PyQt5 – Adding/Changing caption of Check Box
In this article we will see how to add or change the caption associated with the check box. In check box there are basically two parts one it the check part which consist of the checked symbol and other is the text part which is similar to the label it contain text.
In order to add or change the text of check box we will use setText
method.
Syntax : checkbox.setText(caption)
Argument : It takes string as argument.
Action performed : It will replace the existing caption with new one
Below is the implementation.
# importing libraries from PyQt5.QtWidgets import * from PyQt5 import QtCore, QtGui from PyQt5.QtGui import * from PyQt5.QtCore import * import sys class Window(QMainWindow): def __init__( self ): super ().__init__() # setting title self .setWindowTitle( "Python " ) # setting geometry self .setGeometry( 100 , 100 , 600 , 400 ) # calling method self .UiComponents() # showing all the widgets self .show() # method for widgets def UiComponents( self ): # creating the check-box checkbox = QCheckBox( 'Check Box' , self ) # setting geometry of check box checkbox.setGeometry( 200 , 150 , 100 , 30 ) # setting check box state to checked checkbox.setText( "Caption" ) # create pyqt5 app App = QApplication(sys.argv) # create the instance of our Window window = Window() # start the app sys.exit(App. exec ()) |
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