Python PySide2.QtWidgets.QPushButton() Examples

def __init__(self):
        super(ButtonAndLongProcess, self).__init__()

        self.button = QPushButton("button")
        self.button.clicked.connect(self.buttonClicked)

        self.label = QLabel("label: before clicked")

        layout = QVBoxLayout()
        layout.addWidget(self.button)
        layout.addWidget(self.label)

        self.setLayout(layout)

        self.long_process_thread = LongProcessThread()
        self.long_process_thread.transaction.connect(self.afterLongProcess) 

def setLang(self, langName):
        uiList_lang_read = self.memoData['lang'][langName]
        for ui_name in uiList_lang_read:
            ui_element = self.uiList[ui_name]
            if type(ui_element) in [ QtWidgets.QLabel, QtWidgets.QPushButton, QtWidgets.QAction, QtWidgets.QCheckBox ]:
                # uiType: QLabel, QPushButton, QAction(menuItem), QCheckBox
                if uiList_lang_read[ui_name] != "":
                    ui_element.setText(uiList_lang_read[ui_name])
            elif type(ui_element) in [ QtWidgets.QGroupBox, QtWidgets.QMenu ]:
                # uiType: QMenu, QGroupBox
                if uiList_lang_read[ui_name] != "":
                    ui_element.setTitle(uiList_lang_read[ui_name])
            elif type(ui_element) in [ QtWidgets.QTabWidget]:
                # uiType: QTabWidget
                tabCnt = ui_element.count()
                if uiList_lang_read[ui_name] != "":
                    tabNameList = uiList_lang_read[ui_name].split(';')
                    if len(tabNameList) == tabCnt:
                        for i in range(tabCnt):
                            if tabNameList[i] != "":
                                ui_element.setTabText(i,tabNameList[i])
            elif type(ui_element) == str:
                # uiType: string for msg
                if uiList_lang_read[ui_name] != "":
                    self.uiList[ui_name] = uiList_lang_read[ui_name] 

def setupUi(self, Form):
        Form.setObjectName("Form")
        Form.resize(300, 150)
        self.verticalLayout = QtWidgets.QVBoxLayout(Form)
        self.verticalLayout.setObjectName("verticalLayout")
        self.btnCreateSphere = QtWidgets.QPushButton(Form)
        self.btnCreateSphere.setObjectName("btnCreateSphere")
        self.verticalLayout.addWidget(self.btnCreateSphere)
        self.btnCallCppPlugin = QtWidgets.QPushButton(Form)
        self.btnCallCppPlugin.setObjectName("btnCallCppPlugin")
        self.verticalLayout.addWidget(self.btnCallCppPlugin)
        self.btnCallCSPlugin = QtWidgets.QPushButton(Form)
        self.btnCallCSPlugin.setObjectName("btnCallCSPlugin")
        self.verticalLayout.addWidget(self.btnCallCSPlugin)

        self.retranslateUi(Form)
        QtCore.QMetaObject.connectSlotsByName(Form) 

def createTweetsGroupBox(self):
        self.tweets_group_box = QtWidgets.QGroupBox("Tweets")
        self.account_address = QtWidgets.QLineEdit()
        self.fetch_button = QtWidgets.QPushButton("Fetch")
        self.add_to_bookmark_button = QtWidgets.QPushButton("Bookmark it!")

