class QTableWidget

The QTableWidget class provides an item-based table view with a default model. More

Inheritance diagram of PySide6.QtWidgets.QTableWidget

Synopsis

Properties

Methods

Virtual methods

Slots

Signals

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Detailed Description

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Table widgets provide standard table display facilities for applications. The items in a QTableWidget are provided by QTableWidgetItem .

If you want a table that uses your own data model you should use QTableView rather than this class.

Table widgets can be constructed with the required numbers of rows and columns:

tableWidget = QTableWidget(12, 3, self)

Alternatively, tables can be constructed without a given size and resized later:

tableWidget = QTableWidget(self)
tableWidget.setRowCount(10)
tableWidget.setColumnCount(5)

Items are created outside the table (with no parent widget) and inserted into the table with setItem() :

newItem = QTableWidgetItem(tr("%1").arg(()
    (row+1)*(column+1)))
tableWidget.setItem(row, column, newItem)

If you want to enable sorting in your table widget, do so after you have populated it with items, otherwise sorting may interfere with the insertion order (see setItem() for details).

Tables can be given both horizontal and vertical headers. The simplest way to create the headers is to supply a list of strings to the setHorizontalHeaderLabels() and setVerticalHeaderLabels() functions. These will provide simple textual headers for the table’s columns and rows. More sophisticated headers can be created from existing table items that are usually constructed outside the table. For example, we can construct a table item with an icon and aligned text, and use it as the header for a particular column:

cubesHeaderItem = QTableWidgetItem(tr("Cubes"))
cubesHeaderItem.setIcon(QIcon(QPixmap(":/Images/cubed.png")))
cubesHeaderItem.setTextAlignment(Qt.AlignVCenter)

The number of rows in the table can be found with rowCount() , and the number of columns with columnCount() . The table can be cleared with the clear() function.

See also

QTableWidgetItem QTableView Model/View Programming

Note

Properties can be used directly when from __feature__ import true_property is used or via accessor functions otherwise.

property columnCountᅟ: int

This property holds the number of columns in the table.

By default, for a table constructed without row and column counts, this property contains a value of 0.

Access functions:
property rowCountᅟ: int

This property holds the number of rows in the table.

By default, for a table constructed without row and column counts, this property contains a value of 0.

Access functions:
__init__([parent=None])
Parameters:

parentQWidget

Creates a new table view with the given parent.

__init__(rows, columns[, parent=None])
Parameters:
  • rows – int

  • columns – int

  • parentQWidget

Creates a new table view with the given rows and columns, and with the given parent.

cellActivated(row, column)
Parameters:
  • row – int

  • column – int

This signal is emitted when the cell specified by row and column has been activated

cellChanged(row, column)
Parameters:
  • row – int

  • column – int

This signal is emitted whenever the data of the item in the cell specified by row and column has changed.

cellClicked(row, column)
Parameters:
  • row – int

  • column – int

This signal is emitted whenever a cell in the table is clicked. The row and column specified is the cell that was clicked.

cellDoubleClicked(row, column)
Parameters:
  • row – int

  • column – int

This signal is emitted whenever a cell in the table is double clicked. The row and column specified is the cell that was double clicked.

cellEntered(row, column)
Parameters:
  • row – int

  • column – int

This signal is emitted when the mouse cursor enters a cell. The cell is specified by row and column.

This signal is only emitted when mouseTracking is turned on, or when a mouse button is pressed while moving into an item.

cellPressed(row, column)
Parameters:
  • row – int

  • column – int

This signal is emitted whenever a cell in the table is pressed. The row and column specified is the cell that was pressed.

cellWidget(row, column)
Parameters:
  • row – int

  • column – int

Return type:

QWidget

Returns the widget displayed in the cell in the given row and column.

Note

The table takes ownership of the widget.

See also

setCellWidget()

clear()

Removes all items in the view. This will also remove all selections and headers. If you don’t want to remove the headers, use clearContents() . The table dimensions stay the same.

clearContents()

Removes all items not in the headers from the view. This will also remove all selections. The table dimensions stay the same.

closePersistentEditor(item)
Parameters:

itemQTableWidgetItem

Closes the persistent editor for item.

column(item)
Parameters:

itemQTableWidgetItem

Return type:

int

Returns the column for the item.

columnCount()
Return type:

int

Returns the number of columns.

See also

setColumnCount()

Getter of property columnCountᅟ .

currentCellChanged(currentRow, currentColumn, previousRow, previousColumn)
Parameters:
  • currentRow – int

  • currentColumn – int

  • previousRow – int

  • previousColumn – int

This signal is emitted whenever the current cell changes. The cell specified by previousRow and previousColumn is the cell that previously had the focus, the cell specified by currentRow and currentColumn is the new current cell.

currentColumn()
Return type:

int

Returns the column of the current item.

currentItem()
Return type:

QTableWidgetItem

Returns the current item.

