PyQt5 QCalendarWidget – Setting Custom Event
In this article we will see how we can implement the custom event for the QCalendarWidget. This event handler can be reimplemented in a subclass to receive custom events. Custom events are user-defined events with a type value at least as large as the QEvent::User item of the QEvent::Type enum, and is typically a QEvent subclass.
Below is the Calendar class code
# QCalendarWidget Class
class Calendar(QCalendarWidget):
# constructor
def __init__(self, parent=None):
super(Calendar, self).__init__(parent)
# overriding the customEvent method
def customEvent(self, event):
print("Custom Event")
Implementation steps:
1. Create a Calendar class that inherits the QCalendarWidget
2. Inside the Calendar class override the customEvent and inside the event print the text
3. Create a main window class
4. Create a Calendar object inside the main window
5. Set various properties to the calendar
6. Connect a signal to the custom event
Below is the implementation
Python3
# importing libraries from PyQt5.QtWidgets import * from PyQt5 import QtCore, QtGui from PyQt5.QtGui import * from PyQt5.QtCore import * import sys # QCalendarWidget Class class Calendar(QCalendarWidget): # constructor def __init__(self, parent = None): super(Calendar, self).__init__(parent) # overriding the customEvent method def customEvent(self, event): print("Custom Event") class Window(QMainWindow): def __init__(self): super().__init__() # setting title self.setWindowTitle("Python ") # setting geometry self.setGeometry(100, 100, 650, 400) # calling method self.UiComponents() # showing all the widgets self.show() # method for components def UiComponents(self): # creating a QCalendarWidget object # as Calendar class inherits QCalendarWidget self.calendar = Calendar(self) # setting geometry to the calendar self.calendar.setGeometry(50, 10, 400, 250) # setting cursor self.calendar.setCursor(Qt.PointingHandCursor) # close the calendar self.calendar.selectionChanged.connect(lambda : self.calendar.customEvent("Change")) # create pyqt5 app App = QApplication(sys.argv) # create the instance of our Window window = Window() # start the app sys.exit(App.exec()) |
Output :
Custom Event Custom Event Custom Event Custom Event
