PyQt6 Notepad Clone Part 2 – The Help Menu

In this article, we will continue building our PyQt6 Notepad Clone application and focus on implementing the Help menu.

Creating the Help menu

To add a Help menu to our Notepad Clone application, we need to create a new QActionGroup for the menu items. We will add the following menu items:

• About – Displays information about the application
• Help – Displays a help document for the application

Implementation

Here is the code snippet to create the Help menu:

		
help_menu = menubar.addMenu('Help')
about_action = QAction('About', self)
about_action.triggered.connect(self.show_about_dialog)
help_menu.addAction(about_action)

help_action = QAction('Help', self)
help_action.triggered.connect(self.show_help_document)
help_menu.addAction(help_action)
		
	

Defining the actions

We need to define the functions show_about_dialog and show_help_document to display the respective information. Here is an example of how these functions can be implemented:

		
def show_about_dialog(self):
    QMessageBox.about(self, 'About', 'PyQt6 Notepad Clone')

def show_help_document(self):
    QMessageBox.information(self, 'Help', 'This is a help document for the PyQt6 Notepad Clone application.')
		
	

Conclusion

With the implementation of the Help menu, our PyQt6 Notepad Clone application now provides users with additional resources and information about the application. In the next part, we will continue adding more features and functionalities to make our Notepad Clone even more robust and user-friendly.