pyqt-explanation-balloon 0.0.2

PyQt explanation balloon

pyqt-explanation-balloon

PyQt explanation balloon

Requirements

• PyQt5 >= 5.8

Setup

python -m pip install pyqt-explanation-balloon

Included Packages

• pyqt-svg-button

Preview

Explanation balloon can be used to explain certain widget. You can close this balloon with X button at the top right.

You can set the widget which you want to describe with balloon.

You can also set the size and content of balloon with constructor. Check the class overview below.

This explanation balloon is perfectly responsive to window's resize/move/activate/deactivate event.

Class Overview

• ExplanationBalloon(widget, width: float, height: float, text: str) - Constructor. widget is the widget which is supposed to be explained by explanation balloon.

Example

from PyQt5.QtWidgets import QMainWindow, QPushButton, QApplication, QVBoxLayout, QWidget



from pyqt_explanation_balloon.explanationBalloon import ExplanationBalloon





class MainWindow(QMainWindow):

    def __init__(self):

        super().__init__()

        self.__initUi()



    def __initUi(self):

        btn = QPushButton('Show explanation balloon')



        lay = QVBoxLayout()

        lay.addWidget(btn)



        mainWidget = QWidget()

        mainWidget.setLayout(lay)



        self.setCentralWidget(mainWidget)



        self.__eb = ExplanationBalloon(btn, 200.0, 100.0, 'This is explanation balloon\nmade out of PyQt')

        btn.clicked.connect(self.__eb.show)





if __name__ == "__main__":

    import sys



    app = QApplication(sys.argv)

    mainWindow = MainWindow()

    mainWindow.show()

    sys.exit(app.exec_())

Result