#!/usr/bin/env python import PySimpleGUI as sg import psutil import operator """ PSUTIL "Top" CPU Processes - Desktop Widget Creates a floating CPU utilization window running something similar to a "top" command. Use the spinner to adjust the number of seconds between readings of the CPU utilizaiton Rather than calling the threading module this program uses the PySimpleGUI perform_long_operation method. The result is similar. The function is run as a thread... the call is simply wrapped. Copyright 2022 PySimpleGUI """ # global used to communicate with thread. g_interval = 1 # how often to poll for CPU usage def CPU_thread(window:sg.Window): while True: cpu_percent = psutil.cpu_percent(interval=g_interval) procs = psutil.process_iter() window.write_event_value('-CPU UPDATE FROM THREAD-', (cpu_percent, procs)) def main(): global g_interval location = sg.user_settings_get_entry('-location-', (None, None)) # ---------------- Create Form ---------------- sg.theme('Black') layout = [[sg.Text(font=('Helvetica', 20), text_color=sg.YELLOWS[0], key='-CPU PERCENT-')], [sg.Text(size=(35, 12), font=('Courier New', 12), key='-PROCESSES-')], # size will determine how many processes shown [sg.Text('Update every '), sg.Spin([x+1 for x in range(10)], 3, key='-SPIN-'), sg.T('seconds')]] window = sg.Window('Top CPU Processes', layout, no_titlebar=True, keep_on_top=True,location=location, use_default_focus=False, alpha_channel=.8, grab_anywhere=True, right_click_menu=sg.MENU_RIGHT_CLICK_EDITME_VER_EXIT, enable_close_attempted_event=True) # start cpu measurement thread # using the PySimpleGUI call to start and manage the thread window.start_thread(lambda: CPU_thread(window), '-THREAD FINISHED-') g_interval = 1 # Unusual construct of a Try around entire event loop... something is crashing, we need to find out what... try: # ---------------- main loop ---------------- while True: # --------- Read and update window -------- event, values = window.read() # print(event, values) # --------- Do Button Operations -------- if event in (sg.WIN_CLOSE_ATTEMPTED_EVENT, 'Exit'): sg.user_settings_set_entry('-location-', window.current_location()) # save window location before exiting break if event == 'Edit Me': sp = sg.execute_editor(__file__) elif event == 'Version': sg.popup_scrolled(__file__, sg.get_versions(), keep_on_top=True, location=window.current_location()) elif event == '-CPU UPDATE FROM THREAD-': # indicates data from the thread has arrived cpu_percent, procs = values[event] # the thread sends a tuple if procs: # --------- Create dictionary of top % CPU processes. Format is name:cpu_percent -------- top = {} for proc in procs: try: top[proc.name()] = proc.cpu_percent() except Exception as e: pass # it's OK to get an exception here because processes come and go... one may have gone... # sg.Print('*** GOT Exception looping through procs ***', c='white on red', font='_ 18') # sg.Print('Exception = ', e, 'procs=', procs, 'proc', proc) top_sorted = sorted(top.items(), key=operator.itemgetter(1), reverse=True) # reverse sort to get highest CPU usage on top if top_sorted: top_sorted.pop(0) # remove the idle process display_string = '\n'.join([f'{cpu/10:2.2f} {proc:23}' for proc, cpu in top_sorted]) # --------- Display timer and proceses in window -------- window['-CPU PERCENT-'].update(f'CPU {cpu_percent}') window['-PROCESSES-'].update(display_string) # get the timeout from the spinner g_interval = int(values['-SPIN-']) except Exception as e: sg.Print('*** GOT Exception in event loop ***', c='white on red', font='_ 18') sg.Print('Exception = ', e, wait=True) # IMPORTANT to add a wait/blocking so that the print pauses execution. Otherwise program continue and exits window.close() if __name__ == '__main__': main()