See also

setCurrentItem()

currentItemChanged(current, previous)
Parameters:

This signal is emitted whenever the current item changes. The previous item is the item that previously had the focus, current is the new current item.

currentRow()
Return type:

int

Returns the row of the current item.

dropMimeData(row, column, data, action)
Parameters:
Return type:

bool

Handles the data supplied by a drag and drop operation that ended with the given action in the given row and column. Returns true if the data and action can be handled by the model; otherwise returns false.

editItem(item)
Parameters:

itemQTableWidgetItem

Starts editing the item if it is editable.

findItems(text, flags)
Parameters:
  • text – str

  • flags – Combination of MatchFlag

Return type:

.list of QTableWidgetItem

Finds items that matches the text using the given flags.

horizontalHeaderItem(column)
Parameters:

column – int

Return type:

QTableWidgetItem

Returns the horizontal header item for column, column, if one has been set; otherwise returns None.

indexFromItem(item)
Parameters:

itemQTableWidgetItem

Return type:

QModelIndex

Returns the QModelIndex associated with the given item.

Note

In Qt versions prior to 5.10, this function took a non-const item.

insertColumn(column)
Parameters:

column – int

Inserts an empty column into the table at column.

insertRow(row)
Parameters:

row – int

Inserts an empty row into the table at row.

isPersistentEditorOpen(item)
Parameters:

itemQTableWidgetItem

Return type:

bool

Returns whether a persistent editor is open for item item.

item(row, column)
Parameters:
  • row – int

  • column – int

Return type:

QTableWidgetItem

Returns the item for the given row and column if one has been set; otherwise returns None.

See also

setItem()

itemActivated(item)
Parameters:

itemQTableWidgetItem

This signal is emitted when the specified item has been activated

itemAt(p)
Parameters:

pQPoint

Return type:

QTableWidgetItem

Returns a pointer to the item at the given point, or returns None if point is not covered by an item in the table widget.

See also

item()

itemAt(x, y)
Parameters:
  • x – int

  • y – int

Return type:

QTableWidgetItem

Returns the item at the position equivalent to QPoint(ax, ay) in the table widget’s coordinate system, or returns None if the specified point is not covered by an item in the table widget.

See also

item()

itemChanged(item)
Parameters:

itemQTableWidgetItem

This signal is emitted whenever the data of item has changed.

itemClicked(item)
Parameters:

itemQTableWidgetItem

This signal is emitted whenever an item in the table is clicked. The item specified is the item that was clicked.

itemDoubleClicked(item)
Parameters:

itemQTableWidgetItem

This signal is emitted whenever an item in the table is double clicked. The item specified is the item that was double clicked.

itemEntered(item)
Parameters:

itemQTableWidgetItem

This signal is emitted when the mouse cursor enters an item. The item is the item entered.

This signal is only emitted when mouseTracking is turned on, or when a mouse button is pressed while moving into an item.

itemFromIndex(index)
Parameters:

indexQModelIndex

Return type:

QTableWidgetItem

Returns a pointer to the QTableWidgetItem associated with the given index.

itemPressed(item)
Parameters:

itemQTableWidgetItem

This signal is emitted whenever an item in the table is pressed. The item specified is the item that was pressed.

itemPrototype()
Return type:

QTableWidgetItem

Returns the item prototype used by the table.

itemSelectionChanged()

This signal is emitted whenever the selection changes.

items(data)
Parameters:

dataQMimeData

Return type:

.list of QTableWidgetItem

Returns a list of pointers to the items contained in the data object. If the object was not created by a QTreeWidget in the same process, the list is empty.

mimeData(items)
Parameters:

items – .list of QTableWidgetItem

Return type:

QMimeData

Returns an object that contains a serialized description of the specified items. The format used to describe the items is obtained from the mimeTypes() function.

If the list of items is empty, None is returned rather than a serialized empty list.

mimeTypes()
Return type:

list of strings

Returns a list of MIME types that can be used to describe a list of tablewidget items.

See also

mimeData()

openPersistentEditor(item)
Parameters:

itemQTableWidgetItem

Opens an editor for the give item. The editor remains open after editing.

removeCellWidget(row, column)
Parameters:
  • row – int

  • column – int

Removes the widget set on the cell indicated by row and column.

removeColumn(column)
Parameters:

column – int

Removes the column column and all its items from the table.

removeRow(row)
Parameters:

row – int

Removes the row row and all its items from the table.

row(item)
Parameters:

itemQTableWidgetItem

Return type:

int

Returns the row for the item.

rowCount()
Return type:

int

Returns the number of rows.

