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ELEMENT AND FUNCTION CALL REFERENCE

Here you will find the details for all Elements, Objects, and Functions that are available to you. If you want to use a complex element and don't understand the parameters, then this is the right place to come. For every element you're shown the parameters used to create it as well as all methods available to call.

Currently PySimpleGUI (tkinter) only

This documentation is created using the PySimpleGUI.py file which means it's based on the tkinter code. Some of the calls are different, might not exist at all, or there may be more methods/functions for the other PySimpleGUI ports (Qt, Wx, Web).

Work is underway to get the PySimpleGUIQt docstrings completed and corrected.

Caution - Some functions / methods may be internal only yet exposed in this documentation

This section of the documentation is generated directly from the source code. As a result, sometimes internal only functions or methods that you are not supposed to be calling are accidently shown in this documentation. Hopefully these accidents don't happen often.

Here are all of the Elements, the Window & SystemTray classes, and all functions

Button Element

Button Element - Defines all possible buttons. The shortcuts such as Submit, FileBrowse, ... each create a Button
Button(button_text="",
    button_type=7,
    target=(None, None),
    tooltip=None,
    file_types=(('ALL Files', '*.*'),),
    initial_folder=None,
    disabled=False,
    change_submits=False,
    enable_events=False,
    image_filename=None,
    image_data=None,
    image_size=(None, None),
    image_subsample=None,
    border_width=None,
    size=(None, None),
    auto_size_button=None,
    button_color=None,
    disabled_button_color=None,
    use_ttk_buttons=None,
    font=None,
    bind_return_key=False,
    focus=False,
    pad=None,
    key=None,
    k=None,
    visible=True,
    metadata=None)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
str button_text Text to be displayed on the button
int button_type You should NOT be setting this directly. ONLY the shortcut functions set this
Union[str, Tuple[int, int]] target key or (row,col) target for the button. Note that -1 for column means 1 element to the left of this one. The constant ThisRow is used to indicate the current row. The Button itself is a valid target for some types of button
str tooltip text, that will appear when mouse hovers over the element
Tuple[Tuple[str, str], ...] file_types the filetypes that will be used to match files. To indicate all files: (("ALL Files", "."),). Note - NOT SUPPORTED ON MAC
str initial_folder starting path for folders and files
bool disabled If True button will be created disabled
bool change_submits DO NOT USE. Only listed for backwards compat - Use enable_events instead
bool enable_events Turns on the element specific events. If this button is a target, should it generate an event when filled in
str image_filename image filename if there is a button image. GIFs and PNGs only.
Union[bytes, str] image_data Raw or Base64 representation of the image to put on button. Choose either filename or data
(int, int) image_size Size of the image in pixels (width, height)
int image_subsample amount to reduce the size of the image. Divides the size by this number. 2=1/2, 3=1/3, 4=1/4, etc
int border_width width of border around button in pixels
(int, int) size (width, height) of the button in characters wide, rows high
bool auto_size_button if True the button size is sized to fit the text
Tuple[str, str] == (text color, background color) button_color of button. Easy to remember which is which if you say "ON" between colors. "red" on "green".
Tuple[str, str] disabled_button_color colors to use when button is disabled (text, background). Use None for a color if don't want to change. Only ttk buttons support both text and background colors. tk buttons only support changing text color
bool use_ttk_buttons True = use ttk buttons. False = do not use ttk buttons. None (Default) = use ttk buttons only if on a Mac and not with button images
Union[str, Tuple[str, int]] font specifies the font family, size, etc
bool bind_return_key If True the return key will cause this button to be pressed
bool focus if True, initial focus will be put on this button
(int, int) or ((int, int),(int,int)) or (int,(int,int)) or ((int, int),int) pad Amount of padding to put around element (left/right, top/bottom) or ((left, right), (top, bottom))
Any key Used with window.FindElement and with return values to uniquely identify this element to uniquely identify this element
Any k Same as the Key. You can use either k or key. Which ever is set will be used.
bool visible set visibility state of the element
Any metadata User metadata that can be set to ANYTHING

Click

Generates a click of the button as if the user clicked the button Calls the tkinter invoke method for the button

Click()

GetText

Returns the current text shown on a button

GetText()

Type Name Meaning
return The text currently displayed on the button

SetFocus

Sets the current focus to be on this element

SetFocus(force=False)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
bool force if True will call focus_force otherwise calls focus_set

SetTooltip

Called by application to change the tooltip text for an Element. Normally invoked using the Element Object such as: window.Element('key').SetToolTip('New tip').

SetTooltip(tooltip_text)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
str tooltip_text the text to show in tooltip.

Update

Changes some of the settings for the Button Element. Must call Window.Read or Window.Finalize prior

Update(text=None,
    button_color=(None, None),
    disabled=None,
    image_data=None,
    image_filename=None,
    visible=None,
    image_subsample=None,
    disabled_button_color=(None, None),
    image_size=None)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
str text sets button text
Tuple[str, str] == (text color, background color) button_color of button. Easy to remember which is which if you say "ON" between colors. "red" on "green"
bool disabled disable or enable state of the element
Union[bytes, str] image_data Raw or Base64 representation of the image to put on button. Choose either filename or data
str image_filename image filename if there is a button image. GIFs and PNGs only.
Tuple[str, str] disabled_button_color colors to use when button is disabled (text, background). Use None for a color if don't want to change. Only ttk buttons support both text and background colors. tk buttons only support changing text color
bool visible control visibility of element
int image_subsample amount to reduce the size of the image. Divides the size by this number. 2=1/2, 3=1/3, 4=1/4, etc
(int, int) image_size Size of the image in pixels (width, height)

bind

Used to add tkinter events to an Element. The tkinter specific data is in the Element's member variable user_bind_event

bind(bind_string, key_modifier)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
str bind_string The string tkinter expected in its bind function

click

Generates a click of the button as if the user clicked the button Calls the tkinter invoke method for the button

click()

expand

Causes the Element to expand to fill available space in the X and Y directions. Can specify which or both directions

expand(expand_x=False,
    expand_y=False,
    expand_row=True)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
bool expand_x If True Element will expand in the Horizontal directions
bool expand_y If True Element will expand in the Vertical directions
bool expand_row If True the row containing the element will also expand. Without this your element is "trapped" within the row

get_size

Return the size of an element in Pixels. Care must be taken as some elements use characters to specify their size but will return pixels when calling this get_size method.

get_size()

Type Name Meaning
return width and height of the element

get_text

Returns the current text shown on a button

get_text()

Type Name Meaning
return The text currently displayed on the button

hide_row

Hide the entire row an Element is located on. Use this if you must have all space removed when you are hiding an element, including the row container

hide_row()

set_cursor

Sets the cursor for the current Element.

set_cursor(cursor)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
str cursor The tkinter cursor name

set_focus

Sets the current focus to be on this element

set_focus(force=False)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
bool force if True will call focus_force otherwise calls focus_set

set_size

Changes the size of an element to a specific size. It's possible to specify None for one of sizes so that only 1 of the element's dimensions are changed.

set_size(size=(None, None))

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
(int, int) size The size in characters, rows typically. In some cases they are pixels

set_tooltip

Called by application to change the tooltip text for an Element. Normally invoked using the Element Object such as: window.Element('key').SetToolTip('New tip').

set_tooltip(tooltip_text)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
str tooltip_text the text to show in tooltip.

set_vscroll_position

Attempts to set the vertical scroll postition for an element's Widget

set_vscroll_position(percent_from_top)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
float percent_from_top From 0 to 1.0, the percentage from the top to move scrollbar to

unbind

Removes a previously bound tkinter event from an Element.

unbind(bind_string)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
str bind_string The string tkinter expected in its bind function

unhide_row

Unhides (makes visible again) the row container that the Element is located on. Note that it will re-appear at the bottom of the window / container, most likely.

unhide_row()

update

Changes some of the settings for the Button Element. Must call Window.Read or Window.Finalize prior

update(text=None,
    button_color=(None, None),
    disabled=None,
    image_data=None,
    image_filename=None,
    visible=None,
    image_subsample=None,
    disabled_button_color=(None, None),
    image_size=None)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
str text sets button text
Tuple[str, str] == (text color, background color) button_color of button. Easy to remember which is which if you say "ON" between colors. "red" on "green"
bool disabled disable or enable state of the element
Union[bytes, str] image_data Raw or Base64 representation of the image to put on button. Choose either filename or data
str image_filename image filename if there is a button image. GIFs and PNGs only.
Tuple[str, str] disabled_button_color colors to use when button is disabled (text, background). Use None for a color if don't want to change. Only ttk buttons support both text and background colors. tk buttons only support changing text color
bool visible control visibility of element
int image_subsample amount to reduce the size of the image. Divides the size by this number. 2=1/2, 3=1/3, 4=1/4, etc
(int, int) image_size Size of the image in pixels (width, height)

ButtonMenu Element

The Button Menu Element.  Creates a button that when clicked will show a menu similar to right click menu
ButtonMenu(button_text,
    menu_def,
    tooltip=None,
    disabled=False,
    image_filename=None,
    image_data=None,
    image_size=(None, None),
    image_subsample=None,
    border_width=None,
    size=(None, None),
    auto_size_button=None,
    button_color=None,
    font=None,
    pad=None,
    key=None,
    k=None,
    tearoff=False,
    visible=True,
    metadata=None)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
str button_text Text to be displayed on the button
List[List[str]] menu_def A list of lists of Menu items to show when this element is clicked. See docs for format as they are the same for all menu types
str tooltip text, that will appear when mouse hovers over the element
bool disabled If True button will be created disabled
str image_filename image filename if there is a button image. GIFs and PNGs only.
Union[bytes, str] image_data Raw or Base64 representation of the image to put on button. Choose either filename or data
(int, int) image_size Size of the image in pixels (width, height)
int image_subsample amount to reduce the size of the image. Divides the size by this number. 2=1/2, 3=1/3, 4=1/4, etc
int border_width width of border around button in pixels
(int, int) size (width, height) of the button in characters wide, rows high
bool auto_size_button if True the button size is sized to fit the text
Tuple[str, str] == (text color, background color) button_color of button. Easy to remember which is which if you say "ON" between colors. "red" on "green"
Union[str, Tuple[str, int]] font specifies the font family, size, etc
(int, int) or ((int, int),(int,int)) or (int,(int,int)) or ((int, int),int) pad Amount of padding to put around element (left/right, top/bottom) or ((left, right), (top, bottom))
Any key Used with window.FindElement and with return values to uniquely identify this element to uniquely identify this element
Any k Same as the Key. You can use either k or key. Which ever is set will be used.
bool tearoff Determines if menus should allow them to be torn off
bool visible set visibility state of the element
Any metadata User metadata that can be set to ANYTHING

Click

Generates a click of the button as if the user clicked the button Calls the tkinter invoke method for the button

Click()

SetFocus

Sets the current focus to be on this element

SetFocus(force=False)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
bool force if True will call focus_force otherwise calls focus_set

SetTooltip

Called by application to change the tooltip text for an Element. Normally invoked using the Element Object such as: window.Element('key').SetToolTip('New tip').

SetTooltip(tooltip_text)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
str tooltip_text the text to show in tooltip.

Update

Changes some of the settings for the ButtonMenu Element. Must call Window.Read or Window.Finalize prior

Update(menu_definition, visible=None)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
List[List] menu_definition (New menu definition (in menu definition format)
bool visible control visibility of element

bind

Used to add tkinter events to an Element. The tkinter specific data is in the Element's member variable user_bind_event

bind(bind_string, key_modifier)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
str bind_string The string tkinter expected in its bind function

expand

Causes the Element to expand to fill available space in the X and Y directions. Can specify which or both directions

expand(expand_x=False,
    expand_y=False,
    expand_row=True)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
bool expand_x If True Element will expand in the Horizontal directions
bool expand_y If True Element will expand in the Vertical directions
bool expand_row If True the row containing the element will also expand. Without this your element is "trapped" within the row

get_size

Return the size of an element in Pixels. Care must be taken as some elements use characters to specify their size but will return pixels when calling this get_size method.

get_size()

Type Name Meaning
return width and height of the element

hide_row

Hide the entire row an Element is located on. Use this if you must have all space removed when you are hiding an element, including the row container

hide_row()

set_cursor

Sets the cursor for the current Element.

set_cursor(cursor)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
str cursor The tkinter cursor name

set_focus

Sets the current focus to be on this element

set_focus(force=False)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
bool force if True will call focus_force otherwise calls focus_set

set_size

Changes the size of an element to a specific size. It's possible to specify None for one of sizes so that only 1 of the element's dimensions are changed.

set_size(size=(None, None))

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
(int, int) size The size in characters, rows typically. In some cases they are pixels

set_tooltip

Called by application to change the tooltip text for an Element. Normally invoked using the Element Object such as: window.Element('key').SetToolTip('New tip').

set_tooltip(tooltip_text)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
str tooltip_text the text to show in tooltip.

unbind

Removes a previously bound tkinter event from an Element.

unbind(bind_string)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
str bind_string The string tkinter expected in its bind function

set_vscroll_position

Attempts to set the vertical scroll postition for an element's Widget

set_vscroll_position(percent_from_top)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
float percent_from_top From 0 to 1.0, the percentage from the top to move scrollbar to

unhide_row

Unhides (makes visible again) the row container that the Element is located on. Note that it will re-appear at the bottom of the window / container, most likely.

unhide_row()

update

Changes some of the settings for the ButtonMenu Element. Must call Window.Read or Window.Finalize prior

update(menu_definition, visible=None)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
List[List] menu_definition (New menu definition (in menu definition format)
bool visible control visibility of element

Canvas Element

Canvas(canvas=None,
    background_color=None,
    size=(None, None),
    pad=None,
    key=None,
    k=None,
    tooltip=None,
    right_click_menu=None,
    visible=True,
    metadata=None)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
(tk.Canvas) canvas Your own tk.Canvas if you already created it. Leave blank to create a Canvas
str background_color color of background
Tuple[int,int] size (width in char, height in rows) size in pixels to make canvas
(int, int) or ((int, int),(int,int)) or (int,(int,int)) or ((int, int),int) pad Amount of padding to put around element
Any key Used with window.FindElement and with return values to uniquely identify this element
Any k Same as the Key. You can use either k or key. Which ever is set will be used.
str tooltip text, that will appear when mouse hovers over the element
List[List[Union[List[str],str]]] right_click_menu A list of lists of Menu items to show when this element is right clicked. See user docs for exact format.
bool visible set visibility state of the element
Any metadata User metadata that can be set to ANYTHING

SetFocus

Sets the current focus to be on this element

SetFocus(force=False)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
bool force if True will call focus_force otherwise calls focus_set

SetTooltip

Called by application to change the tooltip text for an Element. Normally invoked using the Element Object such as: window.Element('key').SetToolTip('New tip').

SetTooltip(tooltip_text)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
str tooltip_text the text to show in tooltip.

TKCanvas

property: TKCanvas

Returns the underlying tkiner Canvas widget

Type Name Meaning
return The tkinter canvas widget

bind

Used to add tkinter events to an Element. The tkinter specific data is in the Element's member variable user_bind_event

bind(bind_string, key_modifier)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
str bind_string The string tkinter expected in its bind function

expand

Causes the Element to expand to fill available space in the X and Y directions. Can specify which or both directions

expand(expand_x=False,
    expand_y=False,
    expand_row=True)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
bool expand_x If True Element will expand in the Horizontal directions
bool expand_y If True Element will expand in the Vertical directions
bool expand_row If True the row containing the element will also expand. Without this your element is "trapped" within the row

get_size

Return the size of an element in Pixels. Care must be taken as some elements use characters to specify their size but will return pixels when calling this get_size method.

get_size()

Type Name Meaning
return width and height of the element

hide_row

Hide the entire row an Element is located on. Use this if you must have all space removed when you are hiding an element, including the row container

hide_row()

set_cursor

Sets the cursor for the current Element.

set_cursor(cursor)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
str cursor The tkinter cursor name

set_focus

Sets the current focus to be on this element

set_focus(force=False)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
bool force if True will call focus_force otherwise calls focus_set

set_size

Changes the size of an element to a specific size. It's possible to specify None for one of sizes so that only 1 of the element's dimensions are changed.

set_size(size=(None, None))

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
(int, int) size The size in characters, rows typically. In some cases they are pixels

set_tooltip

Called by application to change the tooltip text for an Element. Normally invoked using the Element Object such as: window.Element('key').SetToolTip('New tip').

set_tooltip(tooltip_text)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
str tooltip_text the text to show in tooltip.

tk_canvas

property: tk_canvas

Returns the underlying tkiner Canvas widget

Type Name Meaning
return The tkinter canvas widget

unbind

Removes a previously bound tkinter event from an Element.

unbind(bind_string)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
str bind_string The string tkinter expected in its bind function

unhide_row

Unhides (makes visible again) the row container that the Element is located on. Note that it will re-appear at the bottom of the window / container, most likely.

unhide_row()

Checkbox Element

Checkbox Element - Displays a checkbox and text next to it
Checkbox(text,
    default=False,
    size=(None, None),
    auto_size_text=None,
    font=None,
    background_color=None,
    text_color=None,
    change_submits=False,
    enable_events=False,
    disabled=False,
    key=None,
    k=None,
    pad=None,
    tooltip=None,
    visible=True,
    metadata=None)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
str text Text to display next to checkbox
bool default Set to True if you want this checkbox initially checked
(int, int) size (width, height) width = characters-wide, height = rows-high
bool auto_size_text if True will size the element to match the length of the text
Union[str, Tuple[str, int]] font specifies the font family, size, etc
str background_color color of background
str text_color color of the text
bool change_submits DO NOT USE. Only listed for backwards compat - Use enable_events instead
bool enable_events Turns on the element specific events. Checkbox events happen when an item changes
bool disabled set disable state
Any key Used with window.FindElement and with return values to uniquely identify this element
Any k Same as the Key. You can use either k or key. Which ever is set will be used.
(int, int) or ((int, int),(int,int)) or (int,(int,int)) or ((int, int),int) pad Amount of padding to put around element (left/right, top/bottom) or ((left, right), (top, bottom))
str tooltip text, that will appear when mouse hovers over the element
bool visible set visibility state of the element
Any metadata User metadata that can be set to ANYTHING

Get

Return the current state of this checkbox

Get()

Type Name Meaning
return Current state of checkbox

SetFocus

Sets the current focus to be on this element

SetFocus(force=False)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
bool force if True will call focus_force otherwise calls focus_set

SetTooltip

Called by application to change the tooltip text for an Element. Normally invoked using the Element Object such as: window.Element('key').SetToolTip('New tip').

SetTooltip(tooltip_text)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
str tooltip_text the text to show in tooltip.

Update

Changes some of the settings for the Checkbox Element. Must call Window.Read or Window.Finalize prior. Note that changing visibility may cause element to change locations when made visible after invisible

Update(value=None,
    text=None,
    background_color=None,
    text_color=None,
    disabled=None,
    visible=None)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
bool value if True checks the checkbox, False clears it
str text Text to display next to checkbox
str background_color color of background
str text_color color of the text. Note this also changes the color of the checkmark
bool disabled disable or enable element
bool visible control visibility of element

bind

Used to add tkinter events to an Element. The tkinter specific data is in the Element's member variable user_bind_event

bind(bind_string, key_modifier)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
str bind_string The string tkinter expected in its bind function

expand

Causes the Element to expand to fill available space in the X and Y directions. Can specify which or both directions

expand(expand_x=False,
    expand_y=False,
    expand_row=True)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
bool expand_x If True Element will expand in the Horizontal directions
bool expand_y If True Element will expand in the Vertical directions
bool expand_row If True the row containing the element will also expand. Without this your element is "trapped" within the row

get

Return the current state of this checkbox

get()

Type Name Meaning
return Current state of checkbox

get_size

Return the size of an element in Pixels. Care must be taken as some elements use characters to specify their size but will return pixels when calling this get_size method.

get_size()

Type Name Meaning
return width and height of the element

hide_row

Hide the entire row an Element is located on. Use this if you must have all space removed when you are hiding an element, including the row container

hide_row()

set_cursor

Sets the cursor for the current Element.

set_cursor(cursor)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
str cursor The tkinter cursor name

set_focus

Sets the current focus to be on this element

set_focus(force=False)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
bool force if True will call focus_force otherwise calls focus_set

set_size

Changes the size of an element to a specific size. It's possible to specify None for one of sizes so that only 1 of the element's dimensions are changed.

set_size(size=(None, None))

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
(int, int) size The size in characters, rows typically. In some cases they are pixels

set_tooltip

Called by application to change the tooltip text for an Element. Normally invoked using the Element Object such as: window.Element('key').SetToolTip('New tip').

set_tooltip(tooltip_text)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
str tooltip_text the text to show in tooltip.

unbind

Removes a previously bound tkinter event from an Element.

unbind(bind_string)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
str bind_string The string tkinter expected in its bind function

unhide_row

Unhides (makes visible again) the row container that the Element is located on. Note that it will re-appear at the bottom of the window / container, most likely.

unhide_row()

update

Changes some of the settings for the Checkbox Element. Must call Window.Read or Window.Finalize prior. Note that changing visibility may cause element to change locations when made visible after invisible

update(value=None,
    text=None,
    background_color=None,
    text_color=None,
    disabled=None,
    visible=None)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
bool value if True checks the checkbox, False clears it
str text Text to display next to checkbox
str background_color color of background
str text_color color of the text. Note this also changes the color of the checkmark
bool disabled disable or enable element
bool visible control visibility of element

Column Element

A container element that is used to create a layout within your window's layout
Column(layout,
    background_color=None,
    size=(None, None),
    pad=None,
    scrollable=False,
    vertical_scroll_only=False,
    right_click_menu=None,
    key=None,
    k=None,
    visible=True,
    justification="left",
    element_justification="left",
    metadata=None)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
List[List[Element]] layout Layout that will be shown in the Column container
str background_color color of background of entire Column
(int, int) size (width, height) size in pixels (doesn't work quite right, sometimes only 1 dimension is set by tkinter
(int, int) or ((int, int),(int,int)) or (int,(int,int)) or ((int, int),int) pad Amount of padding to put around element (left/right, top/bottom) or ((left, right), (top, bottom))
bool scrollable if True then scrollbars will be added to the column
bool vertical_scroll_only if Truen then no horizontal scrollbar will be shown
List[List[Union[List[str],str]]] right_click_menu A list of lists of Menu items to show when this element is right clicked. See user docs for exact format.
Any key Value that uniquely identifies this element from all other elements. Used when Finding an element or in return values. Must be unique to the window
Any k Same as the Key. You can use either k or key. Which ever is set will be used.
bool visible set visibility state of the element
str justification set justification for the Column itself. Note entire row containing the Column will be affected
str element_justification All elements inside the Column will have this justification 'left', 'right', 'center' are valid values
Any metadata User metadata that can be set to ANYTHING

AddRow

Not recommended user call. Used to add rows of Elements to the Column Element.

AddRow(args=*<1 or N object>)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
List[Element] *args The list of elements for this row

Layout

Can use like the Window.Layout method, but it's better to use the layout parameter when creating

Layout(rows)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
List[List[Element]] rows The rows of Elements
(Column) RETURN Used for chaining

SetFocus

Sets the current focus to be on this element

SetFocus(force=False)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
bool force if True will call focus_force otherwise calls focus_set

SetTooltip

Called by application to change the tooltip text for an Element. Normally invoked using the Element Object such as: window.Element('key').SetToolTip('New tip').

SetTooltip(tooltip_text)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
str tooltip_text the text to show in tooltip.

Update

Changes some of the settings for the Column Element. Must call Window.Read or Window.Finalize prior

Update(visible=None)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
bool visible control visibility of element

add_row

Not recommended user call. Used to add rows of Elements to the Column Element.

add_row(args=*<1 or N object>)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
List[Element] *args The list of elements for this row

bind

Used to add tkinter events to an Element. The tkinter specific data is in the Element's member variable user_bind_event

bind(bind_string, key_modifier)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
str bind_string The string tkinter expected in its bind function

expand

Causes the Element to expand to fill available space in the X and Y directions. Can specify which or both directions

expand(expand_x=False,
    expand_y=False,
    expand_row=True)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
bool expand_x If True Element will expand in the Horizontal directions
bool expand_y If True Element will expand in the Vertical directions
bool expand_row If True the row containing the element will also expand. Without this your element is "trapped" within the row

get_size

Return the size of an element in Pixels. Care must be taken as some elements use characters to specify their size but will return pixels when calling this get_size method.

get_size()

Type Name Meaning
return width and height of the element

hide_row

Hide the entire row an Element is located on. Use this if you must have all space removed when you are hiding an element, including the row container

hide_row()

layout

Can use like the Window.Layout method, but it's better to use the layout parameter when creating

layout(rows)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
List[List[Element]] rows The rows of Elements
(Column) RETURN Used for chaining

set_cursor

Sets the cursor for the current Element.

set_cursor(cursor)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
str cursor The tkinter cursor name

set_focus

Sets the current focus to be on this element

set_focus(force=False)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
bool force if True will call focus_force otherwise calls focus_set

set_size

Changes the size of an element to a specific size. It's possible to specify None for one of sizes so that only 1 of the element's dimensions are changed.

set_size(size=(None, None))

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
(int, int) size The size in characters, rows typically. In some cases they are pixels

set_tooltip

Called by application to change the tooltip text for an Element. Normally invoked using the Element Object such as: window.Element('key').SetToolTip('New tip').

set_tooltip(tooltip_text)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
str tooltip_text the text to show in tooltip.

unbind

Removes a previously bound tkinter event from an Element.

unbind(bind_string)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
str bind_string The string tkinter expected in its bind function

set_vscroll_position

Attempts to set the vertical scroll postition for an element's Widget

set_vscroll_position(percent_from_top)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
float percent_from_top From 0 to 1.0, the percentage from the top to move scrollbar to

unhide_row

Unhides (makes visible again) the row container that the Element is located on. Note that it will re-appear at the bottom of the window / container, most likely.

unhide_row()

update

Changes some of the settings for the Column Element. Must call Window.Read or Window.Finalize prior

update(visible=None)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
bool visible control visibility of element

Combo Element

ComboBox Element - A combination of a single-line input and a drop-down menu. User can type in their own value or choose from list.
Combo(values,
    default_value=None,
    size=(None, None),
    auto_size_text=None,
    background_color=None,
    text_color=None,
    change_submits=False,
    enable_events=False,
    disabled=False,
    key=None,
    k=None,
    pad=None,
    tooltip=None,
    readonly=False,
    font=None,
    visible=True,
    metadata=None)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
List[Any] or Tuple[Any] values values to choose. While displayed as text, the items returned are what the caller supplied, not text
Any default_value Choice to be displayed as initial value. Must match one of values variable contents
(int, int) (width, height) size width = characters-wide, height = rows-high
bool auto_size_text True if element should be the same size as the contents
str background_color color of background
str text_color color of the text
bool change_submits DEPRICATED DO NOT USE. Use enable_events instead
bool enable_events Turns on the element specific events. Combo event is when a choice is made
bool disabled set disable state for element
Any key Used with window.FindElement and with return values to uniquely identify this element
Any k Same as the Key. You can use either k or key. Which ever is set will be used.
(int, int) or ((int, int),(int,int)) or (int,(int,int)) or ((int, int),int) pad Amount of padding to put around element (left/right, top/bottom) or ((left, right), (top, bottom))
str tooltip text that will appear when mouse hovers over this element
bool readonly make element readonly (user can't change). True means user cannot change
Union[str, Tuple[str, int]] font specifies the font family, size, etc
bool visible set visibility state of the element
Any metadata User metadata that can be set to ANYTHING

Get

Returns the current (right now) value of the Combo. DO NOT USE THIS AS THE NORMAL WAY OF READING A COMBO! You should be using values from your call to window.Read instead. Know what you're doing if you use it.

