PyQt5 β Show pop up items of ComboBox when push button is pressed
In this article we will see how we make combo box to show its elements without clicking on it. In order to do this we will use showPopup method.
Syntax : combo_box.showPopup() Argument : It takes no argument Action performed : It will show the pop up elements
Steps for implementation : 1. Create a combo box 2. Add items to the combo box 3. Create a push button 4. Add action to the push button such that when it get pressed method should get called 5. Inside the method show the pop up with the help of showPopup method. Below is the implementation β
Python3
# 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 a combo box widget self .combo_box = QComboBox( self ) # setting geometry of combo box self .combo_box.setGeometry( 200 , 150 , 120 , 30 ) # geek list geek_list = ["Geek", "Geeky Geek", "Legend Geek", "Ultra Legend Geek"] # adding list of items to combo box self .combo_box.addItems(geek_list) # creating push button button = QPushButton("Click !", self ) # adding action to the button button.pressed.connect( self .action) def action( self ): # showing the pop up self .combo_box.showPopup() # create pyqt5 app App = QApplication(sys.argv) # create the instance of our Window window = Window() # start the app sys.exit(App. exec ()) |
Output : After clicking on the push button