Creating a QComboBox with checkboxes within it

rssweiss

Hi guys,

I'm using PyQt6.

I'm trying to create a QComboBox that has checkboxes within it.

So the user can select an item, but also can check or uncheck the box next to it.

How do I do it?

Thanks

SGaist

Hi,

Before diving further in the implementation details, can you explain the design decision for having checkboxes in a combo box ? That's pretty counterintuitive from a user perspective to have that kind of information hidden in such a control.

rssweiss

@SGaist
Hi! Thanks for your quick reply!

Here's an illustration:

Explanation:
You press on the menu, it shows you a few options to select from. But also, you can un/check the options.

This could be used for:
I have a team of players, and I want to check the ones who will be assigned into the game, but then I want to select one of them to display his data on the screen.

SGaist

In the context of a menu, having checkboxes is fine as you also have the complete view of the possibilities.

In the context of a team of players, I would rather expect to have a list view that I can go up and down at will where I can see what I have selected rather than having to use a combo box that I would need to open and re-open.

JonB

@rssweiss
As @SGaist says use a QListView here. A combobox is intended to pick a single item, not put checks against multiple items.

rssweiss

@SGaist said in Creating a QComboBox with checkboxes within it:

In the context of a menu, having checkboxes is fine as you also have the complete view of the possibilities.

In the context of a team of players, I would rather expect to have a list view that I can go up and down at will where I can see what I have selected rather than having to use a combo box that I would need to open and re-open.

@JonB said in Creating a QComboBox with checkboxes within it:

@rssweiss
As @SGaist says use a QListView here. A combobox is intended to pick a single item, not put checks against multiple items.

Alright, thank you guys!