In this article we will see how we can implement the key press event for the QCalendarWidget. In order to set the key press event we have to override the keyPressEvent method, by overriding the key press event we can add functions to the calendar whenever the key is pressed.
Implementation steps:
1. Create a main window
2. Create a QCalendarWidget
3. Set various properties to the calendar
4. Override the keyPressEvent
5. Inside the override method check if the escape key pressed then show the today in calendar
Below is the implementation
# 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 , 650 , 400 )
# calling method
self .UiComponents()
# showing all the widgets
self .show()
# method for components
def UiComponents( self ):
# creating a QCalendarWidget object
self .calendar = QCalendarWidget( self )
# setting geometry to the calendar
self .calendar.setGeometry( 50 , 10 , 400 , 250 )
# setting cursor
self .calendar.setCursor(Qt.PointingHandCursor)
# overriding key press event
def keyPressEvent( self , e):
# when escape key is pressed
if e.key() = = Qt.Key_Escape:
# show the present date
self .calendar.showToday()
print ( "Calendar Show Today" )
# create pyqt5 app App = QApplication(sys.argv)
# create the instance of our Window window = Window()
# start the app sys.exit(App. exec ())
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Output:
Calendar Show Today Calendar Show Today Calendar Show Today Calendar Show Today
Whenever the escape key is pressed it shows the today(present date page)