Get()

Type Name Meaning
return Returns the value of what is currently chosen

SetFocus

Sets the current focus to be on this element

SetFocus(force=False)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
bool force if True will call focus_force otherwise calls focus_set

SetTooltip

Called by application to change the tooltip text for an Element. Normally invoked using the Element Object such as: window.Element('key').SetToolTip('New tip').

SetTooltip(tooltip_text)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
str tooltip_text the text to show in tooltip.

Update

Changes some of the settings for the Combo Element. Must call Window.Read or Window.Finalize prior

Update(value=None,
    values=None,
    set_to_index=None,
    disabled=None,
    readonly=None,
    font=None,
    visible=None)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
Any value change which value is current selected hased on new list of previous list of choices
List[Any] values change list of choices
int set_to_index change selection to a particular choice starting with index = 0
bool disabled disable or enable state of the element
bool readonly if True make element readonly (user cannot change any choices)
Union[str, Tuple[str, int]] font specifies the font family, size, etc
bool visible control visibility of element

bind

Used to add tkinter events to an Element. The tkinter specific data is in the Element's member variable user_bind_event

bind(bind_string, key_modifier)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
str bind_string The string tkinter expected in its bind function

expand

Causes the Element to expand to fill available space in the X and Y directions. Can specify which or both directions

expand(expand_x=False,
    expand_y=False,
    expand_row=True)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
bool expand_x If True Element will expand in the Horizontal directions
bool expand_y If True Element will expand in the Vertical directions
bool expand_row If True the row containing the element will also expand. Without this your element is "trapped" within the row

get

Returns the current (right now) value of the Combo. DO NOT USE THIS AS THE NORMAL WAY OF READING A COMBO! You should be using values from your call to window.Read instead. Know what you're doing if you use it.

get()

Type Name Meaning
return Returns the value of what is currently chosen

get_size

Return the size of an element in Pixels. Care must be taken as some elements use characters to specify their size but will return pixels when calling this get_size method.

get_size()

Type Name Meaning
return width and height of the element

hide_row

Hide the entire row an Element is located on. Use this if you must have all space removed when you are hiding an element, including the row container

hide_row()

set_cursor

Sets the cursor for the current Element.

set_cursor(cursor)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
str cursor The tkinter cursor name

set_focus

Sets the current focus to be on this element

set_focus(force=False)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
bool force if True will call focus_force otherwise calls focus_set

set_size

Changes the size of an element to a specific size. It's possible to specify None for one of sizes so that only 1 of the element's dimensions are changed.

set_size(size=(None, None))

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
(int, int) size The size in characters, rows typically. In some cases they are pixels

set_tooltip

Called by application to change the tooltip text for an Element. Normally invoked using the Element Object such as: window.Element('key').SetToolTip('New tip').

set_tooltip(tooltip_text)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
str tooltip_text the text to show in tooltip.

unbind

Removes a previously bound tkinter event from an Element.

unbind(bind_string)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
str bind_string The string tkinter expected in its bind function

unhide_row

Unhides (makes visible again) the row container that the Element is located on. Note that it will re-appear at the bottom of the window / container, most likely.

unhide_row()

update

Changes some of the settings for the Combo Element. Must call Window.Read or Window.Finalize prior

update(value=None,
    values=None,
    set_to_index=None,
    disabled=None,
    readonly=None,
    font=None,
    visible=None)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
Any value change which value is current selected hased on new list of previous list of choices
List[Any] values change list of choices
int set_to_index change selection to a particular choice starting with index = 0
bool disabled disable or enable state of the element
bool readonly if True make element readonly (user cannot change any choices)
Union[str, Tuple[str, int]] font specifies the font family, size, etc
bool visible control visibility of element

Frame Element

A Frame Element that contains other Elements. Encloses with a line around elements and a text label.
Frame(title,
    layout,
    title_color=None,
    background_color=None,
    title_location=None,
    relief="groove",
    size=(None, None),
    font=None,
    pad=None,
    border_width=None,
    key=None,
    k=None,
    tooltip=None,
    right_click_menu=None,
    visible=True,
    element_justification="left",
    metadata=None)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
str title text that is displayed as the Frame's "label" or title
List[List[Elements]] layout The layout to put inside the Frame
str title_color color of the title text
str background_color background color of the Frame
enum title_location location to place the text title. Choices include: TITLE_LOCATION_TOP TITLE_LOCATION_BOTTOM TITLE_LOCATION_LEFT TITLE_LOCATION_RIGHT TITLE_LOCATION_TOP_LEFT TITLE_LOCATION_TOP_RIGHT TITLE_LOCATION_BOTTOM_LEFT TITLE_LOCATION_BOTTOM_RIGHT
enum relief relief style. Values are same as other elements with reliefs. Choices include RELIEF_RAISED RELIEF_SUNKEN RELIEF_FLAT RELIEF_RIDGE RELIEF_GROOVE RELIEF_SOLID
(int, int) size (width, height) (note this parameter may not always work)
Union[str, Tuple[str, int]] font specifies the font family, size, etc
(int, int) or ((int, int),(int,int)) or (int,(int,int)) or ((int, int),int) pad Amount of padding to put around element (left/right, top/bottom) or ((left, right), (top, bottom))
int border_width width of border around element in pixels
Any key Value that uniquely identifies this element from all other elements. Used when Finding an element or in return values. Must be unique to the window
Any k Same as the Key. You can use either k or key. Which ever is set will be used.
str tooltip text, that will appear when mouse hovers over the element
List[List[Union[List[str],str]]] right_click_menu A list of lists of Menu items to show when this element is right clicked. See user docs for exact format.
bool visible set visibility state of the element
str element_justification All elements inside the Frame will have this justification 'left', 'right', 'center' are valid values
Any metadata User metadata that can be set to ANYTHING

AddRow

Not recommended user call. Used to add rows of Elements to the Frame Element.

AddRow(args=*<1 or N object>)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
List[Element] *args The list of elements for this row

Layout

Can use like the Window.Layout method, but it's better to use the layout parameter when creating

Layout(rows)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
List[List[Element]] rows The rows of Elements
(Frame) RETURN Used for chaining

SetFocus

Sets the current focus to be on this element

SetFocus(force=False)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
bool force if True will call focus_force otherwise calls focus_set

SetTooltip

Called by application to change the tooltip text for an Element. Normally invoked using the Element Object such as: window.Element('key').SetToolTip('New tip').

SetTooltip(tooltip_text)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
str tooltip_text the text to show in tooltip.

Update

Changes some of the settings for the Frame Element. Must call Window.Read or Window.Finalize prior

Update(value=None, visible=None)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
Any value New text value to show on frame
bool visible control visibility of element

add_row

Not recommended user call. Used to add rows of Elements to the Frame Element.

add_row(args=*<1 or N object>)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
List[Element] *args The list of elements for this row

bind

Used to add tkinter events to an Element. The tkinter specific data is in the Element's member variable user_bind_event

bind(bind_string, key_modifier)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
str bind_string The string tkinter expected in its bind function

expand

Causes the Element to expand to fill available space in the X and Y directions. Can specify which or both directions

expand(expand_x=False,
    expand_y=False,
    expand_row=True)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
bool expand_x If True Element will expand in the Horizontal directions
bool expand_y If True Element will expand in the Vertical directions
bool expand_row If True the row containing the element will also expand. Without this your element is "trapped" within the row

get_size

Return the size of an element in Pixels. Care must be taken as some elements use characters to specify their size but will return pixels when calling this get_size method.

get_size()

Type Name Meaning
return width and height of the element

hide_row

Hide the entire row an Element is located on. Use this if you must have all space removed when you are hiding an element, including the row container

hide_row()

layout

Can use like the Window.Layout method, but it's better to use the layout parameter when creating

layout(rows)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
List[List[Element]] rows The rows of Elements
(Frame) RETURN Used for chaining

set_cursor

Sets the cursor for the current Element.

set_cursor(cursor)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
str cursor The tkinter cursor name

set_focus

Sets the current focus to be on this element

set_focus(force=False)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
bool force if True will call focus_force otherwise calls focus_set

set_size

Changes the size of an element to a specific size. It's possible to specify None for one of sizes so that only 1 of the element's dimensions are changed.

set_size(size=(None, None))

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
(int, int) size The size in characters, rows typically. In some cases they are pixels

set_tooltip

Called by application to change the tooltip text for an Element. Normally invoked using the Element Object such as: window.Element('key').SetToolTip('New tip').

set_tooltip(tooltip_text)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
str tooltip_text the text to show in tooltip.

unbind

Removes a previously bound tkinter event from an Element.

unbind(bind_string)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
str bind_string The string tkinter expected in its bind function

unhide_row

Unhides (makes visible again) the row container that the Element is located on. Note that it will re-appear at the bottom of the window / container, most likely.

unhide_row()

update

Changes some of the settings for the Frame Element. Must call Window.Read or Window.Finalize prior

update(value=None, visible=None)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
Any value New text value to show on frame
bool visible control visibility of element

Graph Element

Creates an area for you to draw on.  The MAGICAL property this Element has is that you interact
with the element using your own coordinate system.  This is an important point!!  YOU define where the location
is for (0,0).  Want (0,0) to be in the middle of the graph like a math 4-quadrant graph?  No problem!  Set your
lower left corner to be (-100,-100) and your upper right to be (100,100) and you've got yourself a graph with
(0,0) at the center.
One of THE coolest of the Elements.
You can also use float values. To do so, be sure and set the float_values parameter.
Mouse click and drag events are possible and return the (x,y) coordinates of the mouse
Drawing primitives return an "id" that is referenced when you want to operation on that item (e.g. to erase it)
Graph(canvas_size,
    graph_bottom_left,
    graph_top_right,
    background_color=None,
    pad=None,
    change_submits=False,
    drag_submits=False,
    enable_events=False,
    key=None,
    k=None,
    tooltip=None,
    right_click_menu=None,
    visible=True,
    float_values=False,
    metadata=None)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
(int, int) canvas_size size of the canvas area in pixels
Tuple[int, int] graph_bottom_left (x,y) The bottoms left corner of your coordinate system
Tuple[int, int] graph_top_right (x,y) The top right corner of your coordinate system
str background_color background color of the drawing area
(int, int) or ((int, int),(int,int)) or (int,(int,int)) or ((int, int),int) pad Amount of padding to put around element (left/right, top/bottom) or ((left, right), (top, bottom))
bool change_submits * DEPRICATED DO NOT USE. Use enable_events instead
bool drag_submits if True and Events are enabled for the Graph, will report Events any time the mouse moves while button down
bool enable_events If True then clicks on the Graph are immediately reported as an event. Use this instead of change_submits
Any key Value that uniquely identifies this element from all other elements. Used when Finding an element or in return values. Must be unique to the window
Any k Same as the Key. You can use either k or key. Which ever is set will be used.
str tooltip text, that will appear when mouse hovers over the element
List[List[Union[List[str],str]]] right_click_menu A list of lists of Menu items to show when this element is right clicked. See user docs for exact format.
bool visible set visibility state of the element (Default = True)
bool float_values If True x,y coordinates are returned as floats, not ints
Any metadata User metadata that can be set to ANYTHING

BringFigureToFront

Changes Z-order of figures on the Graph. Brings the indicated figure to the front of all other drawn figures

BringFigureToFront(figure)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
int figure value returned by tkinter when creating the figure / drawing

DeleteFigure

Remove from the Graph the figure represented by id. The id is given to you anytime you call a drawing primitive

DeleteFigure(id)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
int id the id returned to you when calling one of the drawing methods

DrawArc

Draws different types of arcs. Uses a "bounding box" to define location

DrawArc(top_left,
    bottom_right,
    extent,
    start_angle,
    style=None,
    arc_color="black",
    line_width=1)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
Union[Tuple[int, int], Tuple[float, float]] top_left the top left point of bounding rectangle
Union[Tuple[int, int], Tuple[float, float]] bottom_right the bottom right point of bounding rectangle
float extent Andle to end drawing. Used in conjunction with start_angle
float start_angle Angle to begin drawing. Used in conjunction with extent
str style Valid choices are One of these Style strings- 'pieslice', 'chord', 'arc', 'first', 'last', 'butt', 'projecting', 'round', 'bevel', 'miter'
str arc_color color to draw arc with
Union[int, None] RETURN id returned from tkinter that you'll need if you want to manipulate the arc

DrawCircle

Draws a circle, cenetered at the location provided. Can set the fill and outline colors

DrawCircle(center_location,
    radius,
    fill_color=None,
    line_color="black",
    line_width=1)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
Union [Tuple[int, int], Tuple[float, float]] center_location Center location using USER'S coordinate system
Union[int, float] radius Radius in user's coordinate values.
str fill_color color of the point to draw
str line_color color of the outer line that goes around the circle (sorry, can't set thickness)
int line_width width of the line around the circle, the outline, in pixels
Union[int, None] RETURN id returned from tkinter that you'll need if you want to manipulate the circle

DrawImage

Places an image onto your canvas. It's a really important method for this element as it enables so much

DrawImage(filename=None,
    data=None,
    location=(None, None),
    color="black",
    font=None,
    angle=0)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
str filename if image is in a file, path and filename for the image. (GIF and PNG only!)
Union[str, bytes] data if image is in Base64 format or raw? format then use instead of filename
Union[Tuple[int, int], Tuple[float, float]] location the (x,y) location to place image's top left corner
str color text color
Union[str, Tuple[str, int]] font specifies the font family, size, etc
float angle Angle 0 to 360 to draw the text. Zero represents horizontal text
Union[int, None] RETURN id returned from tkinter that you'll need if you want to manipulate the image

DrawLine

Draws a line from one point to another point using USER'S coordinates. Can set the color and width of line

DrawLine(point_from,
    point_to,
    color="black",
    width=1)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
Union[Tuple[int, int], Tuple[float, float]] point_from Starting point for line
Union[Tuple[int, int], Tuple[float, float]] point_to Ending point for line
str color Color of the line
int width width of line in pixels
Union[int, None] RETURN id returned from tktiner or None if user closed the window. id is used when you

DrawOval

Draws an oval based on coordinates in user coordinate system. Provide the location of a "bounding rectangle"

DrawOval(top_left,
    bottom_right,
    fill_color=None,
    line_color=None,
    line_width=1)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
Union[Tuple[int, int], Tuple[float, float]] top_left the top left point of bounding rectangle
Union[Tuple[int, int], Tuple[float, float]] bottom_right the bottom right point of bounding rectangle
str fill_color color of the interrior
str line_color color of outline of oval
int line_width width of the line around the oval, the outline, in pixels
Union[int, None] RETURN id returned from tkinter that you'll need if you want to manipulate the oval

DrawPoint

Draws a "dot" at the point you specify using the USER'S coordinate system

DrawPoint(point,
    size=2,
    color="black")

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
Union [Tuple[int, int], Tuple[float, float]] point Center location using USER'S coordinate system
Union[int, float] size Radius? (Or is it the diameter?) in user's coordinate values.
str color color of the point to draw
Union[int, None] RETURN id returned from tkinter that you'll need if you want to manipulate the point

DrawPolygon

Draw a polygon given list of points

DrawPolygon(points,
    fill_color=None,
    line_color=None,
    line_width=None)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
List[Union[Tuple[int, int], Tuple[float, float]]] points list of points that define the polygon
str fill_color color of the interior
str line_color color of outline
int line_width width of the line in pixels
Union[int, None] RETURN id returned from tkinter that you'll need if you want to manipulate the rectangle

DrawRectangle

Draw a rectangle given 2 points. Can control the line and fill colors

DrawRectangle(top_left,
    bottom_right,
    fill_color=None,
    line_color=None,
    line_width=None)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
Union[Tuple[int, int], Tuple[float, float]] top_left the top left point of rectangle
Union[Tuple[int, int], Tuple[float, float]] bottom_right the bottom right point of rectangle
str fill_color color of the interior
str line_color color of outline
int line_width width of the line in pixels
Union[int, None] RETURN Union[int, None] id returned from tkinter that you'll need if you want to manipulate the rectangle

DrawText

Draw some text on your graph. This is how you label graph number lines for example

DrawText(text,
    location,
    color="black",
    font=None,
    angle=0,
    text_location="center")

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
str text text to display
Union[Tuple[int, int], Tuple[float, float]] location location to place first letter
str color text color
Union[str, Tuple[str, int]] font specifies the font family, size, etc
float angle Angle 0 to 360 to draw the text. Zero represents horizontal text
enum text_location "anchor" location for the text. Values start with TEXT_LOCATION_
Union[int, None] RETURN id returned from tkinter that you'll need if you want to manipulate the text

Erase

Erase the Graph - Removes all figures previously "drawn" using the Graph methods (e.g. DrawText)

Erase()

GetBoundingBox

Given a figure, returns the upper left and lower right bounding box coordinates

GetBoundingBox(figure)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
object figure a previously drawing figure
Union[Tuple[int, int, int, int], Tuple[float, float, float, float]] RETURN upper left x, upper left y, lower right x, lower right y

GetFiguresAtLocation

Returns a list of figures located at a particular x,y location within the Graph

GetFiguresAtLocation(location)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
Union[Tuple[int, int], Tuple[float, float]] location point to check
List[int] RETURN a list of previously drawn "Figures" (returned from the drawing primitives)

Move

Moves the entire drawing area (the canvas) by some delta from the current position. Units are indicated in your coordinate system indicated number of ticks in your coordinate system

Move(x_direction, y_direction)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
Union[int, float] x_direction how far to move in the "X" direction in your coordinates
Union[int, float] y_direction how far to move in the "Y" direction in your coordinates

MoveFigure

Moves a previously drawn figure using a "delta" from current position

MoveFigure(figure,
    x_direction,
    y_direction)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
id figure Previously obtained figure-id. These are returned from all Draw methods
Union[int, float] x_direction delta to apply to position in the X direction
Union[int, float] y_direction delta to apply to position in the Y direction

RelocateFigure

Move a previously made figure to an arbitrary (x,y) location. This differs from the Move methods because it uses absolute coordinates versus relative for Move

RelocateFigure(figure,
    x,
    y)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
id figure Previously obtained figure-id. These are returned from all Draw methods
Union[int, float] x location on X axis (in user coords) to move the upper left corner of the figure
Union[int, float] y location on Y axis (in user coords) to move the upper left corner of the figure

SendFigureToBack

Changes Z-order of figures on the Graph. Sends the indicated figure to the back of all other drawn figures

SendFigureToBack(figure)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
int figure value returned by tkinter when creating the figure / drawing

SetFocus

Sets the current focus to be on this element

SetFocus(force=False)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
bool force if True will call focus_force otherwise calls focus_set

SetTooltip

Called by application to change the tooltip text for an Element. Normally invoked using the Element Object such as: window.Element('key').SetToolTip('New tip').

SetTooltip(tooltip_text)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
str tooltip_text the text to show in tooltip.

TKCanvas

property: TKCanvas

Returns the underlying tkiner Canvas widget

Type Name Meaning
return The tkinter canvas widget

Update

Changes some of the settings for the Graph Element. Must call Window.Read or Window.Finalize prior

Update(background_color=None, visible=None)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
??? background_color color of background
bool visible control visibility of element

bind

Used to add tkinter events to an Element. The tkinter specific data is in the Element's member variable user_bind_event

bind(bind_string, key_modifier)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
str bind_string The string tkinter expected in its bind function

bring_figure_to_front

Changes Z-order of figures on the Graph. Brings the indicated figure to the front of all other drawn figures

bring_figure_to_front(figure)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
int figure value returned by tkinter when creating the figure / drawing

change_coordinates

Changes the corrdinate system to a new one. The same 2 points in space are used to define the coorinate system - the bottom left and the top right values of your graph.

change_coordinates(graph_bottom_left, graph_top_right)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
Tuple[int, int] (x,y) graph_bottom_left The bottoms left corner of your coordinate system
Tuple[int, int] (x,y) graph_top_right The top right corner of your coordinate system

delete_figure

Remove from the Graph the figure represented by id. The id is given to you anytime you call a drawing primitive

delete_figure(id)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
int id the id returned to you when calling one of the drawing methods

draw_arc

Draws different types of arcs. Uses a "bounding box" to define location

draw_arc(top_left,
    bottom_right,
    extent,
    start_angle,
    style=None,
    arc_color="black",
    line_width=1)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
Union[Tuple[int, int], Tuple[float, float]] top_left the top left point of bounding rectangle
Union[Tuple[int, int], Tuple[float, float]] bottom_right the bottom right point of bounding rectangle
float extent Andle to end drawing. Used in conjunction with start_angle
float start_angle Angle to begin drawing. Used in conjunction with extent
str style Valid choices are One of these Style strings- 'pieslice', 'chord', 'arc', 'first', 'last', 'butt', 'projecting', 'round', 'bevel', 'miter'
str arc_color color to draw arc with
Union[int, None] RETURN id returned from tkinter that you'll need if you want to manipulate the arc

draw_circle

Draws a circle, cenetered at the location provided. Can set the fill and outline colors

draw_circle(center_location,
    radius,
    fill_color=None,
    line_color="black",
    line_width=1)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
Union [Tuple[int, int], Tuple[float, float]] center_location Center location using USER'S coordinate system
Union[int, float] radius Radius in user's coordinate values.
str fill_color color of the point to draw
str line_color color of the outer line that goes around the circle (sorry, can't set thickness)
int line_width width of the line around the circle, the outline, in pixels
Union[int, None] RETURN id returned from tkinter that you'll need if you want to manipulate the circle

draw_image

Places an image onto your canvas. It's a really important method for this element as it enables so much

draw_image(filename=None,
    data=None,
    location=(None, None),
    color="black",
    font=None,
    angle=0)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
str filename if image is in a file, path and filename for the image. (GIF and PNG only!)
Union[str, bytes] data if image is in Base64 format or raw? format then use instead of filename
Union[Tuple[int, int], Tuple[float, float]] location the (x,y) location to place image's top left corner
str color text color
Union[str, Tuple[str, int]] font specifies the font family, size, etc
float angle Angle 0 to 360 to draw the text. Zero represents horizontal text
Union[int, None] RETURN id returned from tkinter that you'll need if you want to manipulate the image

draw_line

Draws a line from one point to another point using USER'S coordinates. Can set the color and width of line

draw_line(point_from,
    point_to,
    color="black",
    width=1)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
Union[Tuple[int, int], Tuple[float, float]] point_from Starting point for line
Union[Tuple[int, int], Tuple[float, float]] point_to Ending point for line
str color Color of the line
int width width of line in pixels
Union[int, None] RETURN id returned from tktiner or None if user closed the window. id is used when you

draw_oval

Draws an oval based on coordinates in user coordinate system. Provide the location of a "bounding rectangle"

draw_oval(top_left,
    bottom_right,
    fill_color=None,
    line_color=None,
    line_width=1)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
Union[Tuple[int, int], Tuple[float, float]] top_left the top left point of bounding rectangle
Union[Tuple[int, int], Tuple[float, float]] bottom_right the bottom right point of bounding rectangle
str fill_color color of the interrior
str line_color color of outline of oval
int line_width width of the line around the oval, the outline, in pixels
Union[int, None] RETURN id returned from tkinter that you'll need if you want to manipulate the oval

draw_point

Draws a "dot" at the point you specify using the USER'S coordinate system

draw_point(point,
    size=2,
    color="black")

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
Union [Tuple[int, int], Tuple[float, float]] point Center location using USER'S coordinate system
Union[int, float] size Radius? (Or is it the diameter?) in user's coordinate values.
str color color of the point to draw
Union[int, None] RETURN id returned from tkinter that you'll need if you want to manipulate the point

draw_polygon

Draw a polygon given list of points

draw_polygon(points,
    fill_color=None,
    line_color=None,
    line_width=None)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
List[Union[Tuple[int, int], Tuple[float, float]]] points list of points that define the polygon
str fill_color color of the interior
str line_color color of outline
int line_width width of the line in pixels
Union[int, None] RETURN id returned from tkinter that you'll need if you want to manipulate the rectangle

draw_rectangle

Draw a rectangle given 2 points. Can control the line and fill colors

draw_rectangle(top_left,
    bottom_right,
    fill_color=None,
    line_color=None,
    line_width=None)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
Union[Tuple[int, int], Tuple[float, float]] top_left the top left point of rectangle
Union[Tuple[int, int], Tuple[float, float]] bottom_right the bottom right point of rectangle
str fill_color color of the interior
str line_color color of outline
int line_width width of the line in pixels
Union[int, None] RETURN Union[int, None] id returned from tkinter that you'll need if you want to manipulate the rectangle

draw_text

Draw some text on your graph. This is how you label graph number lines for example

draw_text(text,
    location,
    color="black",
    font=None,
    angle=0,
    text_location="center")

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
str text text to display
Union[Tuple[int, int], Tuple[float, float]] location location to place first letter
str color text color
Union[str, Tuple[str, int]] font specifies the font family, size, etc
float angle Angle 0 to 360 to draw the text. Zero represents horizontal text
enum text_location "anchor" location for the text. Values start with TEXT_LOCATION_
Union[int, None] RETURN id returned from tkinter that you'll need if you want to manipulate the text

erase

Erase the Graph - Removes all figures previously "drawn" using the Graph methods (e.g. DrawText)

erase()

expand

Causes the Element to expand to fill available space in the X and Y directions. Can specify which or both directions

expand(expand_x=False,
    expand_y=False,
    expand_row=True)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
bool expand_x If True Element will expand in the Horizontal directions
bool expand_y If True Element will expand in the Vertical directions
bool expand_row If True the row containing the element will also expand. Without this your element is "trapped" within the row

get_bounding_box

Given a figure, returns the upper left and lower right bounding box coordinates

get_bounding_box(figure)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
object figure a previously drawing figure
Union[Tuple[int, int, int, int], Tuple[float, float, float, float]] RETURN upper left x, upper left y, lower right x, lower right y

get_figures_at_location

Returns a list of figures located at a particular x,y location within the Graph

get_figures_at_location(location)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
Union[Tuple[int, int], Tuple[float, float]] location point to check
List[int] RETURN a list of previously drawn "Figures" (returned from the drawing primitives)

get_size

Return the size of an element in Pixels. Care must be taken as some elements use characters to specify their size but will return pixels when calling this get_size method.

get_size()

Type Name Meaning
return width and height of the element

hide_row

Hide the entire row an Element is located on. Use this if you must have all space removed when you are hiding an element, including the row container

hide_row()

move

Moves the entire drawing area (the canvas) by some delta from the current position. Units are indicated in your coordinate system indicated number of ticks in your coordinate system

move(x_direction, y_direction)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
Union[int, float] x_direction how far to move in the "X" direction in your coordinates
Union[int, float] y_direction how far to move in the "Y" direction in your coordinates

move_figure

Moves a previously drawn figure using a "delta" from current position

move_figure(figure,
    x_direction,
    y_direction)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
id figure Previously obtained figure-id. These are returned from all Draw methods
Union[int, float] x_direction delta to apply to position in the X direction
Union[int, float] y_direction delta to apply to position in the Y direction

relocate_figure

Move a previously made figure to an arbitrary (x,y) location. This differs from the Move methods because it uses absolute coordinates versus relative for Move

relocate_figure(figure,
    x,
    y)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
id figure Previously obtained figure-id. These are returned from all Draw methods
Union[int, float] x location on X axis (in user coords) to move the upper left corner of the figure
Union[int, float] y location on Y axis (in user coords) to move the upper left corner of the figure

send_figure_to_back

Changes Z-order of figures on the Graph. Sends the indicated figure to the back of all other drawn figures

send_figure_to_back(figure)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
int figure value returned by tkinter when creating the figure / drawing

set_cursor

Sets the cursor for the current Element.

set_cursor(cursor)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
str cursor The tkinter cursor name

set_focus

Sets the current focus to be on this element

set_focus(force=False)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
bool force if True will call focus_force otherwise calls focus_set

set_size

Changes the size of an element to a specific size. It's possible to specify None for one of sizes so that only 1 of the element's dimensions are changed.

set_size(size=(None, None))

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
(int, int) size The size in characters, rows typically. In some cases they are pixels

set_tooltip

Called by application to change the tooltip text for an Element. Normally invoked using the Element Object such as: window.Element('key').SetToolTip('New tip').

set_tooltip(tooltip_text)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
str tooltip_text the text to show in tooltip.

tk_canvas

property: tk_canvas

Returns the underlying tkiner Canvas widget

Type Name Meaning
return The tkinter canvas widget

unbind

Removes a previously bound tkinter event from an Element.

unbind(bind_string)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
str bind_string The string tkinter expected in its bind function

unhide_row

Unhides (makes visible again) the row container that the Element is located on. Note that it will re-appear at the bottom of the window / container, most likely.

unhide_row()

update

Changes some of the settings for the Graph Element. Must call Window.Read or Window.Finalize prior

update(background_color=None, visible=None)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
??? background_color color of background
bool visible control visibility of element

HorizontalSeparator Element

Horizontal Separator Element draws a Horizontal line at the given location.
HorizontalSeparator(color=None,
    pad=None,
    key=None,
    k=None)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
str color Color of the line. Defaults to theme's text color. Can be name or #RRGGBB format
(int, int) or ((int, int),(int,int)) or (int,(int,int)) or ((int, int),int) pad Amount of padding to put around element (left/right, top/bottom) or ((left, right), (top, bottom))
Any key Value that uniquely identifies this element from all other elements. Used when Finding an element or in return values. Must be unique to the window
Any k Same as the Key. You can use either k or key. Which ever is set will be used.