        self.connect(self.fetch_button, QtCore.SIGNAL('clicked()'), self.fetchTweets)
        self.connect(self.add_to_bookmark_button, QtCore.SIGNAL('clicked()'), self.bookmarkAddress)

        account_address_layout = QtWidgets.QHBoxLayout()
        account_address_layout.addWidget(self.account_address)
        account_address_layout.addWidget(self.fetch_button)
        account_address_layout.addWidget(self.add_to_bookmark_button)

        self.tweets_layout = QtWidgets.QVBoxLayout()

        self.tweets_main_layout = QtWidgets.QVBoxLayout()
        self.tweets_main_layout.addWidget(QtWidgets.QLabel("Address:"))
        self.tweets_main_layout.addLayout(account_address_layout)
        self.tweets_main_layout.addSpacing(20)
        self.tweets_main_layout.addLayout(self.tweets_layout)
        self.tweets_group_box.setLayout(self.tweets_main_layout) 

def __init__(self):
        super(ButtonWithSizePolicy, self).__init__()

        button1 = QPushButton("button default")
        button2 = QPushButton("button maximum")
        button2.setSizePolicy(QSizePolicy.Maximum, QSizePolicy.Maximum)
        button3 = QPushButton("button preferred")
        button3.setSizePolicy(QSizePolicy.Preferred, QSizePolicy.Preferred)
        button4 = QPushButton("button expanding")
        button4.setSizePolicy(QSizePolicy.Expanding, QSizePolicy.Expanding)
        button5 = QPushButton("button minimum")
        button5.setSizePolicy(QSizePolicy.Minimum, QSizePolicy.Minimum)
        button6 = QPushButton("button minimum expanding")
        button6.setSizePolicy(QSizePolicy.MinimumExpanding, QSizePolicy.MinimumExpanding)

        layout = QVBoxLayout()
        layout.addWidget(button1)
        layout.addWidget(button2)
        layout.addWidget(button3)
        layout.addWidget(button4)
        layout.addWidget(button5)
        layout.addWidget(button6)

        self.setLayout(layout) 

def __init__(self, command, parent=None):
        super(CommandDisplayDialog, self).__init__(parent)
        self.setWindowTitle("Command")
        self.text = QtWidgets.QTextEdit()
        self.text.setReadOnly(True)
        self.text.setPlainText(command)
        self.ok = QtWidgets.QPushButton('ok')
        self.ok.released.connect(self.accept)

        self.button_layout = QtWidgets.QHBoxLayout()
        self.button_layout.setContentsMargins(0, 0, 0, 0)
        self.button_layout.addStretch(1)
        self.button_layout.addWidget(self.ok)

        self.layout = QtWidgets.QVBoxLayout(self)
        self.layout.addWidget(self.text)
        self.layout.addLayout(self.button_layout) 

def setLang(self, langName):
        lang_data = self.memoData['lang'][langName]
        for ui_name in lang_data.keys():
            if ui_name in self.uiList.keys() and lang_data[ui_name] != '':
                ui_element = self.uiList[ui_name]
                # '' means no translation availdanle in that data file
                if isinstance(ui_element, (QtWidgets.QLabel, QtWidgets.QPushButton, QtWidgets.QAction, QtWidgets.QCheckBox) ):
                    # uiType: QLabel, QPushButton, QAction(menuItem), QCheckBox
                    ui_element.setText(lang_data[ui_name])
                elif isinstance(ui_element, (QtWidgets.QGroupBox, QtWidgets.QMenu) ):
                    # uiType: QMenu, QGroupBox
                    ui_element.setTitle(lang_data[ui_name])
                elif isinstance(ui_element, QtWidgets.QTabWidget):
                    # uiType: QTabWidget
                    tabCnt = ui_element.count()
                    tabNameList = lang_data[ui_name].split(';')
                    if len(tabNameList) == tabCnt:
                        for i in range(tabCnt):
                            if tabNameList[i] != '':
                                ui_element.setTabText(i,tabNameList[i])
                elif isinstance(ui_element, QtWidgets.QComboBox):
                    # uiType: QComboBox
                    itemCnt = ui_element.count()
                    itemNameList = lang_data[ui_name].split(';')
                    ui_element.clear()
                    ui_element.addItems(itemNameList)
                elif isinstance(ui_element, QtWidgets.QTreeWidget):
                    # uiType: QTreeWidget
                    labelCnt = ui_element.headerItem().columnCount()
                    labelList = lang_data[ui_name].split(';')
                    ui_element.setHeaderLabels(labelList)
                elif isinstance(ui_element, QtWidgets.QTableWidget):
                    # uiType: QTableWidget
                    colCnt = ui_element.columnCount()
                    headerList = lang_data[ui_name].split(';')
                    cur_table.setHorizontalHeaderLabels( headerList )
                elif isinstance(ui_element, (str, unicode) ):
                    # uiType: string for msg
                    self.uiList[ui_name] = lang_data[ui_name] 

