Very Simple Web Browser On PyQt4 and WebKit

I have been experimenting with Qt and one of the most powerful collection of widgets that it have: The QtWebKit.

The QtWebKit is a implementation of Webkit for the Qt Widgets interface. It can render web pages as well as run javascript and It have the possibility to be included in a desktop application.

In this case I used it to develop a very simple but functional web browser.
(I will publish a more complete web browser using this component in shortly).
In the mean time, Enjoy the code!

"""
    ********************* VerySimpleWebBrowser ************************

    This is a Very Simple Web Browser implemented over Qt and QtWebKit.

    author: Juan Manuel Garcia <jmg.utn@gmail.com>

    *******************************************************************
"""

import sys
from PyQt4 import QtCore, QtGui, QtWebKit

class Browser(QtGui.QMainWindow):

    def __init__(self):
        """
            Initialize the browser GUI and connect the events
        """

        QtGui.QMainWindow.__init__(self)
        self.resize(800,600)
        self.centralwidget = QtGui.QWidget(self)

        self.mainLayout = QtGui.QHBoxLayout(self.centralwidget)
        self.mainLayout.setSpacing(0)
        self.mainLayout.setMargin(1)

        self.frame = QtGui.QFrame(self.centralwidget)

        self.gridLayout = QtGui.QVBoxLayout(self.frame)
        self.gridLayout.setMargin(0)
        self.gridLayout.setSpacing(0)

        self.horizontalLayout = QtGui.QHBoxLayout()
        self.tb_url = QtGui.QLineEdit(self.frame)
        self.bt_back = QtGui.QPushButton(self.frame)
        self.bt_ahead = QtGui.QPushButton(self.frame)

        self.bt_back.setIcon(QtGui.QIcon().fromTheme("go-previous"))
        self.bt_ahead.setIcon(QtGui.QIcon().fromTheme("go-next"))

        self.horizontalLayout.addWidget(self.bt_back)
        self.horizontalLayout.addWidget(self.bt_ahead)
        self.horizontalLayout.addWidget(self.tb_url)
        self.gridLayout.addLayout(self.horizontalLayout)

        self.html = QtWebKit.QWebView()
        self.gridLayout.addWidget(self.html)
        self.mainLayout.addWidget(self.frame)
        self.setCentralWidget(self.centralwidget)

        self.connect(self.tb_url, QtCore.SIGNAL("returnPressed()"), self.browse)
        self.connect(self.bt_back, QtCore.SIGNAL("clicked()"), self.html.back)
        self.connect(self.bt_ahead, QtCore.SIGNAL("clicked()"), self.html.forward)

        self.default_url = "https://codescience.wordpress.com/"
        self.tb_url.setText(self.default_url)
        self.browse()

    def browse(self):
        """
            Make a web browse on a specific url and show the page on the
            Webview widget.
        """

        url = self.tb_url.text() if self.tb_url.text() else self.default_url
        self.html.load(QtCore.QUrl(url))
        self.html.show()

if __name__ == "__main__":

    app = QtGui.QApplication(sys.argv)
    main = Browser()
    main.show()
    sys.exit(app.exec_())

Or download from:

http://www.binpress.com/app/verysimplewebbrowser/279

Regards,

Juan Manuel