{"id":2752,"date":"2024-03-13T05:26:36","date_gmt":"2024-03-13T05:26:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-to-create-a-menu-bar-and-toolbar-in-pyqt5\/"},"modified":"2024-03-19T14:29:21","modified_gmt":"2024-03-19T14:29:21","slug":"how-to-create-a-menu-bar-and-toolbar-in-pyqt5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-to-create-a-menu-bar-and-toolbar-in-pyqt5\/","title":{"rendered":"How to create a menu bar and toolbar in PyQt5?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In PyQt5, you can use QMenuBar to create a menu bar and QToolBar to create a toolbar. Here is a simple example:<\/p>\n<pre class=\"post-pre\"><code><span class=\"hljs-keyword\">import<\/span> sys\r\n<span class=\"hljs-keyword\">from<\/span> PyQt5.QtWidgets <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">import<\/span> QApplication, QMainWindow, QAction, QMenu, QToolBar\r\n\r\n<span class=\"hljs-keyword\">class<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-title class_\">MyWindow<\/span>(<span class=\"hljs-title class_ inherited__\">QMainWindow<\/span>):\r\n    <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">def<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-title function_\">__init__<\/span>(<span class=\"hljs-params\">self<\/span>):\r\n        <span class=\"hljs-built_in\">super<\/span>().__init__()\r\n\r\n        self.initUI()\r\n\r\n    <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">def<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-title function_\">initUI<\/span>(<span class=\"hljs-params\">self<\/span>):\r\n        menu_bar = self.menuBar()\r\n\r\n        <span class=\"hljs-comment\"># \u521b\u5efa\u83dc\u5355<\/span>\r\n        file_menu = menu_bar.addMenu(<span class=\"hljs-string\">'File'<\/span>)\r\n        edit_menu = menu_bar.addMenu(<span class=\"hljs-string\">'Edit'<\/span>)\r\n\r\n        <span class=\"hljs-comment\"># \u5728\u83dc\u5355\u4e2d\u6dfb\u52a0\u52a8\u4f5c<\/span>\r\n        new_action = QAction(<span class=\"hljs-string\">'New'<\/span>, self)\r\n        file_menu.addAction(new_action)\r\n\r\n        save_action = QAction(<span class=\"hljs-string\">'Save'<\/span>, self)\r\n        file_menu.addAction(save_action)\r\n\r\n        cut_action = QAction(<span class=\"hljs-string\">'Cut'<\/span>, self)\r\n        edit_menu.addAction(cut_action)\r\n\r\n        copy_action = QAction(<span class=\"hljs-string\">'Copy'<\/span>, self)\r\n        edit_menu.addAction(copy_action)\r\n\r\n        <span class=\"hljs-comment\"># \u521b\u5efa\u5de5\u5177\u680f<\/span>\r\n        tool_bar = QToolBar(self)\r\n        self.addToolBar(tool_bar)\r\n\r\n        <span class=\"hljs-comment\"># \u5728\u5de5\u5177\u680f\u4e2d\u6dfb\u52a0\u52a8\u4f5c<\/span>\r\n        tool_bar.addAction(new_action)\r\n        tool_bar.addAction(save_action)\r\n        tool_bar.addAction(cut_action)\r\n        tool_bar.addAction(copy_action)\r\n\r\n        self.setWindowTitle(<span class=\"hljs-string\">'Menu and Toolbar Example'<\/span>)\r\n        self.show()\r\n\r\n<span class=\"hljs-keyword\">if<\/span> __name__ == <span class=\"hljs-string\">'__main__'<\/span>:\r\n    app = QApplication(sys.argv)\r\n    window = MyWindow()\r\n    sys.exit(app.exec_())\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>In this example, we constructed a main window with a menu bar and a toolbar. 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