SetFocus

Sets the current focus to be on this element

SetFocus(force=False)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
bool force if True will call focus_force otherwise calls focus_set

SetTooltip

Called by application to change the tooltip text for an Element. Normally invoked using the Element Object such as: window.Element('key').SetToolTip('New tip').

SetTooltip(tooltip_text)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
str tooltip_text the text to show in tooltip.

bind

Used to add tkinter events to an Element. The tkinter specific data is in the Element's member variable user_bind_event

bind(bind_string, key_modifier)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
str bind_string The string tkinter expected in its bind function

expand

Causes the Element to expand to fill available space in the X and Y directions. Can specify which or both directions

expand(expand_x=False,
    expand_y=False,
    expand_row=True)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
bool expand_x If True Element will expand in the Horizontal directions
bool expand_y If True Element will expand in the Vertical directions
bool expand_row If True the row containing the element will also expand. Without this your element is "trapped" within the row

get_size

Return the size of an element in Pixels. Care must be taken as some elements use characters to specify their size but will return pixels when calling this get_size method.

get_size()

Type Name Meaning
return width and height of the element

hide_row

Hide the entire row an Element is located on. Use this if you must have all space removed when you are hiding an element, including the row container

hide_row()

set_cursor

Sets the cursor for the current Element.

set_cursor(cursor)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
str cursor The tkinter cursor name

set_focus

Sets the current focus to be on this element

set_focus(force=False)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
bool force if True will call focus_force otherwise calls focus_set

set_size

Changes the size of an element to a specific size. It's possible to specify None for one of sizes so that only 1 of the element's dimensions are changed.

set_size(size=(None, None))

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
(int, int) size The size in characters, rows typically. In some cases they are pixels

set_tooltip

Called by application to change the tooltip text for an Element. Normally invoked using the Element Object such as: window.Element('key').SetToolTip('New tip').

set_tooltip(tooltip_text)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
str tooltip_text the text to show in tooltip.

unbind

Removes a previously bound tkinter event from an Element.

unbind(bind_string)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
str bind_string The string tkinter expected in its bind function

unhide_row

Unhides (makes visible again) the row container that the Element is located on. Note that it will re-appear at the bottom of the window / container, most likely.

unhide_row()

Image Element

Image Element - show an image in the window. Should be a GIF or a PNG only
Image(filename=None,
    data=None,
    background_color=None,
    size=(None, None),
    pad=None,
    key=None,
    k=None,
    tooltip=None,
    right_click_menu=None,
    visible=True,
    enable_events=False,
    metadata=None)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
str filename image filename if there is a button image. GIFs and PNGs only.
Union[bytes, str] data Raw or Base64 representation of the image to put on button. Choose either filename or data
background_color color of background
(int, int) size (width, height) size of image in pixels
(int, int) or ((int, int),(int,int)) or (int,(int,int)) or ((int, int),int) pad Amount of padding to put around element (left/right, top/bottom) or ((left, right), (top, bottom))
Any key Used with window.FindElement and with return values to uniquely identify this element to uniquely identify this element
Any k Same as the Key. You can use either k or key. Which ever is set will be used.
str tooltip text, that will appear when mouse hovers over the element
List[List[Union[List[str],str]]] right_click_menu A list of lists of Menu items to show when this element is right clicked. See user docs for exact format.
bool visible set visibility state of the element
bool enable_events Turns on the element specific events. For an Image element, the event is "image clicked"
Any metadata User metadata that can be set to ANYTHING

SetFocus

Sets the current focus to be on this element

SetFocus(force=False)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
bool force if True will call focus_force otherwise calls focus_set

SetTooltip

Called by application to change the tooltip text for an Element. Normally invoked using the Element Object such as: window.Element('key').SetToolTip('New tip').

SetTooltip(tooltip_text)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
str tooltip_text the text to show in tooltip.

Update

Changes some of the settings for the Image Element. Must call Window.Read or Window.Finalize prior

Update(filename=None,
    data=None,
    size=(None, None),
    visible=None)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
str filename filename to the new image to display.
Union[str, tkPhotoImage] data Base64 encoded string OR a tk.PhotoImage object
Tuple[int,int] size size of a image (w,h) w=characters-wide, h=rows-high
bool visible control visibility of element

UpdateAnimation

Show an Animated GIF. Call the function as often as you like. The function will determine when to show the next frame and will automatically advance to the next frame at the right time. NOTE - does NOT perform a sleep call to delay

UpdateAnimation(source, time_between_frames=0)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
Union[str,bytes] source Filename or Base64 encoded string containing Animated GIF
int time_between_frames Number of milliseconds to wait between showing frames

bind

Used to add tkinter events to an Element. The tkinter specific data is in the Element's member variable user_bind_event

bind(bind_string, key_modifier)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
str bind_string The string tkinter expected in its bind function

expand

Causes the Element to expand to fill available space in the X and Y directions. Can specify which or both directions

expand(expand_x=False,
    expand_y=False,
    expand_row=True)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
bool expand_x If True Element will expand in the Horizontal directions
bool expand_y If True Element will expand in the Vertical directions
bool expand_row If True the row containing the element will also expand. Without this your element is "trapped" within the row

get_size

Return the size of an element in Pixels. Care must be taken as some elements use characters to specify their size but will return pixels when calling this get_size method.

get_size()

Type Name Meaning
return width and height of the element

hide_row

Hide the entire row an Element is located on. Use this if you must have all space removed when you are hiding an element, including the row container

hide_row()

set_cursor

Sets the cursor for the current Element.

set_cursor(cursor)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
str cursor The tkinter cursor name

set_focus

Sets the current focus to be on this element

set_focus(force=False)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
bool force if True will call focus_force otherwise calls focus_set

set_size

Changes the size of an element to a specific size. It's possible to specify None for one of sizes so that only 1 of the element's dimensions are changed.

set_size(size=(None, None))

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
(int, int) size The size in characters, rows typically. In some cases they are pixels

set_tooltip

Called by application to change the tooltip text for an Element. Normally invoked using the Element Object such as: window.Element('key').SetToolTip('New tip').

set_tooltip(tooltip_text)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
str tooltip_text the text to show in tooltip.

unbind

Removes a previously bound tkinter event from an Element.

unbind(bind_string)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
str bind_string The string tkinter expected in its bind function

unhide_row

Unhides (makes visible again) the row container that the Element is located on. Note that it will re-appear at the bottom of the window / container, most likely.

unhide_row()

update

Changes some of the settings for the Image Element. Must call Window.Read or Window.Finalize prior

update(filename=None,
    data=None,
    size=(None, None),
    visible=None)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
str filename filename to the new image to display.
Union[str, tkPhotoImage] data Base64 encoded string OR a tk.PhotoImage object
Tuple[int,int] size size of a image (w,h) w=characters-wide, h=rows-high
bool visible control visibility of element

update_animation

Show an Animated GIF. Call the function as often as you like. The function will determine when to show the next frame and will automatically advance to the next frame at the right time. NOTE - does NOT perform a sleep call to delay

update_animation(source, time_between_frames=0)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
Union[str,bytes] source Filename or Base64 encoded string containing Animated GIF
int time_between_frames Number of milliseconds to wait between showing frames

update_animation_no_buffering

Show an Animated GIF. Call the function as often as you like. The function will determine when to show the next frame and will automatically advance to the next frame at the right time. NOTE - does NOT perform a sleep call to delay

update_animation_no_buffering(source, time_between_frames=0)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
Union[str,bytes] source Filename or Base64 encoded string containing Animated GIF
int time_between_frames Number of milliseconds to wait between showing frames

InputText Element

Display a single text input field.  Based on the tkinter Widget `Entry`
InputText(default_text="",
    size=(None, None),
    disabled=False,
    password_char="",
    justification=None,
    background_color=None,
    text_color=None,
    font=None,
    tooltip=None,
    border_width=None,
    change_submits=False,
    enable_events=False,
    do_not_clear=True,
    key=None,
    k=None,
    focus=False,
    pad=None,
    use_readonly_for_disable=True,
    readonly=False,
    disabled_readonly_background_color=None,
    disabled_readonly_text_color=None,
    right_click_menu=None,
    visible=True,
    metadata=None)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
str default_text Text initially shown in the input box as a default value(Default value = '')
(int, int) (width, height) size w=characters-wide, h=rows-high
bool disabled set disable state for element (Default = False)
char password_char Password character if this is a password field (Default value = '')
str justification justification for data display. Valid choices - left, right, center
str background_color color of background in one of the color formats
str text_color color of the text
Union[str, Tuple[str, int]] font specifies the font family, size, etc
str tooltip text, that will appear when mouse hovers over the element
int border_width width of border around element in pixels
bool change_submits * DEPRICATED DO NOT USE. Use enable_events instead
bool enable_events If True then changes to this element are immediately reported as an event. Use this instead of change_submits (Default = False)
bool do_not_clear If False then the field will be set to blank after ANY event (button, any event) (Default = True)
Any key Value that uniquely identifies this element from all other elements. Used when Finding an element or in return values. Must be unique to the window
Any k Same as the Key. You can use either k or key. Which ever is set will be used.
bool focus Determines if initial focus should go to this element.
(int, int) or ((int, int),(int,int)) or (int,(int,int)) or ((int, int),int) pad Amount of padding to put around element. Normally (horizontal pixels, vertical pixels) but can be split apart further into ((horizontal left, horizontal right), (vertical above, vertical below))
bool use_readonly_for_disable If True (the default) tkinter state set to 'readonly'. Otherwise state set to 'disabled'
bool readonly If True tkinter state set to 'readonly'. Use this in place of use_readonly_for_disable as another way of achieving readonly. Note cannot set BOTH readonly and disabled as tkinter only supplies a single flag
str disabled_readonly_background_color If state is set to readonly or disabled, the color to use for the background
str disabled_readonly_text_color If state is set to readonly or disabled, the color to use for the text
List[List[Union[List[str],str]]] right_click_menu A list of lists of Menu items to show when this element is right clicked. See user docs for exact format.
bool visible set visibility state of the element (Default = True)
Any metadata User metadata that can be set to ANYTHING

Get

Read and return the current value of the input element. Must call Window.Read or Window.Finalize prior

Get()

Type Name Meaning
return current value of Input field or '' if error encountered

SetFocus

Sets the current focus to be on this element

SetFocus(force=False)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
bool force if True will call focus_force otherwise calls focus_set

SetTooltip

Called by application to change the tooltip text for an Element. Normally invoked using the Element Object such as: window.Element('key').SetToolTip('New tip').

SetTooltip(tooltip_text)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
str tooltip_text the text to show in tooltip.

Update

Changes some of the settings for the Input Element. Must call Window.Read or Window.Finalize prior

Update(value=None,
    disabled=None,
    select=None,
    visible=None,
    text_color=None,
    background_color=None,
    move_cursor_to="end")

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
str value new text to display as default text in Input field
bool disabled disable or enable state of the element (sets Entry Widget to readonly or normal)
bool select if True, then the text will be selected
bool visible change visibility of element
str text_color change color of text being typed
str background_color change color of the background
Union[int, str] move_cursor_to Moves the cursor to a particular offset. Defaults to 'end'

bind

Used to add tkinter events to an Element. The tkinter specific data is in the Element's member variable user_bind_event

bind(bind_string, key_modifier)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
str bind_string The string tkinter expected in its bind function

expand

Causes the Element to expand to fill available space in the X and Y directions. Can specify which or both directions

expand(expand_x=False,
    expand_y=False,
    expand_row=True)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
bool expand_x If True Element will expand in the Horizontal directions
bool expand_y If True Element will expand in the Vertical directions
bool expand_row If True the row containing the element will also expand. Without this your element is "trapped" within the row

get

Read and return the current value of the input element. Must call Window.Read or Window.Finalize prior

get()

Type Name Meaning
return current value of Input field or '' if error encountered

get_size

Return the size of an element in Pixels. Care must be taken as some elements use characters to specify their size but will return pixels when calling this get_size method.

get_size()

Type Name Meaning
return width and height of the element

hide_row

Hide the entire row an Element is located on. Use this if you must have all space removed when you are hiding an element, including the row container

hide_row()

set_cursor

Sets the cursor for the current Element.

set_cursor(cursor)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
str cursor The tkinter cursor name

set_focus

Sets the current focus to be on this element

set_focus(force=False)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
bool force if True will call focus_force otherwise calls focus_set

set_size

Changes the size of an element to a specific size. It's possible to specify None for one of sizes so that only 1 of the element's dimensions are changed.

set_size(size=(None, None))

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
(int, int) size The size in characters, rows typically. In some cases they are pixels

set_tooltip

Called by application to change the tooltip text for an Element. Normally invoked using the Element Object such as: window.Element('key').SetToolTip('New tip').

set_tooltip(tooltip_text)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
str tooltip_text the text to show in tooltip.

unbind

Removes a previously bound tkinter event from an Element.

unbind(bind_string)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
str bind_string The string tkinter expected in its bind function

unhide_row

Unhides (makes visible again) the row container that the Element is located on. Note that it will re-appear at the bottom of the window / container, most likely.

unhide_row()

update

Changes some of the settings for the Input Element. Must call Window.Read or Window.Finalize prior

update(value=None,
    disabled=None,
    select=None,
    visible=None,
    text_color=None,
    background_color=None,
    move_cursor_to="end")

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
str value new text to display as default text in Input field
bool disabled disable or enable state of the element (sets Entry Widget to readonly or normal)
bool select if True, then the text will be selected
bool visible change visibility of element
str text_color change color of text being typed
str background_color change color of the background
Union[int, str] move_cursor_to Moves the cursor to a particular offset. Defaults to 'end'

Listbox Element

A List Box.  Provide a list of values for the user to choose one or more of.   Returns a list of selected rows
when a window.Read() is executed.
Listbox(values,
    default_values=None,
    select_mode=None,
    change_submits=False,
    enable_events=False,
    bind_return_key=False,
    size=(None, None),
    disabled=False,
    auto_size_text=None,
    font=None,
    no_scrollbar=False,
    background_color=None,
    text_color=None,
    key=None,
    k=None,
    pad=None,
    tooltip=None,
    right_click_menu=None,
    visible=True,
    metadata=None)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
List[Any] or Tuple[Any] values list of values to display. Can be any type including mixed types as long as they have str method
List[Any] default_values which values should be initially selected
[enum] select_mode Select modes are used to determine if only 1 item can be selected or multiple and how they can be selected. Valid choices begin with "LISTBOX_SELECT_MODE_" and include: LISTBOX_SELECT_MODE_SINGLE LISTBOX_SELECT_MODE_MULTIPLE LISTBOX_SELECT_MODE_BROWSE LISTBOX_SELECT_MODE_EXTENDED
bool change_submits DO NOT USE. Only listed for backwards compat - Use enable_events instead
bool enable_events Turns on the element specific events. Listbox generates events when an item is clicked
bool bind_return_key If True, then the return key will cause a the Listbox to generate an event
Tuple(int, int) (width, height) size width = characters-wide, height = rows-high
bool disabled set disable state for element
bool auto_size_text True if element should be the same size as the contents
Union[str, Tuple[str, int]] font specifies the font family, size, etc
??? (bool) font specifies the font family, size, etc :param no_scrollbar: ???
str background_color color of background
str text_color color of the text
Any key Used with window.FindElement and with return values to uniquely identify this element
Any k Same as the Key. You can use either k or key. Which ever is set will be used.
(int, int) or ((int, int),(int,int)) or (int,(int,int)) or ((int, int),int) pad Amount of padding to put around element (left/right, top/bottom) or ((left, right), (top, bottom))
str tooltip text, that will appear when mouse hovers over the element
List[List[Union[List[str],str]]] right_click_menu A list of lists of Menu items to show when this element is right clicked. See user docs for exact format.
bool visible set visibility state of the element
Any metadata User metadata that can be set to ANYTHING

GetIndexes

Returns the items currently selected as a list of indexes

GetIndexes()

Type Name Meaning
return A list of offsets into values that is currently selected

GetListValues

Returns list of Values provided by the user in the user's format

GetListValues()

Type Name Meaning
return List of values. Can be any / mixed types -> []

SetFocus

Sets the current focus to be on this element

SetFocus(force=False)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
bool force if True will call focus_force otherwise calls focus_set

SetTooltip

Called by application to change the tooltip text for an Element. Normally invoked using the Element Object such as: window.Element('key').SetToolTip('New tip').

SetTooltip(tooltip_text)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
str tooltip_text the text to show in tooltip.

SetValue

Set listbox highlighted choices

SetValue(values)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
List[Any] values new values to choose based on previously set values

Update

Changes some of the settings for the Listbox Element. Must call Window.Read or Window.Finalize prior

Update(values=None,
    disabled=None,
    set_to_index=None,
    scroll_to_index=None,
    select_mode=None,
    visible=None)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
List[Any] values new list of choices to be shown to user
bool disabled disable or enable state of the element
Union[int, list, tuple] set_to_index highlights the item(s) indicated. If parm is an int one entry will be set. If is a list, then each entry in list is highlighted
int scroll_to_index scroll the listbox so that this index is the first shown
str mode changes the select mode according to tkinter's listbox widget
bool visible control visibility of element

bind

Used to add tkinter events to an Element. The tkinter specific data is in the Element's member variable user_bind_event

bind(bind_string, key_modifier)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
str bind_string The string tkinter expected in its bind function

expand

Causes the Element to expand to fill available space in the X and Y directions. Can specify which or both directions

expand(expand_x=False,
    expand_y=False,
    expand_row=True)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
bool expand_x If True Element will expand in the Horizontal directions
bool expand_y If True Element will expand in the Vertical directions
bool expand_row If True the row containing the element will also expand. Without this your element is "trapped" within the row

get

Returns the list of items currently selected in this listbox. It should be identical to the value you would receive when performing a window.read() call.

get()

Type Name Meaning
return The list of currently selected items. The actual items are returned, not the indexes

get_indexes

Returns the items currently selected as a list of indexes

get_indexes()

Type Name Meaning
return A list of offsets into values that is currently selected

get_list_values

Returns list of Values provided by the user in the user's format

get_list_values()

Type Name Meaning
return List of values. Can be any / mixed types -> []

get_size

Return the size of an element in Pixels. Care must be taken as some elements use characters to specify their size but will return pixels when calling this get_size method.

get_size()

Type Name Meaning
return width and height of the element

hide_row

Hide the entire row an Element is located on. Use this if you must have all space removed when you are hiding an element, including the row container

hide_row()

set_cursor

Sets the cursor for the current Element.

set_cursor(cursor)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
str cursor The tkinter cursor name

set_focus

Sets the current focus to be on this element

set_focus(force=False)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
bool force if True will call focus_force otherwise calls focus_set

set_size

Changes the size of an element to a specific size. It's possible to specify None for one of sizes so that only 1 of the element's dimensions are changed.

set_size(size=(None, None))

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
(int, int) size The size in characters, rows typically. In some cases they are pixels

set_tooltip

Called by application to change the tooltip text for an Element. Normally invoked using the Element Object such as: window.Element('key').SetToolTip('New tip').

set_tooltip(tooltip_text)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
str tooltip_text the text to show in tooltip.

set_value

Set listbox highlighted choices

set_value(values)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
List[Any] values new values to choose based on previously set values

set_vscroll_position

Attempts to set the vertical scroll postition for an element's Widget

set_vscroll_position(percent_from_top)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
float percent_from_top From 0 to 1.0, the percentage from the top to move scrollbar to

unbind

Removes a previously bound tkinter event from an Element.

unbind(bind_string)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
str bind_string The string tkinter expected in its bind function

unhide_row

Unhides (makes visible again) the row container that the Element is located on. Note that it will re-appear at the bottom of the window / container, most likely.

unhide_row()

update

Changes some of the settings for the Listbox Element. Must call Window.Read or Window.Finalize prior

update(values=None,
    disabled=None,
    set_to_index=None,
    scroll_to_index=None,
    select_mode=None,
    visible=None)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
List[Any] values new list of choices to be shown to user
bool disabled disable or enable state of the element
Union[int, list, tuple] set_to_index highlights the item(s) indicated. If parm is an int one entry will be set. If is a list, then each entry in list is highlighted
int scroll_to_index scroll the listbox so that this index is the first shown
str mode changes the select mode according to tkinter's listbox widget
bool visible control visibility of element

Menu Element

Menu Element is the Element that provides a Menu Bar that goes across the top of the window, just below titlebar.
Here is an example layout.  The "&" are shortcut keys ALT+key.
Is a List of -  "Item String" + List
Where Item String is what will be displayed on the Menubar itself.
The List that follows the item represents the items that are shown then Menu item is clicked
Notice how an "entry" in a mennu can be a list which means it branches out and shows another menu, etc. (resursive)
menu_def = [['&File', ['!&Open', '&Save::savekey', '---', '&Properties', 'E&xit']],
            ['!&Edit', ['!&Paste', ['Special', 'Normal', ], 'Undo'], ],
            ['&Debugger', ['Popout', 'Launch Debugger']],
            ['&Toolbar', ['Command &1', 'Command &2', 'Command &3', 'Command &4']],
            ['&Help', '&About...'], ]
Finally, "keys" can be added to entries so make them unique.  The "Save" entry has a key associated with it. You
can see it has a "::" which signifies the beginning of a key.  The user will not see the key portion when the
menu is shown.  The key portion is returned as part of the event.
Menu(menu_definition,
    background_color=None,
    size=(None, None),
    tearoff=False,
    font=None,
    pad=None,
    key=None,
    k=None,
    visible=True,
    metadata=None)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
List[List[Tuple[str, List[str]]] menu_definition ???
str background_color color of the background
(int, int) size Not used in the tkinter port
bool tearoff if True, then can tear the menu off from the window ans use as a floating window. Very cool effect
(int, int) or ((int, int),(int,int)) or (int,(int,int)) or ((int, int),int) pad Amount of padding to put around element (left/right, top/bottom) or ((left, right), (top, bottom))
Union[str, Tuple[str, int]] font specifies the font family, size, etc
Any key Value that uniquely identifies this element from all other elements. Used when Finding an element or in return values. Must be unique to the window
Any k Same as the Key. You can use either k or key. Which ever is set will be used.
bool visible set visibility state of the element
Any metadata User metadata that can be set to ANYTHING

SetFocus

Sets the current focus to be on this element

SetFocus(force=False)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
bool force if True will call focus_force otherwise calls focus_set

SetTooltip

Called by application to change the tooltip text for an Element. Normally invoked using the Element Object such as: window.Element('key').SetToolTip('New tip').

SetTooltip(tooltip_text)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
str tooltip_text the text to show in tooltip.

