slot to right click menu action does does not work - python-3.x

Question

I have written the below code to which I finally managed to add menu but connecitn menu to a function doesnt seem to work:
import os
from PyQt5 import uic
from PyQt5 import QtWidgets
from PyQt5 import QtCore
FILE_LOCATION = os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__))
class MainDialogWindow(QtWidgets.QDialog):
def __init__(self):
super(MainDialogWindow,self).__init__()
ui_file = os.path.join(FILE_LOCATION, "example.ui")
self._ui = uic.loadUi(ui_file, self)
self.registerCallbacks()
self.initUI()
def initUI(self):
"""Initialize the UI.
"""
self.textBrowser.setContextMenuPolicy(QtCore.Qt.CustomContextMenu)
def registerCallbacks(self):
self.textBrowser.customContextMenuRequested.connect(self.context_menu)
# self.connect(self.textBrowser, QtCore.Signal('customContextMenuRequested(const QPoint &)'), self.context_menu)
def context_menu(self, pos):
menu = QtWidgets.QMenu(self)
action = menu.addAction("clear")
menu.exec_(self.mapToGlobal(pos))
action.trigered.connect(self.clear)
def clear(self):
"""Slot to claer text.
"""
print("clear")
if __name__ == '__main__':
import sys
app = QtWidgets.QApplication(sys.argv)
window = MainDialogWindow()
window.show()
window.setGeometry(500, 300, 300, 300)
sys.exit(app.exec_())
please helpp,, I want call the clear function from the right click menu

Answer 1

I don't seem to understand how the menu.exec_() method works, that method blocks the execution of sequential tasks until the user selects a QAction from the QMenu. In your case, for example, until when you press "clear" and the triggered signal is emitted (note: you have a typo), but at that moment there is no connection, so the clear method will not be called. The solution is to make the connection before invoking the QMenu exec_():
def context_menu(self, pos):
menu = QtWidgets.QMenu(self)
action = menu.addAction("clear")
action.triggered.connect(self.clear)
menu.exec_(self.mapToGlobal(pos))