PyQT - positioning and displaying a custom widget

Question

I am trying to use PyQT to place and display a custom widget. So far I have a widget and my window. I managed to display the widget through the layout, however, I am interested in using .move (x, y,) to place my widget before showing (). So far, my code is as follows:

import sys, random
from PyQt4 import QtGui, QtCore

# Robot Widget
class RobotLink(QtGui.QWidget):
    def __init__(self, parent, x, y, width, height, fill):
        super(RobotLink, self).__init__(parent)
        self._x        = x
        self._y        = y
        self._width    = width
        self._height   = height
        self._fill     = fill
        self._rotation = 0

    def paintEvent(self, e):
        painter = QtGui.QPainter()
        painter.begin(self)
        self.drawLink(painter)
        painter.end()

    def drawLink(self, painter):
        painter.setPen(QtGui.QColor(0, 0, 0))
        painter.setBrush(self._fill)
        painter.drawEllipse(self._x, self._y, self._width, self._height)

# Window
class Window(QtGui.QWidget):
    # Default Constructor, sets up the window GUI
    def __init__(self):
        super(Window, self).__init__()
        self.initUI()

    def initUI(self):
        self._link1 = RobotLink(self, 225, 400, 30, 150, QtCore.Qt.DiagCrossPattern)
        self._link2 = RobotLink(self, 0, 320, 30, 100, QtCore.Qt.Dense5Pattern)
        self._link3 = RobotLink(self, 225, 260, 30, 75, QtCore.Qt.Dense2Pattern)

        self._link1.move(0, 0)
        self._link1.show()

        self.setGeometry(300, 300, 800, 600)
        self.setWindowTitle("CSCE 452 - PaintBot")


    def paintEvent(self, e):
        super(Window, self).paintEvent(e)
        painter = QtGui.QPainter()
        painter.begin(self)
        self.drawBoundingBoxes(painter)
        painter.end()

    # Draws the boxes that define the robots workspace and
    # the control panel
    def drawBoundingBoxes(self, painter):
        color = QtGui.QColor(0, 0, 0)
        color.setNamedColor("#cccccc")
        painter.setPen(color)

        # Draw the robot workspace
        painter.setBrush(QtGui.QColor(255, 255, 255))
        painter.drawRect(10, 10, 500, 578)

        # Draw the control panel workspace
        painter.setBrush(QtGui.QColor(150, 150, 150))
        painter.drawRect(520, 10, 270, 578)

        # Draws the slider 'base'
        painter.setPen(QtGui.QColor(0, 0, 0))
        painter.drawLine(100, 570, 400, 570)

    def changeValue(self, value):
        self.wid.emit(QtCore.SIGNAL("updateRobot(int)"), value)
        self.wid.repaint()

# Setup the Window, and the Robot
app = QtGui.QApplication(sys.argv)
win = Window()
win.show()
app.exec_()

Any idea how to connect my widget without a layout, place it and show it inside my window?

Answer 1

A few things I noticed in your code:

• x, y, . setGeometry , . getGeometry, getHeight, getWidth .., .

• drawEllipse drawLink , x y . , 0, 0, .

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import sys, random
from PyQt4 import QtGui, QtCore

# Robot Widget
class RobotLink(QtGui.QWidget):
    def __init__(self, parent, x, y, width, height, fill):
        super(RobotLink, self).__init__(parent)
        self._fill     = fill
        self._rotation = 0
        self.setGeometry(x, y, width, height)

    def paintEvent(self, e):
        painter = QtGui.QPainter()
        painter.begin(self)
        self.drawLink(painter)
        painter.end()

    def drawLink(self, painter):
        painter.setPen(QtGui.QColor(0, 0, 0))
        painter.setBrush(self._fill)
        painter.drawEllipse(0, 0, self.width(), self.height())

# Window
class Window(QtGui.QWidget):
    # Default Constructor, sets up the window GUI
    def __init__(self):
        super(Window, self).__init__()
        self.initUI()

    def initUI(self):
        self._link1 = RobotLink(self, 10, 10, 100, 50, QtCore.Qt.DiagCrossPattern)
        self._link2 = RobotLink(self, 100, 100, 50, 100, QtCore.Qt.Dense5Pattern)
        self._link3 = RobotLink(self, 150, 150, 50, 50, QtCore.Qt.Dense2Pattern)

        self.setGeometry(300, 300, 800, 600)
        self.setWindowTitle("CSCE 452 - PaintBot")

    def paintEvent(self, e):
        super(Window, self).paintEvent(e)
        painter = QtGui.QPainter()
        painter.begin(self)
        self.drawBoundingBoxes(painter)
        painter.end()

    # Draws the boxes that define the robots workspace and
    # the control panel
    def drawBoundingBoxes(self, painter):
        color = QtGui.QColor(0, 0, 0)
        color.setNamedColor("#cccccc")
        painter.setPen(color)

        # Draw the robot workspace
        painter.setBrush(QtGui.QColor(255, 255, 255))
        painter.drawRect(10, 10, 500, 578)

        # Draw the control panel workspace
        painter.setBrush(QtGui.QColor(150, 150, 150))
        painter.drawRect(520, 10, 270, 578)

        # Draws the slider 'base'
        painter.setPen(QtGui.QColor(0, 0, 0))
        painter.drawLine(100, 570, 400, 570)

    def changeValue(self, value):
        self.wid.emit(QtCore.SIGNAL("updateRobot(int)"), value)
        self.wid.repaint()

# Setup the Window, and the Robot
app = QtGui.QApplication(sys.argv)
win = Window()
win.show()
app.exec_()

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