Update

Update a menubar - can change the menu definition and visibility. The entire menu has to be specified

Update(menu_definition=None, visible=None)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
List[List[Tuple[str, List[str]]] menu_definition ???
bool visible control visibility of element

bind

Used to add tkinter events to an Element. The tkinter specific data is in the Element's member variable user_bind_event

bind(bind_string, key_modifier)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
str bind_string The string tkinter expected in its bind function

expand

Causes the Element to expand to fill available space in the X and Y directions. Can specify which or both directions

expand(expand_x=False,
    expand_y=False,
    expand_row=True)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
bool expand_x If True Element will expand in the Horizontal directions
bool expand_y If True Element will expand in the Vertical directions
bool expand_row If True the row containing the element will also expand. Without this your element is "trapped" within the row

get_size

Return the size of an element in Pixels. Care must be taken as some elements use characters to specify their size but will return pixels when calling this get_size method.

get_size()

Type Name Meaning
return width and height of the element

hide_row

Hide the entire row an Element is located on. Use this if you must have all space removed when you are hiding an element, including the row container

hide_row()

set_cursor

Sets the cursor for the current Element.

set_cursor(cursor)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
str cursor The tkinter cursor name

set_focus

Sets the current focus to be on this element

set_focus(force=False)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
bool force if True will call focus_force otherwise calls focus_set

set_size

Changes the size of an element to a specific size. It's possible to specify None for one of sizes so that only 1 of the element's dimensions are changed.

set_size(size=(None, None))

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
(int, int) size The size in characters, rows typically. In some cases they are pixels

set_tooltip

Called by application to change the tooltip text for an Element. Normally invoked using the Element Object such as: window.Element('key').SetToolTip('New tip').

set_tooltip(tooltip_text)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
str tooltip_text the text to show in tooltip.

unbind

Removes a previously bound tkinter event from an Element.

unbind(bind_string)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
str bind_string The string tkinter expected in its bind function

unhide_row

Unhides (makes visible again) the row container that the Element is located on. Note that it will re-appear at the bottom of the window / container, most likely.

unhide_row()

update

Update a menubar - can change the menu definition and visibility. The entire menu has to be specified

update(menu_definition=None, visible=None)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
List[List[Tuple[str, List[str]]] menu_definition ???
bool visible control visibility of element

Multiline Element

Multiline Element - Display and/or read multiple lines of text.  This is both an input and output element.
Other PySimpleGUI ports have a separate MultilineInput and MultilineOutput elements.  May want to split this
one up in the future too.
Multiline(default_text="",
    enter_submits=False,
    disabled=False,
    autoscroll=False,
    border_width=None,
    size=(None, None),
    auto_size_text=None,
    background_color=None,
    text_color=None,
    change_submits=False,
    enable_events=False,
    do_not_clear=True,
    key=None,
    k=None,
    focus=False,
    font=None,
    pad=None,
    tooltip=None,
    right_click_menu=None,
    visible=True,
    metadata=None)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
str default_text Initial text to show
bool enter_submits if True, the Window.Read call will return is enter key is pressed in this element
bool disabled set disable state
bool autoscroll If True the contents of the element will automatically scroll as more data added to the end
int border_width width of border around element in pixels
(int, int) size (width, height) width = characters-wide, height = rows-high
bool auto_size_text if True will size the element to match the length of the text
str background_color color of background
str text_color color of the text
bool change_submits DO NOT USE. Only listed for backwards compat - Use enable_events instead
bool enable_events Turns on the element specific events. Spin events happen when an item changes
bool do_not_clear if False the element will be cleared any time the Window.Read call returns
Any key Used with window.FindElement and with return values to uniquely identify this element to uniquely identify this element
Any k Same as the Key. You can use either k or key. Which ever is set will be used.
bool focus if True initial focus will go to this element
Union[str, Tuple[str, int]] font specifies the font family, size, etc
(int, int) or ((int, int),(int,int)) or (int,(int,int)) or ((int, int),int) pad Amount of padding to put around element (left/right, top/bottom) or ((left, right), (top, bottom))
str tooltip text, that will appear when mouse hovers over the element
List[List[Union[List[str],str]]] right_click_menu A list of lists of Menu items to show when this element is right clicked. See user docs for exact format.
bool visible set visibility state of the element
Any metadata User metadata that can be set to ANYTHING

Get

Return current contents of the Multiline Element

Get()

Type Name Meaning
return current contents of the Multiline Element (used as an input type of Multiline

SetFocus

Sets the current focus to be on this element

SetFocus(force=False)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
bool force if True will call focus_force otherwise calls focus_set

SetTooltip

Called by application to change the tooltip text for an Element. Normally invoked using the Element Object such as: window.Element('key').SetToolTip('New tip').

SetTooltip(tooltip_text)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
str tooltip_text the text to show in tooltip.

Update

Changes some of the settings for the Multiline Element. Must call Window.Read or Window.Finalize prior

Update(value=None,
    disabled=None,
    append=False,
    font=None,
    text_color=None,
    background_color=None,
    text_color_for_value=None,
    background_color_for_value=None,
    visible=None,
    autoscroll=None)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
str value new text to display
bool disabled disable or enable state of the element
bool append if True then new value will be added onto the end of the current value. if False then contents will be replaced.
Union[str, Tuple[str, int]] font specifies the font family, size, etc
str text_color color of the text
str background_color color of background
bool visible set visibility state of the element
bool autoscroll if True then contents of element are scrolled down when new text is added to the end

bind

Used to add tkinter events to an Element. The tkinter specific data is in the Element's member variable user_bind_event

bind(bind_string, key_modifier)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
str bind_string The string tkinter expected in its bind function

expand

Causes the Element to expand to fill available space in the X and Y directions. Can specify which or both directions

expand(expand_x=False,
    expand_y=False,
    expand_row=True)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
bool expand_x If True Element will expand in the Horizontal directions
bool expand_y If True Element will expand in the Vertical directions
bool expand_row If True the row containing the element will also expand. Without this your element is "trapped" within the row

get

Return current contents of the Multiline Element

get()

Type Name Meaning
return current contents of the Multiline Element (used as an input type of Multiline

get_size

Return the size of an element in Pixels. Care must be taken as some elements use characters to specify their size but will return pixels when calling this get_size method.

get_size()

Type Name Meaning
return width and height of the element

hide_row

Hide the entire row an Element is located on. Use this if you must have all space removed when you are hiding an element, including the row container

hide_row()

print

Print like Python normally prints except route the output to a multline element and also add colors if desired

print(args=*<1 or N object>,
    end=None,
    sep=None,
    text_color=None,
    background_color=None,
    autoscroll=True)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
List[Any] args The arguments to print
str end The end char to use just like print uses
str sep The separation character like print uses
str text_color The color of the text
str background_color The background color of the line

set_cursor

Sets the cursor for the current Element.

set_cursor(cursor)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
str cursor The tkinter cursor name

set_focus

Sets the current focus to be on this element

set_focus(force=False)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
bool force if True will call focus_force otherwise calls focus_set

set_size

Changes the size of an element to a specific size. It's possible to specify None for one of sizes so that only 1 of the element's dimensions are changed.

set_size(size=(None, None))

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
(int, int) size The size in characters, rows typically. In some cases they are pixels

set_tooltip

Called by application to change the tooltip text for an Element. Normally invoked using the Element Object such as: window.Element('key').SetToolTip('New tip').

set_tooltip(tooltip_text)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
str tooltip_text the text to show in tooltip.

set_vscroll_position

Attempts to set the vertical scroll postition for an element's Widget

set_vscroll_position(percent_from_top)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
float percent_from_top From 0 to 1.0, the percentage from the top to move scrollbar to

unbind

Removes a previously bound tkinter event from an Element.

unbind(bind_string)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
str bind_string The string tkinter expected in its bind function

unhide_row

Unhides (makes visible again) the row container that the Element is located on. Note that it will re-appear at the bottom of the window / container, most likely.

unhide_row()

update

Changes some of the settings for the Multiline Element. Must call Window.Read or Window.Finalize prior

update(value=None,
    disabled=None,
    append=False,
    font=None,
    text_color=None,
    background_color=None,
    text_color_for_value=None,
    background_color_for_value=None,
    visible=None,
    autoscroll=None)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
str value new text to display
bool disabled disable or enable state of the element
bool append if True then new value will be added onto the end of the current value. if False then contents will be replaced.
Union[str, Tuple[str, int]] font specifies the font family, size, etc
str text_color color of the text
str background_color color of background
bool visible set visibility state of the element
bool autoscroll if True then contents of element are scrolled down when new text is added to the end

OptionMenu Element

Option Menu is an Element available ONLY on the tkinter port of PySimpleGUI.  It's is a widget that is unique
to tkinter.  However, it looks much like a ComboBox.  Instead of an arrow to click to pull down the list of
choices, another little graphic is shown on the widget to indicate where you click.  After clicking to activate,
it looks like a Combo Box that you scroll to select a choice.
OptionMenu(values,
    default_value=None,
    size=(None, None),
    disabled=False,
    auto_size_text=None,
    background_color=None,
    text_color=None,
    key=None,
    k=None,
    pad=None,
    tooltip=None,
    visible=True,
    metadata=None)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
List[Any] or Tuple[Any] values Values to be displayed
Any default_value the value to choose by default
(int, int) (width, height) size size in characters (wide) and rows (high)
bool disabled control enabled / disabled
bool auto_size_text True if size of Element should match the contents of the items
str background_color color of background
str text_color color of the text
Any key Used with window.FindElement and with return values to uniquely identify this element
Any k Same as the Key. You can use either k or key. Which ever is set will be used.
(int, int) or ((int, int),(int,int)) or (int,(int,int)) or ((int, int),int) pad Amount of padding to put around element (left/right, top/bottom) or ((left, right), (top, bottom))
str tooltip text that will appear when mouse hovers over this element
bool visible set visibility state of the element
Any metadata User metadata that can be set to ANYTHING

SetFocus

Sets the current focus to be on this element

SetFocus(force=False)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
bool force if True will call focus_force otherwise calls focus_set

SetTooltip

Called by application to change the tooltip text for an Element. Normally invoked using the Element Object such as: window.Element('key').SetToolTip('New tip').

SetTooltip(tooltip_text)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
str tooltip_text the text to show in tooltip.

Update

Changes some of the settings for the OptionMenu Element. Must call Window.Read or Window.Finalize prior

Update(value=None,
    values=None,
    disabled=None,
    visible=None)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
Any value the value to choose by default
List[Any] values Values to be displayed
bool disabled disable or enable state of the element
bool visible control visibility of element

bind

Used to add tkinter events to an Element. The tkinter specific data is in the Element's member variable user_bind_event

bind(bind_string, key_modifier)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
str bind_string The string tkinter expected in its bind function

expand

Causes the Element to expand to fill available space in the X and Y directions. Can specify which or both directions

expand(expand_x=False,
    expand_y=False,
    expand_row=True)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
bool expand_x If True Element will expand in the Horizontal directions
bool expand_y If True Element will expand in the Vertical directions
bool expand_row If True the row containing the element will also expand. Without this your element is "trapped" within the row

get_size

Return the size of an element in Pixels. Care must be taken as some elements use characters to specify their size but will return pixels when calling this get_size method.

get_size()

Type Name Meaning
return width and height of the element

hide_row

Hide the entire row an Element is located on. Use this if you must have all space removed when you are hiding an element, including the row container

hide_row()

set_cursor

Sets the cursor for the current Element.

set_cursor(cursor)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
str cursor The tkinter cursor name

set_focus

Sets the current focus to be on this element

set_focus(force=False)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
bool force if True will call focus_force otherwise calls focus_set

set_size

Changes the size of an element to a specific size. It's possible to specify None for one of sizes so that only 1 of the element's dimensions are changed.

set_size(size=(None, None))

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
(int, int) size The size in characters, rows typically. In some cases they are pixels

set_tooltip

Called by application to change the tooltip text for an Element. Normally invoked using the Element Object such as: window.Element('key').SetToolTip('New tip').

set_tooltip(tooltip_text)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
str tooltip_text the text to show in tooltip.

set_vscroll_position

Attempts to set the vertical scroll postition for an element's Widget

set_vscroll_position(percent_from_top)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
float percent_from_top From 0 to 1.0, the percentage from the top to move scrollbar to

unbind

Removes a previously bound tkinter event from an Element.

unbind(bind_string)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
str bind_string The string tkinter expected in its bind function

unhide_row

Unhides (makes visible again) the row container that the Element is located on. Note that it will re-appear at the bottom of the window / container, most likely.

unhide_row()

update

Changes some of the settings for the OptionMenu Element. Must call Window.Read or Window.Finalize prior

update(value=None,
    values=None,
    disabled=None,
    visible=None)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
Any value the value to choose by default
List[Any] values Values to be displayed
bool disabled disable or enable state of the element
bool visible control visibility of element

Output Element

Output Element - a multi-lined text area where stdout and stderr are re-routed to.
Output(size=(None, None),
    background_color=None,
    text_color=None,
    pad=None,
    font=None,
    tooltip=None,
    key=None,
    k=None,
    right_click_menu=None,
    visible=True,
    metadata=None)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
(int, int) size (width, height) w=characters-wide, h=rows-high
str background_color color of background
str text_color color of the text
(int, int) or ((int, int),(int,int)) or (int,(int,int)) or ((int, int),int) pad Amount of padding to put around element (left/right, top/bottom) or ((left, right), (top, bottom))
Union[str, Tuple[str, int]] font specifies the font family, size, etc
str tooltip text, that will appear when mouse hovers over the element
Any key Used with window.FindElement and with return values to uniquely identify this element to uniquely identify this element
Any k Same as the Key. You can use either k or key. Which ever is set will be used.
List[List[Union[List[str],str]]] right_click_menu A list of lists of Menu items to show when this element is right clicked. See user docs for exact format.
bool visible set visibility state of the element
Any metadata User metadata that can be set to ANYTHING

Get

Returns the current contents of the output. Similar to Get method other Elements

Get()

Type Name Meaning
return the current value of the output

SetFocus

Sets the current focus to be on this element

SetFocus(force=False)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
bool force if True will call focus_force otherwise calls focus_set

SetTooltip

Called by application to change the tooltip text for an Element. Normally invoked using the Element Object such as: window.Element('key').SetToolTip('New tip').

SetTooltip(tooltip_text)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
str tooltip_text the text to show in tooltip.

TKOut

property: TKOut

Returns the TKOutput object used to create the element

Type Name Meaning
return The TKOutput object

Update

Changes some of the settings for the Output Element. Must call Window.Read or Window.Finalize prior

Update(value=None, visible=None)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
str value string that will replace current contents of the output area
bool visible control visibility of element

bind

Used to add tkinter events to an Element. The tkinter specific data is in the Element's member variable user_bind_event

bind(bind_string, key_modifier)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
str bind_string The string tkinter expected in its bind function

expand

Causes the Element to expand to fill available space in the X and Y directions. Can specify which or both directions

expand(expand_x=False,
    expand_y=False,
    expand_row=True)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
bool expand_x If True Element will expand in the Horizontal directions
bool expand_y If True Element will expand in the Vertical directions

get_size

Return the size of an element in Pixels. Care must be taken as some elements use characters to specify their size but will return pixels when calling this get_size method.

get_size()

Type Name Meaning
return width and height of the element

hide_row

Hide the entire row an Element is located on. Use this if you must have all space removed when you are hiding an element, including the row container

hide_row()

set_cursor

Sets the cursor for the current Element.

set_cursor(cursor)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
str cursor The tkinter cursor name

set_focus

Sets the current focus to be on this element

set_focus(force=False)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
bool force if True will call focus_force otherwise calls focus_set

set_size

Changes the size of an element to a specific size. It's possible to specify None for one of sizes so that only 1 of the element's dimensions are changed.

set_size(size=(None, None))

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
(int, int) size The size in characters, rows typically. In some cases they are pixels

set_tooltip

Called by application to change the tooltip text for an Element. Normally invoked using the Element Object such as: window.Element('key').SetToolTip('New tip').

set_tooltip(tooltip_text)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
str tooltip_text the text to show in tooltip.

tk_out

property: tk_out

Returns the TKOutput object used to create the element

Type Name Meaning
return The TKOutput object

set_vscroll_position

Attempts to set the vertical scroll postition for an element's Widget

set_vscroll_position(percent_from_top)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
float percent_from_top From 0 to 1.0, the percentage from the top to move scrollbar to

unbind

Removes a previously bound tkinter event from an Element.

unbind(bind_string)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
str bind_string The string tkinter expected in its bind function

unhide_row

Unhides (makes visible again) the row container that the Element is located on. Note that it will re-appear at the bottom of the window / container, most likely.

unhide_row()

update

Changes some of the settings for the Output Element. Must call Window.Read or Window.Finalize prior

update(value=None, visible=None)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
str value string that will replace current contents of the output area
bool visible control visibility of element

Pane Element

A sliding Pane that is unique to tkinter.  Uses Columns to create individual panes
Pane(pane_list,
    background_color=None,
    size=(None, None),
    pad=None,
    orientation="vertical",
    show_handle=True,
    relief="raised",
    handle_size=None,
    border_width=None,
    key=None,
    k=None,
    visible=True,
    metadata=None)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
List[Column] pane_list Must be a list of Column Elements. Each Column supplied becomes one pane that's shown
str background_color color of background
(int, int) size (width, height) w=characters-wide, h=rows-high How much room to reserve for the Pane
(int, int) or ((int, int),(int,int)) or (int,(int,int)) or ((int, int),int) pad Amount of padding to put around element (left/right, top/bottom) or ((left, right), (top, bottom))
str orientation 'horizontal' or 'vertical' or ('h' or 'v'). Direction the Pane should slide
bool show_handle if True, the handle is drawn that makes it easier to grab and slide
enum relief relief style. Values are same as other elements that use relief values. RELIEF_RAISED RELIEF_SUNKEN RELIEF_FLAT RELIEF_RIDGE RELIEF_GROOVE RELIEF_SOLID
int handle_size Size of the handle in pixels
int border_width width of border around element in pixels
Any key Value that uniquely identifies this element from all other elements. Used when Finding an element or in return values. Must be unique to the window
Any k Same as the Key. You can use either k or key. Which ever is set will be used.
bool visible set visibility state of the element
Any metadata User metadata that can be set to ANYTHING

SetFocus

Sets the current focus to be on this element

SetFocus(force=False)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
bool force if True will call focus_force otherwise calls focus_set

SetTooltip

Called by application to change the tooltip text for an Element. Normally invoked using the Element Object such as: window.Element('key').SetToolTip('New tip').

SetTooltip(tooltip_text)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
str tooltip_text the text to show in tooltip.

Update

Changes some of the settings for the Pane Element. Must call Window.Read or Window.Finalize prior

Update(visible=None)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
bool visible control visibility of element

bind

Used to add tkinter events to an Element. The tkinter specific data is in the Element's member variable user_bind_event

bind(bind_string, key_modifier)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
str bind_string The string tkinter expected in its bind function

expand

Causes the Element to expand to fill available space in the X and Y directions. Can specify which or both directions

expand(expand_x=False,
    expand_y=False,
    expand_row=True)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
bool expand_x If True Element will expand in the Horizontal directions
bool expand_y If True Element will expand in the Vertical directions
bool expand_row If True the row containing the element will also expand. Without this your element is "trapped" within the row

get_size

Return the size of an element in Pixels. Care must be taken as some elements use characters to specify their size but will return pixels when calling this get_size method.

get_size()

Type Name Meaning
return width and height of the element

hide_row

Hide the entire row an Element is located on. Use this if you must have all space removed when you are hiding an element, including the row container

hide_row()

set_cursor

Sets the cursor for the current Element.

set_cursor(cursor)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
str cursor The tkinter cursor name

set_focus

Sets the current focus to be on this element

set_focus(force=False)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
bool force if True will call focus_force otherwise calls focus_set

set_size

Changes the size of an element to a specific size. It's possible to specify None for one of sizes so that only 1 of the element's dimensions are changed.

set_size(size=(None, None))

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
(int, int) size The size in characters, rows typically. In some cases they are pixels

set_tooltip

Called by application to change the tooltip text for an Element. Normally invoked using the Element Object such as: window.Element('key').SetToolTip('New tip').

set_tooltip(tooltip_text)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
str tooltip_text the text to show in tooltip.

unbind

Removes a previously bound tkinter event from an Element.

unbind(bind_string)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
str bind_string The string tkinter expected in its bind function

unhide_row

Unhides (makes visible again) the row container that the Element is located on. Note that it will re-appear at the bottom of the window / container, most likely.

unhide_row()

update

Changes some of the settings for the Pane Element. Must call Window.Read or Window.Finalize prior

update(visible=None)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
bool visible control visibility of element

ProgressBar Element

Progress Bar Element - Displays a colored bar that is shaded as progress of some operation is made
ProgressBar(max_value,
    orientation=None,
    size=(None, None),
    auto_size_text=None,
    bar_color=(None, None),
    style=None,
    border_width=None,
    relief=None,
    key=None,
    k=None,
    pad=None,
    visible=True,
    metadata=None)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
int max_value max value of progressbar
str orientation 'horizontal' or 'vertical'
(int, int) size Size of the bar. If horizontal (chars wide, pixels high), vert (pixels wide, rows high)
bool auto_size_text Not sure why this is here
Tuple[str, str] bar_color The 2 colors that make up a progress bar. One is the background, the other is the bar
str style Progress bar style defined as one of these 'default', 'winnative', 'clam', 'alt', 'classic', 'vista', 'xpnative'
int border_width The amount of pixels that go around the outside of the bar
str relief relief style. Values are same as progress meter relief values. Can be a constant or a string: RELIEF_RAISED RELIEF_SUNKEN RELIEF_FLAT RELIEF_RIDGE RELIEF_GROOVE RELIEF_SOLID (Default value = DEFAULT_PROGRESS_BAR_RELIEF)
Any key Used with window.FindElement and with return values to uniquely identify this element to uniquely identify this element
Any k Same as the Key. You can use either k or key. Which ever is set will be used.
(int, int) or ((int, int),(int,int)) or (int,(int,int)) or ((int, int),int) pad Amount of padding to put around element (left/right, top/bottom) or ((left, right), (top, bottom))
bool visible set visibility state of the element
Any metadata User metadata that can be set to ANYTHING

SetFocus

Sets the current focus to be on this element

SetFocus(force=False)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
bool force if True will call focus_force otherwise calls focus_set

SetTooltip

Called by application to change the tooltip text for an Element. Normally invoked using the Element Object such as: window.Element('key').SetToolTip('New tip').

SetTooltip(tooltip_text)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
str tooltip_text the text to show in tooltip.

Update

Changes some of the settings for the ProgressBar Element. Must call Window.Read or Window.Finalize prior

Update(visible=None)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
bool visible control visibility of element

UpdateBar

Change what the bar shows by changing the current count and optionally the max count

UpdateBar(current_count, max=None)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
int current_count sets the current value
int max changes the max value

bind

Used to add tkinter events to an Element. The tkinter specific data is in the Element's member variable user_bind_event

bind(bind_string, key_modifier)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
str bind_string The string tkinter expected in its bind function

expand

Causes the Element to expand to fill available space in the X and Y directions. Can specify which or both directions

expand(expand_x=False,
    expand_y=False,
    expand_row=True)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
bool expand_x If True Element will expand in the Horizontal directions
bool expand_y If True Element will expand in the Vertical directions
bool expand_row If True the row containing the element will also expand. Without this your element is "trapped" within the row

get_size

Return the size of an element in Pixels. Care must be taken as some elements use characters to specify their size but will return pixels when calling this get_size method.

get_size()

Type Name Meaning
return width and height of the element

hide_row

Hide the entire row an Element is located on. Use this if you must have all space removed when you are hiding an element, including the row container

hide_row()

set_cursor

Sets the cursor for the current Element.

set_cursor(cursor)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
str cursor The tkinter cursor name

set_focus

Sets the current focus to be on this element

set_focus(force=False)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
bool force if True will call focus_force otherwise calls focus_set

set_size

Changes the size of an element to a specific size. It's possible to specify None for one of sizes so that only 1 of the element's dimensions are changed.

set_size(size=(None, None))

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
(int, int) size The size in characters, rows typically. In some cases they are pixels

set_tooltip

Called by application to change the tooltip text for an Element. Normally invoked using the Element Object such as: window.Element('key').SetToolTip('New tip').

set_tooltip(tooltip_text)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
str tooltip_text the text to show in tooltip.

unbind

Removes a previously bound tkinter event from an Element.

unbind(bind_string)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
str bind_string The string tkinter expected in its bind function

unhide_row

Unhides (makes visible again) the row container that the Element is located on. Note that it will re-appear at the bottom of the window / container, most likely.

unhide_row()

update

Changes some of the settings for the ProgressBar Element. Must call Window.Read or Window.Finalize prior

update(visible=None)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
bool visible control visibility of element

update_bar

Change what the bar shows by changing the current count and optionally the max count

update_bar(current_count, max=None)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
int current_count sets the current value
int max changes the max value

Radio Element

Radio Button Element - Used in a group of other Radio Elements to provide user with ability to select only
1 choice in a list of choices.
Radio(text,
    group_id,
    default=False,
    disabled=False,
    size=(None, None),
    auto_size_text=None,
    background_color=None,
    text_color=None,
    font=None,
    key=None,
    k=None,
    pad=None,
    tooltip=None,
    change_submits=False,
    enable_events=False,
    visible=True,
    metadata=None)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
str text Text to display next to button
Any group_id Groups together multiple Radio Buttons. Any type works
bool default Set to True for the one element of the group you want initially selected
bool disabled set disable state
(int, int) size (width, height) width = characters-wide, height = rows-high
bool auto_size_text if True will size the element to match the length of the text
str background_color color of background
str text_color color of the text
Union[str, Tuple[str, int]] font specifies the font family, size, etc
Any key Used with window.FindElement and with return values to uniquely identify this element
Any k Same as the Key. You can use either k or key. Which ever is set will be used.
(int, int) or ((int, int),(int,int)) or (int,(int,int)) or ((int, int),int) pad Amount of padding to put around element (left/right, top/bottom) or ((left, right), (top, bottom))
str tooltip text, that will appear when mouse hovers over the element
bool change_submits DO NOT USE. Only listed for backwards compat - Use enable_events instead
bool enable_events Turns on the element specific events. Radio Button events happen when an item is selected
bool visible set visibility state of the element
Any metadata User metadata that can be set to ANYTHING

Get

A snapshot of the value of Radio Button -> (bool)

Get()

Type Name Meaning
return True if this radio button is selected

ResetGroup

Sets all Radio Buttons in the group to not selected

ResetGroup()

SetFocus

Sets the current focus to be on this element

SetFocus(force=False)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
bool force if True will call focus_force otherwise calls focus_set

SetTooltip

Called by application to change the tooltip text for an Element. Normally invoked using the Element Object such as: window.Element('key').SetToolTip('New tip').

SetTooltip(tooltip_text)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
str tooltip_text the text to show in tooltip.

Update

Changes some of the settings for the Radio Button Element. Must call Window.Read or Window.Finalize prior

Update(value=None,
    disabled=None,
    visible=None)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
bool value if True change to selected and set others in group to unselected
bool disabled disable or enable state of the element
bool visible control visibility of element

bind

Used to add tkinter events to an Element. The tkinter specific data is in the Element's member variable user_bind_event

bind(bind_string, key_modifier)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
str bind_string The string tkinter expected in its bind function

expand

Causes the Element to expand to fill available space in the X and Y directions. Can specify which or both directions

expand(expand_x=False,
    expand_y=False,
    expand_row=True)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
bool expand_x If True Element will expand in the Horizontal directions
bool expand_y If True Element will expand in the Vertical directions
bool expand_row If True the row containing the element will also expand. Without this your element is "trapped" within the row

get

A snapshot of the value of Radio Button -> (bool)

get()

Type Name Meaning
return True if this radio button is selected

get_size

Return the size of an element in Pixels. Care must be taken as some elements use characters to specify their size but will return pixels when calling this get_size method.

get_size()

Type Name Meaning
return width and height of the element

hide_row

Hide the entire row an Element is located on. Use this if you must have all space removed when you are hiding an element, including the row container

hide_row()

reset_group

Sets all Radio Buttons in the group to not selected

reset_group()

set_cursor

Sets the cursor for the current Element.

set_cursor(cursor)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
str cursor The tkinter cursor name

set_focus

Sets the current focus to be on this element

set_focus(force=False)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
bool force if True will call focus_force otherwise calls focus_set

set_size

Changes the size of an element to a specific size. It's possible to specify None for one of sizes so that only 1 of the element's dimensions are changed.

set_size(size=(None, None))

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
(int, int) size The size in characters, rows typically. In some cases they are pixels

set_tooltip

Called by application to change the tooltip text for an Element. Normally invoked using the Element Object such as: window.Element('key').SetToolTip('New tip').

set_tooltip(tooltip_text)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
str tooltip_text the text to show in tooltip.

unbind

Removes a previously bound tkinter event from an Element.

unbind(bind_string)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
str bind_string The string tkinter expected in its bind function

unhide_row

Unhides (makes visible again) the row container that the Element is located on. Note that it will re-appear at the bottom of the window / container, most likely.

unhide_row()

update

Changes some of the settings for the Radio Button Element. Must call Window.Read or Window.Finalize prior

update(value=None,
    disabled=None,
    visible=None)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
bool value if True change to selected and set others in group to unselected
bool disabled disable or enable state of the element
bool visible control visibility of element

Slider Element

A slider, horizontal or vertical
Slider(range=(None, None),
    default_value=None,
    resolution=None,
    tick_interval=None,
    orientation=None,
    disable_number_display=False,
    border_width=None,
    relief=None,
    change_submits=False,
    enable_events=False,
    disabled=False,
    size=(None, None),
    font=None,
    background_color=None,
    text_color=None,
    key=None,
    k=None,
    pad=None,
    tooltip=None,
    visible=True,
    metadata=None)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
Union[Tuple[int, int], Tuple[float, float]] range slider's range (min value, max value)
Union[int, float] default_value starting value for the slider
Union[int, float] resolution the smallest amount the slider can be moved
Union[int, float] tick_interval how often a visible tick should be shown next to slider
str orientation 'horizontal' or 'vertical' ('h' or 'v' also work)
bool disable_number_display if True no number will be displayed by the Slider Element
int border_width width of border around element in pixels
enum relief relief style. RELIEF_RAISED RELIEF_SUNKEN RELIEF_FLAT RELIEF_RIDGE RELIEF_GROOVE RELIEF_SOLID
bool change_submits * DEPRICATED DO NOT USE. Use enable_events instead
bool enable_events If True then moving the slider will generate an Event
bool disabled set disable state for element
(int, int) size (w=characters-wide, h=rows-high)
Union[str, Tuple[str, int]] font specifies the font family, size, etc
str background_color color of slider's background
str text_color color of the slider's text
Any key Value that uniquely identifies this element from all other elements. Used when Finding an element or in return values. Must be unique to the window
Any k Same as the Key. You can use either k or key. Which ever is set will be used.
(int, int) or ((int, int),(int,int)) or (int,(int,int)) or ((int, int),int) pad Amount of padding to put around element (left/right, top/bottom) or ((left, right), (top, bottom))
str tooltip text, that will appear when mouse hovers over the element
bool visible set visibility state of the element
Any metadata User metadata that can be set to ANYTHING

SetFocus

Sets the current focus to be on this element

SetFocus(force=False)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
bool force if True will call focus_force otherwise calls focus_set

SetTooltip

Called by application to change the tooltip text for an Element. Normally invoked using the Element Object such as: window.Element('key').SetToolTip('New tip').

