How can I align a right-click context menu properly in PyQt? - pyqt

Question

With the sample code below (heavily influenced from here) the right-click context menu is not really aligned properly.
As can be seen in the screenshot, the resulting menu is above the mouse cursor quite a bit. I would expect the menu's top left corner to be exactly aligned with the mouse pointer.
Is there any way to adjust for this?
import re
import operator
import os
import sys
import sqlite3
import cookies
from PyQt4.QtCore import *
from PyQt4.QtGui import *
def main():
app = QApplication(sys.argv)
w = MyWindow()
w.show()
sys.exit(app.exec_())
class MyWindow(QWidget):
def __init__(self, *args):
QWidget.__init__(self, *args)
self.tabledata = [('apple', 'red', 'small'),
('apple', 'red', 'medium'),
('apple', 'green', 'small'),
('banana', 'yellow', 'large')]
self.header = ['fruit', 'color', 'size']
# create table
self.createTable()
# layout
layout = QVBoxLayout()
layout.addWidget(self.tv)
self.setLayout(layout)
def popup(self, pos):
for i in self.tv.selectionModel().selection().indexes():
print i.row(), i.column()
menu = QMenu()
quitAction = menu.addAction("Quit")
action = menu.exec_(self.mapToGlobal(pos))
if action == quitAction:
qApp.quit()
def createTable(self):
# create the view
self.tv = QTableView()
self.tv.setStyleSheet("gridline-color: rgb(191, 191, 191)")
self.tv.setContextMenuPolicy(Qt.CustomContextMenu)
self.tv.customContextMenuRequested.connect(self.popup)
# set the table model
tm = MyTableModel(self.tabledata, self.header, self)
self.tv.setModel(tm)
# set the minimum size
self.tv.setMinimumSize(400, 300)
# hide grid
self.tv.setShowGrid(True)
# set the font
font = QFont("Calibri (Body)", 12)
self.tv.setFont(font)
# hide vertical header
vh = self.tv.verticalHeader()
vh.setVisible(False)
# set horizontal header properties
hh = self.tv.horizontalHeader()
hh.setStretchLastSection(True)
# set column width to fit contents
self.tv.resizeColumnsToContents()
# set row height
nrows = len(self.tabledata)
for row in xrange(nrows):
self.tv.setRowHeight(row, 18)
# enable sorting
self.tv.setSortingEnabled(True)
return self.tv
class MyTableModel(QAbstractTableModel):
def __init__(self, datain, headerdata, parent=None, *args):
""" datain: a list of lists
headerdata: a list of strings
"""
QAbstractTableModel.__init__(self, parent, *args)
self.arraydata = datain
self.headerdata = headerdata
def rowCount(self, parent):
return len(self.arraydata)
def columnCount(self, parent):
return len(self.arraydata[0])
def data(self, index, role):
if not index.isValid():
return QVariant()
elif role != Qt.DisplayRole:
return QVariant()
return QVariant(self.arraydata[index.row()][index.column()])
def headerData(self, col, orientation, role):
if orientation == Qt.Horizontal and role == Qt.DisplayRole:
return QVariant(self.headerdata[col])
return QVariant()
def sort(self, Ncol, order):
"""Sort table by given column number.
"""
self.emit(SIGNAL("layoutAboutToBeChanged()"))
self.arraydata = sorted(self.arraydata, key=operator.itemgetter(Ncol))
if order == Qt.DescendingOrder:
self.arraydata.reverse()
self.emit(SIGNAL("layoutChanged()"))
if __name__ == "__main__":
main()

Answer 1

the position is in viewport coordinate, so if you are using
self.tableView.setContextMenuPolicy(Qt.CustomContextMenu)
so you don't have event passed to popup, you can do the following
action = menu.exec_(self.tableView.viewport().mapToGlobal(pos))
instead.

Answer 2

This was a bit tricky, but following the subclassing example in this wiki example and replacing
15 action = menu.exec_(self.mapToGlobal(event.pos()))
with
15 action = menu.exec_(event.globalPos())
will make the popup menu's top left corner match the mouse click exactly.

Answer 3

This will work for maximized/minified windows.
Menu will be generated at right-bottom position of mouse.
menu.exec_(self.mapToGlobal(self.mapFromGlobal(QtGui.QCursor.pos())))