import PySimpleGUI as sg """ Demo - User Settings Use the "user_settings" API calls to make a "settings window" This demo is very basic. The user_settings functions are used directly without a lookup table or some other mechanism to map between PySimpleGUI keys and user settings keys. Copyright 2020 PySimpleGUI.org """ SETTINGS_PATH = '.' def make_window(): """ Creates a new window. The default values for some elements are pulled directly from the "User Settings" without the use of temp variables. Some get_entry calls don't have a default value, such as theme, because there was an initial call that would have set the default value if the setting wasn't present. Could still put the default value if you wanted but it would be 2 places to change if you wanted a different default value. Use of a lookup table to map between element keys and user settings could be aded. This demo is intentionally done without one to show how to use the settings APIs in the most basic, straightforward way. If your application allows changing the theme, then a make_window function is good to have so that you can close and re-create a window easily. :return: (sg.Window) The window that was created """ sg.user_settings_filename(path=SETTINGS_PATH) sg.theme(sg.user_settings_get_entry('theme', 'DarkBlue2')) # set the theme layout = [[sg.Text('Settings Window')], [sg.Input(sg.user_settings_get_entry('input', ''), k='-IN-')], [sg.Listbox(sg.theme_list(), default_values=[sg.user_settings_get_entry('theme')], size=(15, 10), k='-LISTBOX-')], [sg.CB('Option 1', sg.user_settings_get_entry('option1', True), k='-CB1-')], [sg.CB('Option 2', sg.user_settings_get_entry('option2', False), k='-CB2-')], [sg.T('Settings file = ' + sg.user_settings_filename())], [sg.Button('Save'), sg.Button('Exit without saving', k='Exit')]] return sg.Window('A Settings Window', layout) def settings_window(): """ Create and interact with a "settings window". You can a similar pair of functions to your code to add a "settings" feature. """ window = make_window() current_theme = sg.theme() while True: event, values = window.read() if event in (sg.WINDOW_CLOSED, 'Exit'): break if event == 'Save': # Save some of the values as user settings sg.user_settings_set_entry('input', values['-IN-']) sg.user_settings_set_entry('theme', values['-LISTBOX-'][0]) sg.user_settings_set_entry('option1', values['-CB1-']) sg.user_settings_set_entry('option2', values['-CB2-']) # if the theme was changed, restart the window if values['-LISTBOX-'][0] != current_theme: current_theme = values['-LISTBOX-'][0] window.close() window = make_window() if __name__ == '__main__': settings_window()