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# QDialogButtonBox Class Reference
[QtGui module]

The QDialogButtonBox class is a widget that presents buttons in a layout that is appropriate to the current widget style. More...

Inherits QWidget.

### Types

- enum ButtonLayout { WinLayout, MacLayout, KdeLayout, GnomeLayout }
- enum ButtonRole { InvalidRole, AcceptRole, RejectRole, DestructiveRole, ..., ApplyRole }
- enum StandardButton { NoButton, Ok, Save, SaveAll, ..., RestoreDefaults }
- class StandardButtons

### Methods

- __init__ (self, QWidget parent = None)
- __init__ (self, Qt.Orientation, QWidget parent = None)
- __init__ (self, StandardButtons, Qt.Orientation orientation = Qt.Horizontal, QWidget parent = None)
- addButton (self, QAbstractButton, ButtonRole)
- QPushButton addButton (self, QString, ButtonRole)
- QPushButton addButton (self, StandardButton)
- QPushButton button (self, StandardButton)
- ButtonRole buttonRole (self, QAbstractButton)
- list-of-QAbstractButton buttons (self)
- bool centerButtons (self)
- changeEvent (self, QEvent)
- clear (self)
- bool event (self, QEvent)
- Qt.Orientation orientation (self)
- removeButton (self, QAbstractButton)
- setCenterButtons (self, bool)
- setOrientation (self, Qt.Orientation)
- setStandardButtons (self, StandardButtons)
- StandardButton standardButton (self, QAbstractButton)
- StandardButtons standardButtons (self)

### Qt Signals

- void accepted ()
- void clicked (QAbstractButton *)
- void helpRequested ()
- void rejected ()

## Detailed Description

The QDialogButtonBox class is a widget that presents buttons in a layout that is appropriate to the current widget style.

Dialogs and message boxes typically present buttons in a layout that conforms to the interface guidelines for that platform. Invariably, different platforms have different layouts for their dialogs. QDialogButtonBox allows a developer to add buttons to it and will automatically use the appropriate layout for the user's desktop environment.

Most buttons for a dialog follow certain roles. Such roles include:

- Accepting or rejecting the dialog.
- Asking for help.
- Performing actions on the dialog itself (such as resetting fields or applying changes).

There can also be alternate ways of dismissing the dialog which may cause destructive results.

Most dialogs have buttons that can almost be considered standard (e.g. OK and Cancel buttons). It is sometimes convenient to create these buttons in a standard way.

There are a couple ways of using QDialogButtonBox. One ways is to create the buttons (or button texts) yourself and add them to the button box, specifying their role.

         findButton = new QPushButton(tr("&Find"));
         findButton->setDefault(true);

         moreButton = new QPushButton(tr("&More"));
         moreButton->setCheckable(true);
         moreButton->setAutoDefault(false);

         buttonBox = new QDialogButtonBox(Qt.Vertical);
         buttonBox->addButton(findButton, QDialogButtonBox.ActionRole);
         buttonBox->addButton(moreButton, QDialogButtonBox.ActionRole);

Alternatively, QDialogButtonBox provides several standard buttons (e.g. OK, Cancel, Save) that you can use. They exist as flags so you can OR them together in the constructor.

         buttonBox = new QDialogButtonBox(QDialogButtonBox.Ok
                                          | QDialogButtonBox.Cancel);

         connect(buttonBox, SIGNAL(accepted()), this, SLOT(accept()));
         connect(buttonBox, SIGNAL(rejected()), this, SLOT(reject()));

You can mix and match normal buttons and standard buttons.

Currently the buttons are laid out in the following way if the button box is horizontal:

| Button box laid out in horizontal GnomeLayout
| Button box laid out in horizontal KdeLayout
| Button box laid out in horizontal MacLayout
| Button box laid out in horizontal WinLayout

The buttons are laid out the following way if the button box is vertical:

| Button box laid out in vertical GnomeLayout
| Button box laid out in vertical KdeLayout
| Button box laid out in vertical MacLayout
| Button box laid out in vertical WinLayout

Additionally, button boxes that contain only buttons with ActionRole or HelpRole can be considered modeless and have an alternate look on the mac:

| modeless horizontal MacLayout
| modeless vertical MacLayout

When a button is clicked in the button box, the clicked() signal is emitted for the actual button is that is pressed. For convenience, if the button has an AcceptRole, RejectRole, or HelpRole, the accepted(), rejected(), or helpRequested() signals are emitted respectively.