def __init__(self, parent=None):
        super(ColorEdit, self).__init__(parent)

        self.text = QtWidgets.QLineEdit()
        self.text.returnPressed.connect(self.apply)
        self.button = QtWidgets.QPushButton(icon('picker.png'), '')
        self.button.setFixedSize(21, 21)
        self.button.released.connect(self.pick_color)

        self.layout = QtWidgets.QHBoxLayout(self)
        self.layout.setContentsMargins(0, 0, 0, 0)
        self.layout.setSpacing(0)
        self.layout.addWidget(self.text)
        self.layout.addWidget(self.button)

        self._value = self.value() 

def __init__(self, parent=None):
        super(BrowseEdit, self).__init__(parent)

        self.text = QtWidgets.QLineEdit()
        self.text.returnPressed.connect(self.apply)
        self.button = QtWidgets.QPushButton('B')
        self.button.setFixedSize(21, 21)
        self.button.released.connect(self.browse)

        self.layout = QtWidgets.QHBoxLayout(self)
        self.layout.setContentsMargins(0, 0, 0, 0)
        self.layout.setSpacing(0)
        self.layout.addWidget(self.text)
        self.layout.addWidget(self.button)

        self._value = self.value() 

def fontDown_action(self):
        if self.memoData['font_size'] >= self.memoData['font_size_default']:
            self.memoData['font_size'] -= 2
            self.setStyleSheet("QLabel,QPushButton { font-size: %dpt;}" % self.memoData['font_size']) 

def fontUp_action(self):
        self.memoData['font_size'] += 2
        self.setStyleSheet("QLabel,QPushButton { font-size: %dpt;}" % self.memoData['font_size']) 

def fontDown_action(self):
        if self.memoData['font_size'] >= self.memoData['font_size_default']:
            self.memoData['font_size'] -= 2
            self.setStyleSheet("QLabel,QPushButton { font-size: %dpt;}" % self.memoData['font_size']) 

def fontDown_action(self):
        if self.memoData['font_size'] >= self.memoData['font_size_default']:
            self.memoData['font_size'] -= 2
            self.setStyleSheet("QLabel,QPushButton { font-size: %dpt;}" % self.memoData['font_size']) 

def setLang(self, langName):
        lang_data = self.memoData['lang'][langName]
        for ui_name in lang_data.keys():
            if ui_name in self.uiList.keys() and lang_data[ui_name] != '':
                ui_element = self.uiList[ui_name]
                # '' means no translation availdanle in that data file
                if isinstance(ui_element, (QtWidgets.QLabel, QtWidgets.QPushButton, QtWidgets.QAction, QtWidgets.QCheckBox) ):
                    # uiType: QLabel, QPushButton, QAction(menuItem), QCheckBox
                    ui_element.setText(lang_data[ui_name])
                elif isinstance(ui_element, (QtWidgets.QGroupBox, QtWidgets.QMenu) ):
                    # uiType: QMenu, QGroupBox
                    ui_element.setTitle(lang_data[ui_name])
                elif isinstance(ui_element, QtWidgets.QTabWidget):
                    # uiType: QTabWidget
                    tabCnt = ui_element.count()
                    tabNameList = lang_data[ui_name].split(';')
                    if len(tabNameList) == tabCnt:
                        for i in range(tabCnt):
                            if tabNameList[i] != '':
                                ui_element.setTabText(i,tabNameList[i])
                elif isinstance(ui_element, QtWidgets.QComboBox):
                    # uiType: QComboBox
                    itemCnt = ui_element.count()
                    itemNameList = lang_data[ui_name].split(';')
                    ui_element.clear()
                    ui_element.addItems(itemNameList)
                elif isinstance(ui_element, QtWidgets.QTreeWidget):
                    # uiType: QTreeWidget
                    labelCnt = ui_element.headerItem().columnCount()
                    labelList = lang_data[ui_name].split(';')
                    ui_element.setHeaderLabels(labelList)
                elif isinstance(ui_element, QtWidgets.QTableWidget):
                    # uiType: QTableWidget
                    colCnt = ui_element.columnCount()
                    headerList = lang_data[ui_name].split(';')
                    cur_table.setHorizontalHeaderLabels( headerList )
                elif isinstance(ui_element, (str, unicode) ):
                    # uiType: string for msg
                    self.uiList[ui_name] = lang_data[ui_name] 

