#!/usr/bin/env python import sys import time if sys.version_info[0] >= 3: import PySimpleGUI as sg else: import PySimpleGUI27 as sg # Demonstrates a notification window that's partially transparent # The window slowly fades-in # Includes a small red-X button to close the window # Base 64 encoded button is in-lined to avoid reading a file # Free online encoder - https://www.base64-image.de/ red_x ="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" sg.ChangeLookAndFeel('Topanga') sg.SetOptions(border_width=0, margins=(0,0)) bcolor=('black', '#282923') sg.SetOptions(border_width=0, margins=(0,0)) layout = [[sg.T('Notification'+' '*14), sg.Button('', image_data=red_x, button_color=('#282923', '#282923'))], [sg.T('')], [sg.T('You have 6 new emails')],] window = sg.Window('', no_titlebar=True, grab_anywhere=True, keep_on_top=True, alpha_channel=0 ).Layout(layout).Finalize() # Classy fade-in for i in range(1, 75, 2): window.AlphaChannel = float(i)/100 time.sleep(.01) event, values = window.Read()