This page describes the use of signals and slots in Qt for Python.The emphasis is on illustrating the use of so-called new-style signals and slots, although the traditional syntax is also given as a reference.

1. Then, the user defined class or a class defined in a library not part of qt can be passed using signals/slots after registering. The qRegisterMetaType function is used to make the type available to non-template based functions, like the queued signal and slot connections. This is done in the following way – 1.
2. Qt allows signal relaying by connecting a signal to another signal if their signatures match. It's not the case here; the clicked signal has no parameter and the removed signal needs a Task. A lambda avoids the declaration of a verbose slot in Task. Qt 5 accepts a lambda instead of a slot in a connect, and both syntaxes can be used.
3. QtCore.SIGNAL and QtCore.SLOT macros allow Python to interface with Qt signal and slot delivery mechanisms. This is the old way of using signals and slots. The example below uses the well known clicked signal from a QPushButton. The connect method has a non python-friendly syntax.
4. 3rd Party libraries You might be familiar with other signals slot mechanisms, like the Boost.Signals2 library It is possible to use Qt with a 3rd party signal/slot mechanism or even use both mechanisms in the same project. Add the following definition to your projects (.pro) file.

I have a Qt 'signal-slot connection'. I want to test the class with the signal The class with the slot is mocked/stubbed. Now I would like to verify that when I emit signal, the slot is called. I wonder if it is possible to use gmock to verify this. // class Tx contains the signal, which is protected so I inherit // to get access to it.

The main goal of this new-style is to provide a more Pythonic syntax to Python programmers.

• 2New syntax: Signal() and Slot()

Traditional syntax: SIGNAL () and SLOT()

QtCore.SIGNAL() and QtCore.SLOT() macros allow Python to interface with Qt signal and slot delivery mechanisms.This is the old way of using signals and slots.

The example below uses the well known clicked signal from a QPushButton.The connect method has a non python-friendly syntax.It is necessary to inform the object, its signal (via macro) and a slot to be connected to.

Qt Signal Slot Thread

New syntax: Signal() and Slot()

The new-style uses a different syntax to create and to connect signals and slots.The previous example could be rewritten as:

Using QtCore.Signal()

Signals can be defined using the QtCore.Signal() class.Python types and C types can be passed as parameters to it.If you need to overload it just pass the types as tuples or lists.

In addition to that, it can receive also a named argument name that defines the signal name.If nothing is passed as name then the new signal will have the same name as the variable that it is being assigned to.

The Examples section below has a collection of examples on the use of QtCore.Signal().

Note: Signals should be defined only within classes inheriting from QObject.This way the signal information is added to the class QMetaObject structure.

Qt Signal Slot Example

Using QtCore.Slot()

Slots are assigned and overloaded using the decorator QtCore.Slot().Again, to define a signature just pass the types like the QtCore.Signal() class.Unlike the Signal() class, to overload a function, you don't pass every variation as tuple or list.Instead, you have to define a new decorator for every different signature.The examples section below will make it clearer.

Another difference is about its keywords.Slot() accepts a name and a result.The result keyword defines the type that will be returned and can be a C or Python type.name behaves the same way as in Signal().If nothing is passed as name then the new slot will have the same name as the function that is being decorated.

Examples

The examples below illustrate how to define and connect signals and slots in PySide2.Both basic connections and more complex examples are given.

• Hello World example: the basic example, showing how to connect a signal to a slot without any parameters.

• Next, some arguments are added. This is a modified Hello World version. Some arguments are added to the slot and a new signal is created.

• Add some overloads. A small modification of the previous example, now with overloaded decorators.

• An example with slot overloads and more complicated signal connections and emissions (note that when passing arguments to a signal you use '[]'):

• An example of an object method emitting a signal:

• An example of a signal emitted from another QThread:

Qt Signal Slot Custom Classic Cars

• Signals are runtime objects owned by instances, they are not class attributes:

Qt Signal Slot Custom Classics