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i'd like to learn PyQt by writing a simple game. the first widget would have buttons like "New game", "Quit", etc. i am having trouble understanding how to transition from that menu widget to a new one.
for instance, if i were to click New Game, how do i have a new widget appear that replaces the old one and asks for the user's name? the way i am approaching it now is something like
Form = QtGui.QWidget()
ui = uiMainMenu()
ui.setupUi(Form)
Form.show()
then once newGameButton is pressed it would go to a subroutine...
Form2 = QtGui.QWidget()
ui2 = uiNewGame()
ui2.setupUi(Form2)
Form2.show()
i'm not asking for all the code, just an explanation as to how i should be approaching the problem, because the code above ain't doing squat.
thanks!
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asked Jun 08 '26 15:06
if you want to switch between forms then you can use QStackedWidget. Below you can find a working sample code:
import sys
from functools import partial
from PyQt4.QtGui import *
from PyQt4.QtCore import *
class Form1(QWidget):
showForm2Signal = pyqtSignal()
def __init__(self, parent=None):
super(Form1, self).__init__(parent)
self.newGameButton = QPushButton("New Game", self)
self.quitButton = QPushButton("Quit", self)
layout = QVBoxLayout(self)
layout.addWidget(QLabel("<html>My Game<br>Start Page</html>"))
layout.addWidget(self.newGameButton)
layout.addWidget(self.quitButton)
self.newGameButton.clicked.connect(self.showForm2Signal.emit)
self.quitButton.clicked.connect(qApp.quit)
class Form2(QWidget):
showForm1Signal = pyqtSignal()
def __init__(self, parent=None):
super(Form2, self).__init__(parent)
self.backButton = QPushButton("Back", self)
layout = QVBoxLayout(self)
layout.addWidget(QLabel("New Game Started!"))
layout.addWidget(self.backButton)
self.backButton.clicked.connect(self.showForm1Signal.emit)
class MainWidget(QWidget):
def __init__(self, parent=None):
super(MainWidget, self).__init__(parent)
self.stack = QStackedWidget()
layout = QVBoxLayout(self)
layout.addWidget(self.stack)
self.form1 = Form1(self)
self.form2 = Form2(self)
self.stack.addWidget(self.form1)
self.stack.addWidget(self.form2)
self.form1.showForm2Signal.connect(partial(self.stack.setCurrentWidget,
self.form2))
self.form2.showForm1Signal.connect(partial(self.stack.setCurrentWidget,
self.form1))
self.stack.setCurrentWidget(self.form1)
if __name__ == '__main__':
app = QApplication(sys.argv)
w = MainWidget()
w.show()
app.exec_()
sys.exit()
If you only want to ask the name to the user then you can use a QDialog widget.
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