pyqt-search-bar

PyQt search bar

Requirements

PyQt5 >= 5.8

Setup

python -m pip install pyqt-search-bar

Included Packages

• pyqt-resource-helper

• pyqt-svg-button

Feature

• Providing searched(text: str) signal to activate user-defined method after search.

• Set place holder directly with setPlaceHolder(text: str).

• Available to execute the search with either pressing enter or pressing the search button.

• Toggled search button based on whether searchLineEdit(type is QLineEdit) is empty or not.

• Being able to get searchLineEdit and searchButton, closeButton to let user customize on their own.

• Being able to set the label of the search bar with setLabel(visibility: bool, text: str).

• Being able to close the search bar with setCloseBtn(visibility: bool).

• Set search/close button's icon with setSearchIcon(icon_filename: str), setCloseIcon(icon_filename: str). Note: Icon should be SVG file.

• Get search bar, search line edit, search/close button with getSearchBar, getSearchButton, getCloseButton to change style or feature.

Example

Basic

Code Example

from PyQt5.QtWidgets import QApplication

from pyqt_search_bar import SearchBar



if __name__ == "__main__":

    import sys



    app = QApplication(sys.argv)

    searchBar = SearchBar()

    searchBar.setPlaceHolder('Input the text...')

    searchBar.show()

    app.exec_()

Result

Empty search bar (search button is disabled)

Search bar which is not empty (search button is enabled)

See Also

• pyqt-instant-search-bar - instant search bar gui