SetTooltip(tooltip_text)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
str tooltip_text the text to show in tooltip.

Update

Changes some of the settings for the Slider Element. Must call Window.Read or Window.Finalize prior

Update(value=None,
    range=(None, None),
    disabled=None,
    visible=None)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
Union[int, float] value sets current slider value
Union[Tuple[int, int], Tuple[float, float] range Sets a new range for slider
bool disabled disable or enable state of the element
bool visible control visibility of element

bind

Used to add tkinter events to an Element. The tkinter specific data is in the Element's member variable user_bind_event

bind(bind_string, key_modifier)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
str bind_string The string tkinter expected in its bind function

expand

Causes the Element to expand to fill available space in the X and Y directions. Can specify which or both directions

expand(expand_x=False,
    expand_y=False,
    expand_row=True)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
bool expand_x If True Element will expand in the Horizontal directions
bool expand_y If True Element will expand in the Vertical directions
bool expand_row If True the row containing the element will also expand. Without this your element is "trapped" within the row

get_size

Return the size of an element in Pixels. Care must be taken as some elements use characters to specify their size but will return pixels when calling this get_size method.

get_size()

Type Name Meaning
return width and height of the element

hide_row

Hide the entire row an Element is located on. Use this if you must have all space removed when you are hiding an element, including the row container

hide_row()

set_cursor

Sets the cursor for the current Element.

set_cursor(cursor)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
str cursor The tkinter cursor name

set_focus

Sets the current focus to be on this element

set_focus(force=False)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
bool force if True will call focus_force otherwise calls focus_set

set_size

Changes the size of an element to a specific size. It's possible to specify None for one of sizes so that only 1 of the element's dimensions are changed.

set_size(size=(None, None))

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
(int, int) size The size in characters, rows typically. In some cases they are pixels

set_tooltip

Called by application to change the tooltip text for an Element. Normally invoked using the Element Object such as: window.Element('key').SetToolTip('New tip').

set_tooltip(tooltip_text)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
str tooltip_text the text to show in tooltip.

unbind

Removes a previously bound tkinter event from an Element.

unbind(bind_string)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
str bind_string The string tkinter expected in its bind function

unhide_row

Unhides (makes visible again) the row container that the Element is located on. Note that it will re-appear at the bottom of the window / container, most likely.

unhide_row()

update

Changes some of the settings for the Slider Element. Must call Window.Read or Window.Finalize prior

update(value=None,
    range=(None, None),
    disabled=None,
    visible=None)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
Union[int, float] value sets current slider value
Union[Tuple[int, int], Tuple[float, float] range Sets a new range for slider
bool disabled disable or enable state of the element
bool visible control visibility of element

Spin Element

A spinner with up/down buttons and a single line of text. Choose 1 values from list
Spin(values,
    initial_value=None,
    disabled=False,
    change_submits=False,
    enable_events=False,
    size=(None, None),
    auto_size_text=None,
    font=None,
    background_color=None,
    text_color=None,
    key=None,
    k=None,
    pad=None,
    tooltip=None,
    visible=True,
    metadata=None)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
Tuple[Any] or List[Any] values List of valid values
Any initial_value Initial item to show in window. Choose from list of values supplied
bool disabled set disable state
bool change_submits DO NOT USE. Only listed for backwards compat - Use enable_events instead
bool enable_events Turns on the element specific events. Spin events happen when an item changes
(int, int) size (width, height) width = characters-wide, height = rows-high
bool auto_size_text if True will size the element to match the length of the text
Union[str, Tuple[str, int]] font specifies the font family, size, etc
str background_color color of background
str text_color color of the text
Any key Used with window.FindElement and with return values to uniquely identify this element
Any k Same as the Key. You can use either k or key. Which ever is set will be used.
(int, int) or ((int, int),(int,int)) or (int,(int,int)) or ((int, int),int) pad Amount of padding to put around element (left/right, top/bottom) or ((left, right), (top, bottom))
str tooltip text, that will appear when mouse hovers over the element
bool visible set visibility state of the element
Any metadata User metadata that can be set to ANYTHING

Get

Return the current chosen value showing in spinbox. This value will be the same as what was provided as list of choices. If list items are ints, then the item returned will be an int (not a string)

Get()

Type Name Meaning
return The currently visible entry

SetFocus

Sets the current focus to be on this element

SetFocus(force=False)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
bool force if True will call focus_force otherwise calls focus_set

SetTooltip

Called by application to change the tooltip text for an Element. Normally invoked using the Element Object such as: window.Element('key').SetToolTip('New tip').

SetTooltip(tooltip_text)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
str tooltip_text the text to show in tooltip.

Update

Changes some of the settings for the Spin Element. Must call Window.Read or Window.Finalize prior

Update(value=None,
    values=None,
    disabled=None,
    visible=None)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
Any value set the current value from list of choices
List[Any] values set available choices
bool disabled disable or enable state of the element
bool visible control visibility of element

bind

Used to add tkinter events to an Element. The tkinter specific data is in the Element's member variable user_bind_event

bind(bind_string, key_modifier)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
str bind_string The string tkinter expected in its bind function

expand

Causes the Element to expand to fill available space in the X and Y directions. Can specify which or both directions

expand(expand_x=False,
    expand_y=False,
    expand_row=True)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
bool expand_x If True Element will expand in the Horizontal directions
bool expand_y If True Element will expand in the Vertical directions
bool expand_row If True the row containing the element will also expand. Without this your element is "trapped" within the row

get

Return the current chosen value showing in spinbox. This value will be the same as what was provided as list of choices. If list items are ints, then the item returned will be an int (not a string)

get()

Type Name Meaning
return The currently visible entry

get_size

Return the size of an element in Pixels. Care must be taken as some elements use characters to specify their size but will return pixels when calling this get_size method.

get_size()

Type Name Meaning
return width and height of the element

hide_row

Hide the entire row an Element is located on. Use this if you must have all space removed when you are hiding an element, including the row container

hide_row()

set_cursor

Sets the cursor for the current Element.

set_cursor(cursor)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
str cursor The tkinter cursor name

set_focus

Sets the current focus to be on this element

set_focus(force=False)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
bool force if True will call focus_force otherwise calls focus_set

set_size

Changes the size of an element to a specific size. It's possible to specify None for one of sizes so that only 1 of the element's dimensions are changed.

set_size(size=(None, None))

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
(int, int) size The size in characters, rows typically. In some cases they are pixels

set_tooltip

Called by application to change the tooltip text for an Element. Normally invoked using the Element Object such as: window.Element('key').SetToolTip('New tip').

set_tooltip(tooltip_text)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
str tooltip_text the text to show in tooltip.

unbind

Removes a previously bound tkinter event from an Element.

unbind(bind_string)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
str bind_string The string tkinter expected in its bind function

unhide_row

Unhides (makes visible again) the row container that the Element is located on. Note that it will re-appear at the bottom of the window / container, most likely.

unhide_row()

update

Changes some of the settings for the Spin Element. Must call Window.Read or Window.Finalize prior

update(value=None,
    values=None,
    disabled=None,
    visible=None)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
Any value set the current value from list of choices
List[Any] values set available choices
bool disabled disable or enable state of the element
bool visible control visibility of element

StatusBar Element

A StatusBar Element creates the sunken text-filled strip at the bottom. Many Windows programs have this line
StatusBar(text,
    size=(None, None),
    auto_size_text=None,
    click_submits=None,
    enable_events=False,
    relief="sunken",
    font=None,
    text_color=None,
    background_color=None,
    justification=None,
    pad=None,
    key=None,
    k=None,
    tooltip=None,
    visible=True,
    metadata=None)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
str text Text that is to be displayed in the widget
Tuple[(int), (int)] size (w,h) w=characters-wide, h=rows-high
bool auto_size_text True if size should fit the text length
bool click_submits DO NOT USE. Only listed for backwards compat - Use enable_events instead
bool enable_events Turns on the element specific events. StatusBar events occur when the bar is clicked
enum relief relief style. Values are same as progress meter relief values. Can be a constant or a string: RELIEF_RAISED RELIEF_SUNKEN RELIEF_FLAT RELIEF_RIDGE RELIEF_GROOVE RELIEF_SOLID
Union[str, Tuple[str, int]] font specifies the font family, size, etc
str text_color color of the text
str background_color color of background
str justification how string should be aligned within space provided by size. Valid choices = left, right, center
(int, int) or ((int, int),(int,int)) or (int,(int,int)) or ((int, int),int) pad Amount of padding to put around element (left/right, top/bottom) or ((left, right), (top, bottom))
Any key Used with window.FindElement and with return values to uniquely identify this element to uniquely identify this element
Any k Same as the Key. You can use either k or key. Which ever is set will be used.
str tooltip text, that will appear when mouse hovers over the element
bool visible set visibility state of the element
Any metadata User metadata that can be set to ANYTHING

SetFocus

Sets the current focus to be on this element

SetFocus(force=False)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
bool force if True will call focus_force otherwise calls focus_set

SetTooltip

Called by application to change the tooltip text for an Element. Normally invoked using the Element Object such as: window.Element('key').SetToolTip('New tip').

SetTooltip(tooltip_text)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
str tooltip_text the text to show in tooltip.

Update

Changes some of the settings for the Status Bar Element. Must call Window.Read or Window.Finalize prior

Update(value=None,
    background_color=None,
    text_color=None,
    font=None,
    visible=None)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
str value new text to show
str background_color color of background
str text_color color of the text
Union[str, Tuple[str, int]] font specifies the font family, size, etc
bool visible set visibility state of the element

bind

Used to add tkinter events to an Element. The tkinter specific data is in the Element's member variable user_bind_event

bind(bind_string, key_modifier)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
str bind_string The string tkinter expected in its bind function

expand

Causes the Element to expand to fill available space in the X and Y directions. Can specify which or both directions

expand(expand_x=False,
    expand_y=False,
    expand_row=True)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
bool expand_x If True Element will expand in the Horizontal directions
bool expand_y If True Element will expand in the Vertical directions
bool expand_row If True the row containing the element will also expand. Without this your element is "trapped" within the row

get_size

Return the size of an element in Pixels. Care must be taken as some elements use characters to specify their size but will return pixels when calling this get_size method.

get_size()

Type Name Meaning
return width and height of the element

hide_row

Hide the entire row an Element is located on. Use this if you must have all space removed when you are hiding an element, including the row container

hide_row()

set_cursor

Sets the cursor for the current Element.

set_cursor(cursor)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
str cursor The tkinter cursor name

set_focus

Sets the current focus to be on this element

set_focus(force=False)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
bool force if True will call focus_force otherwise calls focus_set

set_size

Changes the size of an element to a specific size. It's possible to specify None for one of sizes so that only 1 of the element's dimensions are changed.

set_size(size=(None, None))

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
(int, int) size The size in characters, rows typically. In some cases they are pixels

set_tooltip

Called by application to change the tooltip text for an Element. Normally invoked using the Element Object such as: window.Element('key').SetToolTip('New tip').

set_tooltip(tooltip_text)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
str tooltip_text the text to show in tooltip.

unbind

Removes a previously bound tkinter event from an Element.

unbind(bind_string)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
str bind_string The string tkinter expected in its bind function

unhide_row

Unhides (makes visible again) the row container that the Element is located on. Note that it will re-appear at the bottom of the window / container, most likely.

unhide_row()

update

Changes some of the settings for the Status Bar Element. Must call Window.Read or Window.Finalize prior

update(value=None,
    background_color=None,
    text_color=None,
    font=None,
    visible=None)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
str value new text to show
str background_color color of background
str text_color color of the text
Union[str, Tuple[str, int]] font specifies the font family, size, etc
bool visible set visibility state of the element

SystemTray

A "Simulated System Tray" that duplicates the API calls available to PySimpleGUIWx and PySimpleGUIQt users.

All of the functionality works. The icon is displayed ABOVE the system tray rather than inside of it.

SystemTray - create an icon in the system tray

SystemTray(menu=None,
    filename=None,
    data=None,
    data_base64=None,
    tooltip=None,
    metadata=None)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
List[List[List[str] or str]] menu Menu definition. Example - ['UNUSED', ['My', 'Simple', '---', 'Menu', 'Exit']]
str filename filename for icon
bytes data in-ram image for icon (same as data_base64 parm)
bytes data_base64 base-64 data for icon
str tooltip tooltip string
Any metadata User metadata that can be set to ANYTHING

Close

Close the system tray window

Close()

Hide

Hides the icon

Hide()

Read

Reads the context menu

Read(timeout=None)

ShowMessage

Shows a balloon above icon in system tray

ShowMessage(title,
    message,
    filename=None,
    data=None,
    data_base64=None,
    messageicon=None,
    time=(1000, 3000))

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
title Title shown in balloon
message Message to be displayed
filename Optional icon filename
data Optional in-ram icon
data_base64 Optional base64 icon
Union[int, Tuple[int, int]] time Amount of time to display message in milliseconds. If tuple, first item is fade in/out duration
(Any) RETURN The event that happened during the display such as user clicked on message

UnHide

Restores a previously hidden icon

UnHide()

Update

Updates the menu, tooltip or icon

Update(menu=None,
    tooltip=None,
    filename=None,
    data=None,
    data_base64=None)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
??? menu menu defintion
??? tooltip string representing tooltip
??? filename icon filename
??? data icon raw image
??? data_base64 icon base 64 image

close

Close the system tray window

close()

hide

Hides the icon

hide()

notify

Displays a "notification window", usually in the bottom right corner of your display. Has an icon, a title, and a message The window will slowly fade in and out if desired. Clicking on the window will cause it to move through the end the current "phase". For example, if the window was fading in and it was clicked, then it would immediately stop fading in and instead be fully visible. It's a way for the user to quickly dismiss the window.

notify(title,
    message,
    icon=...,
    display_duration_in_ms=3000,
    fade_in_duration=1000,
    alpha=0.9,
    location=None)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
str title Text to be shown at the top of the window in a larger font
str message Text message that makes up the majority of the window
Union[bytes, str] icon A base64 encoded PNG/GIF image or PNG/GIF filename that will be displayed in the window
int display_duration_in_ms Number of milliseconds to show the window
int fade_in_duration Number of milliseconds to fade window in and out
float alpha Alpha channel. 0 - invisible 1 - fully visible
Tuple[int, int] location Location on the screen to display the window
(int) RETURN (int) reason for returning

read

Reads the context menu

read(timeout=None)

show_message

Shows a balloon above icon in system tray

show_message(title,
    message,
    filename=None,
    data=None,
    data_base64=None,
    messageicon=None,
    time=(1000, 3000))

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
title Title shown in balloon
message Message to be displayed
filename Optional icon filename
data Optional in-ram icon
data_base64 Optional base64 icon
Union[int, Tuple[int, int]] time Amount of time to display message in milliseconds. If tuple, first item is fade in/out duration
(Any) RETURN The event that happened during the display such as user clicked on message

un_hide

Restores a previously hidden icon

un_hide()

update

Updates the menu, tooltip or icon

update(menu=None,
    tooltip=None,
    filename=None,
    data=None,
    data_base64=None)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
??? menu menu defintion
??? tooltip string representing tooltip
??? filename icon filename
??? data icon raw image
??? data_base64 icon base 64 image

Tab Element

Tab Element is another "Container" element that holds a layout and displays a tab with text. Used with TabGroup only
Tabs are never placed directly into a layout.  They are always "Contained" in a TabGroup layout
Tab(title,
    layout,
    title_color=None,
    background_color=None,
    font=None,
    pad=None,
    disabled=False,
    border_width=None,
    key=None,
    k=None,
    tooltip=None,
    right_click_menu=None,
    visible=True,
    element_justification="left",
    metadata=None)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
str title text to show on the tab
List[List[Element]] layout The element layout that will be shown in the tab
str title_color color of the tab text (note not currently working on tkinter)
str background_color color of background of the entire layout
Union[str, Tuple[str, int]] font specifies the font family, size, etc
(int, int) or ((int, int),(int,int)) or (int,(int,int)) or ((int, int),int) pad Amount of padding to put around element (left/right, top/bottom) or ((left, right), (top, bottom))
bool disabled If True button will be created disabled
int border_width width of border around element in pixels
Any key Value that uniquely identifies this element from all other elements. Used when Finding an element or in return values. Must be unique to the window
Any k Same as the Key. You can use either k or key. Which ever is set will be used.
str tooltip text, that will appear when mouse hovers over the element
List[List[Union[List[str],str]]] right_click_menu A list of lists of Menu items to show when this element is right clicked. See user docs for exact format.
bool visible set visibility state of the element
str element_justification All elements inside the Tab will have this justification 'left', 'right', 'center' are valid values
Any metadata User metadata that can be set to ANYTHING

AddRow

Not recommended use call. Used to add rows of Elements to the Frame Element.

AddRow(args=*<1 or N object>)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
List[Element] *args The list of elements for this row

Layout

Not user callable. Use layout parameter instead. Creates the layout using the supplied rows of Elements

Layout(rows)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
List[List[Element]] rows List[List[Element]] The list of rows

Select

Create a tkinter event that mimics user clicking on a tab. Must have called window.Finalize / Read first!

Select()

SetFocus

Sets the current focus to be on this element

SetFocus(force=False)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
bool force if True will call focus_force otherwise calls focus_set

SetTooltip

Called by application to change the tooltip text for an Element. Normally invoked using the Element Object such as: window.Element('key').SetToolTip('New tip').

SetTooltip(tooltip_text)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
str tooltip_text the text to show in tooltip.

Update

Changes some of the settings for the Tab Element. Must call Window.Read or Window.Finalize prior

Update(title=None,
    disabled=None,
    visible=None)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
str title tab title
bool disabled disable or enable state of the element
bool visible control visibility of element

add_row

Not recommended use call. Used to add rows of Elements to the Frame Element.

add_row(args=*<1 or N object>)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
List[Element] *args The list of elements for this row

bind

Used to add tkinter events to an Element. The tkinter specific data is in the Element's member variable user_bind_event

bind(bind_string, key_modifier)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
str bind_string The string tkinter expected in its bind function

expand

Causes the Element to expand to fill available space in the X and Y directions. Can specify which or both directions

expand(expand_x=False,
    expand_y=False,
    expand_row=True)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
bool expand_x If True Element will expand in the Horizontal directions
bool expand_y If True Element will expand in the Vertical directions
bool expand_row If True the row containing the element will also expand. Without this your element is "trapped" within the row

get_size

Return the size of an element in Pixels. Care must be taken as some elements use characters to specify their size but will return pixels when calling this get_size method.

get_size()

Type Name Meaning
return width and height of the element

hide_row

Hide the entire row an Element is located on. Use this if you must have all space removed when you are hiding an element, including the row container

hide_row()

layout

Not user callable. Use layout parameter instead. Creates the layout using the supplied rows of Elements

layout(rows)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
List[List[Element]] rows List[List[Element]] The list of rows

select

Create a tkinter event that mimics user clicking on a tab. Must have called window.Finalize / Read first!

select()

set_cursor

Sets the cursor for the current Element.

set_cursor(cursor)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
str cursor The tkinter cursor name

set_focus

Sets the current focus to be on this element

set_focus(force=False)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
bool force if True will call focus_force otherwise calls focus_set

set_size

Changes the size of an element to a specific size. It's possible to specify None for one of sizes so that only 1 of the element's dimensions are changed.

set_size(size=(None, None))

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
(int, int) size The size in characters, rows typically. In some cases they are pixels

set_tooltip

Called by application to change the tooltip text for an Element. Normally invoked using the Element Object such as: window.Element('key').SetToolTip('New tip').

set_tooltip(tooltip_text)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
str tooltip_text the text to show in tooltip.

unbind

Removes a previously bound tkinter event from an Element.

unbind(bind_string)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
str bind_string The string tkinter expected in its bind function

unhide_row

Unhides (makes visible again) the row container that the Element is located on. Note that it will re-appear at the bottom of the window / container, most likely.

unhide_row()

update

Changes some of the settings for the Tab Element. Must call Window.Read or Window.Finalize prior

update(title=None,
    disabled=None,
    visible=None)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
str title tab title
bool disabled disable or enable state of the element
bool visible control visibility of element

TabGroup Element

TabGroup Element groups together your tabs into the group of tabs you see displayed in your window
TabGroup(layout,
    tab_location=None,
    title_color=None,
    tab_background_color=None,
    selected_title_color=None,
    selected_background_color=None,
    background_color=None,
    font=None,
    change_submits=False,
    enable_events=False,
    pad=None,
    border_width=None,
    theme=None,
    key=None,
    k=None,
    tooltip=None,
    visible=True,
    metadata=None)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
List[List[Tab]] layout Layout of Tabs. Different than normal layouts. ALL Tabs should be on first row
str tab_location location that tabs will be displayed. Choices are left, right, top, bottom, lefttop, leftbottom, righttop, rightbottom, bottomleft, bottomright, topleft, topright
str title_color color of text on tabs
str tab_background_color color of all tabs that are not selected
str selected_title_color color of tab text when it is selected
str selected_background_color color of tab when it is selected
str background_color color of background area that tabs are located on
Union[str, Tuple[str, int]] font specifies the font family, size, etc
bool change_submits * DEPRICATED DO NOT USE. Use enable_events instead
bool enable_events If True then switching tabs will generate an Event
(int, int) or ((int, int),(int,int)) or (int,(int,int)) or ((int, int),int) pad Amount of padding to put around element (left/right, top/bottom) or ((left, right), (top, bottom))
int border_width width of border around element in pixels
enum theme DEPRICATED - You can only specify themes using set options or when window is created. It's not possible to do it on an element basis
Any key Value that uniquely identifies this element from all other elements. Used when Finding an element or in return values. Must be unique to the window
Any k Same as the Key. You can use either k or key. Which ever is set will be used.
str tooltip text, that will appear when mouse hovers over the element
bool visible set visibility state of the element
Any metadata User metadata that can be set to ANYTHING

FindKeyFromTabName

Searches through the layout to find the key that matches the text on the tab. Implies names should be unique

FindKeyFromTabName(tab_name)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
str tab_name name of a tab
Union[key, None] RETURN Returns the key or None if no key found

Get

Returns the current value for the Tab Group, which will be the currently selected tab's KEY or the text on the tab if no key is defined. Returns None if an error occurs. Note that this is exactly the same data that would be returned from a call to Window.Read. Are you sure you are using this method correctly?

Get()

Type Name Meaning
return The key of the currently selected tab or the tab's text if it has no key

SetFocus

Sets the current focus to be on this element

SetFocus(force=False)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
bool force if True will call focus_force otherwise calls focus_set

SetTooltip

Called by application to change the tooltip text for an Element. Normally invoked using the Element Object such as: window.Element('key').SetToolTip('New tip').

