Buttons (QPushButton) can be added to any window. The QPushButton class has the method setText() for its label and move(x,y) for the position.

In this article you can see how a button can be added to a window, and how you can connect methods to it.

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PyQt Button Example

Signals and slots

You can create a button with a few lines of code:

button1 = QPushButton(widget)
button1.setText("Button1")
button1.move(64,32)

Then connect it to a method with:

button1.clicked.connect(button1_clicked)

The receiving method is called a slot, the clicked.connect (if the button is clicked) is called a signal.

def button1_clicked():
   print("Button 1 clicked")

pyqt button QPushButton

Button example

Run the code below to see 2 buttons in a window. You can click either one of the buttons and their connected methods will be called.

import sys
from PyQt5.QtWidgets import QApplication, QWidget, QPushButton
from PyQt5.QtGui import QIcon
from PyQt5.QtCore import pyqtSlot

def window():
   app = QApplication(sys.argv)
   widget = QWidget()

   button1 = QPushButton(widget)
   button1.setText("Button1")
   button1.move(64,32)
   button1.clicked.connect(button1_clicked)

   button2 = QPushButton(widget)
   button2.setText("Button2")
   button2.move(64,64)
   button2.clicked.connect(button2_clicked)

   widget.setGeometry(50,50,320,200)
   widget.setWindowTitle("PyQt5 Button Click Example")
   widget.show()
   sys.exit(app.exec_())


def button1_clicked():
   print("Button 1 clicked")

def button2_clicked():
   print("Button 2 clicked")

if __name__ == '__main__':
   window()

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