QT-PyQt-PySide-Custom-Widgets - Customizing QCustom3CirclesLoader

QCustom3CirclesLoader

Overview

The QCustom3CirclesLoader widget is designed to create a custom loader with three animated circles for PyQt/PySide applications. It provides a visually appealing loading animation that can be customized in terms of color, pen width, and animation duration.

Features

• Customizable Appearance: Users can customize the color and pen width of the circles in the loader animation.
• Animation Duration: Control the duration of the animation for a smoother or faster loading effect.

Usage

Importing

from Custom_Widgets.QCustomLoadingIndicators import QCustom3CirclesLoader

Creating a Custom 3 Circles Loader

loader = QCustom3CirclesLoader(
    parent=myParentWidget,
    color=QColor("#333333"),
    penWidth=20,
    animationDuration=400
)
loader.show()

Customization Options

• Parent: Specify the parent widget of the loader.
• Color: Set the color of the circles in the loader animation.
• Pen Width: Define the width of the pen used to draw the circles.
• Animation Duration: Control the duration of the animation in milliseconds.

Example

import sys
from PySide6.QtCore import Qt
from PySide6.QtWidgets import QApplication, QMainWindow, QWidget, QVBoxLayout
from PySide6.QtGui import QColor
from Custom_Widgets.QCustomLoadingIndicators import QCustom3CirclesLoader

class MainWindow(QMainWindow):
    def __init__(self):
        super().__init__()
        # Create a loader widget with the main window as parent
        # self.loader = QCustom3CirclesLoader(self)
        self.loader = QCustom3CirclesLoader(color=QColor("#000"))

        self.centralwidget = QWidget(self)
        self.layout = QVBoxLayout(self.centralwidget)

        self.layout.addWidget(self.loader)
        self.layout.setAlignment(self.loader, Qt.AlignCenter)  # Align loader widget to the center of the layout

        self.setCentralWidget(self.centralwidget)
        self.resize(800, 450)

if __name__ == "__main__":
    app = QApplication(sys.argv)
    
    # Create an instance of MainWindow
    main_window = MainWindow()
    main_window.show()
    
    sys.exit(app.exec())

Dependencies

• PyQt or PySide
• QT-PyQt-PySide-Custom-Widgets (version 0.8.5 and above)