pyqt-instant-search-bar

PyQt(+PySide) instant search bar.

Requirements

• PyQt5 >= 5.8

Setup

python -m pip install pyqt-instant-search-bar

Included Packages

• pyqt-resource-helper

• pyqt-svg-label

Methods/Signal Overview

• setLabel(visibility: bool = True, text=None)

Set the visibility of search icon. You can set the text with this function too.

• setSearchIcon(icon_filename: str)

Set the icon. icon should be svg file.

• setPlaceHolder(text: str)

• getSearchBar()

• getSearchLabel()

• searched(text: str) signal to get the text which is written in the search bar. See the example below.

Preview

Code Sample

from PyQt5.QtWidgets import QApplication

from pyqt_instant_search_bar import InstantSearchBar



if __name__ == "__main__":

    import sys



    app = QApplication(sys.argv)

    searchBar = InstantSearchBar()

    searchBar.searched.connect(print) # print the written text

    searchBar.show()

    app.exec_()

Result

See Also

• pyqt-search-bar-menu - QMenu which has search bar as a first item to help you search the menu items.

• pyqt-search-bar - This supports search button. (click to search, not instant search)

• pyqt-database-example - Search the sql database table(using QSqlTableModel) with instant search bar.