[FIXED] QSlider and Key Press Event

Issue

I currently have a QSlider that scrolls through frames of image data using the mouse. I would like to be able to use the arrow keys to scroll through a single step (one frame).

This is my current sliderMoved code:

def sliderMoved(self,val):
    """
    retrieves the data array for the index value specified by the slider
    """

    if self.fileheader is None:
        print "[DEBUG] change_image_index(): self.fileheader is None"
        return

    idx=val
    self.x=idx
    frame=self.fileheader.frameAtIndex(idx)
    image=scipy.ndimage.filters.maximum_filter(frame.data, size=5)

    self.image.setImage(image, scale=((10.28/512),(2.486/96)))
    print self.image.imageItem.pixelSize()

    def keyPressEvent(self, event):
        if event.key()==Qt.Key_Right:
            frame=self.fileheader.frameAtIndex(idx+1)

To connect the slider to the events, I just use:

self.slider.sliderMoved.connect(self.sliderMoved)
self.slider.sliderMoved.connect(self.keyPressEvent)

The arrow key moves the slider, but it does not cause the image to skip frames... I know I'm missing something silly here...

Solution

Try connecting to the slider's valueChanged rather than sliderMoved.

import sys
from PyQt4.QtCore import Qt
from PyQt4.QtGui import QApplication, QWidget, QSlider, QLabel, QVBoxLayout

class Widget(QWidget):
    def __init__(self, parent=None):
        QWidget.__init__(self, parent)

        self.v_layout = QVBoxLayout()

        self.slider = QSlider()
        self.slider.setOrientation(Qt.Horizontal)
        self.label = QLabel('Slider at position 0')

        self.v_layout.addWidget(self.label)
        self.v_layout.addWidget(self.slider)

        self.setLayout(self.v_layout)

        self.slider.valueChanged.connect(self.slider_moved)

    def keyPressEvent(self, event):
        if event.key()==Qt.Key_Right:
            self.slider.setValue(self.slider.value() + 1)
        elif event.key()==Qt.Key_Left:
            self.slider.setValue(self.slider.value() - 1)
        else:
            QWidget.keyPressEvent(self, event)

    def slider_moved(self, position):
        self.label.setText('Slider at position %d' % position)


if __name__ == '__main__':
  app = QApplication(sys.argv)

  widget = Widget()
  widget.show()

  sys.exit(app.exec_())

From your keyPressEvent you can just change the value of the slider which will cause whatever functions that are connected to valueChanged to run.

Answered By - Gary Hughes