SetTooltip(tooltip_text)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
str tooltip_text the text to show in tooltip.

bind

Used to add tkinter events to an Element. The tkinter specific data is in the Element's member variable user_bind_event

bind(bind_string, key_modifier)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
str bind_string The string tkinter expected in its bind function

expand

Causes the Element to expand to fill available space in the X and Y directions. Can specify which or both directions

expand(expand_x=False,
    expand_y=False,
    expand_row=True)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
bool expand_x If True Element will expand in the Horizontal directions
bool expand_y If True Element will expand in the Vertical directions
bool expand_row If True the row containing the element will also expand. Without this your element is "trapped" within the row

find_key_from_tab_name

Searches through the layout to find the key that matches the text on the tab. Implies names should be unique

find_key_from_tab_name(tab_name)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
str tab_name name of a tab
Union[key, None] RETURN Returns the key or None if no key found

get

Returns the current value for the Tab Group, which will be the currently selected tab's KEY or the text on the tab if no key is defined. Returns None if an error occurs. Note that this is exactly the same data that would be returned from a call to Window.Read. Are you sure you are using this method correctly?

get()

Type Name Meaning
return The key of the currently selected tab or the tab's text if it has no key

get_size

Return the size of an element in Pixels. Care must be taken as some elements use characters to specify their size but will return pixels when calling this get_size method.

get_size()

Type Name Meaning
return width and height of the element

hide_row

Hide the entire row an Element is located on. Use this if you must have all space removed when you are hiding an element, including the row container

hide_row()

set_cursor

Sets the cursor for the current Element.

set_cursor(cursor)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
str cursor The tkinter cursor name

set_focus

Sets the current focus to be on this element

set_focus(force=False)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
bool force if True will call focus_force otherwise calls focus_set

set_size

Changes the size of an element to a specific size. It's possible to specify None for one of sizes so that only 1 of the element's dimensions are changed.

set_size(size=(None, None))

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
(int, int) size The size in characters, rows typically. In some cases they are pixels

set_tooltip

Called by application to change the tooltip text for an Element. Normally invoked using the Element Object such as: window.Element('key').SetToolTip('New tip').

set_tooltip(tooltip_text)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
str tooltip_text the text to show in tooltip.

set_vscroll_position

Attempts to set the vertical scroll postition for an element's Widget

set_vscroll_position(percent_from_top)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
float percent_from_top From 0 to 1.0, the percentage from the top to move scrollbar to

unbind

Removes a previously bound tkinter event from an Element.

unbind(bind_string)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
str bind_string The string tkinter expected in its bind function

unhide_row

Unhides (makes visible again) the row container that the Element is located on. Note that it will re-appear at the bottom of the window / container, most likely.

unhide_row()

Table Element

Table(values,
    headings=None,
    visible_column_map=None,
    col_widths=None,
    def_col_width=10,
    auto_size_columns=True,
    max_col_width=20,
    select_mode=None,
    display_row_numbers=False,
    num_rows=None,
    row_height=None,
    font=None,
    justification="right",
    text_color=None,
    background_color=None,
    alternating_row_color=None,
    header_text_color=None,
    header_background_color=None,
    header_font=None,
    row_colors=None,
    vertical_scroll_only=True,
    hide_vertical_scroll=False,
    size=(None, None),
    change_submits=False,
    enable_events=False,
    bind_return_key=False,
    pad=None,
    key=None,
    k=None,
    tooltip=None,
    right_click_menu=None,
    visible=True,
    metadata=None)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
List[List[Union[str, int, float]]] values ???
List[str] headings The headings to show on the top line
List[bool] visible_column_map One entry for each column. False indicates the column is not shown
List[int] col_widths Number of characters that each column will occupy
int def_col_width Default column width in characters
bool auto_size_columns if True columns will be sized automatically
int max_col_width Maximum width for all columns in characters
enum select_mode Select Mode. Valid values start with "TABLE_SELECT_MODE_". Valid values are: TABLE_SELECT_MODE_NONE TABLE_SELECT_MODE_BROWSE TABLE_SELECT_MODE_EXTENDED
bool display_row_numbers if True, the first column of the table will be the row #
int num_rows The number of rows of the table to display at a time
int row_height height of a single row in pixels
Union[str, Tuple[str, int]] font specifies the font family, size, etc
str justification 'left', 'right', 'center' are valid choices
str text_color color of the text
str background_color color of background
str alternating_row_color if set then every other row will have this color in the background.
str header_text_color sets the text color for the header
str header_background_color sets the background color for the header
Union[str, Tuple[str, int]] header_font specifies the font family, size, etc
List[Union[Tuple[int, str], Tuple[Int, str, str]] row_colors list of tuples of (row, background color) OR (row, foreground color, background color). Sets the colors of listed rows to the color(s) provided (note the optional foreground color)
bool vertical_scroll_only if True only the vertical scrollbar will be visible
bool hide_vertical_scroll if True vertical scrollbar will be hidden
(int, int) size DO NOT USE! Use num_rows instead
bool change_submits DO NOT USE. Only listed for backwards compat - Use enable_events instead
bool enable_events Turns on the element specific events. Table events happen when row is clicked
bool bind_return_key if True, pressing return key will cause event coming from Table, ALSO a left button double click will generate an event if this parameter is True
(int, int) or ((int, int),(int,int)) or (int,(int,int)) or ((int, int),int) pad Amount of padding to put around element (left/right, top/bottom) or ((left, right), (top, bottom))
Any key Used with window.FindElement and with return values to uniquely identify this element to uniquely identify this element
Any k Same as the Key. You can use either k or key. Which ever is set will be used.
str tooltip text, that will appear when mouse hovers over the element
List[List[Union[List[str],str]]] right_click_menu A list of lists of Menu items to show when this element is right clicked. See user docs for exact format.
bool visible set visibility state of the element
Any metadata User metadata that can be set to ANYTHING

Get

Dummy function for tkinter port. In the Qt port you can read back the values in the table in case they were edited. Don't know yet how to enable editing of a Tree in tkinter so just returning the values provided by user when Table was created or Updated.

Get()

Type Name Meaning
return the current table values (for now what was originally provided up updated)

SetFocus

Sets the current focus to be on this element

SetFocus(force=False)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
bool force if True will call focus_force otherwise calls focus_set

SetTooltip

Called by application to change the tooltip text for an Element. Normally invoked using the Element Object such as: window.Element('key').SetToolTip('New tip').

SetTooltip(tooltip_text)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
str tooltip_text the text to show in tooltip.

Update

Changes some of the settings for the Table Element. Must call Window.Read or Window.Finalize prior

Update(values=None,
    num_rows=None,
    visible=None,
    select_rows=None,
    alternating_row_color=None,
    row_colors=None)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
List[List[Union[str, int, float]]] values A new 2-dimensional table to show
int num_rows How many rows to display at a time
bool visible if True then will be visible
List[int] select_rows List of rows to select as if user did
str alternating_row_color the color to make every other row
List[Union[Tuple[int, str], Tuple[Int, str, str]] row_colors list of tuples of (row, background color) OR (row, foreground color, background color). Changes the colors of listed rows to the color(s) provided (note the optional foreground color)

bind

Used to add tkinter events to an Element. The tkinter specific data is in the Element's member variable user_bind_event

bind(bind_string, key_modifier)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
str bind_string The string tkinter expected in its bind function

expand

Causes the Element to expand to fill available space in the X and Y directions. Can specify which or both directions

expand(expand_x=False,
    expand_y=False,
    expand_row=True)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
bool expand_x If True Element will expand in the Horizontal directions
bool expand_y If True Element will expand in the Vertical directions
bool expand_row If True the row containing the element will also expand. Without this your element is "trapped" within the row

get

Dummy function for tkinter port. In the Qt port you can read back the values in the table in case they were edited. Don't know yet how to enable editing of a Tree in tkinter so just returning the values provided by user when Table was created or Updated.

get()

Type Name Meaning
return the current table values (for now what was originally provided up updated)

get_size

Return the size of an element in Pixels. Care must be taken as some elements use characters to specify their size but will return pixels when calling this get_size method.

get_size()

Type Name Meaning
return width and height of the element

hide_row

Hide the entire row an Element is located on. Use this if you must have all space removed when you are hiding an element, including the row container

hide_row()

set_cursor

Sets the cursor for the current Element.

set_cursor(cursor)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
str cursor The tkinter cursor name

set_focus

Sets the current focus to be on this element

set_focus(force=False)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
bool force if True will call focus_force otherwise calls focus_set

set_size

Changes the size of an element to a specific size. It's possible to specify None for one of sizes so that only 1 of the element's dimensions are changed.

set_size(size=(None, None))

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
(int, int) size The size in characters, rows typically. In some cases they are pixels

set_tooltip

Called by application to change the tooltip text for an Element. Normally invoked using the Element Object such as: window.Element('key').SetToolTip('New tip').

set_tooltip(tooltip_text)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
str tooltip_text the text to show in tooltip.

unbind

Removes a previously bound tkinter event from an Element.

unbind(bind_string)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
str bind_string The string tkinter expected in its bind function

unhide_row

Unhides (makes visible again) the row container that the Element is located on. Note that it will re-appear at the bottom of the window / container, most likely.

unhide_row()

update

Changes some of the settings for the Table Element. Must call Window.Read or Window.Finalize prior

update(values=None,
    num_rows=None,
    visible=None,
    select_rows=None,
    alternating_row_color=None,
    row_colors=None)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
List[List[Union[str, int, float]]] values A new 2-dimensional table to show
int num_rows How many rows to display at a time
bool visible if True then will be visible
List[int] select_rows List of rows to select as if user did
str alternating_row_color the color to make every other row
List[Union[Tuple[int, str], Tuple[Int, str, str]] row_colors list of tuples of (row, background color) OR (row, foreground color, background color). Changes the colors of listed rows to the color(s) provided (note the optional foreground color)

Text Element

Text - Display some text in the window.  Usually this means a single line of text.  However, the text can also be multiple lines.  If multi-lined there are no scroll bars.
Text(text="",
    size=(None, None),
    auto_size_text=None,
    click_submits=False,
    enable_events=False,
    relief=None,
    font=None,
    text_color=None,
    background_color=None,
    border_width=None,
    justification=None,
    pad=None,
    key=None,
    k=None,
    right_click_menu=None,
    tooltip=None,
    visible=True,
    metadata=None)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
Any text The text to display. Can include /n to achieve multiple lines. Will convert (optional) parameter into a string
(int, int) size (width, height) width = characters-wide, height = rows-high
bool auto_size_text if True size of the Text Element will be sized to fit the string provided in 'text' parm
bool click_submits DO NOT USE. Only listed for backwards compat - Use enable_events instead
bool enable_events Turns on the element specific events. Text events happen when the text is clicked
(str/enum) relief relief style around the text. Values are same as progress meter relief values. Should be a constant that is defined at starting with "RELIEF_" - RELIEF_RAISED, RELIEF_SUNKEN, RELIEF_FLAT, RELIEF_RIDGE, RELIEF_GROOVE, RELIEF_SOLID
Union[str, Tuple[str, int]] font specifies the font family, size, etc
str text_color color of the text
str background_color color of background
int border_width number of pixels for the border (if using a relief)
str justification how string should be aligned within space provided by size. Valid choices = left, right, center
(int, int) or ((int, int),(int,int)) or (int,(int,int)) or ((int, int),int) pad Amount of padding to put around element (left/right, top/bottom) or ((left, right), (top, bottom))
Any key Used with window.FindElement and with return values to uniquely identify this element to uniquely identify this element
Any k Same as the Key. You can use either k or key. Which ever is set will be used.
List[List[Union[List[str],str]]] right_click_menu A list of lists of Menu items to show when this element is right clicked. See user docs for exact format.
str tooltip text, that will appear when mouse hovers over the element
bool visible set visibility state of the element
Any metadata User metadata that can be set to ANYTHING

Get

Gets the current value of the displayed text

Get()

Type Name Meaning
return The current value

SetFocus

Sets the current focus to be on this element

SetFocus(force=False)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
bool force if True will call focus_force otherwise calls focus_set

SetTooltip

Called by application to change the tooltip text for an Element. Normally invoked using the Element Object such as: window.Element('key').SetToolTip('New tip').

SetTooltip(tooltip_text)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
str tooltip_text the text to show in tooltip.

Update

Changes some of the settings for the Text Element. Must call Window.Read or Window.Finalize prior

Update(value=None,
    background_color=None,
    text_color=None,
    font=None,
    visible=None)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
str value new text to show
str background_color color of background
str text_color color of the text
Union[str, Tuple[str, int]] font specifies the font family, size, etc
bool visible set visibility state of the element

bind

Used to add tkinter events to an Element. The tkinter specific data is in the Element's member variable user_bind_event

bind(bind_string, key_modifier)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
str bind_string The string tkinter expected in its bind function

expand

Causes the Element to expand to fill available space in the X and Y directions. Can specify which or both directions

expand(expand_x=False,
    expand_y=False,
    expand_row=True)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
bool expand_x If True Element will expand in the Horizontal directions
bool expand_y If True Element will expand in the Vertical directions
bool expand_row If True the row containing the element will also expand. Without this your element is "trapped" within the row

get

Gets the current value of the displayed text

get()

Type Name Meaning
return The current value

get_size

Return the size of an element in Pixels. Care must be taken as some elements use characters to specify their size but will return pixels when calling this get_size method.

get_size()

Type Name Meaning
return width and height of the element

hide_row

Hide the entire row an Element is located on. Use this if you must have all space removed when you are hiding an element, including the row container

hide_row()

set_cursor

Sets the cursor for the current Element.

set_cursor(cursor)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
str cursor The tkinter cursor name

set_focus

Sets the current focus to be on this element

set_focus(force=False)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
bool force if True will call focus_force otherwise calls focus_set

set_size

Changes the size of an element to a specific size. It's possible to specify None for one of sizes so that only 1 of the element's dimensions are changed.

set_size(size=(None, None))

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
(int, int) size The size in characters, rows typically. In some cases they are pixels

set_tooltip

Called by application to change the tooltip text for an Element. Normally invoked using the Element Object such as: window.Element('key').SetToolTip('New tip').

set_tooltip(tooltip_text)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
str tooltip_text the text to show in tooltip.

unbind

Removes a previously bound tkinter event from an Element.

unbind(bind_string)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
str bind_string The string tkinter expected in its bind function

unhide_row

Unhides (makes visible again) the row container that the Element is located on. Note that it will re-appear at the bottom of the window / container, most likely.

unhide_row()

update

Changes some of the settings for the Text Element. Must call Window.Read or Window.Finalize prior

update(value=None,
    background_color=None,
    text_color=None,
    font=None,
    visible=None)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
str value new text to show
str background_color color of background
str text_color color of the text
Union[str, Tuple[str, int]] font specifies the font family, size, etc
bool visible set visibility state of the element

Tree Element

Tree Element - Presents data in a tree-like manner, much like a file/folder browser.  Uses the TreeData class
to hold the user's data and pass to the element for display.
Tree(data=None,
    headings=None,
    visible_column_map=None,
    col_widths=None,
    col0_width=10,
    def_col_width=10,
    auto_size_columns=True,
    max_col_width=20,
    select_mode=None,
    show_expanded=False,
    change_submits=False,
    enable_events=False,
    font=None,
    justification="right",
    text_color=None,
    background_color=None,
    header_text_color=None,
    header_background_color=None,
    header_font=None,
    num_rows=None,
    row_height=None,
    pad=None,
    key=None,
    k=None,
    tooltip=None,
    right_click_menu=None,
    visible=True,
    metadata=None)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
TreeData data The data represented using a PySimpleGUI provided TreeData class
List[str] headings List of individual headings for each column
List[bool] visible_column_map Determines if a column should be visible. If left empty, all columns will be shown
List[int] col_widths List of column widths so that individual column widths can be controlled
int col0_width Size of Column 0 which is where the row numbers will be optionally shown
int def_col_width default column width
bool auto_size_columns if True, the size of a column is determined using the contents of the column
int max_col_width the maximum size a column can be
enum select_mode Use same values as found on Table Element. Valid values include: TABLE_SELECT_MODE_NONE TABLE_SELECT_MODE_BROWSE TABLE_SELECT_MODE_EXTENDED
bool show_expanded if True then the tree will be initially shown with all nodes completely expanded
bool change_submits DO NOT USE. Only listed for backwards compat - Use enable_events instead
bool enable_events Turns on the element specific events. Tree events happen when row is clicked
Union[str, Tuple[str, int]] font specifies the font family, size, etc
str justification 'left', 'right', 'center' are valid choices
str text_color color of the text
str background_color color of background
str header_text_color sets the text color for the header
str header_background_color sets the background color for the header
Union[str, Tuple[str, int]] header_font specifies the font family, size, etc
int num_rows The number of rows of the table to display at a time
int row_height height of a single row in pixels
(int, int) or ((int, int),(int,int)) or (int,(int,int)) or ((int, int),int) pad Amount of padding to put around element (left/right, top/bottom) or ((left, right), (top, bottom))
Any key Used with window.FindElement and with return values to uniquely identify this element to uniquely identify this element
Any k Same as the Key. You can use either k or key. Which ever is set will be used.
str tooltip text, that will appear when mouse hovers over the element
[Union[List[str],str]]] right_click_menu A list of lists of Menu items to show when this element is right clicked. See user docs for exact format.
bool visible set visibility state of the element
Any metadata User metadata that can be set to ANYTHING

SetFocus

Sets the current focus to be on this element

SetFocus(force=False)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
bool force if True will call focus_force otherwise calls focus_set

SetTooltip

Called by application to change the tooltip text for an Element. Normally invoked using the Element Object such as: window.Element('key').SetToolTip('New tip').

SetTooltip(tooltip_text)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
str tooltip_text the text to show in tooltip.

Update

Changes some of the settings for the Tree Element. Must call Window.Read or Window.Finalize prior

Update(values=None,
    key=None,
    value=None,
    text=None,
    icon=None,
    visible=None)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
TreeData values Representation of the tree
Any key identifies a particular item in tree to update
Any value sets the node identified by key to a particular value
str text sets the node identified by ket to this string
Union[bytes, str] icon can be either a base64 icon or a filename for the icon
bool visible control visibility of element

add_treeview_data

Not a user function. Recursive method that inserts tree data into the tkinter treeview widget.

add_treeview_data(node)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
TreeData node The node to insert. Will insert all nodes from starting point downward, recursively

bind

Used to add tkinter events to an Element. The tkinter specific data is in the Element's member variable user_bind_event

bind(bind_string, key_modifier)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
str bind_string The string tkinter expected in its bind function

expand

Causes the Element to expand to fill available space in the X and Y directions. Can specify which or both directions

expand(expand_x=False,
    expand_y=False,
    expand_row=True)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
bool expand_x If True Element will expand in the Horizontal directions
bool expand_y If True Element will expand in the Vertical directions
bool expand_row If True the row containing the element will also expand. Without this your element is "trapped" within the row

get_size

Return the size of an element in Pixels. Care must be taken as some elements use characters to specify their size but will return pixels when calling this get_size method.

get_size()

Type Name Meaning
return width and height of the element

hide_row

Hide the entire row an Element is located on. Use this if you must have all space removed when you are hiding an element, including the row container

hide_row()

set_cursor

Sets the cursor for the current Element.

set_cursor(cursor)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
str cursor The tkinter cursor name

set_focus

Sets the current focus to be on this element

set_focus(force=False)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
bool force if True will call focus_force otherwise calls focus_set

set_size

Changes the size of an element to a specific size. It's possible to specify None for one of sizes so that only 1 of the element's dimensions are changed.

set_size(size=(None, None))

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
(int, int) size The size in characters, rows typically. In some cases they are pixels

set_tooltip

Called by application to change the tooltip text for an Element. Normally invoked using the Element Object such as: window.Element('key').SetToolTip('New tip').

set_tooltip(tooltip_text)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
str tooltip_text the text to show in tooltip.

set_vscroll_position

Attempts to set the vertical scroll postition for an element's Widget

set_vscroll_position(percent_from_top)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
float percent_from_top From 0 to 1.0, the percentage from the top to move scrollbar to

unbind

Removes a previously bound tkinter event from an Element.

unbind(bind_string)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
str bind_string The string tkinter expected in its bind function

unhide_row

Unhides (makes visible again) the row container that the Element is located on. Note that it will re-appear at the bottom of the window / container, most likely.

unhide_row()

update

Changes some of the settings for the Tree Element. Must call Window.Read or Window.Finalize prior

update(values=None,
    key=None,
    value=None,
    text=None,
    icon=None,
    visible=None)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
TreeData values Representation of the tree
Any key identifies a particular item in tree to update
Any value sets the node identified by key to a particular value
str text sets the node identified by ket to this string
Union[bytes, str] icon can be either a base64 icon or a filename for the icon
bool visible control visibility of element

TreeData (for Tree Element)

Class that user fills in to represent their tree data. It's a very simple tree representation with a root "Node"
with possibly one or more children "Nodes".  Each Node contains a key, text to display, list of values to display
and an icon.  The entire tree is built using a single method, Insert.  Nothing else is required to make the tree.

Instantiate the object, initializes the Tree Data, creates a root node for you

TreeData()

Insert

Inserts a node into the tree. This is how user builds their tree, by Inserting Nodes This is the ONLY user callable method in the TreeData class

Insert(parent,
    key,
    text,
    values,
    icon=None)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
Node parent the parent Node
Any key Used to uniquely identify this node
str text The text that is displayed at this node's location
List[Any] values The list of values that are displayed at this node
Union[str, bytes] icon icon

Node

Contains information about the individual node in the tree

Node(parent,
    key,
    text,
    values,
    icon=None)

insert

Inserts a node into the tree. This is how user builds their tree, by Inserting Nodes This is the ONLY user callable method in the TreeData class

insert(parent,
    key,
    text,
    values,
    icon=None)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
Node parent the parent Node
Any key Used to uniquely identify this node
str text The text that is displayed at this node's location
List[Any] values The list of values that are displayed at this node
Union[str, bytes] icon icon

VerticalSeparator Element

Vertical Separator Element draws a vertical line at the given location. It will span 1 "row". Usually paired with
Column Element if extra height is needed
VerticalSeparator(color=None,
    pad=None,
    key=None,
    k=None)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
str color Color of the line. Defaults to theme's text color. Can be name or #RRGGBB format
(int, int) or ((int, int),(int,int)) or (int,(int,int)) or ((int, int),int) pad Amount of padding to put around element (left/right, top/bottom) or ((left, right), (top, bottom))
Any key Value that uniquely identifies this element from all other elements. Used when Finding an element or in return values. Must be unique to the window
Any k Same as the Key. You can use either k or key. Which ever is set will be used.

SetFocus

Sets the current focus to be on this element

SetFocus(force=False)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
bool force if True will call focus_force otherwise calls focus_set

SetTooltip

Called by application to change the tooltip text for an Element. Normally invoked using the Element Object such as: window.Element('key').SetToolTip('New tip').

SetTooltip(tooltip_text)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
str tooltip_text the text to show in tooltip.

bind

Used to add tkinter events to an Element. The tkinter specific data is in the Element's member variable user_bind_event

bind(bind_string, key_modifier)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
str bind_string The string tkinter expected in its bind function

expand

Causes the Element to expand to fill available space in the X and Y directions. Can specify which or both directions

expand(expand_x=False,
    expand_y=False,
    expand_row=True)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
bool expand_x If True Element will expand in the Horizontal directions
bool expand_y If True Element will expand in the Vertical directions
bool expand_row If True the row containing the element will also expand. Without this your element is "trapped" within the row

get_size

Return the size of an element in Pixels. Care must be taken as some elements use characters to specify their size but will return pixels when calling this get_size method.

get_size()

Type Name Meaning
return width and height of the element

hide_row

Hide the entire row an Element is located on. Use this if you must have all space removed when you are hiding an element, including the row container

hide_row()

set_cursor

Sets the cursor for the current Element.

set_cursor(cursor)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
str cursor The tkinter cursor name

set_focus

Sets the current focus to be on this element

set_focus(force=False)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
bool force if True will call focus_force otherwise calls focus_set

set_size

Changes the size of an element to a specific size. It's possible to specify None for one of sizes so that only 1 of the element's dimensions are changed.

set_size(size=(None, None))

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
(int, int) size The size in characters, rows typically. In some cases they are pixels

set_tooltip

Called by application to change the tooltip text for an Element. Normally invoked using the Element Object such as: window.Element('key').SetToolTip('New tip').

set_tooltip(tooltip_text)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
str tooltip_text the text to show in tooltip.

unbind

Removes a previously bound tkinter event from an Element.

unbind(bind_string)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
str bind_string The string tkinter expected in its bind function

unhide_row

Unhides (makes visible again) the row container that the Element is located on. Note that it will re-appear at the bottom of the window / container, most likely.

unhide_row()

Window

Represents a single Window
Window(title,
    layout=None,
    default_element_size=(45, 1),
    default_button_element_size=(None, None),
    auto_size_text=None,
    auto_size_buttons=None,
    location=(None, None),
    size=(None, None),
    element_padding=None,
    margins=(None, None),
    button_color=None,
    font=None,
    progress_bar_color=(None, None),
    background_color=None,
    border_depth=None,
    auto_close=False,
    auto_close_duration=3,
    icon=None,
    force_toplevel=False,
    alpha_channel=1,
    return_keyboard_events=False,
    use_default_focus=True,
    text_justification=None,
    no_titlebar=False,
    grab_anywhere=False,
    keep_on_top=False,
    resizable=False,
    disable_close=False,
    disable_minimize=False,
    right_click_menu=None,
    transparent_color=None,
    debugger_enabled=True,
    finalize=False,
    element_justification="left",
    ttk_theme=None,
    use_ttk_buttons=None,
    metadata=None)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
str title The title that will be displayed in the Titlebar and on the Taskbar
List[List[Elements]] layout The layout for the window. Can also be specified in the Layout method
(int, int) - (width, height) default_element_size size in characters (wide) and rows (high) for all elements in this window
(int, int) default_button_element_size (width, height) size in characters (wide) and rows (high) for all Button elements in this window
bool auto_size_text True if Elements in Window should be sized to exactly fir the length of text
bool auto_size_buttons True if Buttons in this Window should be sized to exactly fit the text on this.
Tuple[int, int] location (x,y) location, in pixels, to locate the upper left corner of the window on the screen. Default is to center on screen.
(int, int) size (width, height) size in pixels for this window. Normally the window is autosized to fit contents, not set to an absolute size by the user
Tuple[int, int] or ((int, int),(int,int)) element_padding Default amount of padding to put around elements in window (left/right, top/bottom) or ((left, right), (top, bottom))
Tuple[int, int] margins (left/right, top/bottom) Amount of pixels to leave inside the window's frame around the edges before your elements are shown.
Tuple[str, str] == (text color, button color) button_color Default button colors for all buttons in the window
Union[str, Tuple[str, int]] font specifies the font family, size, etc
Tuple[str, str] progress_bar_color (bar color, background color) Sets the default colors for all progress bars in the window
str background_color color of background
int border_depth Default border depth (width) for all elements in the window
bool auto_close If True, the window will automatically close itself
int auto_close_duration Number of seconds to wait before closing the window
Union[str, str] icon Can be either a filename or Base64 value. For Windows if filename, it MUST be ICO format. For Linux, must NOT be ICO
bool force_toplevel If True will cause this window to skip the normal use of a hidden master window
float alpha_channel Sets the opacity of the window. 0 = invisible 1 = completely visible. Values bewteen 0 & 1 will produce semi-transparent windows in SOME environments (The Raspberry Pi always has this value at 1 and cannot change.
bool return_keyboard_events if True key presses on the keyboard will be returned as Events from Read calls
bool use_default_focus If True will use the default focus algorithm to set the focus to the "Correct" element
Union['left', 'right', 'center'] text_justification Default text justification for all Text Elements in window
bool no_titlebar If true, no titlebar nor frame will be shown on window. This means you cannot minimize the window and it will not show up on the taskbar
bool grab_anywhere If True can use mouse to click and drag to move the window. Almost every location of the window will work except input fields on some systems
bool keep_on_top If True, window will be created on top of all other windows on screen. It can be bumped down if another window created with this parm
bool resizable If True, allows the user to resize the window. Note the not all Elements will change size or location when resizing.
bool disable_close If True, the X button in the top right corner of the window will no work. Use with caution and always give a way out toyour users
bool disable_minimize if True the user won't be able to minimize window. Good for taking over entire screen and staying that way.
List[List[Union[List[str],str]]] right_click_menu A list of lists of Menu items to show when this element is right clicked. See user docs for exact format.
str transparent_color Any portion of the window that has this color will be completely transparent. You can even click through these spots to the window under this window.
bool debugger_enabled If True then the internal debugger will be enabled
bool finalize If True then the Finalize method will be called. Use this rather than chaining .Finalize for cleaner code
str element_justification All elements in the Window itself will have this justification 'left', 'right', 'center' are valid values
str ttk_theme Set the tkinter ttk "theme" of the window. Default = DEFAULT_TTK_THEME. Sets all ttk widgets to this theme as their default
bool use_ttk_buttons Affects all buttons in window. True = use ttk buttons. False = do not use ttk buttons. None = use ttk buttons only if on a Mac
Any metadata User metadata that can be set to ANYTHING

AddRow

Adds a single row of elements to a window's self.Rows variables. Generally speaking this is NOT how users should be building Window layouts. Users, create a single layout (a list of lists) and pass as a parameter to Window object, or call Window.Layout(layout)

AddRow(args=*<1 or N object>)

AddRows

Loops through a list of lists of elements and adds each row, list, to the layout. This is NOT the best way to go about creating a window. Sending the entire layout at one time and passing it as a parameter to the Window call is better.

AddRows(rows)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
List[List[Elements]] rows A list of a list of elements

AlphaChannel

property: AlphaChannel

A property that changes the current alpha channel value (internal value)

Type Name Meaning
return (float) the current alpha channel setting according to self, not read directly from tkinter

BringToFront

Brings this window to the top of all other windows (perhaps may not be brought before a window made to "stay on top")

BringToFront()

Close

Closes window. Users can safely call even if window has been destroyed. Should always call when done with a window so that resources are properly freed up within your thread.

