import time from random import randint import random import string import PySimpleGUI as SG # A simple blocking form. Your best starter-form def SourceDestFolders(): with SG.FlexForm('Demo Source / Destination Folders', auto_size_text=True) as form: form_rows = [[SG.Text('Enter the Source and Destination folders')], [SG.Text('Source Folder', size=(15, 1), auto_size_text=False, justification='right'), SG.InputText('Source')], [SG.Text('Destination Folder', size=(15, 1), auto_size_text=False, justification='right'), SG.InputText('Dest'), SG.FolderBrowse()], [SG.Submit(), SG.Cancel()]] button, (source, dest) = form.LayoutAndRead(form_rows) if button == 'Submit': SG.MsgBox('Submitted', 'The user entered source:', source, 'Destination folder:', dest, 'Using button', button) else: SG.MsgBoxError('Cancelled', 'User Cancelled') # YOUR BEST STARTING POINT # This is a form showing you all of the basic Elements (widgets) # Some have a few of the optional parameters set, but there are more to choose from # You want to use the context manager because it will free up resources when you are finished # Use this especially if you are runningm multi-threaded # Where you free up resources is really important to tkinter def Everything(): with SG.FlexForm('Everything bagel', auto_size_text=True, default_element_size=(40, 1)) as form: layout = [ [SG.Text('All graphic widgets in one form!', size=(30, 1), font=("Helvetica", 25), text_color='blue')], [SG.Text('Here is some text.... and a place to enter text')], [SG.InputText()], [SG.Checkbox('My first checkbox!'), SG.Checkbox('My second checkbox!', default=True)], [SG.Radio('My first Radio! ', "RADIO1", default=True), SG.Radio('My second Radio!', "RADIO1")], [SG.Multiline(default_text='This is the default Text shoulsd you decide not to type anything', scale=(2, 10))], [SG.InputCombo(['Combobox 1', 'Combobox 2'], size=(20, 3)), SG.Slider(range=(1, 100), orientation='h', size=(35, 20), default_value=85)], [SG.Listbox(values=['Listbox 1', 'Listbox 2', 'Listbox 3'], size=(30, 6)), SG.Slider(range=(1, 100), orientation='v', size=(10, 20), default_value=25), SG.Slider(range=(1, 100), orientation='v', size=(10, 20), default_value=75), SG.Slider(range=(1, 100), orientation='v', size=(10, 20), default_value=10)], [SG.Text('_' * 100, size=(70, 1))], [SG.Text('Choose Source and Destination Folders', size=(35, 1))], [SG.Text('Source Folder', size=(15, 1), auto_size_text=False, justification='right'), SG.InputText('Source'), SG.FolderBrowse()], [SG.Text('Destination Folder', size=(15, 1), auto_size_text=False, justification='right'), SG.InputText('Dest'), SG.FolderBrowse()], [SG.Submit(), SG.Cancel(), SG.SimpleButton('Customized', button_color=('white', 'green'))] ] button, values = form.LayoutAndRead(layout) SG.MsgBox('Title', 'Typical message box', 'The results of the form are a lot of data! Get ready... ', 'The button clicked was "{}"'.format(button), 'The values are', values) # Should you decide not to use a context manager, then try this form as your starting point # Be aware that tkinter, which this is based on, is picky about who frees up resources, especially if # you are running multithreaded def Everything_NoContextManager(): form = SG.FlexForm('Everything bagel', auto_size_text=True, default_element_size=(40, 1)) layout = [[SG.Text('All graphic widgets in one form!', size=(30, 1), font=("Helvetica", 25), text_color='blue')], [SG.Text('Here is some text.... and a place to enter text')], [SG.InputText()], [SG.Checkbox('My first checkbox!'), SG.Checkbox('My second checkbox!', default=True)], [SG.Radio('My first Radio! ', "RADIO1", default=True), SG.Radio('My second Radio!', "RADIO1")], [SG.Multiline(default_text='This is the default Text shoulsd you decide not to type anything', scale=(2, 10))], [SG.InputCombo(['Combobox 1', 'Combobox 2'], size=(20, 3)), SG.Slider(range=(1,100), orientation='h', size=(35,20), default_value=85)], [SG.Listbox(values=['Listbox 1','Listbox 2', 'Listbox 3'], size=(30,6)), SG.Slider(range=(1,100), orientation='v', size=(10, 20), default_value=25), SG.Slider(range=(1, 100), orientation='v', size=(10, 20), default_value=75), SG.Slider(range=(1, 