Qt GUI Development - Displaying a 2D grid using QGraphicsView

Question

I'm new to Qt development so I've being trying to research a solution to a user interface I need to design. My project is to simulate players in an online game moving around a global map. To represent the map I need to display a 2D grid, with each space in the grid representing a region of a map. I then need to display the location of each player in the game. The back-end is all fully working, with the map implemented as a 2D array. I'm just stuck on how to display the grid.

The research I have done has led me to believe a QGraphicsView is the best way to do this, but I can't seem to find a tutorial relevant to what I need. If anyone has any tips on how to implement this it would be much appreciated.

Thanks, Dan

Answer 1

The more native way is this:

scene = self.getScene()                    # Your scene.

brush = QBrush()
brush.setColor(QColor('#999'))
brush.setStyle(Qt.CrossPattern)            # Grid pattern.
scene.setBackgroundBrush(brush)

borderColor = Qt.black
fillColor = QColor('#DDD')
rect = QRectF(0.0, 0.0, 1280, 720)         # Screen res or whatever.

scene.addRect(rect,borderColor,fillColor)  # Rectangle for color.
scene.addRect(rect,borderColor,brush)      # Rectangle for grid.

Sorry by PyQt...