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+from enum import Enum, auto
+from typing import Any, List, Union, cast
+
+from qtpy.QtCore import QEvent, QModelIndex, Qt
+from qtpy.QtGui import QStandardItem, QStandardItemModel
+from qtpy.QtWidgets import QComboBox, QStyle, QStyleOptionComboBox, QStylePainter
+
+
+class QCheckComboBox(QComboBox):
+    """
+    A combobox with a check for each item inserted.
+    based on https://stackoverflow.com/questions/47575880/qcombobox-set-title-text-regardless-of-items
+    """
+
+    class QCheckComboBoxLabelType(Enum):
+        """Label type"""
+
+        STRING = auto()
+        SELECTED_ITEMS = auto()
+
+    _label_text: str = "Select items"
+    _label_type: QCheckComboBoxLabelType = QCheckComboBoxLabelType.STRING
+
+    def __init__(self) -> None:
+        """Initializes the widget"""
+        super().__init__()
+        self.view().pressed.connect(self._handleItemPressed)  # type: ignore
+        self.view().doubleClicked.connect(self._handleItemPressed)  # type: ignore
+        self._changed = False
+
+    def model(self) -> QStandardItemModel:
+        # this is true, but annotated incorrectly in pyside2
+        return cast(QStandardItemModel, super().model())
+
+    def _update_label_text_with_selected_items(self) -> None:
+        checked_indices = self.checkedIndices()
+        selected_text_list = []
+        for index in checked_indices:
+            selected_text_list.append(self.itemText(index))
+        self.setLabelText(", ".join(selected_text_list))
+
+    def setLabelText(self, label_text: str) -> None:
+        """Sets the label text"""
+        self._label_text = label_text
+        self.repaint()
+
+    def labelText(self) -> str:
+        return self._label_text
+
+    def setLabelType(self, label_type: QCheckComboBoxLabelType) -> None:
+        """Sets the label type"""
+        self._label_type = label_type
+        if label_type == QCheckComboBox.QCheckComboBoxLabelType.SELECTED_ITEMS:
+            self._update_label_text_with_selected_items()
+
+    def labelType(self) -> QCheckComboBoxLabelType:
+        """Returns label type"""
+        return self._label_type
+
+    def _handleItemPressed(self, index: QModelIndex) -> None:
+        """Updates item checked status"""
+        item = self.model().itemFromIndex(index)
+        if item.checkState() == Qt.CheckState.Checked:
+            item.setCheckState(Qt.CheckState.Unchecked)
+        else:
+            item.setCheckState(Qt.CheckState.Checked)
+
+        if self._label_type == QCheckComboBox.QCheckComboBoxLabelType.SELECTED_ITEMS:
+            self._update_label_text_with_selected_items()
+        self._changed = True
+
+    def addItem(self, text: str, userData: Any = None, checked: bool = True) -> None:
+        """Overrides the combobox additem to make sure it is chackable"""
+        super().addItem(text, userData)
+        item: QStandardItem = self.model().item(self.count() - 1, self.modelColumn())
+        item.setCheckable(True)
+        self.setItemChecked(self.count() - 1, checked=checked)
+        if (
+            self._label_type == QCheckComboBox.QCheckComboBoxLabelType.SELECTED_ITEMS
+            and checked
+        ):
+            self._update_label_text_with_selected_items()
+
+    def addItems(
+        self, texts: List[str], checked: Union[bool, List[bool]] = True
+    ) -> None:
+        """Overirdes the combobox addItems to make sure it is checkable"""
+        if isinstance(checked, bool):
+            checked = [checked] * len(texts)
+
+        for text, checked_value in zip(texts, checked):
+            self.addItem(text=text, userData=None, checked=checked_value)
+
+        if (
+            self._label_type == QCheckComboBox.QCheckComboBoxLabelType.SELECTED_ITEMS
+            and any(checked)
+        ):
+            self._update_label_text_with_selected_items()
+
+    def hidePopup(self) -> None:
+        """Override hidePopup to disable it if an item state has changed"""
+        if not self._changed:
+            super().hidePopup()
+        self._changed = False
+
+    def itemChecked(self, index: int) -> bool:
+        """Returns current checked state as boolean"""
+        item: QStandardItem = self.model().item(index, self.modelColumn())
+        return bool(item.checkState() == Qt.CheckState.Checked)
+
+    def setItemChecked(self, index: int, checked: bool = True) -> None:
+        """Sets the status"""
+        item: QStandardItem = self.model().item(index)
+        checked_state_old = item.checkState()
+        checked_state_new = (
+            Qt.CheckState.Checked if checked else Qt.CheckState.Unchecked
+        )
+
+        # Stopping condition
+        if checked_state_old == checked_state_new:
+            return
+
+        item.setCheckState(checked_state_new)
+
+        if self._label_type == QCheckComboBox.QCheckComboBoxLabelType.SELECTED_ITEMS:
+            self._update_label_text_with_selected_items()
+
+    def setAllItemChecked(self, checked: bool = True) -> None:
+        """Set all item checked status in one go"""
+        for i in range(self.count()):
+            self.setItemChecked(i, checked=checked)
+
+    def checkedIndices(self) -> List[int]:
+        """Returns the checked indices"""
+        indecies = []
+        for i in range(self.count()):
+            item = self.model().item(i)
+            if item.checkState() == Qt.CheckState.Checked:
+                indecies.append(i)
+        return indecies
+
+    def uncheckedIndices(self) -> List[int]:
+        """Returns teh unchecked indices"""
+        indecies = []
+        for i in range(self.count()):
+            item = self.model().item(i)
+            if item.checkState() == Qt.CheckState.Unchecked:
+                indecies.append(i)
+        return indecies
+
+    def paintEvent(self, event: QEvent) -> None:
+        """Overrides the paint event to update the label"""
+        painter = QStylePainter(self)
+        opt = QStyleOptionComboBox()
+        self.initStyleOption(opt)
+        opt.currentText = self._label_text
+        painter.drawComplexControl(QStyle.ComplexControl.CC_ComboBox, opt)
+        painter.drawControl(QStyle.ControlElement.CE_ComboBoxLabel, opt)