PyQt5 QCalendarWidget – Setting Key Press Event
In this article we will see how we can implement the key press event for the QCalendarWidget. In order to set the key press event we have to override the keyPressEvent method, by overriding the key press event we can add functions to the calendar whenever the key is pressed.
Implementation steps:
1. Create a main window
2. Create a QCalendarWidget
3. Set various properties to the calendar
4. Override the keyPressEvent
5. Inside the override method check if the escape key pressed then show the today in calendar
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 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 self.calendar = QCalendarWidget(self) # setting geometry to the calendar self.calendar.setGeometry(50, 10, 400, 250) # setting cursor self.calendar.setCursor(Qt.PointingHandCursor) # overriding key press event def keyPressEvent(self, e): # when escape key is pressed if e.key() == Qt.Key_Escape: # show the present date self.calendar.showToday() print("Calendar Show Today") # create pyqt5 app App = QApplication(sys.argv) # create the instance of our Window window = Window() # start the app sys.exit(App.exec()) |
Output:
Calendar Show Today Calendar Show Today Calendar Show Today Calendar Show Today
Whenever the escape key is pressed it shows the today(present date page)
