In this lesson, we are going to learn a popular feature – drag local files or browse url and drop them on a listbox widget in PyQt5.
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Source Code:
import sys, os
from PyQt5.QtWidgets import QApplication, QMainWindow, QListWidget, QListWidgetItem, QPushButton
from PyQt5.QtCore import Qt, QUrl
class ListBoxWidget(QListWidget):
def __init__(self, parent=None):
super().__init__(parent)
self.setAcceptDrops(True)
self.resize(600, 600)
def dragEnterEvent(self, event):
if event.mimeData().hasUrls:
event.accept()
else:
event.ignore()
def dragMoveEvent(self, event):
if event.mimeData().hasUrls():
event.setDropAction(Qt.CopyAction)
event.accept()
else:
event.ignore()
def dropEvent(self, event):
if event.mimeData().hasUrls():
event.setDropAction(Qt.CopyAction)
event.accept()
links = []
for url in event.mimeData().urls():
# https://doc.qt.io/qt-5/qurl.html
if url.isLocalFile():
links.append(str(url.toLocalFile()))
else:
links.append(str(url.toString()))
self.addItems(links)
else:
event.ignore()
class AppDemo(QMainWindow):
def __init__(self):
super().__init__()
self.resize(1200, 600)
self.listbox_view = ListBoxWidget(self)
self.btn = QPushButton('Get Value', self)
self.btn.setGeometry(850, 400, 200, 50)
self.btn.clicked.connect(lambda: print(self.getSelectedItem()))
def getSelectedItem(self):
item = QListWidgetItem(self.listbox_view.currentItem())
return item.text()
if __name__ == '__main__':
app = QApplication(sys.argv)
demo = AppDemo()
demo.show()
sys.exit(app.exec_())
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superb thanks .How to add only video fies
How do I modify your code if I want to drag out(remove) items from QListWidget? Thanks in advance.