Qt.py: PySide2 ImportError: cannot import name 'QtUiTools'

Hey Guys!

I’ve noticed some inconsistencies between Maya’s PySide2 and the latest PySide2 that prevent it from being used in Qt.py:

The latest version of https://codereview.qt-project.org/pyside/pyside-setup does not include QtUiTools in it’s __init__.py
Within Maya2017 PySide2 still includes the QtUiTools module.
Qt5 does not list the module here: http://doc.qt.io/qt-5/qtmodules.html
(Qt4 does: http://doc.qt.io/qt-4.8/modules.html)

It looks like the module has been replaced with QFormBuilder in Qt5 (But I’ve never actually used a .ui file, so I could be horribly incorrect here): http://doc.qt.io/qt-5/qformbuilder.html http://stackoverflow.com/questions/20670457/qt-5-unknown-modules-in-qt-uitools

If it has been replaced, you might need a version check in the _pyside2 function to determine whether or not it should be imported.

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Created 8 years ago
Comments: 18 (4 by maintainers)

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QtUiTools is not available in PyQt, and therefore not supported by Qt.py. Today, Qt.py will only support members which are most usually found across all the different Qt bindings. I believe that Qt.py did not follow this rule when this issue was originally created.

Please have a look at the QtCompat.loadUi convenience function here: https://github.com/mottosso/Qt.py#loading-qt-designer-files

You can add custom QtUiTools support yourself using QtSiteConfig.py if needed, please see https://github.com/mottosso/Qt.py#qtsiteconfigpy

fredrikaverpil on Mar 22, 2018