If you want a specific button to be default you need to call QPushButton.setDefault() on it yourself. However, if there is no default button set and to preserve which button is the default button across platforms when using the QPushButton.autoDefault property, the first push button with the accept role is made the default button when the QDialogButtonBox is shown,

See also QMessageBox, QPushButton, and QDialog.

## Type Documentation

### QDialogButtonBox.ButtonLayout

This enum describes the layout policy to be used when arranging the buttons contained in the button box.

Constant | Value | Description
--- | --- | ---
`QDialogButtonBox.WinLayout` | `0` | Use a policy appropriate for applications on Windows.
`QDialogButtonBox.MacLayout` | `1` | Use a policy appropriate for applications on Mac OS X.
`QDialogButtonBox.KdeLayout` | `2` | Use a policy appropriate for applications on KDE.
`QDialogButtonBox.GnomeLayout` | `3` | Use a policy appropriate for applications on GNOME.

The button layout is specified by the current style. However, on the X11 platform, it may be influenced by the desktop environment.

### QDialogButtonBox.ButtonRole

This enum describes the roles that can be used to describe buttons in the button box. Combinations of these roles are as flags used to describe different aspects of their behavior.

Constant | Value | Description
--- | --- | ---
`QDialogButtonBox.InvalidRole` | `-1` | The button is invalid.
`QDialogButtonBox.AcceptRole` | `0` | Clicking the button causes the dialog to be accepted (e.g. OK).
`QDialogButtonBox.RejectRole` | `1` | Clicking the button causes the dialog to be rejected (e.g. Cancel).
`QDialogButtonBox.DestructiveRole` | `2` | Clicking the button causes a destructive change (e.g. for Discarding Changes) and closes the dialog.
`QDialogButtonBox.ActionRole` | `3` | Clicking the button causes changes to the elements within the dialog.
`QDialogButtonBox.HelpRole` | `4` | The button can be clicked to request help.
`QDialogButtonBox.YesRole` | `5` | The button is a "Yes"-like button.
`QDialogButtonBox.NoRole` | `6` | The button is a "No"-like button.
`QDialogButtonBox.ApplyRole` | `8` | The button applies current changes.
`QDialogButtonBox.ResetRole` | `7` | The button resets the dialog's fields to default values.

See also StandardButton.

### QDialogButtonBox.StandardButton

These enums describe flags for standard buttons. Each button has a defined ButtonRole.

Constant | Value | Description
--- | --- | ---
`QDialogButtonBox.Ok` | `0x00000400` | An "OK" button defined with the AcceptRole.
`QDialogButtonBox.Open` | `0x00002000` | A "Open" button defined with the AcceptRole.
`QDialogButtonBox.Save` | `0x00000800` | A "Save" button defined with the AcceptRole.
`QDialogButtonBox.Cancel` | `0x00400000` | A "Cancel" button defined with the RejectRole.
`QDialogButtonBox.Close` | `0x00200000` | A "Close" button defined with the RejectRole.
`QDialogButtonBox.Discard` | `0x00800000` | A "Discard" or "Don't Save" button, depending on the platform, defined with the DestructiveRole.
`QDialogButtonBox.Apply` | `0x02000000` | An "Apply" button defined with the ApplyRole.
`QDialogButtonBox.Reset` | `0x04000000` | A "Reset" button defined with the ResetRole.
`QDialogButtonBox.RestoreDefaults` | `0x08000000` | A "Restore Defaults" button defined with the ResetRole.
`QDialogButtonBox.Help` | `0x01000000` | A "Help" button defined with the HelpRole.
`QDialogButtonBox.SaveAll` | `0x00001000` | A "Save All" button defined with the AcceptRole.
`QDialogButtonBox.Yes` | `0x00004000` | A "Yes" button defined with the YesRole.
`QDialogButtonBox.YesToAll` | `0x00008000` | A "Yes to All" button defined with the YesRole.
`QDialogButtonBox.No` | `0x00010000` | A "No" button defined with the NoRole.
`QDialogButtonBox.NoToAll` | `0x00020000` | A "No to All" button defined with the NoRole.
`QDialogButtonBox.Abort` | `0x00040000` | An "Abort" button defined with the RejectRole.
`QDialogButtonBox.Retry` | `0x00080000` | A "Retry" button defined with the AcceptRole.
`QDialogButtonBox.Ignore` | `0x00100000` | An "Ignore" button defined with the AcceptRole.
`QDialogButtonBox.NoButton` | `0x00000000` | An invalid button.

