QPushButton set image, image doesn't apear

Question

I am setting image (25x25 original size) on a QPushButton like this:icon =

QtGui.QIcon()
        icon.addPixmap(QtGui.QPixmap("pause.png"), QtGui.QIcon.Normal, QtGui.QIcon.Off)
        self.pushButton = QtGui.QPushButton()
        self.pushButton.setIcon(icon)

also tried this:

self.pushButton.setIcon(QtGui.QIcon("pause.png"))

also "/pause.png" and nothing works. Im sure ive tried several more things i saw online and in all it compiles but there is no image on the button. Tried setting imagesize like this:

self.pushButton.setIconSize(QSize(24, 24))

and there is no change. Using pycharm + qt5.7

If you are using images for icons I would strongly recommend using Qt's [resource collection files](http://doc.qt.io/qt-5/resources.html#resource-collection-files-op-op-qrc). This would not only make accessing the files easier but make your application more portable. — rbaleksandar, Aug 29 '16 at 17:45

score 0 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 10:33

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You're assuming the current working directory of the process by providing a relative path to the image. As you've noticed, your assumption is wrong. Use an absolute path referenced to e.g. the application's location:

// Python
os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(inspect.getfile(inspect.currentframe()))) 
  + QDir.separator() + "pause.png"`

// C++
QCoreApplication.applicationDirPath() + QDir.separator() + "pause.png"`

edited May 23 '17 at 10:33

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answered Aug 29 '16 at 17:36

Kuba hasn't forgotten Monica

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You were more than helpful. Thanks – user5804127 Aug 29 '16 at 21:23

QPushButton set image, image doesn't apear

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