Close()

CurrentLocation

Get the current location of the window's top left corner

CurrentLocation()

Type Name Meaning
return The x and y location in tuple form (x,y)

Disable

Disables window from taking any input from the user

Disable()

DisableDebugger

Disable the internal debugger. By default the debugger is ENABLED

DisableDebugger()

Disappear

Causes a window to "disappear" from the screen, but remain on the taskbar. It does this by turning the alpha channel to 0. NOTE that on some platforms alpha is not supported. The window will remain showing on these platforms. The Raspberry Pi for example does not have an alpha setting

Disappear()

Elem

Find element object associated with the provided key. THIS METHOD IS NO LONGER NEEDED to be called by the user

You can perform the same operation by writing this statement: element = window[key]

You can drop the entire "FindElement" function name and use [ ] instead.

Typically used in combination with a call to element's Update method (or any other element method!): window[key].Update(new_value)

Versus the "old way" window.FindElement(key).Update(new_value)

This call can be abbreviated to any of these: FindElement == Element == Find Rememeber that this call will return None if no match is found which may cause your code to crash if not checked for.

Elem(key, silent_on_error=False)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
Any key Used with window.FindElement and with return values to uniquely identify this element
bool silent_on_error If True do not display popup nor print warning of key errors
Union[Element, Error Element, None] RETURN Return value can be: the Element that matches the supplied key if found; an Error Element if silent_on_error is False; None if silent_on_error True;

Element

Find element object associated with the provided key. THIS METHOD IS NO LONGER NEEDED to be called by the user

You can perform the same operation by writing this statement: element = window[key]

You can drop the entire "FindElement" function name and use [ ] instead.

Typically used in combination with a call to element's Update method (or any other element method!): window[key].Update(new_value)

Versus the "old way" window.FindElement(key).Update(new_value)

This call can be abbreviated to any of these: FindElement == Element == Find Rememeber that this call will return None if no match is found which may cause your code to crash if not checked for.

Element(key, silent_on_error=False)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
Any key Used with window.FindElement and with return values to uniquely identify this element
bool silent_on_error If True do not display popup nor print warning of key errors
Union[Element, Error Element, None] RETURN Return value can be: the Element that matches the supplied key if found; an Error Element if silent_on_error is False; None if silent_on_error True;

Enable

Re-enables window to take user input after having it be Disabled previously

Enable()

EnableDebugger

Enables the internal debugger. By default, the debugger IS enabled

EnableDebugger()

Fill

Fill in elements that are input fields with data based on a 'values dictionary'

Fill(values_dict)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
(Dict[Any:Any]) - {Element_key : value} values_dict pairs
(Window) RETURN returns self so can be chained with other methods

Finalize

Use this method to cause your layout to built into a real tkinter window. In reality this method is like Read(timeout=0). It doesn't block and uses your layout to create tkinter widgets to represent the elements. Lots of action!

Finalize()

Type Name Meaning
return Returns 'self' so that method "Chaining" can happen (read up about it as it's very cool!)

Find

Find element object associated with the provided key. THIS METHOD IS NO LONGER NEEDED to be called by the user

You can perform the same operation by writing this statement: element = window[key]

You can drop the entire "FindElement" function name and use [ ] instead.

Typically used in combination with a call to element's Update method (or any other element method!): window[key].Update(new_value)

Versus the "old way" window.FindElement(key).Update(new_value)

This call can be abbreviated to any of these: FindElement == Element == Find Rememeber that this call will return None if no match is found which may cause your code to crash if not checked for.

Find(key, silent_on_error=False)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
Any key Used with window.FindElement and with return values to uniquely identify this element
bool silent_on_error If True do not display popup nor print warning of key errors
Union[Element, Error Element, None] RETURN Return value can be: the Element that matches the supplied key if found; an Error Element if silent_on_error is False; None if silent_on_error True;

FindElement

Find element object associated with the provided key. THIS METHOD IS NO LONGER NEEDED to be called by the user

You can perform the same operation by writing this statement: element = window[key]

You can drop the entire "FindElement" function name and use [ ] instead.

Typically used in combination with a call to element's Update method (or any other element method!): window[key].Update(new_value)

Versus the "old way" window.FindElement(key).Update(new_value)

This call can be abbreviated to any of these: FindElement == Element == Find Rememeber that this call will return None if no match is found which may cause your code to crash if not checked for.

FindElement(key, silent_on_error=False)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
Any key Used with window.FindElement and with return values to uniquely identify this element
bool silent_on_error If True do not display popup nor print warning of key errors
Union[Element, Error Element, None] RETURN Return value can be: the Element that matches the supplied key if found; an Error Element if silent_on_error is False; None if silent_on_error True;

FindElementWithFocus

Returns the Element that currently has focus as reported by tkinter. If no element is found None is returned!

FindElementWithFocus()

Type Name Meaning
return An Element if one has been found with focus or None if no element found

GetScreenDimensions

Get the screen dimensions. NOTE - you must have a window already open for this to work (blame tkinter not me)

GetScreenDimensions()

Type Name Meaning
return Tuple containing width and height of screen in pixels

GrabAnyWhereOff

Turns off Grab Anywhere functionality AFTER a window has been created. Don't try on a window that's not yet been Finalized or Read.

GrabAnyWhereOff()

GrabAnyWhereOn

Turns on Grab Anywhere functionality AFTER a window has been created. Don't try on a window that's not yet been Finalized or Read.

GrabAnyWhereOn()

Hide

Hides the window from the screen and the task bar

Hide()

Layout

Second of two preferred ways of telling a Window what its layout is. The other way is to pass the layout as a parameter to Window object. The parameter method is the currently preferred method. This call to Layout has been removed from examples contained in documents and in the Demo Programs. Trying to remove this call from history and replace with sending as a parameter to Window.

Layout(rows)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
List[List[Elements]] rows Your entire layout
(Window) RETURN self so that you can chain method calls

LoadFromDisk

Restore values from a previous call to SaveToDisk which saves the returned values dictionary in Pickle format

LoadFromDisk(filename)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
str filename Pickle Filename to load

Maximize

Maximize the window. This is done differently on a windows system versus a linux or mac one. For non-Windows the root attribute '-fullscreen' is set to True. For Windows the "root" state is changed to "zoomed" The reason for the difference is the title bar is removed in some cases when using fullscreen option

Maximize()

Minimize

Minimize this window to the task bar

Minimize()

Move

Move the upper left corner of this window to the x,y coordinates provided

Move(x, y)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
int x x coordinate in pixels
int y y coordinate in pixels

Normal

Restore a window to a non-maximized state. Does different things depending on platform. See Maximize for more.

Normal()

Read

THE biggest deal method in the Window class! This is how you get all of your data from your Window. Pass in a timeout (in milliseconds) to wait for a maximum of timeout milliseconds. Will return timeout_key if no other GUI events happen first.

Read(timeout=None,
    timeout_key="__TIMEOUT__",
    close=False)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
int timeout Milliseconds to wait until the Read will return IF no other GUI events happen first
Any timeout_key The value that will be returned from the call if the timer expired
bool close if True the window will be closed prior to returning
Tuple[(Any), Union[Dict[Any:Any]], List[Any], None] RETURN (event, values)

Reappear

Causes a window previously made to "Disappear" (using that method). Does this by restoring the alpha channel

Reappear()

Refresh

Refreshes the window by calling tkroot.update(). Can sometimes get away with a refresh instead of a Read. Use this call when you want something to appear in your Window immediately (as soon as this function is called). Without this call your changes to a Window will not be visible to the user until the next Read call

Refresh()

Type Name Meaning
return self so that method calls can be easily "chained"

SaveToDisk

Saves the values contained in each of the input areas of the form. Basically saves what would be returned from a call to Read. It takes these results and saves them to disk using pickle. Note that every element in your layout that is to be saved must have a key assigned to it.

SaveToDisk(filename)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
str filename Filename to save the values to in pickled form

SendToBack

Pushes this window to the bottom of the stack of windows. It is the opposite of BringToFront

SendToBack()

SetAlpha

Sets the Alpha Channel for a window. Values are between 0 and 1 where 0 is completely transparent

SetAlpha(alpha)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
float alpha 0 to 1. 0 is completely transparent. 1 is completely visible and solid (can't see through)

SetIcon

Changes the icon that is shown on the title bar and on the task bar. NOTE - The file type is IMPORTANT and depends on the OS! Can pass in:

  • filename which must be a .ICO icon file for windows, PNG file for Linux
  • bytes object
  • BASE64 encoded file held in a variable
SetIcon(icon=None, pngbase64=None)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
str icon Filename or bytes object
str pngbase64 Base64 encoded image

SetTransparentColor

Set the color that will be transparent in your window. Areas with this color will be SEE THROUGH.

SetTransparentColor(color)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
str color Color string that defines the transparent color

Size

property: Size

Return the current size of the window in pixels

Type Name Meaning
return (width, height) of the window

UnHide

Used to bring back a window that was previously hidden using the Hide method

UnHide()

VisibilityChanged

Not used in tkinter, but supplied becuase it is used in Qt. Want to remain source code compatible so that if you are making this call in your PySimpleGUIQt code, you can switch to PySimpleGUI and it will not complain about a missing method. Just know that in this version of PySimpleGUI, it does nothing

VisibilityChanged()

add_row

Adds a single row of elements to a window's self.Rows variables. Generally speaking this is NOT how users should be building Window layouts. Users, create a single layout (a list of lists) and pass as a parameter to Window object, or call Window.Layout(layout)

add_row(args=*<1 or N object>)

add_rows

Loops through a list of lists of elements and adds each row, list, to the layout. This is NOT the best way to go about creating a window. Sending the entire layout at one time and passing it as a parameter to the Window call is better.

add_rows(rows)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
List[List[Elements]] rows A list of a list of elements

alpha_channel

property: alpha_channel

A property that changes the current alpha channel value (internal value)

Type Name Meaning
return (float) the current alpha channel setting according to self, not read directly from tkinter

bind

Used to add tkinter events to a Window. The tkinter specific data is in the Window's member variable user_bind_event

bind(bind_string, key)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
str bind_string The string tkinter expected in its bind function
Any key The event that will be generated when the tkinter event occurs

bring_to_front

Brings this window to the top of all other windows (perhaps may not be brought before a window made to "stay on top")

bring_to_front()

close

Closes window. Users can safely call even if window has been destroyed. Should always call when done with a window so that resources are properly freed up within your thread.

close()

current_location

Get the current location of the window's top left corner

current_location()

Type Name Meaning
return The x and y location in tuple form (x,y)

disable

Disables window from taking any input from the user

disable()

disable_debugger

Disable the internal debugger. By default the debugger is ENABLED

disable_debugger()

disappear

Causes a window to "disappear" from the screen, but remain on the taskbar. It does this by turning the alpha channel to 0. NOTE that on some platforms alpha is not supported. The window will remain showing on these platforms. The Raspberry Pi for example does not have an alpha setting

disappear()

elem

Find element object associated with the provided key. THIS METHOD IS NO LONGER NEEDED to be called by the user

You can perform the same operation by writing this statement: element = window[key]

You can drop the entire "FindElement" function name and use [ ] instead.

Typically used in combination with a call to element's Update method (or any other element method!): window[key].Update(new_value)

Versus the "old way" window.FindElement(key).Update(new_value)

This call can be abbreviated to any of these: FindElement == Element == Find Rememeber that this call will return None if no match is found which may cause your code to crash if not checked for.

elem(key, silent_on_error=False)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
Any key Used with window.FindElement and with return values to uniquely identify this element
bool silent_on_error If True do not display popup nor print warning of key errors
Union[Element, Error Element, None] RETURN Return value can be: the Element that matches the supplied key if found; an Error Element if silent_on_error is False; None if silent_on_error True;

element

Find element object associated with the provided key. THIS METHOD IS NO LONGER NEEDED to be called by the user

You can perform the same operation by writing this statement: element = window[key]

You can drop the entire "FindElement" function name and use [ ] instead.

Typically used in combination with a call to element's Update method (or any other element method!): window[key].Update(new_value)

Versus the "old way" window.FindElement(key).Update(new_value)

This call can be abbreviated to any of these: FindElement == Element == Find Rememeber that this call will return None if no match is found which may cause your code to crash if not checked for.

element(key, silent_on_error=False)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
Any key Used with window.FindElement and with return values to uniquely identify this element
bool silent_on_error If True do not display popup nor print warning of key errors
Union[Element, Error Element, None] RETURN Return value can be: the Element that matches the supplied key if found; an Error Element if silent_on_error is False; None if silent_on_error True;

element_list

Returns a list of all elements in the window

element_list()

Type Name Meaning
return List of all elements in the window and container elements in the window

enable

Re-enables window to take user input after having it be Disabled previously

enable()

enable_debugger

Enables the internal debugger. By default, the debugger IS enabled

enable_debugger()

extend_layout

Adds new rows to an existing container element inside of this window

extend_layout(container, rows)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
(Union[Frame, Column, Tab]) container The container Element the layout will be placed inside of
(List[List[Element]]) rows The layout to be added
(Window) RETURN (Window) self so could be chained

fill

Fill in elements that are input fields with data based on a 'values dictionary'

fill(values_dict)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
(Dict[Any:Any]) - {Element_key : value} values_dict pairs
(Window) RETURN returns self so can be chained with other methods

finalize

Use this method to cause your layout to built into a real tkinter window. In reality this method is like Read(timeout=0). It doesn't block and uses your layout to create tkinter widgets to represent the elements. Lots of action!

finalize()

Type Name Meaning
return Returns 'self' so that method "Chaining" can happen (read up about it as it's very cool!)

find

Find element object associated with the provided key. THIS METHOD IS NO LONGER NEEDED to be called by the user

You can perform the same operation by writing this statement: element = window[key]

You can drop the entire "FindElement" function name and use [ ] instead.

Typically used in combination with a call to element's Update method (or any other element method!): window[key].Update(new_value)

Versus the "old way" window.FindElement(key).Update(new_value)

This call can be abbreviated to any of these: FindElement == Element == Find Rememeber that this call will return None if no match is found which may cause your code to crash if not checked for.

find(key, silent_on_error=False)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
Any key Used with window.FindElement and with return values to uniquely identify this element
bool silent_on_error If True do not display popup nor print warning of key errors
Union[Element, Error Element, None] RETURN Return value can be: the Element that matches the supplied key if found; an Error Element if silent_on_error is False; None if silent_on_error True;

find_element

Find element object associated with the provided key. THIS METHOD IS NO LONGER NEEDED to be called by the user

You can perform the same operation by writing this statement: element = window[key]

You can drop the entire "FindElement" function name and use [ ] instead.

Typically used in combination with a call to element's Update method (or any other element method!): window[key].Update(new_value)

Versus the "old way" window.FindElement(key).Update(new_value)

This call can be abbreviated to any of these: FindElement == Element == Find Rememeber that this call will return None if no match is found which may cause your code to crash if not checked for.

find_element(key, silent_on_error=False)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
Any key Used with window.FindElement and with return values to uniquely identify this element
bool silent_on_error If True do not display popup nor print warning of key errors
Union[Element, Error Element, None] RETURN Return value can be: the Element that matches the supplied key if found; an Error Element if silent_on_error is False; None if silent_on_error True;

find_element_with_focus

Returns the Element that currently has focus as reported by tkinter. If no element is found None is returned!

find_element_with_focus()

Type Name Meaning
return An Element if one has been found with focus or None if no element found

get_screen_dimensions

Get the screen dimensions. NOTE - you must have a window already open for this to work (blame tkinter not me)

get_screen_dimensions()

Type Name Meaning
return Tuple containing width and height of screen in pixels

get_screen_size

This is a "Class Method" meaning you call it by writing: width, height = Window.get_screen_size() Returns the size of the "screen" as determined by tkinter. This can vary depending on your operating system and the number of monitors installed on your system. For Windows, the primary monitor's size is returns. On some multi-monitored Linux systems, the monitors are combined and the total size is reported as if one screen.

get_screen_size() -> Size of the screen in pixels as determined by tkinter        

grab_any_where_off

Turns off Grab Anywhere functionality AFTER a window has been created. Don't try on a window that's not yet been Finalized or Read.

grab_any_where_off()

grab_any_where_on

Turns on Grab Anywhere functionality AFTER a window has been created. Don't try on a window that's not yet been Finalized or Read.

grab_any_where_on()

hide

Hides the window from the screen and the task bar

hide()

layout

Second of two preferred ways of telling a Window what its layout is. The other way is to pass the layout as a parameter to Window object. The parameter method is the currently preferred method. This call to Layout has been removed from examples contained in documents and in the Demo Programs. Trying to remove this call from history and replace with sending as a parameter to Window.

layout(rows)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
List[List[Elements]] rows Your entire layout
(Window) RETURN self so that you can chain method calls

load_from_disk

Restore values from a previous call to SaveToDisk which saves the returned values dictionary in Pickle format

load_from_disk(filename)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
str filename Pickle Filename to load

maximize

Maximize the window. This is done differently on a windows system versus a linux or mac one. For non-Windows the root attribute '-fullscreen' is set to True. For Windows the "root" state is changed to "zoomed" The reason for the difference is the title bar is removed in some cases when using fullscreen option

maximize()

minimize

Minimize this window to the task bar

minimize()

move

Move the upper left corner of this window to the x,y coordinates provided

move(x, y)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
int x x coordinate in pixels
int y y coordinate in pixels

normal

Restore a window to a non-maximized state. Does different things depending on platform. See Maximize for more.

normal()

read

THE biggest deal method in the Window class! This is how you get all of your data from your Window. Pass in a timeout (in milliseconds) to wait for a maximum of timeout milliseconds. Will return timeout_key if no other GUI events happen first.

read(timeout=None,
    timeout_key="__TIMEOUT__",
    close=False)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
int timeout Milliseconds to wait until the Read will return IF no other GUI events happen first
Any timeout_key The value that will be returned from the call if the timer expired
bool close if True the window will be closed prior to returning
Tuple[(Any), Union[Dict[Any:Any]], List[Any], None] RETURN (event, values)

reappear

Causes a window previously made to "Disappear" (using that method). Does this by restoring the alpha channel

reappear()

refresh

Refreshes the window by calling tkroot.update(). Can sometimes get away with a refresh instead of a Read. Use this call when you want something to appear in your Window immediately (as soon as this function is called). Without this call your changes to a Window will not be visible to the user until the next Read call

refresh()

Type Name Meaning
return self so that method calls can be easily "chained"

save_to_disk

Saves the values contained in each of the input areas of the form. Basically saves what would be returned from a call to Read. It takes these results and saves them to disk using pickle. Note that every element in your layout that is to be saved must have a key assigned to it.

save_to_disk(filename)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
str filename Filename to save the values to in pickled form

send_to_back

Pushes this window to the bottom of the stack of windows. It is the opposite of BringToFront

send_to_back()

set_alpha

Sets the Alpha Channel for a window. Values are between 0 and 1 where 0 is completely transparent

set_alpha(alpha)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
float alpha 0 to 1. 0 is completely transparent. 1 is completely visible and solid (can't see through)

set_icon

Changes the icon that is shown on the title bar and on the task bar. NOTE - The file type is IMPORTANT and depends on the OS! Can pass in:

  • filename which must be a .ICO icon file for windows, PNG file for Linux
  • bytes object
  • BASE64 encoded file held in a variable
set_icon(icon=None, pngbase64=None)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
str icon Filename or bytes object
str pngbase64 Base64 encoded image

set_title

Change the title of the window

set_title(title)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
str title The string to set the title to

set_transparent_color

Set the color that will be transparent in your window. Areas with this color will be SEE THROUGH.

set_transparent_color(color)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
str color Color string that defines the transparent color

size

property: size

Return the current size of the window in pixels

Type Name Meaning
return (width, height) of the window

un_hide

Used to bring back a window that was previously hidden using the Hide method

un_hide()

visibility_changed

Not used in tkinter, but supplied becuase it is used in Qt. Want to remain source code compatible so that if you are making this call in your PySimpleGUIQt code, you can switch to PySimpleGUI and it will not complain about a missing method. Just know that in this version of PySimpleGUI, it does nothing

visibility_changed()

Window

Represents a single Window
Window(title,
    layout=None,
    default_element_size=(45, 1),
    default_button_element_size=(None, None),
    auto_size_text=None,
    auto_size_buttons=None,
    location=(None, None),
    size=(None, None),
    element_padding=None,
    margins=(None, None),
    button_color=None,
    font=None,
    progress_bar_color=(None, None),
    background_color=None,
    border_depth=None,
    auto_close=False,
    auto_close_duration=3,
    icon=None,
    force_toplevel=False,
    alpha_channel=1,
    return_keyboard_events=False,
    use_default_focus=True,
    text_justification=None,
    no_titlebar=False,
    grab_anywhere=False,
    keep_on_top=False,
    resizable=False,
    disable_close=False,
    disable_minimize=False,
    right_click_menu=None,
    transparent_color=None,
    debugger_enabled=True,
    finalize=False,
    element_justification="left",
    ttk_theme=None,
    use_ttk_buttons=None,
    metadata=None)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
str title The title that will be displayed in the Titlebar and on the Taskbar
List[List[Elements]] layout The layout for the window. Can also be specified in the Layout method
(int, int) - (width, height) default_element_size size in characters (wide) and rows (high) for all elements in this window
(int, int) default_button_element_size (width, height) size in characters (wide) and rows (high) for all Button elements in this window
bool auto_size_text True if Elements in Window should be sized to exactly fir the length of text
bool auto_size_buttons True if Buttons in this Window should be sized to exactly fit the text on this.
Tuple[int, int] location (x,y) location, in pixels, to locate the upper left corner of the window on the screen. Default is to center on screen.
(int, int) size (width, height) size in pixels for this window. Normally the window is autosized to fit contents, not set to an absolute size by the user
Tuple[int, int] or ((int, int),(int,int)) element_padding Default amount of padding to put around elements in window (left/right, top/bottom) or ((left, right), (top, bottom))
Tuple[int, int] margins (left/right, top/bottom) Amount of pixels to leave inside the window's frame around the edges before your elements are shown.
Tuple[str, str] == (text color, button color) button_color Default button colors for all buttons in the window
Union[str, Tuple[str, int]] font specifies the font family, size, etc
Tuple[str, str] progress_bar_color (bar color, background color) Sets the default colors for all progress bars in the window
str background_color color of background
int border_depth Default border depth (width) for all elements in the window
bool auto_close If True, the window will automatically close itself
int auto_close_duration Number of seconds to wait before closing the window
Union[str, str] icon Can be either a filename or Base64 value. For Windows if filename, it MUST be ICO format. For Linux, must NOT be ICO
bool force_toplevel If True will cause this window to skip the normal use of a hidden master window
float alpha_channel Sets the opacity of the window. 0 = invisible 1 = completely visible. Values bewteen 0 & 1 will produce semi-transparent windows in SOME environments (The Raspberry Pi always has this value at 1 and cannot change.
bool return_keyboard_events if True key presses on the keyboard will be returned as Events from Read calls
bool use_default_focus If True will use the default focus algorithm to set the focus to the "Correct" element
Union['left', 'right', 'center'] text_justification Default text justification for all Text Elements in window
bool no_titlebar If true, no titlebar nor frame will be shown on window. This means you cannot minimize the window and it will not show up on the taskbar
bool grab_anywhere If True can use mouse to click and drag to move the window. Almost every location of the window will work except input fields on some systems
bool keep_on_top If True, window will be created on top of all other windows on screen. It can be bumped down if another window created with this parm
bool resizable If True, allows the user to resize the window. Note the not all Elements will change size or location when resizing.
bool disable_close If True, the X button in the top right corner of the window will no work. Use with caution and always give a way out toyour users
bool disable_minimize if True the user won't be able to minimize window. Good for taking over entire screen and staying that way.
List[List[Union[List[str],str]]] right_click_menu A list of lists of Menu items to show when this element is right clicked. See user docs for exact format.
str transparent_color Any portion of the window that has this color will be completely transparent. You can even click through these spots to the window under this window.
bool debugger_enabled If True then the internal debugger will be enabled
bool finalize If True then the Finalize method will be called. Use this rather than chaining .Finalize for cleaner code
str element_justification All elements in the Window itself will have this justification 'left', 'right', 'center' are valid values
str ttk_theme Set the tkinter ttk "theme" of the window. Default = DEFAULT_TTK_THEME. Sets all ttk widgets to this theme as their default
bool use_ttk_buttons Affects all buttons in window. True = use ttk buttons. False = do not use ttk buttons. None = use ttk buttons only if on a Mac
Any metadata User metadata that can be set to ANYTHING

AddRow

Adds a single row of elements to a window's self.Rows variables. Generally speaking this is NOT how users should be building Window layouts. Users, create a single layout (a list of lists) and pass as a parameter to Window object, or call Window.Layout(layout)

AddRow(args=*<1 or N object>)

AddRows

Loops through a list of lists of elements and adds each row, list, to the layout. This is NOT the best way to go about creating a window. Sending the entire layout at one time and passing it as a parameter to the Window call is better.

AddRows(rows)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
List[List[Elements]] rows A list of a list of elements

AlphaChannel

property: AlphaChannel

A property that changes the current alpha channel value (internal value)

Type Name Meaning
return (float) the current alpha channel setting according to self, not read directly from tkinter

BringToFront

Brings this window to the top of all other windows (perhaps may not be brought before a window made to "stay on top")

BringToFront()

Close

Closes window. Users can safely call even if window has been destroyed. Should always call when done with a window so that resources are properly freed up within your thread.

Close()

CurrentLocation

Get the current location of the window's top left corner

CurrentLocation()

Type Name Meaning
return The x and y location in tuple form (x,y)

Disable

Disables window from taking any input from the user

Disable()

DisableDebugger

Disable the internal debugger. By default the debugger is ENABLED

DisableDebugger()

Disappear

Causes a window to "disappear" from the screen, but remain on the taskbar. It does this by turning the alpha channel to 0. NOTE that on some platforms alpha is not supported. The window will remain showing on these platforms. The Raspberry Pi for example does not have an alpha setting

Disappear()

Elem

Find element object associated with the provided key. THIS METHOD IS NO LONGER NEEDED to be called by the user

You can perform the same operation by writing this statement: element = window[key]

You can drop the entire "FindElement" function name and use [ ] instead.

Typically used in combination with a call to element's Update method (or any other element method!): window[key].Update(new_value)

Versus the "old way" window.FindElement(key).Update(new_value)

This call can be abbreviated to any of these: FindElement == Element == Find Rememeber that this call will return None if no match is found which may cause your code to crash if not checked for.

Elem(key, silent_on_error=False)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
Any key Used with window.FindElement and with return values to uniquely identify this element
bool silent_on_error If True do not display popup nor print warning of key errors
Union[Element, Error Element, None] RETURN Return value can be: the Element that matches the supplied key if found; an Error Element if silent_on_error is False; None if silent_on_error True;

Element

Find element object associated with the provided key. THIS METHOD IS NO LONGER NEEDED to be called by the user

You can perform the same operation by writing this statement: element = window[key]

You can drop the entire "FindElement" function name and use [ ] instead.

