[QGIS-Developer] Creating & loading Qt6 resource files for python plugins

[Ujaval Gandhi]

I also do not use the resource files anymore. You can use the logo directly in
plugins without compilation as shown by Etienne which makes the development much
simpler.


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Ujaval Gandhi
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On Thu, Jan 8, 2026 at 4:52 PM Etienne Trimaille via QGIS-Developer
<qgis-developer at lists.osgeo.org> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> 
> Quite a few developers, like me as well, are not using resource files anymore.
> It's more simple, no need to compile resource files etc. It's just my opinion.
> 
> 
> You can just use pathlib, for instance : 
>  * Define a variable at the root of your plugin : 
> 
> DIR_PLUGIN_ROOT = Path(__file__).parent
> 
> 
> Then call it when you want with an icon : 
> QIcon(str(DIR_PLUGIN_ROOT / "resources/icons/logo.svg"))
> 
> 
> Regards,
> 
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> Le jeu. 8 janv. 2026 à 11:43, Benjamin Jakimow via QGIS-Developer
> <qgis-developer at lists.osgeo.org [qgis-developer at lists.osgeo.org]> a écrit :
> 
> 
> > Dear Experts,
> > 
> > for our QGIS Python plugins we load icons into the Qt Resource system,
> > so that they can be accessed as in QIcon(r':/myplugin/myicon.svg').
> > 
> > In PyQt5 / QGIS3 we do this by:
> > 1. compiling myresource.qrc files into a myresource_rc.py file, either
> > using pyrcc5 (on CLI) or qgis.PyQt.pyrcc_main (in Python).
> > 2. loading these icons on plugin start-up, like in:
> > 
> >    import myresource_rc
> >    myresource_rc.qInitResources()
> > 
> > It seems that in QGIS4 / Qt6 neither pyrcc5 nor qgis.PyQt.pyrcc_main is
> > available (tested in OSGeo4W qgis-qt6 environment).
> > 
> > It's possible to create *_rc.py files using pyside6-rcc, but they use
> > from PySide6 import QtCore
> > which is not available (e.g. in the current OSGeo4W qgis-qt6 environment).
> > 
> > Does anyone have an idea how we can create Qt6-style *._rc.py files
> > instead?
> > 
> > Greetings, Benjamin
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > On 08.01.26 09:41, Valentin Buira via QGIS-Developer wrote:
> > > Hi devs, and happy new year to you all!
> > >
> > > I just posted a new QEP about introducing a data viewer in the model
> > > designer canvas from the. Please see: https://github.com/qgis/QGIS-
> > [https://github.com/qgis/QGIS-]
> > > Enhancement-Proposals/pull/359 <https://github.com/qgis/QGIS-
> > [https://github.com/qgis/QGIS-]
> > > Enhancement-Proposals/pull/359>
> > >
> > > This QEP aims to bring an integrated data viewer directly inside the
> > > model designer to inspect and debug the state of your model as you build
> > > them.
> > >
> > > Thanks for any feedback and cheers,
> > > Valentin
> > >
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