def fontUp_action(self):
        self.memoData['font_size'] += 2
        self.setStyleSheet("QLabel,QPushButton { font-size: %dpt;}" % self.memoData['font_size']) 

def setLang(self, langName):
        lang_data = self.memoData['lang'][langName]
        for ui_name in lang_data.keys():
            if ui_name in self.uiList.keys() and lang_data[ui_name] != '':
                ui_element = self.uiList[ui_name]
                # '' means no translation availdanle in that data file
                if isinstance(ui_element, (QtWidgets.QLabel, QtWidgets.QPushButton, QtWidgets.QAction, QtWidgets.QCheckBox) ):
                    # uiType: QLabel, QPushButton, QAction(menuItem), QCheckBox
                    ui_element.setText(lang_data[ui_name])
                elif isinstance(ui_element, (QtWidgets.QGroupBox, QtWidgets.QMenu) ):
                    # uiType: QMenu, QGroupBox
                    ui_element.setTitle(lang_data[ui_name])
                elif isinstance(ui_element, QtWidgets.QTabWidget):
                    # uiType: QTabWidget
                    tabCnt = ui_element.count()
                    tabNameList = lang_data[ui_name].split(';')
                    if len(tabNameList) == tabCnt:
                        for i in range(tabCnt):
                            if tabNameList[i] != '':
                                ui_element.setTabText(i,tabNameList[i])
                elif isinstance(ui_element, QtWidgets.QComboBox):
                    # uiType: QComboBox
                    itemCnt = ui_element.count()
                    itemNameList = lang_data[ui_name].split(';')
                    ui_element.clear()
                    ui_element.addItems(itemNameList)
                elif isinstance(ui_element, QtWidgets.QTreeWidget):
                    # uiType: QTreeWidget
                    labelCnt = ui_element.headerItem().columnCount()
                    labelList = lang_data[ui_name].split(';')
                    ui_element.setHeaderLabels(labelList)
                elif isinstance(ui_element, QtWidgets.QTableWidget):
                    # uiType: QTableWidget
                    colCnt = ui_element.columnCount()
                    headerList = lang_data[ui_name].split(';')
                    cur_table.setHorizontalHeaderLabels( headerList )
                elif isinstance(ui_element, (str, unicode) ):
                    # uiType: string for msg
                    self.uiList[ui_name] = lang_data[ui_name] 

