OK, I wrote a module with 2 functions to do what I was asking for. Not really that complicated, once I figured it out, but it sure does save a lot of time whenever you create new pyqt gui programs where you want to save widget field values between sessions. I currently only have lineEdit, checkBox and combobox fields coded. If anyone else wants to add or improve (e.g. radio buttons...etc) ... I'm sure others, including myself, will appreciate it.
#===================================================================
# Module with functions to save & restore qt widget values
# Written by: Alan Lilly
# Website: http://panofish.net
#===================================================================
import sys
from PyQt4.QtCore import *
from PyQt4.QtGui import *
import inspect
#===================================================================
# save "ui" controls and values to registry "setting"
# currently only handles comboboxes editlines & checkboxes
# ui = qmainwindow object
# settings = qsettings object
#===================================================================
def guisave(ui, settings):
#for child in ui.children(): # works like getmembers, but because it traverses the hierarachy, you would have to call guisave recursively to traverse down the tree
for name, obj in inspect.getmembers(ui):
#if type(obj) is QComboBox: # this works similar to isinstance, but missed some field... not sure why?
if isinstance(obj, QComboBox):
name = obj.objectName() # get combobox name
index = obj.currentIndex() # get current index from combobox
text = obj.itemText(index) # get the text for current index
settings.setValue(name, text) # save combobox selection to registry
if isinstance(obj, QLineEdit):
name = obj.objectName()
value = obj.text()
settings.setValue(name, value) # save ui values, so they can be restored next time
if isinstance(obj, QCheckBox):
name = obj.objectName()
state = obj.checkState()
settings.setValue(name, state)
#===================================================================
# restore "ui" controls with values stored in registry "settings"
# currently only handles comboboxes, editlines &checkboxes
# ui = QMainWindow object
# settings = QSettings object
#===================================================================
def guirestore(ui, settings):
for name, obj in inspect.getmembers(ui):
if isinstance(obj, QComboBox):
index = obj.currentIndex() # get current region from combobox
#text = obj.itemText(index) # get the text for new selected index
name = obj.objectName()
value = unicode(settings.value(name))
if value == "":
continue
index = obj.findText(value) # get the corresponding index for specified string in combobox
if index == -1: # add to list if not found
obj.insertItems(0,[value])
index = obj.findText(value)
obj.setCurrentIndex(index)
else:
obj.setCurrentIndex(index) # preselect a combobox value by index
if isinstance(obj, QLineEdit):
name = obj.objectName()
value = unicode(settings.value(name)) # get stored value from registry
obj.setText(value) # restore lineEditFile
if isinstance(obj, QCheckBox):
name = obj.objectName()
value = settings.value(name) # get stored value from registry
if value != None:
obj.setCheckState(value) # restore checkbox
#if isinstance(obj, QRadioButton):
################################################################
if __name__ == "__main__":
# execute when run directly, but not when called as a module.
# therefore this section allows for testing this module!
#print "running directly, not as a module!"
sys.exit()