Changing the QLabel frameshape

Stevolution

Hello
Still on my early steep learning curve here...

I have a Qlabel set up on my GUI with a frameShape set to Box to give it a border the same colour as the text. All fine.

How can I turn this frameshape box to NoFrame in my Python routine?

I have tried various commands and no luck yet. Anything I try either fails or deletes the whole text.

This is for highlighting selected text in a menu. Is there an easier/better/correct way? I thought this was the simplest.

Thanks

jsulm

@Stevolution said in Changing the Qlabel frameshape:

How can I turn this frameshape box to NoFrame in my Python routine?

Like shown in documentation (https://doc.qt.io/qt-5/qlabel.html):

label->setFrameStyle(QFrame::Panel | QFrame::Sunken);

Just use QFrame::NoFrame

JonB

@Stevolution said in Changing the Qlabel frameshape:

I have a Qlabel set up on my GUI with a frameShape set to Box
How can I turn this frameshape box to NoFrame in my Python routine?

Assuming you mean in code:

label.setFrameShape(QtWidgets.QFrame.NoFrame)

Stevolution

Hmm... I still have lots to learn

label.setFrameShape(QtWidgets.QFrame.NoFrame) Throws up that I am not using QtWidgets (QWidget?)

label->setFrameStyle(QFrame::Panel | QFrame::Sunken); Throws up a Syntax at the ::

self.AUTOREMOTE.setFrameShape(QFrame::NoFrame). What have I written wrong?

Stevolution

self.AUTOREMOTE.setStyleSheet("border: 3px solid black") deletes the entire text and border which I don't understand but hey ho.

Think I need to come up with a different way of doing this

jsulm

@Stevolution said in Changing the Qlabel frameshape:

Throws up a Syntax at the ::

Well, you have to convert it to Python code...

JonB

@Stevolution said in Changing the Qlabel frameshape:

label.setFrameShape(QtWidgets.QFrame.NoFrame) Throws up that I am not using QtWidgets (QWidget?)

Then show me the constructor line you have in code for creating the QLabel() in the first place? QLabel is also in the QtWidgets namespace, just as QFrame is....

Stevolution

I have lots to learn here. Please bear with me.
I basically have taken a free piece of code from online that controls servos (via Arduino) and a webcam (Pan and tilt), and I am working my way through making a new GUI for it.
That GUI works, the code compiles.

As I work down the code, I am learning what each section achieves/does and annotating it

Might not be the best way to learn, but it is 'kinda' working for me.

    self.setWindowTitle('Remote camera') # set window title
    
    self.Video = self.ui.Video                                  # The window to display the video feed in

    # Set up buttons
    self.QuitButton = self.ui.QuitButton                        
    self.PauseButton = self.ui.PauseButton                      
    self.UpdateButton = self.ui.UpdateButton                    # Updates the camera ID
    self.ConnectButton = self.ui.ConnectButton                  # Connects the comms
    self.SysMode_button = self.ui.SysMode_button
    self.WeaponStatus_button = self.ui.WeaponStatus_button
    self.IFF_button = self.ui.IFF_button
    self.Test_button = self.ui.Test_button
    self.TargetPrf_button = self.ui.TargetPrf_button
    self.Spectral_button = self.ui.Spectral_button
    self.TargetSel_button = self.ui.TargetSel_button

    # Bind buttons
    self.QuitButton.clicked.connect(self.quit)                  # Bind quit button to quit method
    self.PauseButton.clicked.connect(self.toggle_recording)     # Bind pause button to pause method
    self.UpdateButton.clicked.connect(self.update_angles)
    self.ConnectButton.clicked.connect(self.connect)

    # Set up LCD displays
    self.Pan_LCD = self.ui.Pan_LCD                  
    self.Tilt_LCD = self.ui.Tilt_LCD
    self.Ammo_LCD = self.ui.Ammo_LCD                  
    self.Time_LCD = self.ui.Time_LCD
    
    self.Manual_checkbox = self.ui.Manual_checkbox              # Checkbox for manual control
    self.Manual_checkbox.stateChanged.connect(self.set_manual_mode) # Bind checkbox

    self.COMlineEdit = self.ui.COMlineEdit                      # Edit the comms channel box
    self.CameraIDEdit = self.ui.CameraIDEdit                    # Camera ID entry box

    # Labels
    self.COMConnectLabel = self.ui.COMConnectLabel              # Comms connection label
    
    self.AUTOREMOTE = self.ui.AUTOREMOTE
    self.MANOVERRIDE = self.ui.MANOVERRIDE
    self.SAFE = self.ui.SAFE
    self.ARMED = self.ui.ARMED
    self.ENGAGED = self.ui.ENGAGED
    self.TEST = self.ui.TEST
    self.INTERROGATE = self.ui.INTERROGATE
    self.AUTO = self.ui.AUTO
    self.SELECTIVE = self.ui.SELECTIVE
    self.INERT = self.ui.INERT
    self.INFRARED = self.ui.INFRARED
    self.ULTRASONIC = self.ui.ULTRASONIC

JonB

@Stevolution
This is a fragment of code which does not address my

Then show me the constructor line you have in code for creating the QLabel() in the first place?

You said my

label.setFrameShape(QtWidgets.QFrame.NoFrame) Throws up that I am not using QtWidgets (QWidget?)

so I can't tell you what to put without knowing how you import your Qt stuff, your relevant from .. import ... presumably for PyQt5 or PySide2.

Stevolution

@JonB said in Changing the Qlabel frameshape:

@Stevolution
This is a fragment of code which does not address my

Then show me the constructor line you have in code for creating the QLabel() in the first place?

