pyqt-dark-theme

A Python package that provides a dark theme for PyQt5 and PySide2 applications, as well as a dark theme for Matplotlib plots.

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Usage

The theme.py file contains the following functions:

set_theme(app, theme='default')

This function sets the theme of a PyQt5 or PySide2 application to either a dark theme or the default theme, depending on the value of the theme argument. The app argument is the QApplication object that represents the application.

set_matplotlib_dark_theme()

This function sets the theme of Matplotlib plots to a dark theme.

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Example usage

For PyQt5:

import sys
from PyQt5 import QtWidgets
from theme import set_theme

app = QtWidgets.QApplication(sys.argv)

# Set theme of QApplication to the dark theme
set_theme(app, theme='dark')

# Your PyQt5 application code here

sys.exit(app.exec_())

For PySide2:

import sys
from PySide2 import QtWidgets
from theme import set_theme

app = QtWidgets.QApplication(sys.argv)

# Set theme of QApplication to the dark theme
set_theme(app, theme='dark')

# Your PySide2 application code here

sys.exit(app.exec_())

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Files

The repository contains the following files:

• dark_theme.css: A CSS file that contains styles for the dark theme.

• theme.py: A Python file that contains the set_theme and set_matplotlib_dark_theme functions.

• icons/drop-down.svg: An SVG file that contains an icon for the drop-down menu that used by dark_theme.css.