import PySimpleGUI as sg import time # form that doen't block # good for applications with an loop that polls hardware def Timer(): sg.ChangeLookAndFeel('TealMono') # Make a form, but don't use context manager form = sg.FlexForm('Running Timer', auto_size_text=True) # Create a text element that will be updated with status information on the GUI itself # Create the rows form_rows = [[sg.Text('Stopwatch')], [sg.Text('', size=(8, 2), font=('Helvetica', 20), justification='center', key='text')], [sg.ReadFormButton('Pause/Resume'), sg.ReadFormButton('Reset')]] # Layout the rows of the form and perform a read. Indicate the form is non-blocking! form.LayoutAndRead(form_rows, non_blocking=True) # # Some place later in your code... # You need to perform a ReadNonBlocking on your form every now and then or # else it won't refresh. # # your program's main loop i = 0 paused = False while (True): # This is the code that reads and updates your window form.FindElement('text').Update('{:02d}:{:02d}.{:02d}'.format((i // 100) // 60, (i // 100) % 60, i % 100)) button, values = form.ReadNonBlocking() if values is None: break if button is 'Reset': i=0 elif button is 'Pause/Resume': paused = not paused if not paused: i += 1 # Your code begins here time.sleep(.01) # Broke out of main loop. Close the window. form.CloseNonBlockingForm() Timer()