PyQt5 - How to dynamically add widgets to window without layout

Question

I've been trying to figure this one out, the reason I don't want to use a layout is because the widgets scale with the window when resizing and I want them to stay put, I have made it where I can drag and drop the widgets but with them being in a layout it messes it up, please can someone help me figure this out.

I Want to be able to add lets say a label widget, I want to have it where I can press a button and it will create a new label widget in my window, I have done this part already but I want to be able to add widgets without the layout.

Answer 1

You just have to set another widget that is part of the window (or the window itself) as parent and make it visible with the show method:

import random
import sys

from PyQt5 import QtCore, QtWidgets


class Widget(QtWidgets.QWidget):
    def __init__(self, parent=None):
        super().__init__(parent)

        button = QtWidgets.QPushButton("Add", self)
        button.clicked.connect(self.handle_clicked)

        self.resize(640, 480)

    def handle_clicked(self):
        pos = QtCore.QPoint(*random.sample(range(400), 2))
        label = QtWidgets.QLabel(self)
        label.move(pos)
        label.setText("{}-{}".format(pos.x(), pos.y()))
        label.show()


def main():
    app = QtWidgets.QApplication(sys.argv)
    w = Widget()
    w.show()
    sys.exit(app.exec())


if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()