def action2button(action, autoraise=True, text_beside_icon=False, parent=None):
"""Create a QToolButton directly from a QAction object"""
if parent is None:
parent = action.parent()
button = QToolButton(parent)
button.setDefaultAction(action)
button.setAutoRaise(autoraise)
if text_beside_icon:
button.setToolButtonStyle(Qt.ToolButtonTextBesideIcon)
return button
