import PySimpleGUI as sg ''' IP Address entry window with digit validation and auto advance If not a digit or ., the ignored . will advance the focus to the next entry On the last input, once it's complete the focus moves to the OK button Pressing spacebar with focus on OK generates an _OK_ event ''' # create a short-cut element so don't have to type this in over and over InIp = lambda key: sg.Input(do_not_clear=True, size=(3, 1), key=key, pad=(0, 2)) layout = [[sg.Text('Your typed chars appear here:'), sg.Text('', key='_OUTPUT_')], [InIp(0), sg.T('.'), InIp(1), sg.T('.'), InIp(2), sg.T('.'), InIp(3)], [sg.Button('Ok', key='_OK_', bind_return_key=True), sg.Button('Exit')]] window = sg.Window('Window Title', return_keyboard_events=True).Layout(layout) while True: # Event Loop event, values = window.Read() print(event) if event is None or event == 'Exit': break elem = window.FindElementWithFocus() if elem is not None: key = elem.Key value = values[key] # get value of input field that has focus if event == '.' and key!= '_OK_': # if a ., then advance to next field elem.Update(value[:-1]) value = value[:-1] next_elem = window.Element(key+1) next_elem.SetFocus() elif event not in '0123456789': elem.Update(value[:-1]) elif len(value) > 2 and key < 3: # if 2 digits typed in, move on to next input next_elem = window.Element(key+1) next_elem.SetFocus() elif len(value)> 2 and key == 3: window.Element('_OK_').SetFocus() print('You entered IP Address {}.{}.{}.{}'.format(*values.values())) window.Close()