I have 3 checkboxes that I have created in Designer using PyQt5. I am wanting to have the logic flow like this:
If any of the 2 checkboxes are checked, disable the last remaining checkbox. Once a checkbox is unchecked, the disabled checkbox should be re-enabled and so forth.
The "any of the 2 checkboxes are checked" is the part I am struggling with because I don't want to have a bunch of if statements creating this logic.
Here is my code thus far:
class MyApp(QtWidgets.QMainWindow, Ui_MainWindow):
def __init__(self):
QtWidgets.QMainWindow.__init__(self)
Ui_MainWindow.__init__(self)
self.setFixedSize(250, 330)
self.setupUi(self)
self.sewage.stateChanged.connect(self.onStateChange)
self.water.stateChanged.connect(self.onStateChange)
self.internet.stateChanged.connect(self.onStateChange)
@pyqtSlot(int)
def onStateChange(self, state):
if state == Qt.Checked:
if self.sender() == self.sewage or self.sender() == self.internet:
self.water.setEnabled(False)
elif self.sender() == self.internet or self.sender() == self.water:
self.sewage.setEnabled(False)
elif self.sender() == self.water or self.sender() == self.sewage:
self.internet.setEnabled(False)
else:
self.water.setEnabled(True)
self.internet.setEnabled(True)
self.sewage.setEnabled(True)
One solution is to calculate the opposite, that is, if the number of unchecked buttons is 1 and then disable it or not:
class MyApp(QtWidgets.QMainWindow, Ui_MainWindow):
def __init__(self):
QtWidgets.QMainWindow.__init__(self)
self.setFixedSize(250, 330)
self.setupUi(self)
self.sewage.stateChanged.connect(self.onStateChange)
self.water.stateChanged.connect(self.onStateChange)
self.internet.stateChanged.connect(self.onStateChange)
@pyqtSlot()
def onStateChange(self):
buttons = [self.water, self.sewage, self.internet]
uncheckeds = [btn for btn in buttons if not btn.isChecked()]
for btn in uncheckeds:
btn.setDisabled(len(uncheckeds) == 1)
The same logic can be done with QButtonGroup:
class MyApp(QtWidgets.QMainWindow, Ui_MainWindow):
def __init__(self):
QtWidgets.QMainWindow.__init__(self)
self.setFixedSize(250, 330)
self.setupUi(self)
self.m_group = QtWidgets.QButtonGroup(
self, exclusive=False, buttonClicked=self.onButtonClicked
)
for btn in (self.sewage, self.water, self.internet):
self.m_group.addButton(btn)
@QtCore.pyqtSlot()
def onButtonClicked(self):
uncheckeds = [
btn for btn in self.m_group.buttons() if not btn.isChecked()
]
for btn in uncheckeds:
btn.setDisabled(len(uncheckeds) == 1)