[Paraview] Getting user input while in python shell plugin

[Utkarsh Ayachit]

Doh! didn't realize you were going to call it from python. Stick with
what Pat suggested :).

Utkarsh

On Thu, May 27, 2010 at 10:18 AM, pat marion <pat.marion at kitware.com> wrote:
> 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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