12.1.10.10.4. Main form

from itom import ui
from itom import uiItem


gui: ui = ui("mainForm.ui", type=ui.TYPEWINDOW)
vlayout: uiItem = gui.vlayout


# add 10 items from item.ui
for i in range(0, 10):
    # all object names of the added widget including
    # its child widgets and layouts are modified by
    # the following suffix:
    objNameSuffix: str = f"_{i}"

    # ctrlItem is the reference to the newly added outer widget
    ctrlItem: uiItem = vlayout.call("addItemFromUiFile", "item.ui", objNameSuffix)

    # print the name of all newly added child widgets
    print(ctrlItem.children())

    # access the newly added label
    lbl: uiItem = ctrlItem.getChild("label" + objNameSuffix)
    lbl["text"] = f"Item {i+1}"

    # alternate the check state of the LedStatus
    led: uiItem = ctrlItem.getChild("led" + objNameSuffix)
    led["checked"] = i % 2

    # change the checkstate of some checkboxes
    # the enable state of the corresponding spinboxes
    # is automatically changed due to the signal/slot
    # connection, created in QtDesigner.
    checkbox: uiItem = ctrlItem.getChild("checkBox" + objNameSuffix)
    checkbox["checked"] = i % 3

# show the gui
gui.show()

{'horizontalLayout_0': 'QHBoxLayout', 'label_0': 'QLabel', 'checkBox_0': 'QCheckBox', 'spinBox_0': 'QSpinBox', 'led_0': 'StatusLed'}
{'horizontalLayout_1': 'QHBoxLayout', 'label_1': 'QLabel', 'checkBox_1': 'QCheckBox', 'spinBox_1': 'QSpinBox', 'led_1': 'StatusLed'}
{'horizontalLayout_2': 'QHBoxLayout', 'label_2': 'QLabel', 'checkBox_2': 'QCheckBox', 'spinBox_2': 'QSpinBox', 'led_2': 'StatusLed'}
{'horizontalLayout_3': 'QHBoxLayout', 'label_3': 'QLabel', 'checkBox_3': 'QCheckBox', 'spinBox_3': 'QSpinBox', 'led_3': 'StatusLed'}
{'horizontalLayout_4': 'QHBoxLayout', 'label_4': 'QLabel', 'checkBox_4': 'QCheckBox', 'spinBox_4': 'QSpinBox', 'led_4': 'StatusLed'}
{'horizontalLayout_5': 'QHBoxLayout', 'label_5': 'QLabel', 'checkBox_5': 'QCheckBox', 'spinBox_5': 'QSpinBox', 'led_5': 'StatusLed'}
{'horizontalLayout_6': 'QHBoxLayout', 'label_6': 'QLabel', 'checkBox_6': 'QCheckBox', 'spinBox_6': 'QSpinBox', 'led_6': 'StatusLed'}
{'horizontalLayout_7': 'QHBoxLayout', 'label_7': 'QLabel', 'checkBox_7': 'QCheckBox', 'spinBox_7': 'QSpinBox', 'led_7': 'StatusLed'}
{'horizontalLayout_8': 'QHBoxLayout', 'label_8': 'QLabel', 'checkBox_8': 'QCheckBox', 'spinBox_8': 'QSpinBox', 'led_8': 'StatusLed'}
{'horizontalLayout_9': 'QHBoxLayout', 'label_9': 'QLabel', 'checkBox_9': 'QCheckBox', 'spinBox_9': 'QSpinBox', 'led_9': 'StatusLed'}