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    Default Return values from QDialog to MainWindow

    I've created a simple custom QDialog with three QLineEdits. When clicking the "OK" button I want to read the entered text and return them to the MainWindow object where the values will be stored in a list.

    How do I return the values from the QDialog class so I can store them in the list in the MainWindow class, and how do I call it properly?

    This is the code I have at the moment:

    Qt Code:
    1. class MainWindow(QtGui.QMainWindow):
    2.  
    3. deviceList = []
    4.  
    5. def openAddDialog(self):
    6. print "running openAddDialog..."
    7. diag = AddDevice()
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    1. from PySide.QtGui import *
    2.  
    3. class AddDevice(QDialog):
    4.  
    5. def __init__(self):
    6. QDialog.__init__(self)
    7. self.setWindowTitle("Add Device")
    8. self.resize(400, 300)
    9.  
    10. iLabel = QLabel("IPv4 address:")
    11. self.iText = QLineEdit()
    12.  
    13. uLabel = QLabel("Username:")
    14. self.uText = QLineEdit()
    15.  
    16. pLabel = QLabel("Password:")
    17. self.pText = QLineEdit()
    18.  
    19. okButton = QPushButton()
    20. okButton.setText("OK")
    21. okButton.clicked.connect(self.add)
    22.  
    23. frame = QFrame(self)
    24.  
    25. formLayout = QFormLayout(frame)
    26. formLayout.addRow(iLabel, self.iText)
    27. formLayout.addRow(uLabel, self.uText)
    28. formLayout.addRow(pLabel, self.pText)
    29. formLayout.addRow(okButton, okButton)
    30.  
    31. self.exec_()
    32.  
    33. def add(self):
    34. ipv4 = self.iText.text()
    35. username = self.uText.text()
    36. password = self.pText.text()
    37.  
    38. print ipv4, username, password
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    Default Re: Return values from QDialog to MainWindow

    The pattern for a modal dialog is usually this

    1. create dialog instance
    2. call exec() on that instance
    3. read values using getter methods

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    Default Re: Return values from QDialog to MainWindow

    Like this?

    Qt Code:
    1. def openAddDialog(self):
    2. print "running openAddDialog..."
    3. diag = AddDevice()
    4. diag.exec_()
    5. print diag.getIPv4(), diag.getUsername(), diag.getPassword()
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    Does not seem like a good way to go, the values will be read if the user cancels/aborts the dialog window. This is exactly what I can't get my head around. I want the buttons and it's slots in the dialog class, but the values from the fields should be sent to or read from the MainWindow.
    Last edited by ecce; 16th April 2015 at 21:43.

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    Default Re: Return values from QDialog to MainWindow

    This is a brilliant way to do what you want

    exec() returns if the dialog was accepted or rejected (= canceled) so just use this information and read or do not read the username etc.

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