Thanks for your reply. The QSpinBox wasn't really what I was thinking of. Or I haven't figured out how to do. That's why I made my custom QT widget. Everyone can use it but please don't remove the credits,it took a while to program:
If someone finds any bugs let me now!
class QSlideInput(qw.QLineEdit):
"""own implementation of the maya's slide input widget
# Date: 23.09.2016
# Author: LifeArtist"""
# an public event you can bind to from outside
# and which notifies if the value has changed or not
valueChangedEvent = qc.Signal()
def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
qw.QLineEdit.__init__(self, *args, **kwargs)
self.init()
self.initUi()
def init(self):
self.dragFlipped = False
# how many pixels you have to move the mouse to increse or decrease
# the value
self.incdecSteps = 4
self._currentStep = 0
self.lastCoordValueX = 0
self.dragBeginCount = 9
self._dragCurrentCount = 0
# value which will be added or substracted
self.incdecrementor = 1
self.lastMousePressedPos = qc.QPoint()
def initUi(self):
self.canSetFocusOnInput = True
self.setFocusPolicy(qc.Qt.NoFocus)
self.returnPressed.connect(self.clearFocus)
self.setCursor(qc.Qt.SplitHCursor)
self.setMouseTracking(0)
self.setText("0.0")
self.setValidator(qg.QDoubleValidator())
def mouseMoveEvent(self, event):
if not self.hasFocus():
# +---------------------+
# | enables drag events |
# +---------------------+
if self._dragCurrentCount == self.dragBeginCount:
self.on_dragEnter()
if self._dragCurrentCount >= self.dragBeginCount:
self.on_drag()
self._dragCurrentCount += 1
def mousePressEvent(self, event):
self.setMouseTracking(1)
self.lastMousePressedPos = qg.QCursor.pos()
self.lastCoordValueX = qg.QCursor.pos().x()
def keyPressEvent(self, event):
return super(QSlideInput, self).keyPressEvent(event)
def mouseReleaseEvent(self, event):
"""function will be called if the mouse was released"""
self.setMouseTracking(0)
self._dragCurrentCount = 0
self.setCursor(qc.Qt.SplitHCursor)
# if the mouse was released we need to put the mouse to its last pos
qg.QCursor.setPos(self.lastMousePressedPos)
if self.canSetFocusOnInput:
self.setFocus()
else:
self.canSetFocusOnInput = True
def on_dragEnter(self):
"""function will be called if the mouse was hold down for the amount
of dragBeginCount"""
self.canSetFocusOnInput = False
self.setCursor(qc.Qt.BlankCursor)
def on_drag(self):
"""function will be called everytime you drag your mouse but first
after on_dragEnter"""
currentX = qg.QCursor.pos().x()
if self.incdecSteps == self._currentStep:
# +----------------------------------------------+
# | check whether strg, shift is pressed or none |
# +----------------------------------------------+
modifiers = qw.QApplication.queryKeyboardModifiers()
if modifiers == qc.Qt.ControlModifier:
self.incdecrementor = 0.1
elif modifiers == qc.Qt.ShiftModifier:
self.incdecrementor = 10
else:
self.incdecrementor = 1
# +---------------------------------+
# | addition and substraction logic |
# +---------------------------------+
currentValue = float(self.text())
# determinds if its incremented or decremented
if self.lastCoordValueX < currentX:
currentValue += self.incdecrementor
elif self.lastCoordValueX > currentX:
currentValue -= self.incdecrementor
# sets the new text
self.setText(str(currentValue))
# emit event
self.valueChangedEvent.emit()
self.lastCoordValueX = currentX
self._currentStep = 0
else:
self._currentStep += 1
# reset the cursor if it reaches the end of the screen
desktopWidth = qw.QApplication.desktop().availableGeometry().width()
if currentX == (desktopWidth - 1):
qg.QCursor.setPos(0, qg.QCursor.pos().y())
elif currentX == 0:
qg.QCursor.setPos(desktopWidth - 1, qg.QCursor.pos().y())
Regards,
Life
