(widget, arg__2)¶

Parameters:	widget – `PySide.QtGui.QWidget` arg__2 – unicode
Return type:	`PySide.QtCore.int`

Adds a tab with the given page and label to the tab widget, and returns the index of the tab in the tab bar.

If the tab’s label contains an ampersand, the letter following the ampersand is used as a shortcut for the tab, e.g. if the label is “Bro&wse” then Alt+W becomes a shortcut which will move the focus to this tab.

Note

If you call PySide.QtGui.QTabWidget.addTab() after PySide.QtGui.QWidget.show() , the layout system will try to adjust to the changes in its widgets hierarchy and may cause flicker. To prevent this, you can set the QWidget.updatesEnabled property to false prior to changes; remember to set the property to true when the changes are done, making the widget receive paint events again.

See also

PySide.QtGui.QTabWidget.insertTab()

PySide.QtGui.QTabWidget.addTab(widget, icon, label)

Parameters:	widget – `PySide.QtGui.QWidget` icon – `PySide.QtGui.QIcon` label – unicode
Return type:	`PySide.QtCore.int`

This is an overloaded function.

Adds a tab with the given page , icon , and label to the tab widget, and returns the index of the tab in the tab bar.

This function is the same as PySide.QtGui.QTabWidget.addTab() , but with an additional icon .

PySide.QtGui.QTabWidget.clear()¶: Removes all the pages, but does not delete them. Calling this function is equivalent to calling PySide.QtGui.QTabWidget.removeTab() until the tab widget is empty.

PySide.QtGui.QTabWidget.cornerWidget([corner=Qt.TopRightCorner])¶

Parameters:	corner – `PySide.QtCore.Qt.Corner`
Return type:	`PySide.QtGui.QWidget`

PySide.QtGui.QTabWidget.count()¶

Return type:	`PySide.QtCore.int`

This property holds the number of tabs in the tab bar.

By default, this property contains a value of 0.

PySide.QtGui.QTabWidget.currentChanged(index)¶

Parameters:	index – `PySide.QtCore.int`

PySide.QtGui.QTabWidget.currentIndex()¶

Return type:	`PySide.QtCore.int`

This property holds the index position of the current tab page.

The current index is -1 if there is no current widget.

By default, this property contains a value of -1 because there are initially no tabs in the widget.

PySide.QtGui.QTabWidget.currentWidget()¶

Return type:	`PySide.QtGui.QWidget`

Returns a pointer to the page currently being displayed by the tab dialog. The tab dialog does its best to make sure that this value is never 0 (but if you try hard enough, it can be).

PySide.QtGui.QTabWidget.documentMode()¶

Return type:	`PySide.QtCore.bool`

This property holds Whether or not the tab widget is rendered in a mode suitable for document pages. This is the same as document mode on Mac OS X..

When this property is set the tab widget frame is not rendered. This mode is useful for showing document-type pages where the page covers most of the tab widget area.

PySide.QtGui.QTabWidget.elideMode()¶

Return type:	`PySide.QtCore.Qt.TextElideMode`

This property holds how to elide text in the tab bar.

This property controls how items are elided when there is not enough space to show them for a given tab bar size.

By default the value is style dependant.

See also

QTabBar.elideMode PySide.QtGui.QTabWidget.usesScrollButtons() QStyle.SH_TabBar_ElideMode

PySide.QtGui.QTabWidget.iconSize()¶

Return type:	`PySide.QtCore.QSize`

This property holds The size for icons in the tab bar.

The default value is style-dependent. This is the maximum size that the icons will have. Icons are not scaled up if they are of smaller size.

See also

QTabBar.iconSize

PySide.QtGui.QTabWidget.indexOf(widget)¶

Parameters:	widget – `PySide.QtGui.QWidget`
Return type:	`PySide.QtCore.int`

Returns the index position of the page occupied by the widget w , or -1 if the widget cannot be found.