def setLang(self, langName):
        lang_data = self.memoData['lang'][langName]
        for ui_name in lang_data.keys():
            if ui_name in self.uiList.keys() and lang_data[ui_name] != '':
                ui_element = self.uiList[ui_name]
                # '' means no translation availdanle in that data file
                if isinstance(ui_element, (QtWidgets.QLabel, QtWidgets.QPushButton, QtWidgets.QAction, QtWidgets.QCheckBox) ):
                    # uiType: QLabel, QPushButton, QAction(menuItem), QCheckBox
                    ui_element.setText(lang_data[ui_name])
                elif isinstance(ui_element, (QtWidgets.QGroupBox, QtWidgets.QMenu) ):
                    # uiType: QMenu, QGroupBox
                    ui_element.setTitle(lang_data[ui_name])
                elif isinstance(ui_element, QtWidgets.QTabWidget):
                    # uiType: QTabWidget
                    tabCnt = ui_element.count()
                    tabNameList = lang_data[ui_name].split(';')
                    if len(tabNameList) == tabCnt:
                        for i in range(tabCnt):
                            if tabNameList[i] != '':
                                ui_element.setTabText(i,tabNameList[i])
                elif isinstance(ui_element, QtWidgets.QComboBox):
                    # uiType: QComboBox
                    itemCnt = ui_element.count()
                    itemNameList = lang_data[ui_name].split(';')
                    ui_element.clear()
                    ui_element.addItems(itemNameList)
                elif isinstance(ui_element, QtWidgets.QTreeWidget):
                    # uiType: QTreeWidget
                    labelCnt = ui_element.headerItem().columnCount()
                    labelList = lang_data[ui_name].split(';')
                    ui_element.setHeaderLabels(labelList)
                elif isinstance(ui_element, QtWidgets.QTableWidget):
                    # uiType: QTableWidget
                    colCnt = ui_element.columnCount()
                    headerList = lang_data[ui_name].split(';')
                    cur_table.setHorizontalHeaderLabels( headerList )
                elif isinstance(ui_element, (str, unicode) ):
                    # uiType: string for msg
                    self.uiList[ui_name] = lang_data[ui_name] 

def qui(self, ui_list_string, parentObject_string='', opt=''):
        # pre-defined user short name syntax
        type_dict = {
            'vbox': 'QVBoxLayout','hbox':'QHBoxLayout','grid':'QGridLayout', 'form':'QFormLayout',
            'split': 'QSplitter', 'grp':'QGroupBox', 'tab':'QTabWidget',
            'btn':'QPushButton', 'btnMsg':'QPushButton', 'label':'QLabel', 'input':'QLineEdit', 'check':'QCheckBox', 'choice':'QComboBox',
            'txt': 'QTextEdit',
            'list': 'QListWidget', 'tree': 'QTreeWidget', 'table': 'QTableWidget',
            'space': 'QSpacerItem', 
        }
        # get ui_list, creation or existing ui object
        ui_list = [x.strip() for x in ui_list_string.split('|')]
        for i in range(len(ui_list)):
            if ui_list[i] in self.uiList:
                # - exisiting object
                ui_list[i] = self.uiList[ui_list[i]]
            else:
                # - string creation: 
                # get part info
                partInfo = ui_list[i].split(';',1)
                uiName = partInfo[0].split('@')[0]
                uiType = uiName.rsplit('_',1)[-1]
                if uiType in type_dict:
                    uiType = type_dict[uiType]
                # set quickUI string format
                ui_list[i] = partInfo[0]+';'+uiType
                if len(partInfo)==1:
                    # give empty button and label a place holder name
                    if uiType in ('btn', 'btnMsg', 'QPushButton','label', 'QLabel'):
                        ui_list[i] = partInfo[0]+';'+uiType + ';'+uiName 
                elif len(partInfo)==2:
                    ui_list[i]=ui_list[i]+";"+partInfo[1]
        # get parentObject or exisiting object
        parentObject = parentObject_string
        if parentObject in self.uiList:
            parentObject = self.uiList[parentObject]
        # process quickUI
        self.quickUI(ui_list, parentObject, opt) 

