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J. M. WillmanBeginning PyQthttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-7999-1_3

3. Adding More Functionality with Widgets

Joshua M Willman1  
(1)
Sunnyvale, CA, USA
 

What good is a user interface if it isn’t interactive? This chapter is all about learning how to use widgets to make responsive user interfaces that react to a user’s interaction, handle different events, and relay important information back to the user. We will take a look at a few common widgets and see how to use them to design and build GUI applications.

In this chapter, you will

  • Be introduced to event handling and Qt’s signals and slots mechanism

  • Build GUIs using new widget classes, including QPushButton ...

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