1) Make a set-to-zero action on the main menu bar. 2) Make a "Preset Value" pulldown menu. Inside it are actions "Set to five" and "Set to 10". 3) Make a label with the value of the number. 4) Make a label with a picture of .... Useful tutorial http://zetcode.com/gui/pyqt5/menustoolbars/ Code to start from: http://euclid.nmu.edu/~rappleto/Classes/CS495.Python/qt_example.py QLabel example https://www.tutorialspoint.com/pyqt/pyqt_qlabel_widget.htm