Python PyQt4 slider with tick labels

Question

I am new to PyQt4 and i am making a gui with QSlider.

By default the QSlider doesnt show you the values of your ticks. I searched and didnt find an easy way to do it

Answer 1

I've cooked up a solution that deals with adding labels to sliders, in vertical or horizontal orientations.

Result screenshot:

Code here (note that there are some import changes between PyQt4 and 5).

import sys
from PyQt5 import QtWidgets
from PyQt5.QtGui import QPainter
from PyQt5.QtWidgets import QStyle, QStyleOptionSlider
from PyQt5.QtCore import QRect, QPoint, Qt


class LabeledSlider(QtWidgets.QWidget):
    def __init__(self, minimum, maximum, interval=1, orientation=Qt.Horizontal,
            labels=None, parent=None):
        super(LabeledSlider, self).__init__(parent=parent)

        levels=range(minimum, maximum+interval, interval)
        if labels is not None:
            if not isinstance(labels, (tuple, list)):
                raise Exception(" is a list or tuple.")
            if len(labels) != len(levels):
                raise Exception("Size of  doesn't match levels.")
            self.levels=list(zip(levels,labels))
        else:
            self.levels=list(zip(levels,map(str,levels)))

        if orientation==Qt.Horizontal:
            self.layout=QtWidgets.QVBoxLayout(self)
        elif orientation==Qt.Vertical:
            self.layout=QtWidgets.QHBoxLayout(self)
        else:
            raise Exception(" wrong.")

        # gives some space to print labels
        self.left_margin=10
        self.top_margin=10
        self.right_margin=10
        self.bottom_margin=10

        self.layout.setContentsMargins(self.left_margin,self.top_margin,
                self.right_margin,self.bottom_margin)

        self.sl=QtWidgets.QSlider(orientation, self)
        self.sl.setMinimum(minimum)
        self.sl.setMaximum(maximum)
        self.sl.setValue(minimum)
        if orientation==Qt.Horizontal:
            self.sl.setTickPosition(QtWidgets.QSlider.TicksBelow)
            self.sl.setMinimumWidth(300) # just to make it easier to read
        else:
            self.sl.setTickPosition(QtWidgets.QSlider.TicksLeft)
            self.sl.setMinimumHeight(300) # just to make it easier to read
        self.sl.setTickInterval(interval)
        self.sl.setSingleStep(1)

        self.layout.addWidget(self.sl)

    def paintEvent(self, e):

        super(LabeledSlider,self).paintEvent(e)

        style=self.sl.style()
        painter=QPainter(self)
        st_slider=QStyleOptionSlider()
        st_slider.initFrom(self.sl)
        st_slider.orientation=self.sl.orientation()

        length=style.pixelMetric(QStyle.PM_SliderLength, st_slider, self.sl)
        available=style.pixelMetric(QStyle.PM_SliderSpaceAvailable, st_slider, self.sl)

        for v, v_str in self.levels:

            # get the size of the label
            rect=painter.drawText(QRect(), Qt.TextDontPrint, v_str)

            if self.sl.orientation()==Qt.Horizontal:
                # I assume the offset is half the length of slider, therefore
                # + length//2
                x_loc=QStyle.sliderPositionFromValue(self.sl.minimum(),
                        self.sl.maximum(), v, available)+length//2

                # left bound of the text = center - half of text width + L_margin
                left=x_loc-rect.width()//2+self.left_margin
                bottom=self.rect().bottom()

                # enlarge margins if clipping
                if v==self.sl.minimum():
                    if left<=0:
                        self.left_margin=rect.width()//2-x_loc
                    if self.bottom_margin<=rect.height():
                        self.bottom_margin=rect.height()

                    self.layout.setContentsMargins(self.left_margin,
                            self.top_margin, self.right_margin,
                            self.bottom_margin)

                if v==self.sl.maximum() and rect.width()//2>=self.right_margin:
                    self.right_margin=rect.width()//2
                    self.layout.setContentsMargins(self.left_margin,
                            self.top_margin, self.right_margin,
                            self.bottom_margin)

            else:
                y_loc=QStyle.sliderPositionFromValue(self.sl.minimum(),
                        self.sl.maximum(), v, available, upsideDown=True)

                bottom=y_loc+length//2+rect.height()//2+self.top_margin-3
                # there is a 3 px offset that I can't attribute to any metric

                left=self.left_margin-rect.width()
                if left<=0:
                    self.left_margin=rect.width()+2
                    self.layout.setContentsMargins(self.left_margin,
                            self.top_margin, self.right_margin,
                            self.bottom_margin)

            pos=QPoint(left, bottom)
            painter.drawText(pos, v_str)

        return


if __name__ == '__main__':
    app = QtWidgets.QApplication(sys.argv)
    frame=QtWidgets.QWidget()
    ha=QtWidgets.QHBoxLayout()
    frame.setLayout(ha)

    w = LabeledSlider(1, 10 , 1, orientation=Qt.Horizontal)

    ha.addWidget(w)
    frame.show()
    sys.exit(app.exec_())