#!/usr/bin/env python import PySimpleGUI as sg import psutil import time from threading import Thread import operator import sys """ PSUTIL Desktop Widget Creates a floating CPU utilization window that is always on top of other windows You move it by grabbing anywhere on the window Good example of how to do a non-blocking, polling program using PySimpleGUI Use the spinner to adjust the number of seconds between readings of the CPU utilizaiton NOTE - you will get a warning message printed when you exit using exit button. It will look something like: invalid command name "1616802625480StopMove" """ # globale used to communicate with thread.. yea yea... it's working fine g_interval = 1 g_cpu_percent = 0 g_procs = None g_exit = False def CPU_thread(args): global g_interval, g_cpu_percent, g_procs, g_exit while not g_exit: try: g_cpu_percent = psutil.cpu_percent(interval=g_interval) g_procs = psutil.process_iter() except: pass def main(location): global g_interval, g_procs, g_exit # ---------------- Create Form ---------------- sg.theme('Black') layout = [ [sg.Text('', size=(8, 1), font=('Helvetica', 20), text_color=sg.YELLOWS[0], justification='center', key='text')], [sg.Text('', size=(30, 8), font=('Courier New', 12), text_color='white', justification='left', key='processes')], [sg.Text('Update every '), sg.Spin([x+1 for x in range(10)], 3, key='spin'), sg.T('seconds '), sg.Text('❎', enable_events=True, key='Exit') ] ] 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_EXIT) # start cpu measurement thread thread = Thread(target=CPU_thread, args=(None,)) thread.start() timeout_value = 1 # make first read really quick g_interval = 1 # ---------------- main loop ---------------- while True: # --------- Read and update window -------- event, values = window.read(timeout_value) # --------- Do Button Operations -------- if event in (sg.WIN_CLOSED, 'Exit'): break elif event == 'Edit Me': sg.execute_editor(__file__) timeout_value = int(values['spin']) * 1000 # for now on, use spinner for timeout g_interval = int(values['spin']) cpu_percent = g_cpu_percent display_string = '' if g_procs: # --------- Create list of top % CPU porocesses -------- try: top = {proc.name(): proc.cpu_percent() for proc in g_procs} except: pass top_sorted = sorted( top.items(), key=operator.itemgetter(1), reverse=True) if top_sorted: top_sorted.pop(0) display_string = '' for proc, cpu in top_sorted: display_string += '{:2.2f} {}\n'.format(cpu/10, proc) # --------- Display timer and proceses in window -------- window['text'].update('CPU ' + str(cpu_percent)) window['processes'].update(display_string) g_exit = True thread.join() window.close() if __name__ == '__main__': if len(sys.argv) > 1: location = sys.argv[1].split(',') location = (int(location[0]), int(location[1])) else: location = (None, None) main(location)