#!/usr/bin/env python import sys import sys if sys.version_info[0] >= 3: import PySimpleGUI as sg else: import PySimpleGUI27 as sg import time """ Timer Desktop Widget Creates a floating timer 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 Can be used to poll hardware when running on a Pi NOTE - you will get a warning message printed when you exit using exit button. It will look something like: invalid command name \"1616802625480StopMove\" """ # ---------------- Create Form ---------------- sg.ChangeLookAndFeel('Black') sg.SetOptions(element_padding=(0, 0)) layout = [[sg.Text('')], [sg.Text('', size=(8, 2), font=('Helvetica', 20), justification='center', key='text')], [sg.ReadButton('Pause', key='button', button_color=('white', '#001480')), sg.ReadButton('Reset', button_color=('white', '#007339'), key='Reset'), sg.Exit(button_color=('white', 'firebrick4'), key='Exit')]] window = sg.Window('Running Timer', no_titlebar=True, auto_size_buttons=False, keep_on_top=True, grab_anywhere=True).Layout(layout) # ---------------- main loop ---------------- current_time = 0 paused = False start_time = int(round(time.time() * 100)) while (True): # --------- Read and update window -------- if not paused: button, values = window.ReadNonBlocking() current_time = int(round(time.time() * 100)) - start_time else: button, values = window.Read() if button == 'button': button = window.FindElement(button).GetText() # --------- Do Button Operations -------- if values is None or button == 'Exit': break if button is 'Reset': start_time = int(round(time.time() * 100)) current_time = 0 paused_time = start_time elif button == 'Pause': paused = True paused_time = int(round(time.time() * 100)) element = window.FindElement('button') element.Update(text='Run') elif button == 'Run': paused = False start_time = start_time + int(round(time.time() * 100)) - paused_time element = window.FindElement('button') element.Update(text='Pause') # --------- Display timer in window -------- window.FindElement('text').Update('{:02d}:{:02d}.{:02d}'.format((current_time // 100) // 60, (current_time // 100) % 60, current_time % 100)) time.sleep(.01) # --------- After loop -------- # Broke out of main loop. Close the window. window.CloseNonBlocking()