PyQt QPixmap widget

In this article we will look at the PyQt QPixmap widget.

A QPixmap can be used to show an image in a PyQT window. QPixmap() can load an image, as a parameter it has the filename. The supported image types will be in the table below

You then put the pixmap into the QLabel widget to display it

Supported Image Types

These are the supported image formats

Lets look at some of the methods that are available for the QCheckBox widget

Methods

Examples

Lets look at a basic example

import sys
from PyQt5.QtWidgets import QApplication, QWidget, QLabel, QVBoxLayout
from PyQt5.QtGui import QPixmap
from PyQt5.QtCore import Qt


class MyApp(QWidget):

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

    def initUI(self):

        pixmap = QPixmap('python.png')

        labelImg = QLabel()
        labelImg.setPixmap(pixmap)
        #this makes the label the size of the image
        labelSize = QLabel('Width: '+str(pixmap.width())+', Height: '+str(pixmap.height()))
        labelSize.setAlignment(Qt.AlignCenter)

        vbox = QVBoxLayout()
        vbox.addWidget(labelImg)
        vbox.addWidget(labelSize)
        self.setLayout(vbox)

        self.setWindowTitle('QPixmap Example')
        self.move(300, 300)
        self.show()


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

This displayed the following