PyQT Toolbar

In this PyQT tutorial, we're going to show how to add a toolbar to our GUI application.

Unlike the menubar, it really could go either way with a toolbar regarding whether it is something that follows the user everywhere the go in the application, or not. For this, we're going to just put it in the home method.

Adding a tool bar is a little easier, usually, because the is no "drop down." You could add one, but, for now, we'll just keep it simple:

        extractAction = QtGui.QAction(QtGui.QIcon('todachoppa.png'), 'Flee the Scene', self)
        extractAction.triggered.connect(self.close_application)
        
        self.toolBar = self.addToolBar("Extraction")
        self.toolBar.addAction(extractAction)

You can create your own images for the toolbar if you want, but, if you'd like the same one I used: http://pythonprogramming.net/static/images/todachoppa.png

The full code for our application now:

import sys
from PyQt4 import QtGui, QtCore

class Window(QtGui.QMainWindow):

    def __init__(self):
        super(Window, self).__init__()
        self.setGeometry(50, 50, 500, 300)
        self.setWindowTitle("PyQT tuts!")
        self.setWindowIcon(QtGui.QIcon('pythonlogo.png'))

        extractAction = QtGui.QAction("&GET TO THE CHOPPAH!!!", self)
        extractAction.setShortcut("Ctrl+Q")
        extractAction.setStatusTip('Leave The App')
        extractAction.triggered.connect(self.close_application)

        self.statusBar()

        mainMenu = self.menuBar()
        fileMenu = mainMenu.addMenu('&File')
        fileMenu.addAction(extractAction)        

        self.home()

    def home(self):
        btn = QtGui.QPushButton("Quit", self)
        btn.clicked.connect(self.close_application)
        btn.resize(btn.minimumSizeHint())
        btn.move(0,100)

        extractAction = QtGui.QAction(QtGui.QIcon('todachoppa.png'), 'Flee the Scene', self)
        extractAction.triggered.connect(self.close_application)
        
        self.toolBar = self.addToolBar("Extraction")
        self.toolBar.addAction(extractAction)
        
        self.show()

    def close_application(self):
        print("whooaaaa so custom!!!")
        sys.exit()


def run():
    app = QtGui.QApplication(sys.argv)
    GUI = Window()
    sys.exit(app.exec_())


run()

The resulting window is something like:

In the next tutorial, we're going to cover how to create pop up messages, like warning messages to the user.

The next tutorial: Pop up Message PyQT