[Paraview] Getting user input while in python shell plugin

[Utkarsh Ayachit]

Alternatively use: pqCoreUtilities::mainWidget() -- it tries to find
an active mainwindow by default.

Utkarsh

On Wed, May 26, 2010 at 7:09 PM, pat marion <pat.marion at kitware.com> wrote:
>>> The only thing I couldn't immediately figure out from that post, was what
>>> to do with widgets that need a parent
>
> You could use QApplication.activeWindow(), you might get the mainwindow or
> python dialog.  Or you could cycle thru the list of
> QApplication.topLevelWidgets() to look for the paraview mainwindow.
>
> Pat
>
> On Wed, May 26, 2010 at 6:27 PM, <m.c.wilkins at massey.ac.nz> wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> On Wed, May 26, 2010 at 11:18:29AM -0400, pat marion wrote:
>> > If you want to use PyQt4, see
>> > http://paraview.markmail.org/message/6h767kpak5dcoqwt
>>
>> Thank you, this is what I needed, good stuff.  The only thing I
>> couldn't immediately figure out from that post, was what to do with
>> widgets that need a parent, because I couldn't get hold of the main
>> paraview window widget.  Anyway this is what I did:
>>
>> ---
>> import PyQt4.QtGui
>>
>> # this is a dummy widget to use as the parent for other widgets that need
>> a
>> parent
>> wid = PyQt4.QtGui.QWidget()
>>
>> # get some user input
>> ret = PyQt4.QtGui.QInputDialog.getText(wid, 'hi', 'first question')
>>
>> # do some other stuff
>>
>> # oh dear a warning
>> ret = PyQt4.QtGui.QMessageBox.warning(wid, 'hi', 'there was a recoverable
>> problem', PyQt4.QtGui.QMessageBox.Ok, PyQt4.QtGui.QMessageBox.NoButton,
>> PyQt4.QtGui.QMessageBox.NoButton)
>>
>> # maybe get some more input
>> ret = PyQt4.QtGui.QInputDialog.getText(wid, 'hi', 'second question')
>> ---
>>
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Matt
>>
>>
>
>
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