[Paraview] Getting user input while in python shell plugin

[pat marion]

Paraview doesn't have a way to pass pointers to QObjects from c++ to python,
or vice versa.  You can use PyQt wrapped methods to search for named widgets
though.

Pat

On Thu, May 27, 2010 at 8:52 AM, Utkarsh Ayachit <
utkarsh.ayachit at kitware.com> wrote:

> 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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