PySide.QtGui.QTabWidget.initStyleOption(option)¶

Parameters:	option – `PySide.QtGui.QStyleOptionTabWidgetFrame`

Initialize option with the values from this PySide.QtGui.QTabWidget . This method is useful for subclasses when they need a PySide.QtGui.QStyleOptionTabWidgetFrame , but don’t want to fill in all the information themselves.

PySide.QtGui.QTabWidget.insertTab(index, widget, arg__3)¶

Parameters:	index – `PySide.QtCore.int` widget – `PySide.QtGui.QWidget` arg__3 – unicode
Return type:	`PySide.QtCore.int`

Inserts a tab with the given label and page into the tab widget at the specified index , and returns the index of the inserted tab in the tab bar.

The label is displayed in the tab and may vary in appearance depending on the configuration of the tab widget.

If the tab’s label contains an ampersand, the letter following the ampersand is used as a shortcut for the tab, e.g. if the label is “Bro&wse” then Alt+W becomes a shortcut which will move the focus to this tab.

If index is out of range, the tab is simply appended. Otherwise it is inserted at the specified position.

If the PySide.QtGui.QTabWidget was empty before this function is called, the new page becomes the current page. Inserting a new tab at an index less than or equal to the current index will increment the current index, but keep the current page.

Note

If you call PySide.QtGui.QTabWidget.insertTab() after PySide.QtGui.QWidget.show() , the layout system will try to adjust to the changes in its widgets hierarchy and may cause flicker. To prevent this, you can set the QWidget.updatesEnabled property to false prior to changes; remember to set the property to true when the changes are done, making the widget receive paint events again.

See also

PySide.QtGui.QTabWidget.addTab()

PySide.QtGui.QTabWidget.insertTab(index, widget, icon, label)

Parameters:	index – `PySide.QtCore.int` widget – `PySide.QtGui.QWidget` icon – `PySide.QtGui.QIcon` label – unicode
Return type:	`PySide.QtCore.int`

This is an overloaded function.

Inserts a tab with the given label , page , and icon into the tab widget at the specified index , and returns the index of the inserted tab in the tab bar.

This function is the same as PySide.QtGui.QTabWidget.insertTab() , but with an additional icon .

PySide.QtGui.QTabWidget.isMovable()¶

Return type:	`PySide.QtCore.bool`

This property holds This property holds whether the user can move the tabs within the tabbar area..

By default, this property is false;

PySide.QtGui.QTabWidget.isTabEnabled(index)¶

Parameters:	index – `PySide.QtCore.int`
Return type:	`PySide.QtCore.bool`

Returns true if the page at position index is enabled; otherwise returns false.

PySide.QtGui.QTabWidget.removeTab(index)¶

Parameters:	index – `PySide.QtCore.int`

Removes the tab at position index from this stack of widgets. The page widget itself is not deleted.

PySide.QtGui.QTabWidget.setCornerWidget(w[, corner=Qt.TopRightCorner])¶

Parameters:	w – `PySide.QtGui.QWidget` corner – `PySide.QtCore.Qt.Corner`

PySide.QtGui.QTabWidget.setCurrentIndex(index)¶

Parameters:	index – `PySide.QtCore.int`

This property holds the index position of the current tab page.

The current index is -1 if there is no current widget.

By default, this property contains a value of -1 because there are initially no tabs in the widget.

PySide.QtGui.QTabWidget.setCurrentWidget(widget)¶

Parameters:	widget – `PySide.QtGui.QWidget`

Makes widget the current widget. The widget used must be a page in this tab widget.

PySide.QtGui.QTabWidget.setDocumentMode(set)¶

Parameters:	set – `PySide.QtCore.bool`

This property holds Whether or not the tab widget is rendered in a mode suitable for document pages. This is the same as document mode on Mac OS X..

When this property is set the tab widget frame is not rendered. This mode is useful for showing document-type pages where the page covers most of the tab widget area.

PySide.QtGui.QTabWidget.setElideMode(arg__1)¶

Parameters:	arg__1 – `PySide.QtCore.Qt.TextElideMode`

This property holds how to elide text in the tab bar.

This property controls how items are elided when there is not enough space to show them for a given tab bar size.

