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Examples of simple PySide dialogs
from PySide.QtGui import *
# create a modal message box with a single 'Ok' button
box = QMessageBox()
box.setWindowTitle('Title')
box.setText('Text')
box.exec_()
# create a modal message box that offers some choices (Yes|No|Cancel)
box = QMessageBox()
box.setWindowTitle('Some Message')
box.setText("Pushing a button will do something.")
box.setInformativeText("Do you want to push a button?")
box.setStandardButtons(QMessageBox.Yes | QMessageBox.No | QMessageBox.Cancel)
box.setDefaultButton(QMessageBox.Save)
result = box.exec_()
if result == QMessageBox.Cancel:
print 'User pressed Cancel'
elif result == QMessageBox.No:
print 'User pressed No'
elif result == QMessageBox.Yes:
print 'User pressed Yes'
# Create a simple text input pop-up
text, okPressed = QInputDialog.getText(None, 'Window Title', 'Please type something...')
if okPressed:
print text
# Create a pop-up with a drop-down list of items to choose from
items = ['option 1', 'option 2', 'option 3', 'option 4']
choice, okPressed = QInputDialog.getItem(None, 'Window Title', 'Please choose something...', items)
if okPressed:
print choice
# open a file requester for a single file
filename, nill = QFileDialog.getOpenFileName(None, 'Choose a file', '/home', "Image Files (*.png *.jpg *.bmp)")
# open a file requester for multiple files
filenames, nill = QFileDialog.getOpenFileName(None, 'Choose some files', '/home', "Image Files (*.png *.jpg *.bmp)")
# open a file requester for a directory
folder = QFileDialog.getExistingDirectory(None, 'Choose a folder', '/home')
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