close() method in PyQt5

In this article, we will see how to use close() method which belongs to the QWidget class, this method is used to close the window in PyQt5 application. In other words by close() method the window get closed without manually closing it.
Syntax : self.close()
Argument : It takes no argument.
Code :
# importing the required libraries from PyQt5.QtWidgets import * from PyQt5 import QtCore from PyQt5 import QtGui import sys import time class Window(QMainWindow): def __init__(self): super().__init__() # set the title self.setWindowTitle("Close") # setting the geometry of window self.setGeometry(0, 0, 400, 300) # creating a label widget self.label = QLabel("Icon is set", self) # moving position self.label.move(100, 100) # setting up border self.label.setStyleSheet("border: 1px solid black;") # show all the widgets self.show() # waiting for 2 second time.sleep(2) # closing the window self.close() # create pyqt5 app App = QApplication(sys.argv) # create the instance of our Window window = Window() # start the app sys.exit(App.exec()) |
This will open the window and after 2 seconds it will automatically closes the window.



