#!/usr/bin/env python 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 SimpleGUI Can be used to poll hardware when running on a Pi While the timer ticks are being generated by PySimpleGUI's "timeout" mechanism, the actual value of the timer that is displayed comes from the system timer, time.time(). This guarantees an accurate time value is displayed regardless of the accuracy of the PySimpleGUI timer tick. If this design were not used, then the time value displayed would slowly drift by the amount of time it takes to execute the PySimpleGUI read and update calls (not good!) 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: event, values = window.Read(timeout=10) current_time = int(round(time.time() * 100)) - start_time else: event, values = window.Read() if event == 'button': event = window.FindElement(event).GetText() # --------- Do Button Operations -------- if event is None or event == 'Exit': # ALWAYS give a way out of program break if event is 'Reset': start_time = int(round(time.time() * 100)) current_time = 0 paused_time = start_time elif event == 'Pause': paused = True paused_time = int(round(time.time() * 100)) element = window.FindElement('button') element.Update(text='Run') elif event == '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)) # --------- After loop --------