QtGui.QGridLayout

The most universal layout class is the grid layout. This layout divides the space into rows and columns. To create a grid layout, we use the QtGui.QGridLayout class.

#!/usr/bin/python
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-

import sys
from PyQt4 import QtGui

"""
ZetCode PyQt4 tutorial 

In this example, we create a skeleton
of a calculator using a QtGui.QGridLayout.

author: Jan Bodnar
website: zetcode.com 
last edited: July 2014
"""

class Example(QtGui.QWidget):
    
    def __init__(self):
        super(Example, self).__init__()
        
        self.initUI()
        
    def initUI(self):
        
        grid = QtGui.QGridLayout()
        self.setLayout(grid)
 
        names = ['Cls', 'Bck', '', 'Close',
                 '7', '8', '9', '/',
                '4', '5', '6', '*',
                 '1', '2', '3', '-',
                '0', '.', '=', '+']
        
        positions = [(i,j) for i in range(5) for j in range(4)]
        
        for position, name in zip(positions, names):
            
            if name == '':
                continue
            button = QtGui.QPushButton(name)
            grid.addWidget(button, *position)
            
        self.move(300, 150)
        self.setWindowTitle('Calculator')
        self.show()
        
def main():
    app = QtGui.QApplication(sys.argv)
    ex = Example()
    sys.exit(app.exec_())

if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()

In our example, we create a grid of buttons. To fill one gap, we add one QtGui.QLabel widget.

grid = QtGui.QGridLayout()
self.setLayout(grid)

The instance of a QtGui.QGridLayout is created and set to be the layout for the application window.

names = ['Cls', 'Bck', '', 'Close',
            '7', '8', '9', '/',
        '4', '5', '6', '*',
            '1', '2', '3', '-',
        '0', '.', '=', '+']

These are the labels used later for buttons.

positions = [(i,j) for i in range(5) for j in range(4)]

We create a list of positions in the grid.

for position, name in zip(positions, names):
    
    if name == '':
        continue
    button = QtGui.QPushButton(name)
    grid.addWidget(button, *position)

Buttons are created and added to the layout with the addWidget() method.

Figure: Calculator skeleton