By default the value is style dependant.

See also

QTabBar.elideMode PySide.QtGui.QTabWidget.usesScrollButtons() QStyle.SH_TabBar_ElideMode

PySide.QtGui.QTabWidget.setIconSize(size)¶

Parameters:	size – `PySide.QtCore.QSize`

This property holds The size for icons in the tab bar.

The default value is style-dependent. This is the maximum size that the icons will have. Icons are not scaled up if they are of smaller size.

See also

QTabBar.iconSize

PySide.QtGui.QTabWidget.setMovable(movable)¶

Parameters:	movable – `PySide.QtCore.bool`

This property holds This property holds whether the user can move the tabs within the tabbar area..

By default, this property is false;

PySide.QtGui.QTabWidget.setTabBar(arg__1)¶

Parameters:	arg__1 – `PySide.QtGui.QTabBar`

Replaces the dialog’s PySide.QtGui.QTabBar heading with the tab bar tb . Note that this must be called before any tabs have been added, or the behavior is undefined.

See also

PySide.QtGui.QTabWidget.tabBar()

PySide.QtGui.QTabWidget.setTabEnabled(index, arg__2)¶

Parameters:	index – `PySide.QtCore.int` arg__2 – `PySide.QtCore.bool`

If enable is true, the page at position index is enabled; otherwise the page at position index is disabled. The page’s tab is redrawn appropriately.

PySide.QtGui.QTabWidget uses QWidget.setEnabled() internally, rather than keeping a separate flag.

Note that even a disabled tab/page may be visible. If the page is visible already, PySide.QtGui.QTabWidget will not hide it; if all the pages are disabled, PySide.QtGui.QTabWidget will show one of them.

PySide.QtGui.QTabWidget.setTabIcon(index, icon)¶

Parameters:	index – `PySide.QtCore.int` icon – `PySide.QtGui.QIcon`

This is an overloaded function.

Sets the icon for the tab at position index .

See also

PySide.QtGui.QTabWidget.tabIcon()

PySide.QtGui.QTabWidget.setTabPosition(arg__1)¶

Parameters:	arg__1 – `PySide.QtGui.QTabWidget.TabPosition`

This property holds the position of the tabs in this tab widget.

Possible values for this property are described by the QTabWidget.TabPosition enum.

By default, this property is set to North .

See also

QTabWidget.TabPosition

PySide.QtGui.QTabWidget.setTabShape(s)¶

Parameters:	s – `PySide.QtGui.QTabWidget.TabShape`

This property holds the shape of the tabs in this tab widget.

Possible values for this property are QTabWidget.Rounded (default) or QTabWidget.Triangular .

See also

QTabWidget.TabShape

PySide.QtGui.QTabWidget.setTabText(index, arg__2)¶

Parameters:	index – `PySide.QtCore.int` arg__2 – unicode

Defines a new label for the page at position index ‘s tab.

If the provided text contains an ampersand character (‘&’), a shortcut is automatically created for it. The character that follows the ‘&’ will be used as the shortcut key. Any previous shortcut will be overwritten, or cleared if no shortcut is defined by the text. See the QShortcut documentation for details (to display an actual ampersand, use ‘&&’).

See also

PySide.QtGui.QTabWidget.tabText()

PySide.QtGui.QTabWidget.setTabToolTip(index, tip)¶

Parameters:	index – `PySide.QtCore.int` tip – unicode

Sets the tab tool tip for the page at position index to tip .

See also

PySide.QtGui.QTabWidget.tabToolTip()

PySide.QtGui.QTabWidget.setTabWhatsThis(index, text)¶

Parameters:	index – `PySide.QtCore.int` text – unicode

Sets the What’s This help text for the page at position index to text .

PySide.QtGui.QTabWidget.setTabsClosable(closeable)¶

Parameters:	closeable – `PySide.QtCore.bool`

This property holds whether close buttons are automatically added to each tab..