The StandardButtons type is a typedef for QFlags<StandardButton>. It stores an OR combination of StandardButton values.

See also ButtonRole and standardButtons.

## Method Documentation

### QDialogButtonBox.__init__ (self, QWidget parent = None)

The parent argument, if not None, causes self to be owned by Qt instead of PyQt.

Constructs an empty, horizontal button box with the given parent.

See also orientation and addButton().

### QDialogButtonBox.__init__ (self, Qt.Orientation, QWidget parent = None)

The parent argument, if not None, causes self to be owned by Qt instead of PyQt.

Constructs an empty button box with the given orientation and parent.

See also orientation and addButton().

### QDialogButtonBox.__init__ (self, StandardButtons, Qt.Orientation orientation = Qt.Horizontal, QWidget parent = None)

The parent argument, if not None, causes self to be owned by Qt instead of PyQt.

Constructs a button box with the given orientation and parent, containing the standard buttons specified by buttons.

See also orientation and addButton().

### QDialogButtonBox.addButton (self, QAbstractButton, ButtonRole)

The QAbstractButton argument has it's ownership transferred to Qt.

Adds the given button to the button box with the specified role. If the role is invalid, the button is not added.

If the button has already been added, it is removed and added again with the new role.

See also removeButton() and clear().

### QPushButton QDialogButtonBox.addButton (self, QString, ButtonRole)

Creates a push button with the given text, adds it to the button box for the specified role, and returns the corresponding push button. If role is invalid, no button is created, and zero is returned.

See also removeButton() and clear().

### QPushButton QDialogButtonBox.addButton (self, StandardButton)

Adds a standard button to the button box if it is valid to do so, and returns a push button. If button is invalid, it is not added to the button box, and zero is returned.

See also removeButton() and clear().

### QPushButton QDialogButtonBox.button (self, StandardButton)

Returns the QPushButton corresponding to the standard button which, or 0 if the standard button doesn't exist in this button box.

See also standardButton(), standardButtons(), and buttons().

### ButtonRole QDialogButtonBox.buttonRole (self, QAbstractButton)

Returns the button role for the specified button. This function returns InvalidRole if button is 0 or has not been added to the button box.

See also buttons() and addButton().

### list-of-QAbstractButton QDialogButtonBox.buttons (self)

Returns a list of all the buttons that have been added to the button box.

See also buttonRole(), addButton(), and removeButton().

### bool QDialogButtonBox.centerButtons (self)

### QDialogButtonBox.changeEvent (self, QEvent)

Reimplemented from QWidget.changeEvent().

### QDialogButtonBox.clear (self)

Clears the button box, deleting all buttons within it.

See also removeButton() and addButton().

### bool QDialogButtonBox.event (self, QEvent)

Reimplemented from QObject.event().

### Qt.Orientation QDialogButtonBox.orientation (self)

### QDialogButtonBox.removeButton (self, QAbstractButton)

The QAbstractButton argument

Removes button from the button box without deleting it and sets its parent to zero.

See also clear(), buttons(), and addButton().

### QDialogButtonBox.setCenterButtons (self, bool)

### QDialogButtonBox.setOrientation (self, Qt.Orientation)

### QDialogButtonBox.setStandardButtons (self, StandardButtons)

### StandardButton QDialogButtonBox.standardButton (self, QAbstractButton)

Returns the standard button enum value corresponding to the given button, or NoButton if the given button isn't a standard button.

See also button(), buttons(), and standardButtons().

### StandardButtons QDialogButtonBox.standardButtons (self)

## Qt Signal Documentation

### void accepted ()

This is the default overload of this signal.

This signal is emitted when a button inside the button box is clicked, as long as it was defined with the AcceptRole or YesRole.

See also rejected(), clicked(), and helpRequested().

### void clicked (QAbstractButton *)

This is the default overload of this signal.

This signal is emitted when a button inside the button box is clicked. The specific button that was pressed is specified by button.

See also accepted(), rejected(), and helpRequested().

### void helpRequested ()

This is the default overload of this signal.

This signal is emitted when a button inside the button box is clicked, as long as it was defined with the HelpRole.

See also accepted(), rejected(), and clicked().

### void rejected ()

This is the default overload of this signal.

This signal is emitted when a button inside the button box is clicked, as long as it was defined with the RejectRole or NoRole.

See also accepted(), helpRequested(), and clicked().