PyQt5 - How to get line edit of ComboBox

PyQt5 - How to get item delegate in ComboBox

Last Updated : 25 Apr, 2025

In this article we will see how we can get the item delegate in combo box. Delegate is basically a default safe type object which is used by the combo box to point to the other function we can change the delegate object of the combo box with the help of setItemDelegate method In order to get the delegate object of the combo box we will use itemDelegate() method

Syntax : combo_box.itemDelegate() Argument : It takes no argument Return It returns QItemDelegate object

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


class Window(QMainWindow):

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

        # setting title
        self.setWindowTitle("Python ")

        # setting geometry
        self.setGeometry(100, 100, 600, 400)

        # calling method
        self.UiComponents()

        # showing all the widgets
        self.show()

    # method for widgets
    def UiComponents(self):

        # creating a combo box widget
        self.combo_box = QComboBox(self)

        # setting geometry of combo box
        self.combo_box.setGeometry(200, 150, 150, 30)

        # geek list
        geek_list = ["Sayian", "Super Sayian", "Super Sayian 2", "Super Sayian B"]

        # adding list of items to combo box
        self.combo_box.addItems(geek_list)

        # getting delegate
        delegate = self.combo_box.itemDelegate()

        # creating label to show delegate
        label = QLabel("Delegate = " + str(delegate), self)

        # setting geometry of the label
        label.setGeometry(150, 100, 350, 30)


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

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

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

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