def setLang(self, langName):
        uiList_lang_read = self.memoData['lang'][langName]
        for ui_name in uiList_lang_read:
            ui_element = self.uiList[ui_name]
            if type(ui_element) in [ QtWidgets.QLabel, QtWidgets.QPushButton, QtWidgets.QAction, QtWidgets.QCheckBox ]:
                # uiType: QLabel, QPushButton, QAction(menuItem), QCheckBox
                if uiList_lang_read[ui_name] != "":
                    ui_element.setText(uiList_lang_read[ui_name])
            elif type(ui_element) in [ QtWidgets.QGroupBox, QtWidgets.QMenu ]:
                # uiType: QMenu, QGroupBox
                if uiList_lang_read[ui_name] != "":
                    ui_element.setTitle(uiList_lang_read[ui_name])
            elif type(ui_element) in [ QtWidgets.QTabWidget]:
                # uiType: QTabWidget
                tabCnt = ui_element.count()
                if uiList_lang_read[ui_name] != "":
                    tabNameList = uiList_lang_read[ui_name].split(';')
                    if len(tabNameList) == tabCnt:
                        for i in range(tabCnt):
                            if tabNameList[i] != "":
                                ui_element.setTabText(i,tabNameList[i])
            elif type(ui_element) == str:
                # uiType: string for msg
                if uiList_lang_read[ui_name] != "":
                    self.uiList[ui_name] = uiList_lang_read[ui_name] 

def fontNormal_action(self, uiClass_list=[]):
        if len(uiClass_list) == 0:
            uiClass_list = 'QLabel,QPushButton'.split(',')
        self.memoData['font_size'] = self.memoData['font_size_default']
        self.setStyleSheet( "{0} { font-size: {1}pt;}".format(','.join(uiClass_list), self.memoData['font_size']) ) 

def loadLang(self):
        self.quickMenu(['language_menu;&Language'])
        cur_menu = self.uiList['language_menu']
        self.quickMenuAction('langDefault_atnLang', 'Default','','langDefault.png', cur_menu)
        cur_menu.addSeparator()
        self.uiList['langDefault_atnLang'].triggered.connect(partial(self.setLang,'default'))
        # store default language
        self.memoData['lang']={}
        self.memoData['lang']['default']={}
        for ui_name in self.uiList:
            ui_element = self.uiList[ui_name]
            if type(ui_element) in [ QtWidgets.QLabel, QtWidgets.QPushButton, QtWidgets.QAction, QtWidgets.QCheckBox ]:
                # uiType: QLabel, QPushButton, QAction(menuItem), QCheckBox
                self.memoData['lang']['default'][ui_name] = str(ui_element.text())
            elif type(ui_element) in [ QtWidgets.QGroupBox, QtWidgets.QMenu ]:
                # uiType: QMenu, QGroupBox
                self.memoData['lang']['default'][ui_name] = str(ui_element.title())
            elif type(ui_element) in [ QtWidgets.QTabWidget]:
                # uiType: QTabWidget
                tabCnt = ui_element.count()
                tabNameList = []
                for i in range(tabCnt):
                    tabNameList.append(str(ui_element.tabText(i)))
                self.memoData['lang']['default'][ui_name]=';'.join(tabNameList)
            elif type(ui_element) == str:
                # uiType: string for msg
                self.memoData['lang']['default'][ui_name] = self.uiList[ui_name]
        
        # try load other language
        lang_path = os.path.dirname(self.location) # better in packed than(os.path.abspath(__file__))
        baseName = os.path.splitext( os.path.basename(self.location) )[0]
        for fileName in os.listdir(lang_path):
            if fileName.startswith(baseName+"_lang_"):
                langName = fileName.replace(baseName+"_lang_","").split('.')[0].replace(" ","")
                self.memoData['lang'][ langName ] = self.readRawFile( os.path.join(lang_path,fileName) )
                self.quickMenuAction(langName+'_atnLang', langName.upper(),'',langName + '.png', cur_menu)
                self.uiList[langName+'_atnLang'].triggered.connect(partial(self.setLang,langName))
        # if no language file detected, add export default language option
        if len(self.memoData['lang']) == 1:
            self.quickMenuAction('langExport_atnLang', 'Export Default Language','','langExport.png', cur_menu)
            self.uiList['langExport_atnLang'].triggered.connect(self.exportLang) 

