PyQt keep aspect ratio fixed

Question

I'm working on a PyQt5 GUI, so far, I've just had experience with python scripts and did not delve into creating user interfaces.

The GUI will have to be used on different screens (maybe also some old 4:3 ratio screens) and will need to look nice in different sizes. Now, my approach to make my life easier was to enforce a fixed aspect ratio of the window and resize the different elements according to window size.

from PyQt5 import QtCore, QtGui, QtWidgets

class MainWindow(QtWidgets.QMainWindow):
    def __init__(self, parent= None):
        super().__init__(parent)
        self.form_widget = FormWidget(self)
        self.setCentralWidget(self.form_widget)
        self.resize(200, 400)
        self.sizePolicy = QtWidgets.QSizePolicy(QtWidgets.QSizePolicy.Preferred, QtWidgets.QSizePolicy.Preferred)
        self.sizePolicy.setHeightForWidth(True)
        self.setSizePolicy(self.sizePolicy)

    def heightForWidth(self, width):
        return width * 2

class FormWidget(QtWidgets.QWidget):

    def __init__(self, parent):
        super().__init__(parent)

    def resizeEvent(self, event):
        f = self.font()
        temp = event.size().height()
        f.setPixelSize(temp / 16)
        self.setFont(f)

        return super().resizeEvent(event)


if __name__ == "__main__":
    import sys
    app = QtWidgets.QApplication(sys.argv)

    w = MainWindow()
    w.show()
    sys.exit(app.exec_())

Resizing the elements according to window size works fine, but window aspect ratio is not kept at all. I copied this approach with heightForWidth from old PyQt4 threads. Doesn't this approach work anymore in PyQt5? Am I missing something?

Answer 1

If I understood your question, you should try using a layout inside the main window.

I did this:

from PyQt5 import QtCore, QtGui, QtWidgets

class MainWindow(QtWidgets.QMainWindow):
    def __init__(self, parent= None):
        super().__init__(parent)
        self.central_widget = QtWidgets.QWidget()
        self.central_layout = QtWidgets.QVBoxLayout()
        self.setCentralWidget(self.central_widget)
        self.central_widget.setLayout(self.central_layout)
        # Lets create some widgets inside
        self.label = QtWidgets.QLabel()
        self.list_view = QtWidgets.QListView()
        self.push_button = QtWidgets.QPushButton()
        self.label.setText('Hi, this is a label. And the next one is a List View :')
        self.push_button.setText('Push Button Here')
        # Lets add the widgets
        self.central_layout.addWidget(self.label)
        self.central_layout.addWidget(self.list_view)
        self.central_layout.addWidget(self.push_button)
      
if __name__ == "__main__":
    import sys
    app = QtWidgets.QApplication(sys.argv)
    w = MainWindow()
    w.show()
    sys.exit(app.exec_())

If you resize the window, the widgets inside it get resized.