Custom/Owner draw control in PyQt?

Question

I am learning PyQt and wonder if one can create custom/owner draw control like one show in the figure below:

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The search box has magnifier icon on its right border. Is this kind of thing possible with PyQt? Thanks!

Answer 1

If you only need to show an icon, an easy way is to use style-sheets:

lineedit = QtGui.QLineEdit()    
lineedit.setStyleSheet("""QLineEdit {
     background-image: url(:/images/magnifier.png);
     background-repeat: no-repeat;
     background-position: right;
     background-clip: padding;
     padding-right: 16px;
}""")

Answer 2

Antas Aasma - good anser! m3rLinEz Maybe its worth packing all buttons and text labels into one widget. In constructor of that widget connect all buttons. Expose only necessary signals and slots. Just to reduce code you write (and possibly increase reuse of this widget).