[PyQt] Transparent Buttons & Widgets

[fossks at cox.net]

Gustavo,
    Thanks for your advice.  You'll be proud to know that I am currently using your application as the base for mine, that is the whole stylesheet structure.  It works great and I've learned a lot from your work.

    However, my issue is more that I am not much of a graphics artist and there are a number limitations in formatting based on using the core widgets.  I am really looking at using some nicely designed graphical frontends as the visual interface while I provide the "touch to action" link to the code.

Kevin
---- "Gustavo A. D�az" <gustavo.diaz at gmail.com> wrote: 
> Hi
> 
> Have you tried to use Stylesheets on your buttons? with that you could style
> you widgets as you want, even using background images.
> 
> Example, my app:
> 
> http://opencoffee.lnxteam.org/downloads/pub/pics/OpenCoffee-Server_DevPic1.png
> http://opencoffee.lnxteam.org/downloads/pub/pics/OpenCoffee-Server_DevPic2.png
> 
> More info: http://doc.trolltech.com/4.3/stylesheet.html
> 
> Cheers.
> 
> 2008/2/20, fossks at cox.net <fossks at cox.net>:
> >
> > Hi,
> >    I'm new to this list but I've been using PyQt 4.1 for the past year or
> > so.  My personal project is to make a frontend to MPlayer for my touchscreen
> > PC in my car.
> >    I've created a basic version using common widgets and toolbars, but
> > this is not really touchscreen friendly.  Now I've found many nice
> > touchscreen skins for various other car PC media applications.  What I would
> > like to do is use some of the previously designed (open source) screens and
> > map transparent buttons/widgets that correspond to the graphics on the
> > image.
> >     I know how to link "pushButtons" to actions.  Can I link a painted
> > object like a circle or rectangle to action so that it acts like a button
> > when clicked?  Assuming I can do this, I assume I can make this circle or
> > rectangle completely transparent by setting the alpha to 0.
> >     Do you know of any examples I could follow to accomplish this?  I work
> > well following example :)
> >
> > Kevin
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> 
> 
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