mGear settingsUI base class

settings.py

### component/guide.py

class guideSettingsDialog(QtWidgets.QDialog):

    def __getattribute__(self, attr):
        """
        Always try to get properties from the internal ui file after the parent object
        Now this basically gets over the error  (Internal c++ Object Already Deleted) when you don't save the
        objects on the widget stack by adding them to a layout or setting their parent.

        so : QtCompat.loadUi(path + "/{}".format(ui_file), self) works but causes the error Internal c++ Object Already Deleted
        but : self.ui = QtCompat.loadUi(path + "/{}".format(ui_file)) is stable but incompatible with the way
        widgets are being used from mgear as they are accessed directly on the parent object
        """
        # return any functions straight away
        try:
            attr_ = object.__getattribute__(self, attr)
            return attr_
        except Exception:
            try:
                ui = object.__getattribute__(self, "ui")
                if ui:
                    try:
                        return object.__getattribute__(ui, attr)
                    except Exception as e:
                        return object.__getattribute__(self, attr)
                else:
                    return object.__getattribute__(self, attr)
            except Exception as e:
                return object.__getattribute__(self, attr)

    def set_ui_file(self, ui_file=None):
        if ui_file is None:
            ui_file = "settingsUI.ui"
        path = os.path.dirname(sys.modules[self.__module__].__file__)
        self.ui = QtCompat.loadUi(path + "/{}".format(ui_file))
        self.layout().addWidget(self.ui)

    def __init__(self, parent=None):
        super(guideSettingsDialog, self).__init__(parent)
        self.ui = None
        self.setLayout(QtWidgets.QVBoxLayout())
        self.layout().setContentsMargins(0, 0, 0, 0)


### your guide file

class settingsTab(guide.guideSettingsDialog):
    """The Component settings UI"""
    def __init__(self, parent=None):
        super(settingsTab, self).__init__(parent)
        self.set_ui_file()