I have an application in which a thread (not main thread) needs access to the GUI\'s elements (send a click action, show a message box, etc). I am working in python and Qt and a
Here is a good tutorial on how to use Qthread: http://joplaete.wordpress.com/2010/07/21/threading-with-pyqt4/ . This will show how to call the GUI elements in different and custom threads. Hope this helps.