How can I add Icons to a QListWidget - pyqt5

Question

I have a program that has you drag and drop files into a QListWidget box and then you click a button to upload those files to a bucket. I would like to say which files have been uploaded and which one is currently being uploaded with an icon. Is there a way to add Icons inside/next to the QListWidget box?
Here is some of the code for the QListWidget and the drag and drop feature. I am just hoping there is a way to add icons
import sys, os
from PyQt5.QtWidgets import QApplication, QMainWindow, QListWidget, QListWidgetItem, QPushButton
from PyQt5.QtCore import Qt, QUrl
class ListBoxWidget(QListWidget):
def __init__(self, parent=None):
super().__init__(parent)
self.setAcceptDrops(True)
self.resize(600, 600)
def dragEnterEvent(self, event):
if event.mimeData().hasUrls:
event.accept()
else:
event.ignore()
def dragMoveEvent(self, event):
if event.mimeData().hasUrls():
event.setDropAction(Qt.CopyAction)
event.accept()
else:
event.ignore()
def dropEvent(self, event):
if event.mimeData().hasUrls():
event.setDropAction(Qt.CopyAction)
event.accept()
links = []
for url in event.mimeData().urls():
# https://doc.qt.io/qt-5/qurl.html
if url.isLocalFile():
links.append(str(url.toLocalFile()))
else:
links.append(str(url.toString()))
self.addItems(links)
else:
event.ignore()
class AppDemo(QMainWindow):
def __init__(self):
super().__init__()
self.resize(1200, 600)
self.listbox_view = ListBoxWidget(self)
self.btn = QPushButton('Get Value', self)
self.btn.setGeometry(850, 400, 200, 50)
self.btn.clicked.connect(lambda: print(self.getSelectedItem()))
def getSelectedItem(self):
item = QListWidgetItem(self.listbox_view.currentItem())
return item.text()
if __name__ == '__main__':
app = QApplication(sys.argv)
demo = AppDemo()
demo.show()
sys.exit(app.exec_())
I have tried adding QIcon to the self.addItems(links) line but it continues to give me an error about arguments.

Answer 1

Instead of adding items using addItems, create indivual QListWidgetItems and add them one by one using addItem(QListWidgetItem).
def dropEvent(self, event):
if event.mimeData().hasUrls():
event.setDropAction(Qt.CopyAction)
event.accept()
for url in event.mimeData().urls():
# https://doc.qt.io/qt-5/qurl.html
if url.isLocalFile():
address = str(url.toLocalFile())
icon = QIcon('localIcon.png')
else:
address = str(url.toString())
icon = QIcon('remoteIcon.png')
self.addItem(QListWidgetItem(icon, address))
If you want to change the icon of an existing item, access it using item() and use setIcon():
def setIconForItem(self, row, icon):
self.listbox_view.item(row).setIcon(icon)