def qui(self, ui_list_string, parentObject_string='', opt=''):
        # pre-defined user short name syntax
        type_dict = {
            'vbox': 'QVBoxLayout','hbox':'QHBoxLayout','grid':'QGridLayout', 'form':'QFormLayout',
            'split': 'QSplitter', 'grp':'QGroupBox', 'tab':'QTabWidget',
            'btn':'QPushButton', 'btnMsg':'QPushButton', 'label':'QLabel', 'input':'QLineEdit', 'check':'QCheckBox', 'choice':'QComboBox',
            'txtEdit': 'LNTextEdit', 'txt': 'QTextEdit',
            'tree': 'QTreeWidget', 'table': 'QTableWidget',
            'space': 'QSpacerItem', 
        }
        # get ui_list, creation or existing ui object
        ui_list = [x.strip() for x in ui_list_string.split('|')]
        for i in range(len(ui_list)):
            if ui_list[i] in self.uiList:
                # - exisiting object
                ui_list[i] = self.uiList[ui_list[i]]
            else:
                # - string creation: 
                # get part info
                partInfo = ui_list[i].split(';',1)
                uiName = partInfo[0].split('@')[0]
                uiType = uiName.rsplit('_',1)[-1]
                if uiType in type_dict:
                    uiType = type_dict[uiType]
                # set quickUI string format
                ui_list[i] = partInfo[0]+';'+uiType
                if len(partInfo)==1:
                    # give empty button and label a place holder name
                    if uiType in ('btn', 'btnMsg', 'QPushButton','label', 'QLabel'):
                        ui_list[i] = partInfo[0]+';'+uiType + ';'+uiName 
                elif len(partInfo)==2:
                    ui_list[i]=ui_list[i]+";"+partInfo[1]
        # get parentObject or exisiting object
        parentObject = parentObject_string
        if parentObject in self.uiList:
            parentObject = self.uiList[parentObject]
        # process quickUI
        self.quickUI(ui_list, parentObject, opt) 

def setupUI(self):
        super(self.__class__,self).setupUI()
        #------------------------------
        # user ui creation part
        #------------------------------
        # + template: qui version since universal tool template v7
        #   - no extra variable name, all text based creation and reference
        
        self.qui('source_txt | process_btn;Process and Update', 'upper_vbox')
        self.qui('upper_vbox | result_txt', 'input_split;v')
        self.qui('filePath_input | fileLoad_btn;Load | fileExport_btn;Export', 'fileBtn_layout;hbox')
        self.qui('input_split | fileBtn_layout', 'main_layout')
        
        # - template : quickUI version since universal tool template v6
        '''
        upper_layout = self.quickUI(["source_txt;QTextEdit","process_btn;QPushButton;Process and Update"],"upper_QVBoxLayout")
        upper_layout.setContentsMargins(0,0,0,0)
        
        input_split = self.quickSplitUI("input_split", [ upper_layout, self.quickUI(["result_txt;QTextEdit"])[0] ], "v")
        fileBtn_layout = self.quickUI(["filePath_input;QLineEdit", "fileLoad_btn;QPushButton;Load", "fileExport_btn;QPushButton;Export"],"fileBtn_QHBoxLayout")
        self.quickUI([input_split, fileBtn_layout], main_layout)
        '''
        
        # - template : invisible but functional button
        '''
        self.uiList['secret_btn'] = QtWidgets.QPushButton(self) 
        self.uiList['secret_btn'].setText("")
        self.uiList['secret_btn'].setGeometry(0, 0, 50, 20)
        self.uiList['secret_btn'].setStyleSheet("QPushButton{background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0,0);} QPushButton:pressed{background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0,0); border: 0px;} QPushButton:hover{background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0,0); border: 0px;}")
        #:hover:pressed:focus:hover:disabled
        '''
        
