PyQt Toast

A fully customizable and modern toast notification library for PyQt and PySide

Features

• Supports showing multiple toasts at the same time
• Supports queueing of toasts
• Supports 7 different positions
• Supports multiple screens
• Supports positioning relative to widgets
• Modern and fully customizable UI
• Works with PyQt5, PyQt6, PySide2, and PySide6

Installation

pip install pyqt-toast-notification

Usage

Import the Toast class, instantiate it, and show the toast notification with the show() method:

from PyQt6.QtWidgets import QMainWindow, QPushButton
from pyqttoast import Toast, ToastPreset


class Window(QMainWindow):
    def __init__(self):
        super().__init__(parent=None)

        # Add button and connect click event
        self.button = QPushButton(self)
        self.button.setText('Show toast')
        self.button.clicked.connect(self.show_toast)
    
    # Shows a toast notification every time the button is clicked
    def show_toast(self):
        toast = Toast(self)
        toast.setDuration(5000)  # Hide after 5 seconds
        toast.setTitle('Success! Confirmation email sent.')
        toast.setText('Check your email to complete signup.')
        toast.applyPreset(ToastPreset.SUCCESS)  # Apply style preset
        toast.show()

IMPORTANT:
An instance of Toast can only be shown once. If you want to show another one, even if the content is exactly the same, you have to create another instance.

Customization

• Setting the position of the toasts (static):

Toast.setPosition(ToastPosition.BOTTOM_MIDDLE)  # Default: ToastPosition.BOTTOM_RIGHT

AVAILABLE POSITIONS:
BOTTOM_LEFT, BOTTOM_MIDDLE, BOTTOM_RIGHT, TOP_LEFT, TOP_MIDDLE, TOP_RIGHT, CENTER

• Setting whether the toasts should always be shown on the main screen (static):

Toast.setAlwaysOnMainScreen(True)  # Default: False

• Positioning the toasts relative to a widget instead of a screen (static):

Toast.setPositionRelativeToWidget(some_widget)  # Default: None

• Setting a limit on how many toasts can be shown at the same time (static):

Toast.setMaximumOnScreen(5)  # Default: 3

If you try to show more toasts than the maximum amount on screen, they will get added to a queue and get shown as soon as one of the currently showing toasts is closed.

• Setting the vertical spacing between the toasts (static):

Toast.setSpacing(20)  # Default: 10

• Setting the x and y offset of the toast position (static):

Toast.setOffset(30, 55)  # Default: 20, 45

• Making the toast show forever until it is closed:

toast.setDuration(0)  # Default: 5000

• Enabling or disabling the duration bar:

toast.setShowDurationBar(False)  # Default: True

• Adding an icon:

toast.setIcon(ToastIcon.SUCCESS)  # Default: ToastIcon.INFORMATION
toast.setShowIcon(True)           # Default: False

# Or setting a custom icon:
toast.setIcon(QPixmap('path/to/your/icon.png'))

# If you want to show the icon without recoloring it, set the icon color to None:
toast.setIconColor(None)  # Default: #5C5C5C

AVAILABLE ICONS:
SUCCESS, WARNING, ERROR, INFORMATION, CLOSE

• Setting the icon size:

toast.setIconSize(QSize(14, 14))  # Default: QSize(18, 18)

• Enabling or disabling the icon separator:

toast.setShowIconSeparator(False)  # Default: True

• Setting the close button alignment:

toast.setCloseButtonAlignment(ToastButtonAlignment.MIDDLE)  # Default: ToastButtonAlignment.TOP

AVAILABLE ALIGNMENTS:
TOP, MIDDLE, BOTTOM

• Enabling or disabling the close button:

toast.setShowCloseButton(False)  # Default: True

• Customizing the duration of the fade animations (milliseconds):

toast.setFadeInDuration(100)   # Default: 250
toast.setFadeOutDuration(150)  # Default: 250

• Enabling or disabling duration reset on hover:

toast.setResetDurationOnHover(False)  # Default: True

• Making the corners rounded:

toast.setBorderRadius(3)  # Default: 0

• Setting custom colors:

toast.setBackgroundColor(QColor('#292929'))       # Default: #E7F4F9
toast.setTitleColor(QColor('#FFFFFF'))            # Default: #000000
toast.setTextColor(QColor('#D0D0D0'))             # Default: #5C5C5C
toast.setDurationBarColor(QColor('#3E9141'))      # Default: #5C5C5C
toast.setIconColor(QColor('#3E9141'))             # Default: #5C5C5C
toast.setIconSeparatorColor(QColor('#585858'))    # Default: #D9D9D9
toast.setCloseButtonIconColor(QColor('#C9C9C9'))  # Default: #000000

• Setting custom fonts:

# Init font
font = QFont('Times', 10, QFont.Weight.Bold)

# Set fonts
toast.setTitleFont(font)  # Default: QFont('Arial', 9, QFont.Weight.Bold)
toast.setTextFont(font)   # Default: QFont('Arial', 9)

• Applying a style preset:

toast.applyPreset(ToastPreset.ERROR)

AVAILABLE PRESETS:
SUCCESS, WARNING, ERROR, INFORMATION, SUCCESS_DARK, WARNING_DARK, ERROR_DARK, INFORMATION_DARK

• Setting toast size constraints:

# Minimum and maximum size
toast.setMinimumWidth(100)
toast.setMaximumWidth(350)
toast.setMinimumHeight(50)
toast.setMaximumHeight(120)

# Fixed size (not recommended)
toast.setFixedSize(QSize(350, 80))

Other customization options:

Option	Description	Default
setFixedScreen()	Fixed screen where the toasts will be shown (static)	None
setMovePositionWithWidget()	Whether the toasts should move with widget if positioned relative to a widget	True
setIconSeparatorWidth()	Width of the icon separator that separates the icon and text section	2
setCloseButtonIcon()	Icon of the close button	ToastIcon.CLOSE
setCloseButtonIconSize()	Size of the close button icon	QSize(10, 10)
setCloseButtonSize()	Size of the close button	QSize(24, 24)
setStayOnTop()	Whether the toast stays on top of other windows even when they are focused	True
setTextSectionSpacing()	Vertical spacing between the title and the text	8
setMargins()	Margins around the whole toast content	QMargins(20, 18, 10, 18)
setIconMargins()	Margins around the icon	QMargins(0, 0, 15, 0)
setIconSectionMargins()	Margins around the icon section (the area with the icon and the icon separator)	QMargins(0, 0, 15, 0)
setTextSectionMargins()	Margins around the text section (the area with the title and the text)	QMargins(0, 0, 15, 0)
setCloseButtonMargins()	Margins around the close button	QMargins(0, -8, 0, -8)

Demo

pyqttoast_demo.mp4

The demos for PyQt5, PyQt6, and PySide6 can be found in the demo folder.

Tests

Installing the required test dependencies PyQt6, pytest, and coveragepy:

pip install PyQt6 pytest coverage

To run the tests with coverage, clone this repository, go into the main directory and run:

coverage run -m pytest
coverage report --ignore-errors -m

License

This software is licensed under the MIT license.