#!/usr/bin/env python import PySimpleGUI as sg ''' A chatbot with history Scroll up and down through prior commands using the arrow keys Special keyboard keys: Up arrow - scroll up in commands Down arrow - scroll down in commands Escape - clear current command Control C - exit form ''' def ChatBotWithHistory(): # ------- Make a new Window ------- # # give our form a spiffy set of colors sg.change_look_and_feel('GreenTan') layout = [[sg.Text('Your output will go here', size=(40, 1))], [sg.Output(size=(127, 30), font=('Helvetica 10'))], [sg.Text('Command History'), sg.Text('', size=(20, 3), key='history')], [sg.ML(size=(85, 5), enter_submits=True, key='query', do_not_clear=False), sg.Button('SEND', button_color=(sg.YELLOWS[0], sg.BLUES[0]), bind_return_key=True), sg.Button('EXIT', button_color=(sg.YELLOWS[0], sg.GREENS[0]))]] window = sg.Window('Chat window with history', layout, default_element_size=(30, 2), font=('Helvetica', ' 13'), default_button_element_size=(8, 2), return_keyboard_events=True) # ---===--- Loop taking in user input and using it --- # command_history = [] history_offset = 0 while True: event, value = window.read() if event == 'SEND': query = value['query'].rstrip() # EXECUTE YOUR COMMAND HERE print('The command you entered was {}'.format(query)) command_history.append(query) history_offset = len(command_history)-1 # manually clear input because keyboard events blocks clear window['query'].update('') window['history'].update('\n'.join(command_history[-3:])) elif event in (None, 'EXIT'): # quit if exit event or X break elif 'Up' in event and len(command_history): command = command_history[history_offset] # decrement is not zero history_offset -= 1 * (history_offset > 0) window['query'].update(command) elif 'Down' in event and len(command_history): # increment up to end of list history_offset += 1 * (history_offset < len(command_history)-1) command = command_history[history_offset] window['query'].update(command) elif 'Escape' in event: window['query'].update('') ChatBotWithHistory()