Is this the sort of thing you mean? self.lineEdit_list = self.ui.tabs.findChildren(QtGui.QLineEdit) self.spin_list = self.ui.tabs.findChildren(QtGui.QSpinBox) self.combo_list = self.ui.tabs.findChildren(QtGui.QComboBox) self.widget_list = self.lineEdit_list + self.spin_list + self.combo_list