pyqt create a qmenu on a button click
import sys
from PyQt4 import QtGui, QtCore
class MainForm(QtGui.QMainWindow):
def __init__(self, parent=None):
super(MainForm, self).__init__(parent)
# create button
self.button = QtGui.QPushButton("test button",self)
self.button.resize(100, 30)
# set button context menu policy
self.button.setContextMenuPolicy(QtCore.Qt.CustomContextMenu)
self.connect(self.button, QtCore.SIGNAL('customContextMenuRequested(const QPoint&)'), self.on_context_menu)
self.popMenu = QtGui.QMenu(self)
def on_context_menu(self, point):
self.popMenu.clear()
#some test list for test
testItems = ['itemA', 'itemB', 'itemC']
for item in testItems:
action = self.popMenu.addAction('Selected %s' % item)
action.triggered[()].connect(
lambda item=item: self.printItem(item))
self.popMenu.exec_(self.button.mapToGlobal(point))
@QtCore.pyqtSlot(str)
def printItem(self, item):
print item
def main():
app = QtGui.QApplication(sys.argv)
form = MainForm()
form.show()
app.exec_()
if __name__ == '__main__':
main()