PyQt5 QCalendarWidget - Setting Timer Event

Last Updated : 14 Jan, 2022

In this article we will see how we can implement the timer event for the QCalendarWidget. A timer event is sent to the calendar when the calendars startTimer interval is over. This event handler can be reimplemented in a subclass to receive calendar startTimer events which are passed in the event parameter. Below is the Calendar class code

# QCalendarWidget Class
class Calendar(QCalendarWidget):
    
    # constructor
    def __init__(self, parent=None):
        super(Calendar, self).__init__(parent)

    # overriding the timer event
    # this will show the next month
    def timerEvent(self, event):

        # show the next month
        window.calendar.showNextMonth()

Implementation steps: 1. Create a Calendar class that inherits the QCalendarWidget 2. Inside the Calendar class override the timerEvent and inside the event show the next month of calendar 3. Create a main window class 4. Create a Calendar object inside the main window 5. Set various properties to the calendar

Below is the implementation

Python3

# importing libraries
from PyQt5.QtWidgets import * 
from PyQt5 import QtCore, QtGui
from PyQt5.QtGui import * 
from PyQt5.QtCore import * 
import sys

# QCalendarWidget Class
class Calendar(QCalendarWidget):

    # constructor
    def __init__(self, parent = None):
        super(Calendar, self).__init__(parent)

    # overriding the timer event
    # this will show the next month
    def timerEvent(self, event):

        # show the next month
        window.calendar.showNextMonth()


class Window(QMainWindow):

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

        # setting title
        self.setWindowTitle("Python ")

        # setting geometry
        self.setGeometry(100, 100, 650, 400)

        # calling method
        self.UiComponents()

        # showing all the widgets
        self.show()

    # method for components
    def UiComponents(self):

        # creating a QCalendarWidget object
        # as Calendar class inherits QCalendarWidget
        self.calendar = Calendar(self)

        # setting geometry to the calendar
        self.calendar.setGeometry(50, 10, 400, 250)

        # setting cursor
        self.calendar.setCursor(Qt.PointingHandCursor)

        # starting the calendar timer
        # passing 1000 milliseconds as parameter
        timer_id = self.calendar.startTimer(1000)

        


# create pyqt5 app
App = QApplication(sys.argv)

# create the instance of our Window
window = Window()

# start the app
sys.exit(App.exec())