See also

QTabBar.tabsClosable()

PySide.QtGui.QTabWidget.setUpLayout([arg__1=false])¶

Parameters:	arg__1 – `PySide.QtCore.bool`

PySide.QtGui.QTabWidget.setUsesScrollButtons(useButtons)¶

Parameters:	useButtons – `PySide.QtCore.bool`

This property holds Whether or not a tab bar should use buttons to scroll tabs when it has many tabs..

When there are too many tabs in a tab bar for its size, the tab bar can either choose to expand its size or to add buttons that allow you to scroll through the tabs.

By default the value is style dependant.

See also

PySide.QtGui.QTabWidget.elideMode() QTabBar.usesScrollButtons QStyle.SH_TabBar_PreferNoArrows

PySide.QtGui.QTabWidget.tabBar()¶

Return type:	`PySide.QtGui.QTabBar`

Returns the current PySide.QtGui.QTabBar .

See also

PySide.QtGui.QTabWidget.setTabBar()

PySide.QtGui.QTabWidget.tabCloseRequested(index)¶

Parameters:	index – `PySide.QtCore.int`

PySide.QtGui.QTabWidget.tabIcon(index)¶

Parameters:	index – `PySide.QtCore.int`
Return type:	`PySide.QtGui.QIcon`

Returns the icon for the tab on the page at position index .

See also

PySide.QtGui.QTabWidget.setTabIcon()

PySide.QtGui.QTabWidget.tabInserted(index)¶

Parameters:	index – `PySide.QtCore.int`

This virtual handler is called after a new tab was added or inserted at position index .

See also

PySide.QtGui.QTabWidget.tabRemoved()

PySide.QtGui.QTabWidget.tabPosition()¶

Return type:	`PySide.QtGui.QTabWidget.TabPosition`

This property holds the position of the tabs in this tab widget.

Possible values for this property are described by the QTabWidget.TabPosition enum.

By default, this property is set to North .

See also

QTabWidget.TabPosition

PySide.QtGui.QTabWidget.tabRemoved(index)¶

Parameters:	index – `PySide.QtCore.int`

This virtual handler is called after a tab was removed from position index .

See also

PySide.QtGui.QTabWidget.tabInserted()

PySide.QtGui.QTabWidget.tabShape()¶

Return type:	`PySide.QtGui.QTabWidget.TabShape`

This property holds the shape of the tabs in this tab widget.

Possible values for this property are QTabWidget.Rounded (default) or QTabWidget.Triangular .

See also

QTabWidget.TabShape

PySide.QtGui.QTabWidget.tabText(index)¶

Parameters:	index – `PySide.QtCore.int`
Return type:	unicode

Returns the label text for the tab on the page at position index .

See also

PySide.QtGui.QTabWidget.setTabText()

PySide.QtGui.QTabWidget.tabToolTip(index)¶

Parameters:	index – `PySide.QtCore.int`
Return type:	unicode

Returns the tab tool tip for the page at position index or an empty string if no tool tip has been set.

PySide.QtGui.QTabWidget.tabWhatsThis(index)¶

Parameters:	index – `PySide.QtCore.int`
Return type:	unicode

Returns the What’s This help text for the page at position index , or an empty string if no help text has been set.

PySide.QtGui.QTabWidget.tabsClosable()¶

Return type:	`PySide.QtCore.bool`

This property holds whether close buttons are automatically added to each tab..

See also

QTabBar.tabsClosable()

PySide.QtGui.QTabWidget.usesScrollButtons()¶

Return type:	`PySide.QtCore.bool`

This property holds Whether or not a tab bar should use buttons to scroll tabs when it has many tabs..

When there are too many tabs in a tab bar for its size, the tab bar can either choose to expand its size or to add buttons that allow you to scroll through the tabs.

By default the value is style dependant.

See also

PySide.QtGui.QTabWidget.elideMode() QTabBar.usesScrollButtons QStyle.SH_TabBar_PreferNoArrows

PySide.QtGui.QTabWidget.widget(index)¶

Parameters:	index – `PySide.QtCore.int`
Return type:	`PySide.QtGui.QWidget`

Returns the tab page at index position index or 0 if the index is out of range.

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