How can I add an image (or text) to a pyqt5 QtabWidget with no tabs?

Question

Below is an image of a tab widget without any tabs. When tabs appear I would like the image to disappear.

The only code I can provide for this issue (I guess) is

self.tab_widget = QtWidgets.QTabWidget(self.central_widget)

Answer 1

Well there is no native method that enables this. You after you add or remove a tab from the tab_widget you could just swap the tab_widget with another widget when there are no tabs left. And swap it back once you add a tab again. This is obviously not the move elegant solution, but it works.