100), orientation='v', size=(10, 20), default_value=10)], [SG.Text('_' * 100, size=(70, 1))], [SG.Text('Choose Source and Destination Folders', size=(35, 1), text_color='red')], [SG.Text('Source Folder', size=(15, 1), auto_size_text=False, justification='right'), SG.InputText('Source'), SG.FolderBrowse()], [SG.Text('Destination Folder', size=(15, 1), auto_size_text=False, justification='right'), SG.InputText('Dest'), SG.FolderBrowse()], [SG.Submit(), SG.Cancel(), SG.SimpleButton('Customized', button_color=('white', 'green'))]] button, values = form.LayoutAndRead(layout) del(form) SG.MsgBox('Title', 'Typical message box', 'Here are the restults! There is one entry per input field ', 'The button clicked was "{}"'.format(button), 'The values are', values) def ProgressMeter(): for i in range(1,10000): if not SG.EasyProgressMeter('My Meter', i+1, 10000): break # SG.Print(i) # Blocking form that doesn't close def ChatBot(): with SG.FlexForm('Chat Window', auto_size_text=True, default_element_size=(30, 2)) as form: layout = [[(SG.Text('This is where standard out is being routed', size=[40, 1]))], [SG.Output(size=(80, 20))], [SG.Multiline(size=(70, 5), enter_submits=True), SG.ReadFormButton('SEND', button_color=(SG.YELLOWS[0], SG.BLUES[0])), SG.SimpleButton('EXIT', button_color=(SG.YELLOWS[0], SG.GREENS[0]))]] # notice this is NOT the usual LayoutAndRead call because you don't yet want to read the form # if you call LayoutAndRead from here, then you will miss the first button click form.Layout(layout) # ---===--- Loop taking in user input and using it to query HowDoI web oracle --- # while True: button, value = form.Read() if button == 'SEND': print(value) else: break # Shows a form that's a running counter # this is the basic design pattern if you can keep your reading of the # form within the 'with' block. If your read occurs far away in your code from the form creation # then you will want to use the NonBlockingPeriodicUpdateForm example def NonBlockingPeriodicUpdateForm_ContextManager(): with SG.FlexForm('Running Timer', auto_size_text=True) as form: text_element = SG.Text('',size=(10,2), font=('Helvetica', 20), text_color='red', justification='center') layout = [[SG.Text('Non blocking GUI with updates', justification='center')], [text_element], [SG.T(' '*15), SG.Quit()]] form.LayoutAndRead(layout, non_blocking=True) for i in range(1,500): text_element.Update('{:02d}:{:02d}.{:02d}'.format(*divmod(int(i/100), 60), i%100)) button, values = form.ReadNonBlocking() if values is None or button == 'Quit': # if user closed the window using X break time.sleep(.01) else: # if the loop finished then need to close the form for the user form.CloseNonBlockingForm() # Use this context-manager-free version if your read of the form occurs far away in your code # from the form creation (call to LayoutAndRead) def NonBlockingPeriodicUpdateForm(): # Show a form that's a running counter form = SG.FlexForm('Running Timer', auto_size_text=True) text_element = SG.Text('',size=(10,2), font=('Helvetica', 20), justification='center') form_rows = [[SG.Text('Non blocking GUI with updates')], [text_element], [SG.T(' ' * 15), SG.Quit()]] form.LayoutAndRead(form_rows, non_blocking=True) for i in range(1,50000): text_element.Update(f'{(i//100)//60:02d}:{(i//100)%60:02d}.{i%100:02d}') button, values = form.ReadNonBlocking() if values is None or button == 'Quit': # if user closed the window using X or clicked Quit button break time.sleep(.01) else: # if the loop finished then need to close the form for the user form.CloseNonBlockingForm() del(form) def DebugTest(): # SG.Print('How about we print a bunch of random numbers?', , size=(90,40)) for i in range (1,300): SG.Print(i, randint(1, 1000), end='', sep='-') def main(): # SG.SetOptions(border_width=1, font=("Helvetica", 10), button_color=('white', SG.BLUES[0]), slider_border_width=1) Everything_NoContextManager() Everything() NonBlockingPeriodicUpdateForm_ContextManager() NonBlockingPeriodicUpdateForm() ChatBot() Everything() ProgressMeter() SourceDestFolders() ChatBot() DebugTest() SG.MsgBox('Done with all recipes') if __name__ == '__main__': main() exit(69)