PyQt4 Reference Guide¶

Introduction
- License
- PyQt4 Components
Potential Incompatibilities with Earlier Versions
- PyQt v4.12.2
- PyQt4 v4.11
- PyQt4 v4.12
- PyQt4 v4.9.2
- PyQt4 v4.8.3
- PyQt4 v4.8
- PyQt4 v4.7.4
- PyQt4 v4.7.1
- PyQt4 v4.5
Installing PyQt4
- Downloading SIP
- Downloading PyQt4
- Configuring PyQt4
- Building PyQt4
- Configuring with Configuration Files
PyQt4 and Python v3
- QAbstractSpinBox
- QChar
- QClipboard
- QDate
- QDateTime
- QDateTimeEdit
- QDoubleSpinBox
- QDoubleValidator
- QFileDialog
- QFontMetrics
- QFontMetricsF
- QIntValidator
- QLatin1Char
- QLatin1String
- QPyNullVariant
- QRegExpValidator
- QSettings
- QSpinBox
- QString
- QStringList
- QStringMatcher
- QStringRef
- QTextDecoder
- QTextStream
- QTime
- QUrl
- QValidator
- QVariant
- QWebPage
- QXmlStreamWriter
PyQt4 and Qt v5
- Building Against Qt v5
Support for Keyword Arguments
Support for Qt Properties
- Defining New Qt Properties
New-style Signal and Slot Support
- Unbound and Bound Signals
- Defining New Signals with pyqtSignal()
- Connecting, Disconnecting and Emitting Signals
- Connecting Signals Using Keyword Arguments
- The pyqtSlot() Decorator
- The PyQt_PyObject Signal Argument Type
- Connecting Slots By Name
- Mixing New-style and Old-style Connections
Old-style Signal and Slot Support
- PyQt4 Signals and Qt Signals
- The PyQt_PyObject Signal Argument Type
- Short-circuit Signals
- PyQt4 Slots and Qt Slots
- Connecting Signals and Slots
- Emitting Signals
- The QtCore.pyqtSignature() Decorator
Things to be Aware Of
- Python Strings, Qt Strings and Unicode
- Garbage Collection
- Multiple Inheritance
- Access to Protected Member Functions
- None and NULL
- Support for void *
- super and PyQt4 Classes
Using Qt Designer
- Using the Generated Code
- The uic Module
- pyuic4
- Writing Qt Designer Plugins
The PyQt4 Resource System
- pyrcc4
Python Objects and QVariant
Support for QSettings
Integrating Python and QML
Integrating Python and JavaScript in QtWebKit
Support for Pickling
Support for Python’s Buffer Interface
Using PyQt4 from the Python Shell
Internationalisation of PyQt4 Applications
- pylupdate4
- Differences Between PyQt4 and Qt
DBus Support
- QtDBus
- dbus.mainloop.qt
Selecting Incompatible APIs
Deploying Commercial PyQt4 Applications
The PyQt4 Build System
- The Old Build System
The PyQt4 Extension API
- Python API
- C++ API