PyQt QCalendarWidget class

In this article we will look at the PyQt QCalendarWidget class .

The QCalendarWidget displays a calendar for the users to select a date.

Lets look at some of the methods that are available for the QCalendarWidget class

Methods

Examples

Lets look at a basic example

import sys
from PyQt5.QtWidgets import (QApplication, QWidget, QLabel, QVBoxLayout, QCalendarWidget)
from PyQt5.QtCore import QDate


class MyApp(QWidget):

    def __init__(self):
        super().__init__()
        self.initUI()

    def initUI(self):

        calendar = QCalendarWidget(self)
        calendar.setGridVisible(True)
        calendar.clicked[QDate].connect(self.showDate)

        self.lbl = QLabel(self)
        date = calendar.selectedDate()
        self.lbl.setText(date.toString())

        vbox = QVBoxLayout()
        vbox.addWidget(calendar)
        vbox.addWidget(self.lbl)

        self.setLayout(vbox)

        self.setWindowTitle('QCalendarWidget Example')
        self.setGeometry(300, 300, 400, 300)
        self.show()

    def showDate(self, date):
        self.lbl.setText(date.toString())


if __name__ == '__main__':
    app = QApplication(sys.argv)
    ex = MyApp()
    sys.exit(app.exec_())

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