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Qt5 Python GUI Programming Cookbook

You're reading from   Qt5 Python GUI Programming Cookbook Building responsive and powerful cross-platform applications with PyQt

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jul 2018
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781788831000
Length 462 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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 Harwani Harwani
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Table of Contents (20) Chapters Close

Title Page
Dedication
Packt Upsell
Contributors
Preface
1. Creating a User Interface with Qt Components FREE CHAPTER 2. Event Handling - Signals and Slots 3. Working with Date and Time 4. Understanding OOP Concepts 5. Understanding Dialogs 6. Understanding Layouts 7. Networking and Managing Large Documents 8. Doing Asynchronous Programming in Python 9. Database Handling 10. Using Graphics 11. Implementing Animation 12. Using Google Maps 13. Running Python Scripts on Android and iOS 1. Other Books You May Enjoy Index

Multiple Document Interface 


In this recipe, we will learn how to create an application that will display more than one document at a time. Not only will we be able to manage more than one document, but we will also learn to arrange the documents in different formats. We will be able to manage more than one document using a concept called Multiple Document Interface, so let's see a quick introduction to this.

Getting ready

Usually, an application provides one document per main window and such applications are said to be Single Document Interface (SDI) applications. As the name suggests, a Multiple Document Interface (MDI) application is able to display several documents. An MDI application consists of a main window along with a menu bar, a toolbar, and a central space. Several documents can be displayed in the central space, where each document can be managed through individual child window widgets; in MDI, several documents can be displayed and each document is displayed in its own window...

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