How to enter Logical expression in QLineEdit with QCompleter?

Selvajothi

I have a lineEdit in which I have to enter Logical expression like(one*two+three). I have loaded QStringList["one", "two", "three"]. Now the issue is Qcompleter clears the lineEdit everytime I highlighted the text using Arrow keys(up & down). In my code i have connect the highlighted signal with a slot which clears the QLineEdit.

Kindly give me a solution enter logical expression in QLineEdit with QCompleter

class Completer(QCompleter):
def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
    super(Completer, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)

    self.setCaseSensitivity(Qt.CaseInsensitive)
    self.existing_txt = ""
    self.counter = 0
    self.highlighted.connect(self.onActivated)
# Add texts instead of replace
def pathFromIndex(self, index):
    try:
        if self.counter == 0 :
            path = QCompleter.pathFromIndex(self, index)
            self.existing_txt = self.widget().text()
            self.existing_txt=self.existing_txt[0 : self.start_index : ] + self.existing_txt[self.end_index: :]
            self.existing_txt = self.existing_txt[: self.start_index] + path + self.existing_txt[self.start_index:]
            path = self.existing_txt
            self.widget().setText(path)
            self.counter =1
            return path
        else:
            self.counter = 0
            return self.existing_txt

    except Exception as e:
        alert = QMessageBox()
        alert.setWindowTitle("Warning!")
        main.error("pathFromIndex" + str(e))
        alert.setIcon(QMessageBox.Warning)
        alert.setText("Error in pathfromIndex!")
        alert.exec_()
def onActivated(self):
    try:
        # self.existing_txt = self.widget().text()
        QTimer.singleShot(0,self.widget().clear)
        # self.widget().setText(self.existing_txt)

    except Exception as e:
        main.error("lineedit clear" + str(e))
def splitPath(self, path):
    try:
        char_list = ["*", "+", "(", ")", "~"]
        input = self.widget().text()
        self.existing_txt = input
        point = self.widget().cursorPosition()
        self.end_index = len(path)
        self.start_index = -1
        for i in char_list:
            index = path.find(i,point)
            if index != -1 and self.end_index > index:
                self.end_index = index
        for i in char_list:
            index = path.rfind(i,0,point )
            if index != -1 and self.start_index < index:
                self.start_index = index
        self.start_index += 1
        if self.start_index == self.end_index:
            return [""]
        path = path[self.start_index: self.end_index:]
        return [path]
    except Exception as e:
        alert = QMessageBox()
        alert.setWindowTitle("Warning!")
        main.error("splitPath" + str(e))
        alert.setIcon(QMessageBox.Warning)
        alert.setText("Error in splitpath!")
        alert.exec_()

SGaist

Hi,

As silly as it may sound but if you do not want to have your line edit cleared when you move up and down the arrow, do not clear based on the highlighted signal.

Selvajothi

If i didn't clear the QLineEdit it is appending the text in the QLineEdit for every move of arrow like onetwothree

Selvajothi

solved the problem by adding self.end_index = len(self.existing_txt) in pathFromIndex after getting the text value from QLineEdit