PyQt - simplest working example of a combobox inside QTableView

Question

Background: I cannot find a full working example of a combobox inside a QTableView. So I wrote this code based on several other more contrived examples out there. The problem is, however, that this example requires you to double-click on the combobox before it becomes enabled, then you have to click again to drop it down. It's not very user-friendly. If I do the non-model/view-thing using QTableWidget, the combobox drops down on the first click.

Question: Can someone look at this and tell me what needs to be done to make it respond just like QTableWidget? Also if there is anything that I'm doing that is unnecessary, please indicate that also. For example, is it absolutely necessary to reference the application style?

import sys
from PyQt4 import QtGui, QtCore

rows = "ABCD"
choices = ['apple', 'orange', 'banana']

class Delegate(QtGui.QItemDelegate):
    def __init__(self, owner, items):
        super(Delegate, self).__init__(owner)
        self.items = items
    def createEditor(self, parent, option, index):
        self.editor = QtGui.QComboBox(parent)
        self.editor.addItems(self.items)
        return self.editor
    def paint(self, painter, option, index):
        value = index.data(QtCore.Qt.DisplayRole).toString()
        style = QtGui.QApplication.style()
        opt = QtGui.QStyleOptionComboBox()
        opt.text = str(value)
        opt.rect = option.rect
        style.drawComplexControl(QtGui.QStyle.CC_ComboBox, opt, painter)
        QtGui.QItemDelegate.paint(self, painter, option, index)
    def setEditorData(self, editor, index):
        value = index.data(QtCore.Qt.DisplayRole).toString()
        num = self.items.index(value)
        editor.setCurrentIndex(num)
    def setModelData(self, editor, model, index):
        value = editor.currentText()
        model.setData(index, QtCore.Qt.DisplayRole, QtCore.QVariant(value))
    def updateEditorGeometry(self, editor, option, index):
        editor.setGeometry(option.rect)

class Model(QtCore.QAbstractTableModel):
    def __init__(self):
        super(Model, self).__init__()
        self.table = [[row, choices[0]] for row in rows]
    def rowCount(self, index=QtCore.QModelIndex()):
        return len(self.table)
    def columnCount(self, index=QtCore.QModelIndex()):
        return 2
    def flags(self, index):
        return QtCore.Qt.ItemIsEditable | QtCore.Qt.ItemIsEnabled | QtCore.Qt.ItemIsSelectable
    def data(self, index, role):
        if role == QtCore.Qt.DisplayRole:
            return self.table[index.row()][index.column()]
    def setData(self, index, role, value):
        if role == QtCore.Qt.DisplayRole:
            self.table[index.row()][index.column()] = value

class Main(QtGui.QMainWindow):
    def __init__(self, parent=None):
        super(Main, self).__init__(parent)
        self.model = Model()
        self.table = QtGui.QTableView()
        self.table.setModel(self.model)
        self.table.setItemDelegateForColumn(1, Delegate(self, ["apple", "orange", "banana"]))
        self.setCentralWidget(self.table)
        self.setWindowTitle('Delegate Test')
        self.show()

if __name__ == '__main__':
    app = QtGui.QApplication(sys.argv)
    main = Main()
    app.exec_()

Answer 1

Using QTableWiget.setCellWidget

import sys
from PyQt4 import QtGui
app = QtGui.QApplication(sys.argv)
table = QtGui.QTableWidget(1,1)
combobox = QtGui.QComboBox()
combobox.addItem("Combobox item")
table.setCellWidget(0,0, combobox)
table.show()
app.exec()

Answer 2

If anyone is interested, below is the same example modified for PyQt5 and Python 3. Key updates include:

• Python 3: super().__init__()
• PyQt5: most classes are in QtWidgets; QtGui is not needed for this example
• Model.setData: input argument order changed to: index, value, role, and True returned instead of None
• Combo box choices and table contents now specified inside Main; this makes Delegate and Model more general

from PyQt5 import QtWidgets, QtCore

class Delegate(QtWidgets.QItemDelegate):
    def __init__(self, owner, choices):
        super().__init__(owner)
        self.items = choices
    def createEditor(self, parent, option, index):
        self.editor = QtWidgets.QComboBox(parent)
        self.editor.addItems(self.items)
        return self.editor
    def paint(self, painter, option, index):
        value = index.data(QtCore.Qt.DisplayRole)
        style = QtWidgets.QApplication.style()
        opt = QtWidgets.QStyleOptionComboBox()
        opt.text = str(value)
        opt.rect = option.rect
        style.drawComplexControl(QtWidgets.QStyle.CC_ComboBox, opt, painter)
        QtWidgets.QItemDelegate.paint(self, painter, option, index)
    def setEditorData(self, editor, index):
        value = index.data(QtCore.Qt.DisplayRole)
        num = self.items.index(value)
        editor.setCurrentIndex(num)
    def setModelData(self, editor, model, index):
        value = editor.currentText()
        model.setData(index, QtCore.Qt.DisplayRole, QtCore.QVariant(value))
    def updateEditorGeometry(self, editor, option, index):
        editor.setGeometry(option.rect)

class Model(QtCore.QAbstractTableModel):
    def __init__(self, table):
        super().__init__()
        self.table = table
    def rowCount(self, parent):
        return len(self.table)
    def columnCount(self, parent):
        return len(self.table[0])
    def flags(self, index):
        return QtCore.Qt.ItemIsEditable | QtCore.Qt.ItemIsEnabled | QtCore.Qt.ItemIsSelectable
    def data(self, index, role):
        if role == QtCore.Qt.DisplayRole:
            return self.table[index.row()][index.column()]
    def setData(self, index, value, role):
        if role == QtCore.Qt.EditRole:
            self.table[index.row()][index.column()] = value
        return True

class Main(QtWidgets.QMainWindow):
    def __init__(self, parent=None):
        super().__init__(parent)
        # set combo box choices:
        choices = ['apple', 'orange', 'banana']
        # create table data:
        table   = []
        table.append(['A', choices[0]])
        table.append(['B', choices[0]])
        table.append(['C', choices[0]])
        table.append(['D', choices[0]])
        # create table view:
        self.model     = Model(table)
        self.tableView = QtWidgets.QTableView()
        self.tableView.setModel(self.model)
        self.tableView.setItemDelegateForColumn(1, Delegate(self,choices))
        # make combo boxes editable with a single-click:
        for row in range( len(table) ):
            self.tableView.openPersistentEditor(self.model.index(row, 1))
        # initialize
        self.setCentralWidget(self.tableView)
        self.setWindowTitle('Delegate Test')
        self.show()

if __name__ == '__main__':
    import sys
    app = QtWidgets.QApplication(sys.argv)
    main = Main()
    app.exec_()

Answer 3

If you are trying to adjust when the view displays the editor, you need to change the edit trigger as defined in QAbstractItemView. The default is edit on doubleClick, but I think what you are after is QAbstractItemView.CurrentChanged. Set it by calling myView.setEditTrigger()