First off -- thanks for this group! I started delving into PyQt a month or so ago. In that time, I've bumped up against many questions, and virtually always found an answer here.
Until now.
I have a workaround for this, but I think it's a kluge and there probably is a proper way. I'd like to understand better what's going on.
Here's the code:
from PyQt5.QtCore import * from PyQt5.QtGui import * from PyQt5.QtWidgets import * class FormWidget(QWidget): def __init__(self, parent): super(FormWidget, self).__init__(parent) # Create view with image in it self.image = QGraphicsPixmapItem(QPixmap()) self.scene = QGraphicsScene() self.scene.addItem(self.image) self.view = QGraphicsView(self.scene) self.hlayout = QHBoxLayout() self.hlayout.addWidget(self.view) self.setLayout(self.hlayout) # self.view.keyPressEvent = self.keyPressEvent def keyPressEvent(self, event): key = event.key() mod = int(event.modifiers()) print( "<{}> Key 0x{:x}/{}/ {} {} {}".format( self, key, event.text(), " [+shift]" if event.modifiers() & Qt.SHIFT else "", " [+ctrl]" if event.modifiers() & Qt.CTRL else "", " [+alt]" if event.modifiers() & Qt.ALT else "" ) ) class MainWindow(QMainWindow): def __init__(self, parent=None): super(MainWindow, self).__init__(parent) form = FormWidget(self) self.setCentralWidget(form) if __name__ == '__main__': import sys app = QApplication(sys.argv) mainWindow = MainWindow() mainWindow.show() sys.exit(app.exec_()) As is, all keyboard input is detected by the overloaded keyPressEvent() function, except arrow keys. I've found enough posts talking about this to have a sense that it is because the child widget (self.view) is receiving them. I presume the child widget is, in fact, receiving all the keystrokes, but ignoring the ones that are getting through, and sucking up the arrow keys, which is why they aren't getting to the parent's keyPressEvent() function. That seems to be so, because if I uncomment the line in the middle:
self.view.keyPressEvent = self.keyPressEvent It behaves as I expect -- the parent's keyPressEvent() gets all the keystrokes, arrows included.
How would I tell the child widget to ignore all keystrokes? I thought maybe this:
self.view.setFocusPolicy(Qt.NoFocus) When I add that, keyPressEvent() doesn't see any keystrokes at all.
I suppose I could overload keyPressEvent() for the child as well, and just explicitly pass everything up to the parent. But that doesn't seem better than my kluge.
I think I must be misunderstanding something here.
Thanks. Just looking to learn ...
