PyQt5 – How know the insertion policy of the ComboBox

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In this article we will see how we can know the insertion policy of the combo box. By default it insert at the bottom although we can change it any time. Insertion policy tells where will the new item when inserted by the user will get stored.

In order know the insertion policy we use insertPolicy method.

Syntax : combo_box.insertPolicy()

Argument : It takes no argument

Return : It returns InsertPolicy object (prints 3 for insert at bottom)

Below is the implementation

# importing libraries 
from PyQt5.QtWidgets import * 
from PyQt5 import QtCore, QtGui 
from PyQt5.QtGui import * 
from PyQt5.QtCore import * 
import sys 
  
  
class Window(QMainWindow): 
  
    def __init__(self): 
        super().__init__() 
  
        # setting title 
        self.setWindowTitle("Python ") 
  
        # setting geometry 
        self.setGeometry(100, 100, 600, 400) 
  
        # calling method 
        self.UiComponents() 
  
        # showing all the widgets 
        self.show() 
  
    # method for widgets 
    def UiComponents(self): 
  
        # creating a combo box widget 
        self.combo_box = QComboBox(self) 
  
        # setting geometry of combo box 
        self.combo_box.setGeometry(200, 150, 120, 30) 
  
        # geek list 
        geek_list = ["Geek", "Geeky Geek", "Legend Geek", "Ultra Legend Geek"] 
  
        # adding list of items to combo box 
        self.combo_box.addItems(geek_list) 
  
        # creating editable combo box 
        self.combo_box.setEditable(True) 
  
        # getting current insertion policy 
        policy = self.combo_box.insertPolicy() 
  
        # creating label to  print the policy 
        label = QLabel("Insertion policy = " + str(policy), self) 
  
        # setting geometry of the label 
        label.setGeometry(200, 200, 200, 30) 
  
  
# create pyqt5 app 
App = QApplication(sys.argv) 
  
# create the instance of our Window 
window = Window() 
  
# start the app 
sys.exit(App.exec()) 