Martin Fitzpatrick
Senior Software Engineer, Python Tutor

Martin Fitzpatrick has been developing Python/Qt apps for 8 years. Building desktop applications to make data-analysis tools more user-friendly, Python was the obvious choice. Starting with Tk, later moving to wxWidgets and finally adopting PyQt.

Drag & Drop Widgets with PySide2

Sort widgets visually with drag and drop in a container

Packaging PyQt6 applications for Windows with PyInstaller & InstallForge updated

Turn your PyQt6 application into a distributable installer for Windows

The QResource System

Using the QResource system to package additional data with your applications

Using QProcess to run external programs

Run background programs without impacting your UI

Transmitting extra data with Qt Signals

Modifying widget signals to pass contextual information to slots

QComboBox

Drop-down selection widget

Search a QTablewidget and select matching items

Finding and selecting matching items in a QTableWidget

Q&A: How to show a custom cursor on a PyQtGraph plot?

Changing the OS cursor and implementing a custom crosshair

Q&A: How to fix widgets appearing as separate windows?

Understanding Qt parents and layouts and the effect on widget position

Multithreading PySide6 applications with QThreadPool

Run background tasks concurrently without impacting your UI

Introduction to the QGraphics framework

Creating vector interfaces using the QGraphics View framework

Introduction to the QGraphics framework

Creating vector interfaces using the QGraphics View framework

Q&A: How can I enable editing on a QTableView?

Modifying your model to allow editing of your data source
Showing articles for All (20) PyQt6 (9) PySide6 (16) PyQt5 (8) Tkinter (7) PySide2 (8)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15