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M. Ruiz
M. Ruiz

Reputation: 65

How to open a separate UI Window from QMainWindow?

So I have a MainWindow.ui in the class QMainWindow. I also have a separate QWidget and QDialog window (not sure which one is better to use) that I would like to open by using the menu bar from MainWindow.ui. I know that I can simply do something like:

self.main_layout.addWidget(self.form_widget) or flashC = flashCard() flashC.show()

But I want to do this in Qt Designer, so that I don't have to change the .py file every time I run pyuic5 (since these changes will be replaced upon running.)

My question is, how do I make it so that QMainWindow can open other windows that I make later from within Qt Designer. Right now I can't access any other windows in my signal/slot editor.

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I've been trying to figure this out and the books and other resources that I've looked at haven't pointed me in the right direction. I just want to know if it's possible to call other windows from within Qt Designer.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 480

Answers (1)

mfitzp
mfitzp

Reputation: 15545

You can have multiple QMainWindow in your application. To create a second window simply define it in Qt Designer as you have for your current window, then import and create an instance of it.

Remember it will only appear once you call .show()

Upvotes: 0

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