Qlabel hyperlink not working

LT-K101

I want to create a link to open another page, I tried this from the documentation i saw online but its not working. Any help.


        self.ui.label_5.linkActivated.connect(self.linkClicked)
       

    def linkClicked(self):
        self.ui.stackedWidget.setCurrentWidget(self.ui.page)

JonB

@LT-K101
Put a print() inside linkClicked(). If it does not hit it you have a signal/slot problem. If it does then it is executing the stackedWidget.setCurrentWidget() and you need to discover what that is doing/why it does not do what you want (e.g. what is in self.ui.page, and is that a widget which is in stackedWidget?).

LT-K101

@JonB Thanks for your reply, I have print() inside the linkClicked() and also set self.label_5.setOpenExternalLinks(True) but nothing happens. The self.ui.page is a widget in the stackedwidget, which i want the Qlabel to point to when i click on the label. It's kind of strange or is there another Qlabel signal/slot that can achieve this task?

JonB

@LT-K101
Put in a print() to make 100% sure the linkActivated.connect(self.linkClicked) statement is actually executed. Make sure you are clicking label_5. You could try the linkHovered signal to see if you get that (note that per a bug report this is only emitted a single time for any given link, but that should be enough to verify).

Ah, stop! The Qt docs don't make this clear at all, but it looks like whether it is emitted or not depends on what you put in the QLabel. You have to make it be an HTML link. See e.g. https://www.qtcentre.org/threads/20568-linkActivated-signal-in-QLabel

linkActivated is emitted if you click a HTML link (a). And since you set the text 'label' the signal newer will get emitted.