import threading import time import PySimpleGUI as sg """ Threaded Demo - Multiwindow Version This demo uses the write_event_value method in a multi-window environment. Instead of window.read() returning the event to the user, the call to read_all_windows is used which will return both the window that had the event along with the event. Copyright 2020 PySimpleGUI.org """ THREAD_EVENT = '-THREAD-' PROGRESS_EVENT = '-PROGRESS-' cp = sg.cprint def the_thread(window, window_prog): """ The thread that communicates with the application through the window's events. Once a second wakes and sends a new event and associated value to a window for 10 seconds. Note that WHICH window the message is sent to doesn't really matter because the code in the event loop is calling read_all_windows. This means that any window with an event will cause the call to return. """ for i in range(10): time.sleep(1) window.write_event_value(THREAD_EVENT, (threading.current_thread().name, i)) # Data sent is a tuple of thread name and counter window_prog.write_event_value(PROGRESS_EVENT, i) # Send a message that the progress bar should be updated def make_progbar_window(): layout = [[sg.Text('Progress Bar')], [sg.ProgressBar(10, orientation='h', size=(15, 20), k='-PROG-')]] return sg.Window('Progress Bar', layout, finalize=True, location=(800, 800)) def make_main_window(): layout = [[sg.Text('Output Area - cprint\'s route to here', font='Any 15')], [sg.Multiline(size=(65, 20), key='-ML-', autoscroll=True, reroute_stdout=True, write_only=True, reroute_cprint=True)], [sg.T('Input so you can see data in your dictionary')], [sg.Input(key='-IN-', size=(30, 1))], [sg.B('Start A Thread'), sg.B('Dummy'), sg.Button('Exit')]] return sg.Window('Window Main', layout, finalize=True) def main(): """ The demo will display in the multiline info about the event and values dictionary as it is being returned from window.read() Every time "Start" is clicked a new thread is started Try clicking "Dummy" to see that the window is active while the thread stuff is happening in the background """ main_window = make_main_window() window_prog = make_progbar_window() while True: # Event Loop window, event, values = sg.read_all_windows() print(window.Title, event, values) if event == sg.WIN_CLOSED or event == 'Exit': break if event.startswith('Start'): threading.Thread(target=the_thread, args=(main_window, window_prog), daemon=True).start() if event == THREAD_EVENT: cp(f'Thread Event ', colors='white on blue', end='') cp(f'{values[THREAD_EVENT]}', colors='white on red') if event == PROGRESS_EVENT: cp(f'Progress Event from thread ', colors='white on purple', end='') cp(f'{values[PROGRESS_EVENT]}', colors='white on red') window_prog['-PROG-'].update(values[event] % 10 + 1) # type: sg.ProgressBar.update() if event == 'Dummy': window.write_event_value('-DUMMY-', 'pressed') if event == '-DUMMY-': cp("Dummy pressed") window.close() if __name__ == '__main__': main()