PyQt4: Clickable links in QLabel?

[David Boddie]

On Thursday 01 March 2007 09:00, Tina I wrote:

> A short and sweet question: Is it possible to put a clickable link in a
> QLabel that will open in the systems default browser?

Yes.

> I tried to put in some HTML but it did (of course?) simply display the
> code instead of a link. I also tried to set openExternalLinks 'true' but
> then pyuic4 bombed.

Well, that shouldn't happen. :-(

Can you send a bug report to the PyQt mailing list (assuming you're
subscribed to it) with the error message or backtrace that you get
when this happens?

> I see that QLabel does not have a html text format but I'm still hoping
> it's possible. I really need a link on my main window form.

If you enclose the HTML with <qt> and </qt> tags, the HTML should be
displayed properly. Any other matching tags should also work, so you
could use <p> and </p> if you want.

Setting the label's openExternalLinks property to True should then
enable what you want. You can try this out by previewing the form in
Qt Designer.

David