import PySimpleGUI as sg import sys from datetime import datetime from datetime import timedelta """ Desktop Widget - Display the date Simple display of the date in the format of: Day of week Day Month Year You can change the format by modifying the function get_date_string Copyright 2021 PySimpleGUI """ ALPHA = 0.9 # Initial alpha until user changes THEME = 'Dark green 3' # Initial theme until user changes refresh_font = title_font = 'Courier 8' main_info_font = sg.user_settings_get_entry('-main info font-', 'Courier 60') main_info_size = (12, 1) UPDATE_FREQUENCY_MILLISECONDS = 1000 * 60 * 60 # update every hour by default until set by user def choose_theme(location, size): """ A window to allow new themes to be tried out. Changes the theme to the newly chosen one and returns theme's name Automaticallyi switches to new theme and saves the setting in user settings file :param location: (x,y) location of the Widget's window :type location: Tuple[int, int] :param size: Size in pixels of the Widget's window :type size: Tuple[int, int] :return: The name of the newly selected theme :rtype: None | str """ layout = [[sg.Text('Try a theme')], [sg.Listbox(values=sg.theme_list(), size=(20, 20), key='-LIST-', enable_events=True)], [sg.OK(), sg.Cancel()]] window = sg.Window('Look and Feel Browser', layout, location=location) old_theme = sg.theme() while True: # Event Loop event, values = window.read() if event in (sg.WIN_CLOSED, 'Exit', 'OK', 'Cancel'): break sg.theme(values['-LIST-'][0]) window.hide() # make at test window to the left of the current one test_window = make_window(location=((location[0] - size[0] * 1.2, location[1])), test_window=True) test_window.read(close=True) window.un_hide() window.close() # after choice made, save theme or restore the old one if event == 'OK' and values['-LIST-']: sg.theme(values['-LIST-'][0]) sg.user_settings_set_entry('-theme-', values['-LIST-'][0]) return values['-LIST-'][0] else: sg.theme(old_theme) return None def make_window(location, test_window=False): """ Defines the layout and creates the window for the main window If the parm test_window is True, then a simplified, and EASY to close version is shown :param location: (x,y) location to create the window :type location: Tuple[int, int] :param test_window: If True, then this is a test window & will close by clicking on it :type test_window: bool :return: newly created window :rtype: sg.Window """ title = sg.user_settings_get_entry('-title-', '') if not test_window: theme = sg.user_settings_get_entry('-theme-', THEME) sg.theme(theme) main_info_font = sg.user_settings_get_entry('-main info font-', 'Courier 60') # ------------------- Window Layout ------------------- initial_text = get_date_string() if test_window: title_element = sg.Text('Click to close', font=title_font, enable_events=True) right_click_menu = [[''], ['Exit', ]] else: title_element = sg.pin(sg.Text(title, size=(20, 1), font=title_font, justification='c', k='-TITLE-')) right_click_menu = [[''], ['Choose Title', 'Edit Me', 'New Theme', 'Save Location', 'Font', 'Refresh', 'Set Refresh Rate', 'Show Refresh Info', 'Hide Refresh Info', 'Alpha', [str(x) for x in range(1, 11)], 'Exit', ]] layout = [[title_element], [sg.Text(initial_text, size=(len(initial_text)+2, 1), font=main_info_font, k='-MAIN INFO-', justification='c', enable_events=test_window)], [sg.pin( sg.Text(size=(15, 2), font=refresh_font, k='-REFRESHED-', justification='c', visible=sg.user_settings_get_entry('-show refresh-', True)))]] # ------------------- Window Creation ------------------- try: window = sg.Window('Desktop Widget Template', layout, location=location, no_titlebar=True, grab_anywhere=True, margins=(0, 0), element_justification='c', element_padding=(0, 0), alpha_channel=sg.user_settings_get_entry('-alpha-', ALPHA), finalize=True, right_click_menu=right_click_menu, right_click_menu_tearoff=False) except Exception as e: if sg.popup_yes_no('Error creating the window', e, 'Do you want to delete your settings file to fix?') == 