<div dir="ltr"><div>I got my invite to try Google Bard, and after asking it some general questions in other areas I tried its skill at writing PyQt code. Here is one question and its response. The first two lines of the prompt were suggested earlier when I was asking it about code prompts in general.</div><div><br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div><div id="m_75926048233950254gmail-user-query-content-4"><h2><span style="font-weight:normal"><font size="2">python=3.10<br>qt=6.5
<br>Write a Python subclass of QPlainTextEdit that includes methods for <br>implementing search and replace</font></span></h2></div></div></blockquote><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div><span><div></div></span><span><span></span></span><div><div><span id="m_75926048233950254gmail-message-content-idr_e586546f1919d835"><div><p>Sure, here is a Python subclass of QPlainTextEdit that includes methods for implementing search and replace:</p><span><div><div>Python</div><pre><code role="text"><span>import</span> sys
<span>from</span> PyQt6.QtWidgets <span>import</span> QPlainTextEdit

<span><span>class</span> <span>SearchReplacePlainTextEdit</span>(<span>QPlainTextEdit</span>):</span>
    <span><span>def</span> <span>__init__</span>(<span>self</span>):</span>
        <span>super</span>().__init__()

        <span># Create the search and replace dialog</span>
        self.search_replace_dialog = QDialog()
        self.search_replace_line_edit = QLineEdit()
        self.replace_line_edit = QLineEdit()
        self.case_sensitive_checkbox = QCheckBox(<span>"Case sensitive"</span>)
        self.whole_words_checkbox = QCheckBox(<span>"Whole words"</span>)
        self.search_button = QPushButton(<span>"Search"</span>)
        self.replace_button = QPushButton(<span>"Replace"</span>)
        self.replace_all_button = QPushButton(<span>"Replace all"</span>)

        <span># Layout the dialog</span>
        layout = QVBoxLayout()
        layout.addWidget(self.search_replace_line_edit)
        layout.addWidget(self.replace_line_edit)
        layout.addWidget(self.case_sensitive_checkbox)
        layout.addWidget(self.whole_words_checkbox)
        layout.addWidget(self.search_button)
        layout.addWidget(self.replace_button)
        layout.addWidget(self.replace_all_button)
        self.search_replace_dialog.setLayout(layout)

        <span># Connect the buttons</span>
        self.search_button.clicked.connect(self.on_search)
        self.replace_button.clicked.connect(self.on_replace)
        self.replace_all_button.clicked.connect(self.on_replace_all)

    <span><span>def</span> <span>on_search</span>(<span>self</span>):</span>
        <span># Get the search text</span>
        search_text = self.search_replace_line_edit.text()

        <span># Get the replace text</span>
        replace_text = self.replace_line_edit.text()

        <span># Set the search flags</span>
        search_flags = QTextDocument.FindFlag.NoHighlight
        <span>if</span> self.case_sensitive_checkbox.isChecked():
            search_flags |= QTextDocument.FindFlag.CaseSensitive
        <span>if</span> self.whole_words_checkbox.isChecked():
            search_flags |= QTextDocument.FindFlag.WholeWords

        <span># Find the text</span>
        self.find(search_text, search_flags)

    <span><span>def</span> <span>on_replace</span>(<span>self</span>):</span>
        <span># Get the search text</span>
        search_text = self.search_replace_line_edit.text()

        <span># Get the replace text</span>
        replace_text = self.replace_line_edit.text()

        <span># Replace the text</span>
        self.replace(search_text, replace_text)

    <span><span>def</span> <span>on_replace_all</span>(<span>self</span>):</span>
        <span># Get the search text</span>
        search_text = self.search_replace_line_edit.text()

        <span># Get the replace text</span>
        replace_text = self.replace_line_edit.text()

        <span># Replace all instances of the search text with the replace text</span>
        self.replaceAll(search_text, replace_text)

</code></pre><div><div> Use code with caution. <a href="https://bard.google.com/faq#coding" rel="noopener noreferrer" aria-label="Learn more (opens in a new window)" target="_blank">Learn more</a></div></div></div></span></div></span></div></div><span><div><div></div></div></span><p>This code creates a subclass of QPlainTextEdit that includes methods for implementing search and replace. The search and replace dialog has the following features:</p><ul><li>A search text box</li><li>A replace text box</li><li>A case sensitive checkbox</li><li>A whole words checkbox</li><li>A search button</li><li>A replace button</li><li>A replace all button</li></ul><p>When the user clicks the search button, the text in the search text box is searched for in the text editor. If the text is found, the cursor is moved to the found text. When the user clicks the replace button, the text in the replace text box is substituted for the found text. When the user clicks the replace all button, all instances of the search text are replaced with the replace text.</p><p>I hope this is what you are looking for. Let me know if you have any other questions.</p></div></blockquote><div>It looks good but when I run it only the edit widget is visible. Not sure how it messed up the layout so the buttons etc. do not show.</div><div><br></div><div>Still, Bard gives a decent starting point.<br></div><div> <br></div></div>