Use float for QSlider

Question

I have a QLineEdit and a QSlider in which it interacts with each other.

Eg. If I set a value in the QLineEdit, the slider will be updated, or if I slide the slider a

Answer 1

I modified bfris's answer so that the user cannot track the slider between the steps as shown below. The class uses a different method to implement the use of floats, which means that the number of decimal places doesn't need to be specified.

The SetInterval method is equivalent to combining the setTickInterval and setSingleStep methods, but also stops the slider being positioned between tick values.

The class also allows the index of the point selected on the slider to be set and read.

class DoubleSlider(qw.QSlider):

    def __init__(self, *args, **kargs):
        super(DoubleSlider, self).__init__( *args, **kargs)
        self._min = 0
        self._max = 99
        self.interval = 1

    def setValue(self, value):
        index = round((value - self._min) / self.interval)
        return super(DoubleSlider, self).setValue(index)

    def value(self):
        return self.index * self.interval + self._min

    @property
    def index(self):
        return super(DoubleSlider, self).value()

    def setIndex(self, index):
        return super(DoubleSlider, self).setValue(index)

    def setMinimum(self, value):
        self._min = value
        self._range_adjusted()

    def setMaximum(self, value):
        self._max = value
        self._range_adjusted()

    def setInterval(self, value):
        # To avoid division by zero
        if not value:
            raise ValueError('Interval of zero specified')
        self.interval = value
        self._range_adjusted()

    def _range_adjusted(self):
        number_of_steps = int((self._max - self._min) / self.interval)
        super(DoubleSlider, self).setMaximum(number_of_steps)

Answer 2

@dissidia's answer is good. But if you have a lot of sliders in your app or if you need several different scale factors, it pays to subclass QSlider to make your own QDoubleSlider.

The class below is based on the work of others, but has an extra feature you'll want if you link to a QLineEdit or QDoubleSpinBox: a new signal for valueChanged called doubleValueChanged.

class DoubleSlider(QSlider):

    # create our our signal that we can connect to if necessary
    doubleValueChanged = pyqtSignal(float)

    def __init__(self, decimals=3, *args, **kargs):
        super(DoubleSlider, self).__init__( *args, **kargs)
        self._multi = 10 ** decimals

        self.valueChanged.connect(self.emitDoubleValueChanged)

    def emitDoubleValueChanged(self):
        value = float(super(DoubleSlider, self).value())/self._multi
        self.doubleValueChanged.emit(value)

    def value(self):
        return float(super(DoubleSlider, self).value()) / self._multi

    def setMinimum(self, value):
        return super(DoubleSlider, self).setMinimum(value * self._multi)

    def setMaximum(self, value):
        return super(DoubleSlider, self).setMaximum(value * self._multi)

    def setSingleStep(self, value):
        return super(DoubleSlider, self).setSingleStep(value * self._multi)

    def singleStep(self):
        return float(super(DoubleSlider, self).singleStep()) / self._multi

    def setValue(self, value):
        super(DoubleSlider, self).setValue(int(value * self._multi))

Answer 3

After much findings, this works for me:

# Connection Signals

# When user tweaks using the slider
self.slider.valueChanged[int].connect(self.update_spinbox)
# When user modify via the spinbox
self.spinbox_value.editingFinished.connect(self.update_slider)


# Functions for each modication made towards slider and spinbox
def update_slider(self):
    # spinbox_value uses float/ doubles type
    # '*100' is used to convert it into integer as QSlider
    # only register integer type
    spinbox_value = self.spinbox_value.value() * 100
    self.slider.setSliderPosition(spinbox_value)

def update_spinbox(self, value):
    # QSlider only uses integer type
    # Need to convert the value from integer into float
    # and divides it by 100
    self.spinbox_value.setValue(float(value) / 100)