#!/usr/bin/env python import PySimpleGUI as sg import time # Demonstrates a notification window that's partially transparent # The window slowly fades-in # Includes a small red-X button to close the window # Base 64 encoded button is in-lined to avoid reading a file # Free online encoder - https://www.base64-image.de/ red_x = "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" sg.theme('Topanga') sg.set_options(border_width=0, margins=(0, 0)) layout = [[sg.Text('Notification'+' '*14), sg.CButton('', image_data=red_x, button_color=('#282923', '#282923'))], [sg.Text('You have 6 new emails')], ] window = sg.Window('', layout, no_titlebar=True, grab_anywhere=True, keep_on_top=True, alpha_channel=0, finalize=True) # Classy fade-in for i in range(1, 75, 2): window.AlphaChannel = float(i)/100 time.sleep(.01) event, values = window.read() window.close()