Edit: this issue seems to be specific to Qt version 5.12.0. See the answers for more details and for a workaround
I'm trying to implement a drop zone for loading files into my application. It works when I just show the widget as a top level widget, but it stops working as soon as I include it into another parent widget.
The problem is, altough I'm receiving dragEnterEvent
and accepting it, I never see the dropEvent
.
This is my widget:
class FileDropZone(qt.QLabel):
"""Target area for a drag and drop operation"""
height = 33
def __init__(self, text="Add file", parent=None):
super().__init__(text, parent)
stylesheet = """
QLabel {
border: 2px dotted #B4BDBA;
qproperty-alignment: AlignCenter;
}
"""
self.setStyleSheet(stylesheet)
self.setAcceptDrops(True)
self.setFixedHeight(self.height)
def dragEnterEvent(self, event):
print("in drag enter event")
if event.mimeData().hasUrls():
print("hasUrls()")
event.acceptProposedAction()
def dropEvent(self, event):
print("in drop event")
urls = event.mimeData().urls()
for url in urls:
print(url.isLocalFile(), url.toLocalFile())
This is how I manage to make it work:
app = qt.QApplication([])
a = FileDropZone()
a.show()
app.exec_()
And this is the example where it does not work (dragEnter
works, both prints are properly printed, but dropEvent
does not print anything):
app = qt.QApplication([])
a0 = qt.QWidget()
l = qt.QHBoxLayout(a0)
a1 = FileDropZone("drop here", a0)
l.addWidget(a1)
a0.show()
app.exec_()
Any clues about what is broken? Does the parent need to forward the event, and if so, how should I implement it?