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Atsvetk
Atsvetk

Reputation: 67

Pyqt4: Editing QLineEdit text via file browsing widget and sending it as a parameter

I'm trying to create an app which should allow to choose a directory and after pressing the button send the selected path to another function outside the App class. Also there is a predefined directory set as default path and displayed in the QLineEdit widget. This is what I've tried:

import os
import sys
from PyQt4 import QtGui
from PyQt4 import QtCore
from functools import partial

class App (QtGui.QMainWindow):

    def __init__(self):
        super(App, self).__init__()
        self.initUI()

    def initUI(self):

        default_path = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))

        def selectDir():
            labelSavePath.setText(QtGui.QFileDialog.getExistingDirectory(self,
                                                         'Select Dir:'))

        self.setFixedSize(450, 150)
        self.setWindowTitle('App')

        labelSavePath = QtGui.QLineEdit(default_path, self)
        labelSavePath.setGeometry(15, 72, 340, 20)
        labelSavePath.setAlignment(QtCore.Qt.AlignLeft)
        labelSavePath.setReadOnly(True)

        btnBrowse = QtGui.QPushButton('Browse', self)
        btnBrowse.setGeometry(365, 67, 80, 30)

        btnBrowse.clicked.connect(selectDir)

        btnStart = QtGui.QPushButton('Start', self)
        btnStart.move(345, 115)
        btnStart.clicked.connect(partial(startRun,
                                 str(labelSavePath.text())))

        self.show()

def startRun(log_path):
    print(log_path) #and do smth useful

if __name__ == "__main__":

    app = QtGui.QApplication(sys.argv)
    w = App()
    sys.exit(app.exec_())

However, the log_path is always equal to default_path no matter if it is changed by the user or not. I have been looking for the answer for a couple of hours already and still haven't managed to find the bug, since I'm new to PyQt.

How should I edit/pass the text in the labelSavedPath widget correctly, minding possible changes?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 1948

Answers (1)

ekhumoro
ekhumoro

Reputation: 120578

You seem to have misunderstood what partial does. It allows you to call a function with some its arguments pre-filled with fixed values - which is exactly what you don't want. Use a lambda instead:

    btnStart.clicked.connect(lambda: startRun(labelSavePath.text()))

NB: if you're using Python 3, there's no need to wrap everything with str().

Upvotes: 1

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