pyqt6rc 0.3.0

PyQt6 UI templates resource converter

pyqt6rc

Script to convert resource paths generated by QT6 designer.
PyQt6 does not provide pyrcc6 script to convert resources.
In current PyQt6 implementation, files created by pyuic6 scripts using Qt resources has wrong path.
This script is converting .ui files into .py files and using importlib to fix resource path.

There are three major solutions to this problem, all covered by this package:

• Native python3.7+ solution using importlib [Use pyqt6rc].
• Use of importlib_resources, for compatibility with Python3.6+ [Use pyqt6rc with -c option]
• Adding resource search path using QtCore.QDir.addSearchPath() and modifying generated prefixes [Use pyqt6sp]

Conversion

Generated template using pyuic6:

icon = QtGui.QIcon()
icon.addPixmap(QtGui.QPixmap(":/icons/icon1.png"), QtGui.QIcon.Mode.Normal, QtGui.QIcon.State.Off)

Generated template using pyqt6rc:

from importlib.resources import path

icon = QtGui.QIcon()
with path("myPackage.resources.icons", "icon1.png") as f_path:
    icon.addPixmap(QtGui.QPixmap(str(f_path)), QtGui.QIcon.Mode.Normal, QtGui.QIcon.State.Off)

Generated template using pyqt6rc (-c, --compatible):

from importlib_resources import path

icon = QtGui.QIcon()
with path("myPackage.resources.icons", "icon1.png") as f_path:
    icon.addPixmap(QtGui.QPixmap(str(f_path)), QtGui.QIcon.Mode.Normal, QtGui.QIcon.State.Off)

Generated template using pyqt6sc:

import os
from os.path import dirname, normpath
from PyQt6.QtCore import QDir

prefix_resources = [('icons', '../resources/')]
for prefix, resource in prefix_resources:
    sp = QDir.searchPaths(prefix)
    QDir.setSearchPaths(prefix, set(sp + [normpath(os.path.join(dirname(__file__), resource))]))

icon = QtGui.QIcon()
icon.addPixmap(QtGui.QPixmap("icons:icon1.png"), QtGui.QIcon.Mode.Normal, QtGui.QIcon.State.Off)

Usage examples

Package structure example

myPackage
│   __init__.py    
│
└───resources
|   |   __init__.py
│   │   image1.png
│   │   image2.png
│   │   resources.qrc
|   |   ...
|   |
|   └───icons
│       │   __init__.py
│       │   icon1.png
│       │   icon2.png
│       │   ...
│   
└───templates
    │   template1.ui
    │   template2.ui

Convert all .ui files located in templates directory

pyqt6rc /myPackage/templates -p myPackage

Convert template1.ui

pyqt6rc /myPackage/templates/template1.ui -p myPackage

Convert template1.ui and save it in /tmp directory

pyqt6rc /myPackage/templates/template1.ui -p myPackage -o /tmp

Convert all .ui files located in templates directory using importlib_resources

pyqt6rc /myPackage/templates -p myPackage -c

Convert all .ui files located in templates directory using setSearchPaths method

pyqt6sp /myPackage/templates