from PyQt5 import QtCore, QtGui, QtWidgets from PyQt5.QtCore import Qt, QSortFilterProxyModel from PyQt5.QtWidgets import QCompleter, QComboBox class ExtendedComboBox(QComboBox): def __init__(self, parent=None): super(ExtendedComboBox, self).__init__(parent) self.setFocusPolicy(Qt.StrongFocus) self.setEditable(True) # add a filter model to filter matching items self.pFilterModel = QSortFilterProxyModel(self) self.pFilterModel.setFilterCaseSensitivity(Qt.CaseInsensitive) self.pFilterModel.setSourceModel(self.model()) # add a completer, which uses the filter model self.completer = QCompleter(self.pFilterModel, self) # always show all (filtered) completions self.completer.setCompletionMode(QCompleter.UnfilteredPopupCompletion) self.setCompleter(self.completer) # connect signals self.lineEdit().textEdited.connect(self.pFilterModel.setFilterFixedString) self.completer.activated.connect(self.on_completer_activated) # on selection of an item from the completer, select the corresponding item from combobox def on_completer_activated(self, text): if text: index = self.findText(text) self.setCurrentIndex(index) self.activated[str].emit(self.itemText(index)) # on model change, update the models of the filter and completer as well def setModel(self, model): super(ExtendedComboBox, self).setModel(model) self.pFilterModel.setSourceModel(model) self.completer.setModel(self.pFilterModel) # on model column change, update the model column of the filter and completer as well def setModelColumn(self, column): self.completer.setCompletionColumn(column) self.pFilterModel.setFilterKeyColumn(column) super(ExtendedComboBox, self).setModelColumn(column) if __name__ == "__main__": import sys from PyQt5.QtWidgets import QApplication from PyQt5.QtCore import QStringListModel app = QApplication(sys.argv) string_list = ['语文 Chinese', '数学 Mathematics', '英语 English'] combo = ExtendedComboBox() # either fill the standard model of the combobox combo.addItems(string_list) # or use another model #combo.setModel(QStringListModel(string_list)) combo.resize(300, 40) combo.show() sys.exit(app.exec_())