import PySimpleGUI as sg """ Demo - Drag a rectangle to draw it This demo shows how to use a Graph Element to (optionally) display an image and then use the mouse to "drag a rectangle". This is sometimes called a rubber band and is an operation you see in things like editors """ # image_file = r'Color-names.png' image_file = None # image is optional layout = [[sg.Graph( canvas_size=(400, 400), graph_bottom_left=(0, 400), graph_top_right=(400, 0), key="-GRAPH-", change_submits=True, # mouse click events drag_submits=True),], [sg.Text("", key="info", size=(60, 1))]] window = sg.Window("draw rect on image", layout, finalize=True) # get the graph element for ease of use later graph = window["-GRAPH-"] # type: sg.Graph graph.DrawImage(image_file, location=(0,0)) if image_file else None dragging = False start_point = end_point = prior_rect = None while True: event, values = window.Read() if event is None: break # exit if event == "-GRAPH-": # if there's a "Graph" event, then it's a mouse x, y = values["-GRAPH-"] if not dragging: start_point = (x, y) dragging = True else: end_point = (x, y) if prior_rect: graph.DeleteFigure(prior_rect) if None not in (start_point, end_point): prior_rect = graph.DrawRectangle(start_point, end_point, line_color='red') elif event.endswith('+UP'): # The drawing has ended because mouse up info = window.Element("info") info.Update(value=f"grabbed rectangle from {start_point} to {end_point}") start_point, end_point = None, None # enable grabbing a new rect dragging = False else: print("unhandled event", event, values)