Acepted solution implemented in PyQt5
import sys
from PyQt5.QtWidgets import QApplication, QDialog, QFormLayout
from PyQt5.QtWidgets import (QPushButton, QLineEdit)
class Form(QDialog):
def __init__(self, parent=None):
super(Form, self).__init__(parent)
self.le = QLineEdit()
self.le.setObjectName("host")
self.le.setText("Host")
self.pb = QPushButton()
self.pb.setObjectName("connect")
self.pb.setText("Connect")
self.pb.clicked.connect(self.button_click)
layout = QFormLayout()
layout.addWidget(self.le)
layout.addWidget(self.pb)
self.setLayout(layout)
self.setWindowTitle("Learning")
def button_click(self):
# shost is a QString object
shost = self.le.text()
print (shost)
app = QApplication(sys.argv)
form = Form()
form.show()
app.exec_()