        #------------- end ui creation --------------------
        keep_margin_layout = ['main_layout']
        for name, each in self.uiList.items():
            if isinstance(each, QtWidgets.QLayout) and name not in keep_margin_layout and not name.endswith('_grp_layout'):
                each.setContentsMargins(0, 0, 0, 0)
        self.quickInfo('Ready') 

def fontDown_action(self):
        if self.memoData['font_size'] >= self.memoData['font_size_default']:
            self.memoData['font_size'] -= 2
            self.setStyleSheet("QLabel,QPushButton { font-size: %dpt;}" % self.memoData['font_size']) 

def fontUp_action(self):
        self.memoData['font_size'] += 2
        self.setStyleSheet("QLabel,QPushButton { font-size: %dpt;}" % self.memoData['font_size']) 

def fontNormal_action(self):
        self.memoData['font_size'] = self.memoData['font_size_default']
        self.setStyleSheet("QLabel,QPushButton { font-size: %dpt;}" % self.memoData['font_size']) 

def qui(self, ui_list_string, parentObject_string='', opt=''):
        # pre-defined user short name syntax
        type_dict = {
            'vbox': 'QVBoxLayout','hbox':'QHBoxLayout','grid':'QGridLayout', 'form':'QFormLayout',
            'split': 'QSplitter', 'grp':'QGroupBox', 'tab':'QTabWidget',
            'btn':'QPushButton', 'btnMsg':'QPushButton', 'label':'QLabel', 'input':'QLineEdit', 'check':'QCheckBox', 'choice':'QComboBox',
            'txt': 'QTextEdit',
            'list': 'QListWidget', 'tree': 'QTreeWidget', 'table': 'QTableWidget',
            'space': 'QSpacerItem', 
        }
        # get ui_list, creation or existing ui object
        ui_list = [x.strip() for x in ui_list_string.split('|')]
        for i in range(len(ui_list)):
            if ui_list[i] in self.uiList:
                # - exisiting object
                ui_list[i] = self.uiList[ui_list[i]]
            else:
                # - string creation: 
                # get part info
                partInfo = ui_list[i].split(';',1)
                uiName = partInfo[0].split('@')[0]
                uiType = uiName.rsplit('_',1)[-1]
                if uiType in type_dict:
                    uiType = type_dict[uiType]
                # set quickUI string format
                ui_list[i] = partInfo[0]+';'+uiType
                if len(partInfo)==1:
                    # give empty button and label a place holder name
                    if uiType in ('btn', 'btnMsg', 'QPushButton','label', 'QLabel'):
                        ui_list[i] = partInfo[0]+';'+uiType + ';'+uiName 
                elif len(partInfo)==2:
                    ui_list[i]=ui_list[i]+";"+partInfo[1]
        # get parentObject or exisiting object
        parentObject = parentObject_string
        if parentObject in self.uiList:
            parentObject = self.uiList[parentObject]
        # process quickUI
        self.quickUI(ui_list, parentObject, opt) 

def fontDown_action(self, uiClass_list=[]):
        if len(uiClass_list) == 0:
            uiClass_list = 'QLabel,QPushButton'.split(',')
        if self.memoData['font_size'] >= self.memoData['font_size_default']:
            self.memoData['font_size'] -= 2
            self.setStyleSheet( "{0} { font-size: {1}pt;}".format(','.join(uiClass_list), self.memoData['font_size']) ) 

def fontUp_action(self, uiClass_list=[]):
        if len(uiClass_list) == 0:
            uiClass_list = 'QLabel,QPushButton'.split(',')
        self.memoData['font_size'] += 2
        self.setStyleSheet( "{0} { font-size: {1}pt;}".format(','.join(uiClass_list), self.memoData['font_size']) ) 

def fontUp_action(self):
        self.memoData['font_size'] += 2
        self.setStyleSheet("QLabel,QPushButton { font-size: %dpt;}" % self.memoData['font_size'])