PyQt icons missing?
Question:
I am new to PyQt and I am learning to make GUIs based on online tutorials I found. One of the examples in the tutorials uses an icon, here is the code from the tutorial:
import sys
from PyQt5.QtWidgets import QMainWindow, QAction, qApp, QApplication
from PyQt5.QtGui import QIcon
class Example(QMainWindow):
def __init__(self):
super().__init__()
self.initUI()
def initUI(self):
exitAct = QAction(QIcon('exit24.png'), 'Exit', self)
exitAct.setShortcut('Ctrl+Q')
exitAct.triggered.connect(qApp.quit)
self.toolbar = self.addToolBar('Exit')
self.toolbar.addAction(exitAct)
self.setGeometry(300, 300, 300, 200)
self.setWindowTitle('Toolbar')
self.show()
if __name__ == '__main__':
app = QApplication(sys.argv)
ex = Example()
sys.exit(app.exec_())
The output according to the tutorial should be
But for me it’s this
As I said, I just started with PyQt and I just installed PyQt through pip
pip install PyQt5
I’m using Python3.6 and PyQt5. Any help is greatly appreciated!
Answers:
Yes, PyQt5 does come with a list of default icons. You can find them here:
List of PyQt Icons
However, it seems the “exit” icon from the tutorial you refrenced used a local icon downloaded on their computer. You need to download the same icon and name it ‘exit24.png’ next to your python file.
Yes, you can simply follow these steps from here:
How to set icon to a window in PyQt5 ?
Also you can use the QT Designer which can be downloaded from here:
Qt Designer Download and add the icon basically from there.
Alternatively, you can use the Pyinstaller to add icon on the GUI executable. You can follow the steps: Pyinstaller Usage
I am new to PyQt and I am learning to make GUIs based on online tutorials I found. One of the examples in the tutorials uses an icon, here is the code from the tutorial:
import sys
from PyQt5.QtWidgets import QMainWindow, QAction, qApp, QApplication
from PyQt5.QtGui import QIcon
class Example(QMainWindow):
def __init__(self):
super().__init__()
self.initUI()
def initUI(self):
exitAct = QAction(QIcon('exit24.png'), 'Exit', self)
exitAct.setShortcut('Ctrl+Q')
exitAct.triggered.connect(qApp.quit)
self.toolbar = self.addToolBar('Exit')
self.toolbar.addAction(exitAct)
self.setGeometry(300, 300, 300, 200)
self.setWindowTitle('Toolbar')
self.show()
if __name__ == '__main__':
app = QApplication(sys.argv)
ex = Example()
sys.exit(app.exec_())
The output according to the tutorial should be
But for me it’s this
As I said, I just started with PyQt and I just installed PyQt through pip
pip install PyQt5
I’m using Python3.6 and PyQt5. Any help is greatly appreciated!
Yes, PyQt5 does come with a list of default icons. You can find them here:
List of PyQt Icons
However, it seems the “exit” icon from the tutorial you refrenced used a local icon downloaded on their computer. You need to download the same icon and name it ‘exit24.png’ next to your python file.
Yes, you can simply follow these steps from here:
How to set icon to a window in PyQt5 ?
Also you can use the QT Designer which can be downloaded from here:
Qt Designer Download and add the icon basically from there.
Alternatively, you can use the Pyinstaller to add icon on the GUI executable. You can follow the steps: Pyinstaller Usage