I'm trying to create a circular button with an image. So far I've been able to create a circular button and a button with an image background but I haven't been able to combine the two.
Here is my current code:
import sys
import PyQt5.QtWidgets
class Window(PyQt5.QtWidgets.QMainWindow):
def __init__(self):
super().__init__()
# setting title
self.setWindowTitle("Python ")
# setting geometry
self.setGeometry(100, 100, 600, 400)
# calling method
self.UiComponents()
# showing all the widgets
self.show()
# method for widgets
def UiComponents(self):
button = PyQt5.QtWidgets.QPushButton("CLICK", self)
button.setGeometry(200, 150, 100, 100)
# Background img and circular
button.setStyleSheet('''border-radius : 5;
border : 2px solid black
background-image : url(image.png);
''')
# adding action to a button
button.clicked.connect(self.clickme)
# action method
def clickme(self):
print("pressed")
App = PyQt5.QtWidgets.QApplication(sys.argv)
window = Window()
sys.exit(App.exec())
Qt documentation has a section exactly about this topic:
When styling a QPushButton, it is often desirable to use an image as the button graphic. It is common to try the background-image property, but this has a number of drawbacks: For instance, the background will often appear hidden behind the button decoration, because it is not considered a background. In addition, if the button is resized, the entire background will be stretched or tiled, which does not always look good.
It is better to use the border-image property, as it will always display the image, regardless of the background (you can combine it with a background if it has alpha values in it), and it has special settings to deal with button resizing.
So, you must ensure that you're using a square (not rectangular) image with the circle margins right at the edges, and use border-image
instead of background-image
(which tiles the image if it's smaller than the button size); note that you should not set any border in the stylesheet.
button.setStyleSheet('''
border-image: url(image.png);
''')
You obviously need to always use the same value for both the height and the width of the button, possibly by using setFixedSize()
, otherwise if you add the button to a layout it will not be circular any more.