Search icon CANCEL
Arrow left icon
Explore Products
Best Sellers
New Releases
Books
Videos
Audiobooks
Learning Hub
Conferences
Free Learning
Arrow right icon
Arrow up icon
GO TO TOP
Pyside GUI Application Development- Second Edition

You're reading from   Pyside GUI Application Development- Second Edition Develop more dynamic and robust GUI applications using PySide, an open source cross-platform UI framework

Arrow left icon
Product type Paperback
Published in Jan 2016
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781785282454
Length 144 pages
Edition 2nd Edition
Languages
Tools
Arrow right icon
Authors (2):
Arrow left icon
Venkateshwaran Loganathan Venkateshwaran Loganathan
Author Profile Icon Venkateshwaran Loganathan
Venkateshwaran Loganathan
Gopinath Jaganmohan Gopinath Jaganmohan
Author Profile Icon Gopinath Jaganmohan
Gopinath Jaganmohan
Arrow right icon
View More author details
Toc

Drawing shapes

The PySide.QtGui.QPainter class performs low-level painting on widgets and other paint devices. The QPainter class provides all the functions to draw simple lines to more complex shapes. This class also provides settings to render quality images and supports clipping. The drawing is usually done within the widget's paintEvent() function. The drawing functionalities are placed in between the begin() and end() functions of the QPainter object. The QPainter object is initialized with the constructor, customized with some set functions, such as pen style and brush style, and then the draw function is called. The QPainter.isActive() function indicates whether the painter is active. The QPainter object is activated when QPainter.begin() is invoked and deactivated on calling QPainter.end().

The various drawings are performed using the QPainter's draw functions. The QPainter has three important settings that set the appearance of the drawing. They are as follows:

  • Pen: This...
lock icon The rest of the chapter is locked
Register for a free Packt account to unlock a world of extra content!
A free Packt account unlocks extra newsletters, articles, discounted offers, and much more. Start advancing your knowledge today.
Unlock this book and the full library FREE for 7 days
Get unlimited access to 7000+ expert-authored eBooks and videos courses covering every tech area you can think of
Renews at £16.99/month. Cancel anytime