You said my

label.setFrameShape(QtWidgets.QFrame.NoFrame) Throws up that I am not using QtWidgets (QWidget?)

so I can't tell you what to put without knowing how you import your Qt stuff, your relevant from .. import ... presumably for PyQt5 or PySide2.

Sorry - PyQt5

Maybe I should post all the code once I have tidied it a little

JonB

@Stevolution said in Changing the QLabel frameshape:

Sorry - PyQt5

So, to resolve your "Throws up that I am not using QtWidgets (QWidget?)", if you do not already have this, in the module where you want the line:

label.setFrameShape(QtWidgets.QFrame.NoFrame)

you will need at the top of the file:

from PyQt5 import QtWidgets

(There are slightly different ways you can do what is needed, according to preference, but I don't want to over-complicate for now.)

Damn it, while I'm here, I'd better give you the choices! It's not too hard to understand.

Say you will want to access QLabel and QFrame in a module. You have two ways.

from PyQt5 import QtWidgets
...
label = QtWidgets.QLabel()
label.setFrameShape(QtWidgets.QFrame.NoFrame)

The above way we import just QtWidgets, and every time we want to address a widget we have to go QtWidgets.QLabel, QtWidgets.QFrame etc.

from PyQt5.QtWidgets import QLabel, QFrame, ...
...
label = QLabel()
label.setFrameShape(QFrame.NoFrame)

The above way we import specific widget classes from QtWidgets, and when we want to address a widget we can just go QLabel, QFrame etc., not using the leasing QtWidgets..

Pros/cons for each approach, a matter of personal style/preference.

Stevolution

I get an error with that line

NameError: name 'QtWidgets' is not defined

Whats the difference between QtWidgets and QWidget?

import sys                                                          # This imports the modules	
import time

from PyQt5.QtWidgets import QApplication, QWidget                   # PyQy5 is the GUI module.   QApplication is part of that module, and QWidget is the Windows interaction class (Keyboard, mouse etc)
from PyQt5.QtGui import QIcon, QPixmap, QImage                      # QImage is a class of PyQt5 that allows image interaction
from PyQt5.uic import loadUi


import opr                                                          # Face tracking Python routine
import comm_ard                                                     # Python routine to handle the serial communications to the Arduino
import random                                                       # Random generator 
import pickle                                                       # Allows you to send data between Python scripts using a byte data stream

import cv2                                                          # Stands for COMPUTER VISION. Allows the code to take information from a visual source

JonB

@Stevolution said in Changing the QLabel frameshape:

I get an error with that line
NameError: name 'QtWidgets' is not defined

Show me the line you typed, copied & pasted! Since I use from PyQt5 import QtWidgets all the time...

In the way you now show, it is using my "second approach". You have

from PyQt5.QtWidgets import QApplication, QWidget

so to add references to, say QLabel & QFrame you can either modify to:

from PyQt5.QtWidgets import QApplication, QWidget, QLabel, QFrame

or add a brand new line

from PyQt5.QtWidgets import QLabel, QFrame

Don't forget to read what I wrote earlier about when you use this method,

label.setFrameShape(QtWidgets.QFrame.NoFrame)

becomes

label.setFrameShape(QFrame.NoFrame)

Whats the difference between QtWidgets and QWidget?

PyQt5.QtWidgets is a module (like a namespace if you're familiar with that term). That module contains many classes. QWidget is a class in the module QtWidgets. That module contains other additional widget-y classes, such as QFrame.

Stevolution

@JonB said in Changing the QLabel frameshape:

PyQt5.QtWidgets import QApplication, QWidget, QLabel, QFrame

PyQt5.QtWidgets import QApplication, QWidget, QLabel, QFrame has fixed the issue.
I didn't realise I needed to add those to the declared list.

Thank you very much for your time and patience

JonB

@Stevolution
As I wrote earlier, if you go for the from PyQt5.QtWidgets import Q... route, which is fine, you must now add to that list each time you want to access a specific class, like QWidget or QFrame or QPushButton, and then you can address those by their plain class name, QWidget or QFrame, instead of QtWidgets.QWidget, QtWidgets.QFrame etc.

You may also shortcut having to spell out each class name by going

from PyQt5.QtWidgets import *

This imports as QWidget, QFrame, QPushButton and everything else (non-underscore) in the QtWidgets module, in one go. However, this is usually regarded as poor Python practice [https://docs.python.org/3/tutorial/modules.html].

Stevolution

Yes. Many thanks for your excellent assistance

Stevolution

Without appearing to be totally thick... it's frustrating that I have sorted out all the comms to the Arduino, camera importing etc...

but cannot get my head around this formatting to change text properties.

How would I change the font size of a label? All my efforts have failed.
I had to import the class QFrame to change the frame, but QFont gives a syntax

This is clearly wrong...

self.COMConnectLabel.setFontSize(14);

Stevolution

I think I need to walk away for a while. Made great progress today....

But still can't change that text font size!

Stevolution

@Stevolution Thank you Denni. I will have another look at that in a while.

Just trying to work out why my routine is throwing up an exception when I transfer 6 bytes of data from my Arduino to my Python process.

I can print all six bytes correctly in the decoding routine (called Comm_ard.py), but when I use bytes 5 or 6 in the Python code, it throws up an exception error. Hmm

Stevolution

OK. Fixed the exception issue.

NOTHING I try will let me change the font size. Spent so much time on this. You suggestions Denni didin't work.
It's clearly me, but no idea what I am doing wrong. Declared QFont at the start etc.

It's maddening how something so stupid takes so long