From 59d9cc4c189c8fe8700c33abce5e4b6415e8a219 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: kienle <kienle@passcal.nmt.edu>
Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2023 10:35:35 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] Get clear search button from search line edit
---
sohstationviewer/view/ui/main_ui.py | 14 ++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 14 insertions(+)
diff --git a/sohstationviewer/view/ui/main_ui.py b/sohstationviewer/view/ui/main_ui.py
index d7babd605..5c2bda0f1 100755
--- a/sohstationviewer/view/ui/main_ui.py
+++ b/sohstationviewer/view/ui/main_ui.py
@@ -399,6 +399,20 @@ class UIMainWindow(object):
self.search_line_edit.setToolTip('Filter the list of files based on '
'the content.')
self.search_line_edit.setClearButtonEnabled(True)
+ try:
+ # This value was obtained from the C++ source of QT. We use it here
+ # so that the QAction found is guaranteed to be the clear button.
+ clear_action_name = '_q_qlineeditclearaction'
+ found_actions = self.search_line_edit.findChildren(
+ QAction, clear_action_name
+ )
+ self.clear_search_action = found_actions[0]
+ except IndexError:
+ # If the name of the clear button is changed in the C++ source of
+ # QT, nothing will be found. So, we raise
+ raise ValueError('No clear button could be found. Check its '
+ 'objectName attribute using QObject.findChildren '
+ 'without a name.')
search_layout.addWidget(self.search_line_edit)
search_layout.addSpacing(2)
self.search_button = QPushButton('Search', self.central_widget)
--
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