'Yes': sg.user_settings_delete_filename() sg.popup('Settings file deleted. Please restart your program.') exit() return window def get_date_string(): dtime_here = datetime.utcnow() + timedelta(hours=-5) return dtime_here.strftime('%a %d %b %Y') def main(location): """ Where execution begins The Event Loop lives here, but the window creation is done in another function This is an important design pattern :param location: Location to create the main window if one is not found in the user settings :type location: Tuple[int, int] """ window = make_window(sg.user_settings_get_entry('-location-', location)) refresh_frequency = sg.user_settings_get_entry('-fresh frequency-', UPDATE_FREQUENCY_MILLISECONDS) while True: # Event Loop # Normally a window.read goes here, but first we're updating the values in the window, then reading it # First update the status information window['-MAIN INFO-'].update(get_date_string()) # for debugging show the last update date time if sg.user_settings_get_entry('-title-', 'None') in ('None', 'Hide'): window['-TITLE-'].update(visible=False) else: window['-TITLE-'].update(sg.user_settings_get_entry('-title-', 'None'),visible=True) window['-REFRESHED-'].update(datetime.now().strftime("%m/%d/%Y\n%I:%M:%S %p")) # -------------- Start of normal event loop -------------- event, values = window.read(timeout=refresh_frequency) print(event, values) if event in (sg.WIN_CLOSED, 'Exit'): # standard exit test... ALWAYS do this break if event == 'Edit Me': sg.execute_editor(__file__) elif event == 'Choose Title': new_title = sg.popup_get_text('Choose a title for your Widget\nEnter None if you do not want anything displayed', location=window.current_location()) if new_title is not None: if new_title in ('None', 'Hide'): window['-TITLE-'].update(visible=False) else: window['-TITLE-'].update(new_title, visible=True) sg.user_settings_set_entry('-title-', new_title) elif event == 'Show Refresh Info': window['-REFRESHED-'].update(visible=True) sg.user_settings_set_entry('-show refresh-', True) elif event == 'Save Location': sg.user_settings_set_entry('-location-', window.current_location()) sg.popup_notify(f'Saved your current window location:', window.current_location(), title='Saved Location') elif event == 'Hide Refresh Info': window['-REFRESHED-'].update(visible=False) sg.user_settings_set_entry('-show refresh-', False) elif event in [str(x) for x in range(1, 11)]: # if Alpha Channel was chosen window.set_alpha(int(event) / 10) sg.user_settings_set_entry('-alpha-', int(event) / 10) elif event == 'Set Refresh Rate': choice = sg.popup_get_text('How frequently to update window in seconds? (can be a float)', default_text=sg.user_settings_get_entry('-fresh frequency-', UPDATE_FREQUENCY_MILLISECONDS) / 1000, location=window.current_location()) if choice is not None: try: refresh_frequency = float(choice) * 1000 # convert to milliseconds sg.user_settings_set_entry('-fresh frequency-', float(refresh_frequency)) except Exception as e: sg.popup_error(f'You entered an incorrect number of seconds: {choice}', f'Error: {e}', location=window.current_location()) elif event == 'New Theme': loc = window.current_location() if choose_theme(window.current_location(), window.size) is not None: window.close() # out with the old... window = make_window(loc) # in with the new elif event == 'Font': font = sg.popup_get_text('Enter font string using PySimpleGUI font format (e.g. courier 70 or courier 70 bold)', default_text=sg.user_settings_get_entry('-main info font-'), keep_on_top=True) if font: sg.user_settings_set_entry('-main info font-', font) loc = window.current_location() _, window = window.close(), make_window(loc) window.close() if __name__ == '__main__': # To start the window at a specific location, get this location on the command line # The location should be in form x,y with no spaces location = (None, None) # assume no location provided if len(sys.argv) > 1: location = sys.argv[1].split(',') location = (int(location[0]), int(location[1])) main(location)