See also

setRowCount()

Getter of property rowCountᅟ .

scrollToItem(item[, hint=QAbstractItemView.ScrollHint.EnsureVisible])
Parameters:

Scrolls the view if necessary to ensure that the item is visible. The hint parameter specifies more precisely where the item should be located after the operation.

selectedItems()
Return type:

.list of QTableWidgetItem

Returns a list of all selected items.

This function returns a list of pointers to the contents of the selected cells. Use the selectedIndexes() function to retrieve the complete selection including empty cells.

See also

selectedIndexes()

selectedRanges()
Return type:

.list of QTableWidgetSelectionRange

Returns a list of all selected ranges.

setCellWidget(row, column, widget)
Parameters:
  • row – int

  • column – int

  • widgetQWidget

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Sets the given widget to be displayed in the cell in the given row and column, passing the ownership of the widget to the table.

If cell widget A is replaced with cell widget B, cell widget A will be deleted. For example, in the code snippet below, the QLineEdit object will be deleted.

setCellWidget(row, column, QLineEdit())
...
setCellWidget(row, column, QTextEdit())

See also

cellWidget()

setColumnCount(columns)
Parameters:

columns – int

Sets the number of columns in this table’s model to columns. If this is less than columnCount() , the data in the unwanted columns is discarded.

Setter of property columnCountᅟ .

setCurrentCell(row, column)
Parameters:
  • row – int

  • column – int

Sets the current cell to be the cell at position (row, column).

Depending on the current selection mode , the cell may also be selected.

setCurrentCell(row, column, command)
Parameters:
  • row – int

  • column – int

  • command – Combination of SelectionFlag

Sets the current cell to be the cell at position (row, column), using the given command.

setCurrentItem(item)
Parameters:

itemQTableWidgetItem

Sets the current item to item.

Unless the selection mode is NoSelection , the item is also selected.

setCurrentItem(item, command)
Parameters:

Sets the current item to be item, using the given command.

setHorizontalHeaderItem(column, item)
Parameters:

Sets the horizontal header item for column column to item. If necessary, the column count is increased to fit the item. The previous header item (if there was one) is deleted.

setHorizontalHeaderLabels(labels)
Parameters:

labels – list of strings

Sets the horizontal header labels using labels.

setItem(row, column, item)
Parameters:

Sets the item for the given row and column to item.

The table takes ownership of the item.

Note that if sorting is enabled (see sortingEnabled ) and column is the current sort column, the row will be moved to the sorted position determined by item.

If you want to set several items of a particular row (say, by calling setItem() in a loop), you may want to turn off sorting before doing so, and turn it back on afterwards; this will allow you to use the same row argument for all items in the same row (i.e. setItem() will not move the row).

See also

item() takeItem()

setItemPrototype(item)
Parameters:

itemQTableWidgetItem

Sets the item prototype for the table to the specified item.

The table widget will use the item prototype clone function when it needs to create a new table item. For example when the user is editing in an empty cell. This is useful when you have a QTableWidgetItem subclass and want to make sure that QTableWidget creates instances of your subclass.

The table takes ownership of the prototype.

See also

itemPrototype()

setRangeSelected(range, select)
Parameters:

Selects or deselects the range depending on select.

setRowCount(rows)
Parameters:

rows – int

Sets the number of rows in this table’s model to rows. If this is less than rowCount() , the data in the unwanted rows is discarded.

Setter of property rowCountᅟ .

setVerticalHeaderItem(row, item)
Parameters:

Sets the vertical header item for row row to item.

setVerticalHeaderLabels(labels)
Parameters:

labels – list of strings

Sets the vertical header labels using labels.

sortItems(column[, order=Qt.AscendingOrder])
Parameters:

Sorts all the rows in the table widget based on column and order.

supportedDropActions()
Return type:

Combination of DropAction

Returns the drop actions supported by this view.

See also

DropActions

takeHorizontalHeaderItem(column)
Parameters:

column – int

Return type:

QTableWidgetItem

Removes the horizontal header item at column from the header without deleting it.

takeItem(row, column)
Parameters:
  • row – int

  • column – int

Return type:

QTableWidgetItem

Removes the item at row and column from the table without deleting it.

takeVerticalHeaderItem(row)
Parameters:

row – int

Return type:

QTableWidgetItem

Removes the vertical header item at row from the header without deleting it.

verticalHeaderItem(row)
Parameters:

row – int

Return type:

QTableWidgetItem

Returns the vertical header item for row row.

visualColumn(logicalColumn)
Parameters:

logicalColumn – int

Return type:

int

Returns the visual column of the given logicalColumn.

visualItemRect(item)
Parameters:

itemQTableWidgetItem

Return type:

QRect

Returns the rectangle on the viewport occupied by the item at item.

visualRow(logicalRow)
Parameters:

logicalRow – int

Return type:

int

Returns the visual row of the given logicalRow.