import sys from PyQt4.QtGui import * app = QApplication(sys.argv) top = QWidget() halign = QHBoxLayout() top.setLayout(halign) busy_anim = QMovie("../share/busy16.gif") busy_anim.start() busy_anim_label = QLabel() busy_anim_label.setMovie(busy_anim) halign.addWidget(busy_anim_label) message_label = QLabel("Processing...") halign.addWidget(message_label) top.show() sys.exit(app.exec_())