import problem under PyCharm uic is not found

McAce

have an import problem under PyCharm uic is not found
OS: Ubuntu 20.04

import sys

from PyQt5 import QtCore, QtGui, QtWidgets, uic

class MainWindow(QtWidgets.QMainWindow):
    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
        super().__init__(*args, **kwargs)
        loadUi("first_test.ui")

app = QtWidgets.QApplication(sys.argv)
window = MainWindow()
window.show()
app.exec_()

PyQt5 5.15.4
pyqt5-plugins 5.15.4.2.2
PyQt5-qt5 5.15.2
PyQt5-sip 12.11.0
pyqt5-tools 5.15.4.3.2

Any Ideas

Thanks

McAce

SGaist

Hi and welcome to devnet,

uic is a command line tool, it's not something you import.

It might not be completely accurate in the case of PyQt5, see answer below for more details.

[edit: added more details SGaist]

McAce

Ah Okay now I understand it all, I was missing this info.

Thanks

TheNoodleNator

@SGaist Hi, if it wasnt meant to be imported. Why is there documentation found here that shows us how to import it?

SGaist

Hi,

@TheNoodleNator said in import problem under PyCharm uic is not found:

@SGaist Hi, if it wasnt meant to be imported. Why is there documentation found here that shows us how to import it?

I learned something new, thanks !
It's something that is specific to PyQt5 and quite frankly I have never came across it until now. From a quick look, it does not seem to be documented as public API to be used by Qt applications.
The main things I found boils down to: python3 -m PyQt5.uic.pyuic mywidget.ui -o mywidget.py
The standard way to use .ui files is through the QtDesigner module either by using pyuic5 to generate a python file from your .ui file or use of the QUiLoader class. See here for a more detailed explanation.