PyQt5 – minimum() method for Progress Bar

Progress Bar is a widget that is used when we process lengthy tasks. It is animated so that the user knows that the task is progressing, it is basically graphical control element used to visualize the progression of an extended computer operation, such as a download, file transfer, or installation.

We can set the minimum value of progress bar using setMinimum method, minimum method is used to get the minimum value of desired progress bar.

Syntax : bar.minimum()

Argument : It takes no argument.

Return : It returns integer which refers the minimum value of progress bar.

Code :

# importing libraries
from PyQt5.QtWidgets import *
from PyQt5 import QtCore, QtGui
from PyQt5.QtGui import *
from PyQt5.QtCore import *
import sys


class Window(QMainWindow):


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

        # setting title
        self.setWindowTitle("Python ")

        # setting geometry
        self.setGeometry(100, 100, 600, 400)

        # calling method
        self.UiComponents()

        # showing all the widgets
        self.show()

    # method for widgets
    def UiComponents(self):

        # creating progress bar
        bar = QProgressBar(self)

        # setting geometry to progress bar
        bar.setGeometry(200, 150, 200, 30)

        # setting minimum value of progress bar to 50
        bar.setMinimum(50)

        # setting value to progress bar
        bar.setValue(98)

        # getting minimum value of progress bar
        value = bar.minimum()

        # creating label to print the value
        label = QLabel("minimum value = " + str(value), self)

        # adjusting the size of label
        label.adjustSize()

        # moving the label
        label.move(200, 200)



        # setting alignment to centre
        bar.setAlignment(Qt.AlignCenter)


# create pyqt5 app
App = QApplication(sys.argv)

# create the instance of our Window
window = Window()

# start the app
sys.exit(App.exec())

Output :