Stand-alone application

[gokceneraslan]

It would be nice to have a PyQt-Webkit wrapper to make it a stand-alone app:

#!/usr/bin/env python

import sys
from PyQt4.QtCore import *
from PyQt4.QtGui import *
from PyQt4.QtWebKit import *

app = QApplication(sys.argv)

web = QWebView()
web.load(QUrl("http://localhost:5000"))
web.show()

sys.exit(app.exec_())

[glamp]

Sounds cool but I know nothing about this. Where can I read more?

[gokceneraslan]

For PyQt (GPL) documentation and examples, see:

http://pyqt.sourceforge.net/Docs/PyQt4/qwebview.html

and

https://github.com/pyqt/python-qt5/tree/master/PyQt5/examples/webkit

Alternatively, you can use PySide (LGPL):

https://pyside.github.io/docs/pyside/PySide/QtWebKit/index.html

These are Python-based solutions, however a simple QML-based browser would also work well:

http://doc.qt.io/qt-5/qtwebkitexamples-webkitqml-flickrview-example.html

[stonebig]

Proof of concept, do on a command line

rodeo .

... rodeo starts in a browser window (firefox on windows 7 in my case)
Now, via spyder (in my use case), type and run this:

import sys
from PyQt4.QtCore import *
from PyQt4.QtGui import *
from PyQt4.QtWebKit import *

app = QApplication(sys.argv)

web = QWebView()
web.load(QUrl("http://localhost:5000"))
web.show()

sys.exit(app.exec_())

and now the unbelievable:

I'm impressed (what a shame their is a Python3 porting effort to enjoy this)

Ok, in this use-case (maybe Qt4 QtWebKit is showing its age):

• the editor part has an issue: cursor about 6 characters on the right,
• the click on the magnifying glass button doesn't do anything,
• the click on the picture button open the image full screen, but I can't go back.

[stonebig]

Qt5 version:

import sys
from PyQt5.QtCore import *
from PyQt5.QtGui import *
from PyQt5.QtWebKit import *
from PyQt5.QtWidgets import QApplication
from PyQt5.QtWebKitWidgets import QWebPage, QWebView

app = QApplication(sys.argv)

web = QWebView()
web.load(QUrl("http://localhost:5000"))
web.show()

sys.exit(app.exec_())

In this use-case (Qt5 Webkit only, as QtWebEngine is not compilable with vs2010):

• the editor part has no issue,
• the click on the magnifying glass button doesn't do anything,
• the click on the picture button doesn't open the image full screen.

[glamp]

see 1.0

[gokceneraslan]

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