How to keep track of thread progress in Python without freezing the PyQt GUI?

Question

Questions:

1. What is the best practice for keeping track of a tread\'s progress without locking the GUI (\"Not Responding\")?
2. Gene

Answer 1

If you want to use signals to indicate progress to the main thread then you should really be using PyQt's QThread class instead of the Thread class from Python's threading module.

A simple example which uses QThread, signals and slots can be found on the PyQt Wiki:

https://wiki.python.org/moin/PyQt/Threading,_Signals_and_Slots