PyQt5 - Hello World Example

Introduction

PyQt is a Python binding cross-platform C++ framework GUI toolkit that can be used to develop the feature-rich user interface of Python applications. It was developed by Riverbank computing and released under the GNU GPL, and its commercial license can run on Windows, Mac, and all Unix platforms. PyQt5 supports to make desktop and mobile applications.

This article demonstrates how to create a "Hello World" Python GUI application by using Qt Designer and standard Python IDLE.

Requirements

PyQt5 Tool (Qt Designer)
Python IDLE

Steps to be followed,

Step 1 - Create a new form

Open the Qt Designer on your local machine.
The number of available templates will appear. As I said, we will design to create a simple desktop app, so start with the "main" template. Chose the "Main Window" template.
Click on "Create".

Step 2 - Insert widgets

Choose “label” under the Display widgets and place it on the main window.
On the main window, drag the push button from the Buttons widget.
To change the Button name, go to Properties >>QApstractButton>>Text>> ”OK”.

Step 3 - Save .ui file

Click File >> Save >> “main.ui” and hit the Save button.

Step 4 - Change .ui to .py file format

Now, we are ready to convert .ui to a .py file format. Thus, open the Qt resource file and run the CMD in it.
In cmd, type the below codes and hit Enter to change their format.
After converting, the new “main.py” will get created.

Step 5 - Programming with Python IDLE

Now, right-click the "main.py" to edit with Python IDLE.
Let us add the following code in this Python file.

self.pushButton.clicked.connect(self.on_click)
def on_click(self,QLabel):
self.label.setText("Hello World")

In the above code, in line 1, when the Push button is clicked, the connect keyword will call our defining Function if the label object can be used to set Text to the QLabel widget with the help of the "setText()" function.

Step 6 - Run the application

Now, we are ready to run our project.

Click Run >> Run module.
Click the “OK” button then the “Hello World” text will appear at the label widget.

Conclusion

In this demo, we have learned how we create the "Hello World" Python GUI app by using PyQt5 and Python IDLE. I hope the article will help people who are new to Python GUI development.

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manikandan Palanisamy7y ago
thank you for sharing your knowledge do well
Kokila Rani7y ago
Great explanation. Thank you to share.
Guest User7y ago
Thank you Elavarasan to share this.This is very useful. Simple and easily understand to me.
- Elavarasan R7y ago
  Thank you for your feedback
Varadharaj Mahendran7y ago
Thanks, elavarasan this one very use full.
- Elavarasan R7y ago
  Thanks for your feedback
Mahesh Chand7y ago
Thank you, Elavarasan. Welcome to C# Corner.