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eric6.E5Gui.E5Action

Module implementing an Action class extending QAction.

This extension is necessary in order to support alternate keyboard shortcuts.

Global Attributes

None

Classes

ArgumentsError Class implementing an exception, which is raised, if the wrong number of arguments are given.
E5Action Class implementing an Action class extending QAction.

Functions

addActions Module function to add a list of actions to a widget.
createActionGroup Module function to create an action group.


ArgumentsError

Class implementing an exception, which is raised, if the wrong number of arguments are given.

Derived from

RuntimeError

Class Attributes

None

Class Methods

None

Methods

ArgumentsError Constructor
__repr__ Special method returning a representation of the exception.
__str__ Special method returning a string representation of the exception.

Static Methods

None

ArgumentsError (Constructor)

ArgumentsError(error)

Constructor

error
error message of the exception (string)

ArgumentsError.__repr__

__repr__()

Special method returning a representation of the exception.

Returns:
string representing the error message

ArgumentsError.__str__

__str__()

Special method returning a string representation of the exception.

Returns:
string representing the error message
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E5Action

Class implementing an Action class extending QAction.

Derived from

QAction

Class Attributes

None

Class Methods

None

Methods

E5Action Constructor
__ammendToolTip Private slot to add the primary keyboard accelerator to the tooltip.
alternateShortcut Public method to retrieve the alternative keyboard shortcut.
setAlternateShortcut Public slot to set the alternative keyboard shortcut.
setIconText Public slot to set the icon text of the action.
setShortcut Public slot to set the keyboard shortcut.
setShortcuts Public slot to set the list of keyboard shortcuts.

Static Methods

None

E5Action (Constructor)

E5Action(*args)

Constructor

args
argument list of the constructor. This list is one of
Raises ArgumentsError:
raised to indicate invalid arguments

E5Action.__ammendToolTip

__ammendToolTip()

Private slot to add the primary keyboard accelerator to the tooltip.

E5Action.alternateShortcut

alternateShortcut()

Public method to retrieve the alternative keyboard shortcut.

Returns:
the alternative accelerator (QKeySequence)

E5Action.setAlternateShortcut

setAlternateShortcut(shortcut, removeEmpty=False)

Public slot to set the alternative keyboard shortcut.

shortcut
the alternative accelerator (QKeySequence)
removeEmpty
flag indicating to remove the alternate shortcut, if it is empty (boolean)

E5Action.setIconText

setIconText(text)

Public slot to set the icon text of the action.

text
new icon text (string)

E5Action.setShortcut

setShortcut(shortcut)

Public slot to set the keyboard shortcut.

shortcut
the accelerator (QKeySequence)

E5Action.setShortcuts

setShortcuts(shortcuts)

Public slot to set the list of keyboard shortcuts.

shortcuts
list of keyboard accelerators (list of QKeySequence) or key for a platform dependent list of accelerators (QKeySequence.StandardKey)
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addActions

addActions(target, actions)

Module function to add a list of actions to a widget.

target
reference to the target widget (QWidget)
actions
list of actions to be added to the target. A None indicates a separator (list of QActions)
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createActionGroup

createActionGroup(parent, name=None, exclusive=False)

Module function to create an action group.

parent
parent object of the action group (QObject)
name
name of the action group object (string)
exclusive
flag indicating an exclusive action group (boolean)
Returns:
reference to the created action group (QActionGroup)
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