Typically used in combination with a call to element's Update method (or any other element method!): window[key].Update(new_value)

Versus the "old way" window.FindElement(key).Update(new_value)

This call can be abbreviated to any of these: FindElement == Element == Find Rememeber that this call will return None if no match is found which may cause your code to crash if not checked for.

Element(key, silent_on_error=False)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
Any key Used with window.FindElement and with return values to uniquely identify this element
bool silent_on_error If True do not display popup nor print warning of key errors
Union[Element, Error Element, None] RETURN Return value can be: the Element that matches the supplied key if found; an Error Element if silent_on_error is False; None if silent_on_error True;

Enable

Re-enables window to take user input after having it be Disabled previously

Enable()

EnableDebugger

Enables the internal debugger. By default, the debugger IS enabled

EnableDebugger()

Fill

Fill in elements that are input fields with data based on a 'values dictionary'

Fill(values_dict)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
(Dict[Any:Any]) - {Element_key : value} values_dict pairs
(Window) RETURN returns self so can be chained with other methods

Finalize

Use this method to cause your layout to built into a real tkinter window. In reality this method is like Read(timeout=0). It doesn't block and uses your layout to create tkinter widgets to represent the elements. Lots of action!

Finalize()

Type Name Meaning
return Returns 'self' so that method "Chaining" can happen (read up about it as it's very cool!)

Find

Find element object associated with the provided key. THIS METHOD IS NO LONGER NEEDED to be called by the user

You can perform the same operation by writing this statement: element = window[key]

You can drop the entire "FindElement" function name and use [ ] instead.

Typically used in combination with a call to element's Update method (or any other element method!): window[key].Update(new_value)

Versus the "old way" window.FindElement(key).Update(new_value)

This call can be abbreviated to any of these: FindElement == Element == Find Rememeber that this call will return None if no match is found which may cause your code to crash if not checked for.

Find(key, silent_on_error=False)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
Any key Used with window.FindElement and with return values to uniquely identify this element
bool silent_on_error If True do not display popup nor print warning of key errors
Union[Element, Error Element, None] RETURN Return value can be: the Element that matches the supplied key if found; an Error Element if silent_on_error is False; None if silent_on_error True;

FindElement

Find element object associated with the provided key. THIS METHOD IS NO LONGER NEEDED to be called by the user

You can perform the same operation by writing this statement: element = window[key]

You can drop the entire "FindElement" function name and use [ ] instead.

Typically used in combination with a call to element's Update method (or any other element method!): window[key].Update(new_value)

Versus the "old way" window.FindElement(key).Update(new_value)

This call can be abbreviated to any of these: FindElement == Element == Find Rememeber that this call will return None if no match is found which may cause your code to crash if not checked for.

FindElement(key, silent_on_error=False)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
Any key Used with window.FindElement and with return values to uniquely identify this element
bool silent_on_error If True do not display popup nor print warning of key errors
Union[Element, Error Element, None] RETURN Return value can be: the Element that matches the supplied key if found; an Error Element if silent_on_error is False; None if silent_on_error True;

FindElementWithFocus

Returns the Element that currently has focus as reported by tkinter. If no element is found None is returned!

FindElementWithFocus()

Type Name Meaning
return An Element if one has been found with focus or None if no element found

GetScreenDimensions

Get the screen dimensions. NOTE - you must have a window already open for this to work (blame tkinter not me)

GetScreenDimensions()

Type Name Meaning
return Tuple containing width and height of screen in pixels

GrabAnyWhereOff

Turns off Grab Anywhere functionality AFTER a window has been created. Don't try on a window that's not yet been Finalized or Read.

GrabAnyWhereOff()

GrabAnyWhereOn

Turns on Grab Anywhere functionality AFTER a window has been created. Don't try on a window that's not yet been Finalized or Read.

GrabAnyWhereOn()

Hide

Hides the window from the screen and the task bar

Hide()

Layout

Second of two preferred ways of telling a Window what its layout is. The other way is to pass the layout as a parameter to Window object. The parameter method is the currently preferred method. This call to Layout has been removed from examples contained in documents and in the Demo Programs. Trying to remove this call from history and replace with sending as a parameter to Window.

Layout(rows)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
List[List[Elements]] rows Your entire layout
(Window) RETURN self so that you can chain method calls

LoadFromDisk

Restore values from a previous call to SaveToDisk which saves the returned values dictionary in Pickle format

LoadFromDisk(filename)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
str filename Pickle Filename to load

Maximize

Maximize the window. This is done differently on a windows system versus a linux or mac one. For non-Windows the root attribute '-fullscreen' is set to True. For Windows the "root" state is changed to "zoomed" The reason for the difference is the title bar is removed in some cases when using fullscreen option

Maximize()

Minimize

Minimize this window to the task bar

Minimize()

Move

Move the upper left corner of this window to the x,y coordinates provided

Move(x, y)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
int x x coordinate in pixels
int y y coordinate in pixels

Normal

Restore a window to a non-maximized state. Does different things depending on platform. See Maximize for more.

Normal()

Read

THE biggest deal method in the Window class! This is how you get all of your data from your Window. Pass in a timeout (in milliseconds) to wait for a maximum of timeout milliseconds. Will return timeout_key if no other GUI events happen first.

Read(timeout=None,
    timeout_key="__TIMEOUT__",
    close=False)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
int timeout Milliseconds to wait until the Read will return IF no other GUI events happen first
Any timeout_key The value that will be returned from the call if the timer expired
bool close if True the window will be closed prior to returning
Tuple[(Any), Union[Dict[Any:Any]], List[Any], None] RETURN (event, values)

Reappear

Causes a window previously made to "Disappear" (using that method). Does this by restoring the alpha channel

Reappear()

Refresh

Refreshes the window by calling tkroot.update(). Can sometimes get away with a refresh instead of a Read. Use this call when you want something to appear in your Window immediately (as soon as this function is called). Without this call your changes to a Window will not be visible to the user until the next Read call

Refresh()

Type Name Meaning
return self so that method calls can be easily "chained"

SaveToDisk

Saves the values contained in each of the input areas of the form. Basically saves what would be returned from a call to Read. It takes these results and saves them to disk using pickle. Note that every element in your layout that is to be saved must have a key assigned to it.

SaveToDisk(filename)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
str filename Filename to save the values to in pickled form

SendToBack

Pushes this window to the bottom of the stack of windows. It is the opposite of BringToFront

SendToBack()

SetAlpha

Sets the Alpha Channel for a window. Values are between 0 and 1 where 0 is completely transparent

SetAlpha(alpha)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
float alpha 0 to 1. 0 is completely transparent. 1 is completely visible and solid (can't see through)

SetIcon

Changes the icon that is shown on the title bar and on the task bar. NOTE - The file type is IMPORTANT and depends on the OS! Can pass in:

  • filename which must be a .ICO icon file for windows, PNG file for Linux
  • bytes object
  • BASE64 encoded file held in a variable
SetIcon(icon=None, pngbase64=None)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
str icon Filename or bytes object
str pngbase64 Base64 encoded image

SetTransparentColor

Set the color that will be transparent in your window. Areas with this color will be SEE THROUGH.

SetTransparentColor(color)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
str color Color string that defines the transparent color

Size

property: Size

Return the current size of the window in pixels

Type Name Meaning
return (width, height) of the window

UnHide

Used to bring back a window that was previously hidden using the Hide method

UnHide()

VisibilityChanged

Not used in tkinter, but supplied becuase it is used in Qt. Want to remain source code compatible so that if you are making this call in your PySimpleGUIQt code, you can switch to PySimpleGUI and it will not complain about a missing method. Just know that in this version of PySimpleGUI, it does nothing

VisibilityChanged()

add_row

Adds a single row of elements to a window's self.Rows variables. Generally speaking this is NOT how users should be building Window layouts. Users, create a single layout (a list of lists) and pass as a parameter to Window object, or call Window.Layout(layout)

add_row(args=*<1 or N object>)

add_rows

Loops through a list of lists of elements and adds each row, list, to the layout. This is NOT the best way to go about creating a window. Sending the entire layout at one time and passing it as a parameter to the Window call is better.

add_rows(rows)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
List[List[Elements]] rows A list of a list of elements

alpha_channel

property: alpha_channel

A property that changes the current alpha channel value (internal value)

Type Name Meaning
return (float) the current alpha channel setting according to self, not read directly from tkinter

bind

Used to add tkinter events to a Window. The tkinter specific data is in the Window's member variable user_bind_event

bind(bind_string, key)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
str bind_string The string tkinter expected in its bind function
Any key The event that will be generated when the tkinter event occurs

bring_to_front

Brings this window to the top of all other windows (perhaps may not be brought before a window made to "stay on top")

bring_to_front()

close

Closes window. Users can safely call even if window has been destroyed. Should always call when done with a window so that resources are properly freed up within your thread.

close()

current_location

Get the current location of the window's top left corner

current_location()

Type Name Meaning
return The x and y location in tuple form (x,y)

disable

Disables window from taking any input from the user

disable()

disable_debugger

Disable the internal debugger. By default the debugger is ENABLED

disable_debugger()

disappear

Causes a window to "disappear" from the screen, but remain on the taskbar. It does this by turning the alpha channel to 0. NOTE that on some platforms alpha is not supported. The window will remain showing on these platforms. The Raspberry Pi for example does not have an alpha setting

disappear()

elem

Find element object associated with the provided key. THIS METHOD IS NO LONGER NEEDED to be called by the user

You can perform the same operation by writing this statement: element = window[key]

You can drop the entire "FindElement" function name and use [ ] instead.

Typically used in combination with a call to element's Update method (or any other element method!): window[key].Update(new_value)

Versus the "old way" window.FindElement(key).Update(new_value)

This call can be abbreviated to any of these: FindElement == Element == Find Rememeber that this call will return None if no match is found which may cause your code to crash if not checked for.

elem(key, silent_on_error=False)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
Any key Used with window.FindElement and with return values to uniquely identify this element
bool silent_on_error If True do not display popup nor print warning of key errors
Union[Element, Error Element, None] RETURN Return value can be: the Element that matches the supplied key if found; an Error Element if silent_on_error is False; None if silent_on_error True;

element

Find element object associated with the provided key. THIS METHOD IS NO LONGER NEEDED to be called by the user

You can perform the same operation by writing this statement: element = window[key]

You can drop the entire "FindElement" function name and use [ ] instead.

Typically used in combination with a call to element's Update method (or any other element method!): window[key].Update(new_value)

Versus the "old way" window.FindElement(key).Update(new_value)

This call can be abbreviated to any of these: FindElement == Element == Find Rememeber that this call will return None if no match is found which may cause your code to crash if not checked for.

element(key, silent_on_error=False)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
Any key Used with window.FindElement and with return values to uniquely identify this element
bool silent_on_error If True do not display popup nor print warning of key errors
Union[Element, Error Element, None] RETURN Return value can be: the Element that matches the supplied key if found; an Error Element if silent_on_error is False; None if silent_on_error True;

element_list

Returns a list of all elements in the window

element_list()

Type Name Meaning
return List of all elements in the window and container elements in the window

enable

Re-enables window to take user input after having it be Disabled previously

enable()

enable_debugger

Enables the internal debugger. By default, the debugger IS enabled

enable_debugger()

extend_layout

Adds new rows to an existing container element inside of this window

extend_layout(container, rows)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
(Union[Frame, Column, Tab]) container The container Element the layout will be placed inside of
(List[List[Element]]) rows The layout to be added
(Window) RETURN (Window) self so could be chained

fill

Fill in elements that are input fields with data based on a 'values dictionary'

fill(values_dict)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
(Dict[Any:Any]) - {Element_key : value} values_dict pairs
(Window) RETURN returns self so can be chained with other methods

finalize

Use this method to cause your layout to built into a real tkinter window. In reality this method is like Read(timeout=0). It doesn't block and uses your layout to create tkinter widgets to represent the elements. Lots of action!

finalize()

Type Name Meaning
return Returns 'self' so that method "Chaining" can happen (read up about it as it's very cool!)

find

Find element object associated with the provided key. THIS METHOD IS NO LONGER NEEDED to be called by the user

You can perform the same operation by writing this statement: element = window[key]

You can drop the entire "FindElement" function name and use [ ] instead.

Typically used in combination with a call to element's Update method (or any other element method!): window[key].Update(new_value)

Versus the "old way" window.FindElement(key).Update(new_value)

This call can be abbreviated to any of these: FindElement == Element == Find Rememeber that this call will return None if no match is found which may cause your code to crash if not checked for.

find(key, silent_on_error=False)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
Any key Used with window.FindElement and with return values to uniquely identify this element
bool silent_on_error If True do not display popup nor print warning of key errors
Union[Element, Error Element, None] RETURN Return value can be: the Element that matches the supplied key if found; an Error Element if silent_on_error is False; None if silent_on_error True;

find_element

Find element object associated with the provided key. THIS METHOD IS NO LONGER NEEDED to be called by the user

You can perform the same operation by writing this statement: element = window[key]

You can drop the entire "FindElement" function name and use [ ] instead.

Typically used in combination with a call to element's Update method (or any other element method!): window[key].Update(new_value)

Versus the "old way" window.FindElement(key).Update(new_value)

This call can be abbreviated to any of these: FindElement == Element == Find Rememeber that this call will return None if no match is found which may cause your code to crash if not checked for.

find_element(key, silent_on_error=False)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
Any key Used with window.FindElement and with return values to uniquely identify this element
bool silent_on_error If True do not display popup nor print warning of key errors
Union[Element, Error Element, None] RETURN Return value can be: the Element that matches the supplied key if found; an Error Element if silent_on_error is False; None if silent_on_error True;

find_element_with_focus

Returns the Element that currently has focus as reported by tkinter. If no element is found None is returned!

find_element_with_focus()

Type Name Meaning
return An Element if one has been found with focus or None if no element found

get_screen_dimensions

Get the screen dimensions. NOTE - you must have a window already open for this to work (blame tkinter not me)

get_screen_dimensions()

Type Name Meaning
return Tuple containing width and height of screen in pixels

get_screen_size

This is a "Class Method" meaning you call it by writing: width, height = Window.get_screen_size() Returns the size of the "screen" as determined by tkinter. This can vary depending on your operating system and the number of monitors installed on your system. For Windows, the primary monitor's size is returns. On some multi-monitored Linux systems, the monitors are combined and the total size is reported as if one screen.

get_screen_size() -> Size of the screen in pixels as determined by tkinter        

grab_any_where_off

Turns off Grab Anywhere functionality AFTER a window has been created. Don't try on a window that's not yet been Finalized or Read.

grab_any_where_off()

grab_any_where_on

Turns on Grab Anywhere functionality AFTER a window has been created. Don't try on a window that's not yet been Finalized or Read.

grab_any_where_on()

hide

Hides the window from the screen and the task bar

hide()

layout

Second of two preferred ways of telling a Window what its layout is. The other way is to pass the layout as a parameter to Window object. The parameter method is the currently preferred method. This call to Layout has been removed from examples contained in documents and in the Demo Programs. Trying to remove this call from history and replace with sending as a parameter to Window.

layout(rows)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
List[List[Elements]] rows Your entire layout
(Window) RETURN self so that you can chain method calls

load_from_disk

Restore values from a previous call to SaveToDisk which saves the returned values dictionary in Pickle format

load_from_disk(filename)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
str filename Pickle Filename to load

maximize

Maximize the window. This is done differently on a windows system versus a linux or mac one. For non-Windows the root attribute '-fullscreen' is set to True. For Windows the "root" state is changed to "zoomed" The reason for the difference is the title bar is removed in some cases when using fullscreen option

maximize()

minimize

Minimize this window to the task bar

minimize()

move

Move the upper left corner of this window to the x,y coordinates provided

move(x, y)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
int x x coordinate in pixels
int y y coordinate in pixels

normal

Restore a window to a non-maximized state. Does different things depending on platform. See Maximize for more.

normal()

read

THE biggest deal method in the Window class! This is how you get all of your data from your Window. Pass in a timeout (in milliseconds) to wait for a maximum of timeout milliseconds. Will return timeout_key if no other GUI events happen first.

read(timeout=None,
    timeout_key="__TIMEOUT__",
    close=False)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
int timeout Milliseconds to wait until the Read will return IF no other GUI events happen first
Any timeout_key The value that will be returned from the call if the timer expired
bool close if True the window will be closed prior to returning
Tuple[(Any), Union[Dict[Any:Any]], List[Any], None] RETURN (event, values)

reappear

Causes a window previously made to "Disappear" (using that method). Does this by restoring the alpha channel

reappear()

refresh

Refreshes the window by calling tkroot.update(). Can sometimes get away with a refresh instead of a Read. Use this call when you want something to appear in your Window immediately (as soon as this function is called). Without this call your changes to a Window will not be visible to the user until the next Read call

refresh()

Type Name Meaning
return self so that method calls can be easily "chained"

save_to_disk

Saves the values contained in each of the input areas of the form. Basically saves what would be returned from a call to Read. It takes these results and saves them to disk using pickle. Note that every element in your layout that is to be saved must have a key assigned to it.

save_to_disk(filename)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
str filename Filename to save the values to in pickled form

send_to_back

Pushes this window to the bottom of the stack of windows. It is the opposite of BringToFront

send_to_back()

set_alpha

Sets the Alpha Channel for a window. Values are between 0 and 1 where 0 is completely transparent

set_alpha(alpha)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
float alpha 0 to 1. 0 is completely transparent. 1 is completely visible and solid (can't see through)

set_icon

Changes the icon that is shown on the title bar and on the task bar. NOTE - The file type is IMPORTANT and depends on the OS! Can pass in:

  • filename which must be a .ICO icon file for windows, PNG file for Linux
  • bytes object
  • BASE64 encoded file held in a variable
set_icon(icon=None, pngbase64=None)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
str icon Filename or bytes object
str pngbase64 Base64 encoded image

set_transparent_color

Set the color that will be transparent in your window. Areas with this color will be SEE THROUGH.

set_transparent_color(color)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
str color Color string that defines the transparent color

size

property: size

Return the current size of the window in pixels

Type Name Meaning
return (width, height) of the window

un_hide

Used to bring back a window that was previously hidden using the Hide method

un_hide()

visibility_changed

Not used in tkinter, but supplied becuase it is used in Qt. Want to remain source code compatible so that if you are making this call in your PySimpleGUIQt code, you can switch to PySimpleGUI and it will not complain about a missing method. Just know that in this version of PySimpleGUI, it does nothing

visibility_changed()

Function Reference

These are the functions available for you to call

Button that will show a calendar chooser window. Fills in the target element with result

CalendarButton(button_text,
    target=(555666777, -1),
    close_when_date_chosen=True,
    default_date_m_d_y=(None, None, None),
    image_filename=None,
    image_data=None,
    image_size=(None, None),
    image_subsample=None,
    tooltip=None,
    border_width=None,
    size=(None, None),
    auto_size_button=None,
    button_color=None,
    disabled=False,
    font=None,
    bind_return_key=False,
    focus=False,
    pad=None,
    key=None,
    locale=None,
    format="%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S",
    begin_at_sunday_plus=0,
    month_names=None,
    day_abbreviations=None,
    title="Choose Date",
    no_titlebar=True,
    location=(None, None),
    metadata=None)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
str button_text text in the button
Union[(int, int), Any] target Key or "coordinate" (see docs) of target element
bool close_when_date_chosen (Default = True)
(int, int or None, int) default_date_m_d_y Beginning date to show
image filename if there is a button image image_filename image filename if there is a button image
in-RAM image to be displayed on button image_data in-RAM image to be displayed on button
(Default = (None)) image_size image size (O.K.)
amount to reduce the size of the image image_subsample amount to reduce the size of the image
str tooltip text, that will appear when mouse hovers over the element
width of border around element border_width width of border around element
(int, int) size (w,h) w=characters-wide, h=rows-high
bool auto_size_button True if button size is determined by button text
Tuple[str, str] button_color button color (foreground, background)
bool disabled set disable state for element (Default = False)
Union[str, Tuple[str, int]] font specifies the font family, size, etc
bool bind_return_key (Default = False) If True, then the return key will cause a the Listbox to generate an event
bool focus if focus should be set to this
(int, int) or ((int, int),(int,int)) or (int,(int,int)) or ((int, int),int) pad Amount of padding to put around element in pixels (left/right, top/bottom)
Union[str, int, tuple] key key for uniquely identify this element (for window.FindElement)
str locale defines the locale used to get day names
str format formats result using this strftime format
List[str] month_names optional list of month names to use (should be 12 items)
List[str] day_abbreviations optional list of abbreviations to display as the day of week
str title Title shown on the date chooser window
bool no_titlebar if True no titlebar will be shown on the date chooser window
(int, int) location Location on the screen (x,y) to show the calendar popup window
Any metadata Anything you want to store along with this button
(Button) RETURN returns a button
Cancel(button_text="Cancel",
    size=(None, None),
    auto_size_button=None,
    button_color=None,
    disabled=False,
    tooltip=None,
    font=None,
    bind_return_key=False,
    focus=False,
    pad=None,
    key=None,
    metadata=None)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
str button_text text in the button (Default value = 'Cancel')
(int, int) size (w,h) w=characters-wide, h=rows-high
bool auto_size_button True if button size is determined by button text
Tuple[str, str] button_color button color (foreground, background)
bool disabled set disable state for element (Default = False)
str tooltip text, that will appear when mouse hovers over the element
Union[str, Tuple[str, int]] font specifies the font family, size, etc
bool bind_return_key (Default = False) If True, then the return key will cause a the Listbox to generate an event
(int, int) or ((int, int),(int,int)) or (int,(int,int)) or ((int, int),int) focus if focus should be set to this :param pad: Amount of padding to put around element in pixels (left/right, top/bottom)
Union[str, int, tuple] key key for uniquely identify this element (for window.FindElement)
(Button) RETURN returns a button
ColorChooserButton(button_text,
    target=(None, None),
    image_filename=None,
    image_data=None,
    image_size=(None, None),
    image_subsample=None,
    tooltip=None,
    border_width=None,
    size=(None, None),
    auto_size_button=None,
    button_color=None,
    disabled=False,
    font=None,
    bind_return_key=False,
    focus=False,
    pad=None,
    key=None,
    metadata=None)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
str button_text text in the button
Union[str, Tuple[int, int]] target key or (row,col) target for the button. Note that -1 for column means 1 element to the left of this one. The constant ThisRow is used to indicate the current row. The Button itself is a valid target for some types of button
str image_filename image filename if there is a button image. GIFs and PNGs only.
Union[bytes, str] image_data Raw or Base64 representation of the image to put on button. Choose either filename or data
(int, int) image_size Size of the image in pixels (width, height)
int image_subsample amount to reduce the size of the image. Divides the size by this number. 2=1/2, 3=1/3, 4=1/4, etc
str tooltip text, that will appear when mouse hovers over the element
int border_width width of border around element
(int, int) size (w,h) w=characters-wide, h=rows-high
bool auto_size_button True if button size is determined by button text
Tuple[str, str] button_color button color (foreground, background)
bool disabled set disable state for element (Default = False)
Union[str, Tuple[str, int]] font specifies the font family, size, etc
bool bind_return_key If True, then the return key will cause a the Listbox to generate an event
bool focus Determines if initial focus should go to this element.
(int, int) or ((int, int),(int,int)) or (int,(int,int)) or ((int, int),int) pad Amount of padding to put around element in pixels (left/right, top/bottom)
Union[str, int, tuple] key key for uniquely identify this element (for window.FindElement)
Any metadata User metadata that can be set to ANYTHING
(Button) RETURN returns a button
Debug(button_text="",
    size=(None, None),
    auto_size_button=None,
    button_color=None,
    disabled=False,
    font=None,
    tooltip=None,
    bind_return_key=False,
    focus=False,
    pad=None,
    key=None,
    metadata=None)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
str button_text text in the button (Default value = '')
(int, int) size (w,h) w=characters-wide, h=rows-high
bool auto_size_button True if button size is determined by button text
Tuple[str, str] button_color button color (foreground, background)
bool disabled set disable state for element (Default = False)
Union[str, Tuple[str, int]] font specifies the font family, size, etc
str tooltip text, that will appear when mouse hovers over the element
bool bind_return_key (Default = False) If True, then the return key will cause a the Listbox to generate an event
(int, int) or ((int, int),(int,int)) or (int,(int,int)) or ((int, int),int) focus if focus should be set to this :param pad: Amount of padding to put around element in pixels (left/right, top/bottom)
Union[str, int, tuple] key key for uniquely identify this element (for window.FindElement)
Any metadata Anything you want to store along with this button
(Button) RETURN returns a button
DummyButton(button_text,
    image_filename=None,
    image_data=None,
    image_size=(None, None),
    image_subsample=None,
    border_width=None,
    tooltip=None,
    size=(None, None),
    auto_size_button=None,
    button_color=None,
    font=None,
    disabled=False,
    bind_return_key=False,
    focus=False,
    pad=None,
    key=None,
    metadata=None)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
str button_text text in the button
image filename if there is a button image image_filename image filename if there is a button image
in-RAM image to be displayed on button image_data in-RAM image to be displayed on button
(Default = (None)) image_size image size (O.K.)
amount to reduce the size of the image image_subsample amount to reduce the size of the image
str tooltip text, that will appear when mouse hovers over the element
(int, int) size (w,h) w=characters-wide, h=rows-high
bool auto_size_button True if button size is determined by button text
Tuple[str, str] button_color button color (foreground, background)
Union[str, Tuple[str, int]] font specifies the font family, size, etc
bool disabled set disable state for element (Default = False)
bool bind_return_key (Default = False) If True, then the return key will cause a the Listbox to generate an event
bool focus if focus should be set to this
(int, int) or ((int, int),(int,int)) or (int,(int,int)) or ((int, int),int) pad Amount of padding to put around element in pixels (left/right, top/bottom)
Union[str, int, tuple] key key for uniquely identify this element (for window.FindElement)
Any metadata Anything you want to store along with this button
int border_width width of border around element
(Button) RETURN returns a button
Exit(button_text="Exit",
    size=(None, None),
    auto_size_button=None,
    button_color=None,
    disabled=False,
    tooltip=None,
    font=None,
    bind_return_key=False,
    focus=False,
    pad=None,
    key=None,
    metadata=None)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
str button_text text in the button (Default value = 'Exit')
(int, int) size (w,h) w=characters-wide, h=rows-high
bool auto_size_button True if button size is determined by button text
Tuple[str, str] button_color button color (foreground, background)
bool disabled set disable state for element (Default = False)
str tooltip text, that will appear when mouse hovers over the element
Union[str, Tuple[str, int]] font specifies the font family, size, etc
bool bind_return_key (Default = False) If True, then the return key will cause a the Listbox to generate an event
(int, int) or ((int, int),(int,int)) or (int,(int,int)) or ((int, int),int) focus if focus should be set to this :param pad: Amount of padding to put around element in pixels (left/right, top/bottom)
Union[str, int, tuple] key key for uniquely identify this element (for window.FindElement)
(Button) RETURN returns a button
FileBrowse(button_text="Browse",
    target=(555666777, -1),
    file_types=(('ALL Files', '*.*'),),
    initial_folder=None,
    tooltip=None,
    size=(None, None),
    auto_size_button=None,
    button_color=None,
    change_submits=False,
    enable_events=False,
    font=None,
    disabled=False,
    pad=None,
    key=None,
    metadata=None)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
str button_text text in the button (Default value = 'Browse')
Tuple[Tuple[str, str], ...] target key or (row,col) target for the button (Default value = (ThisRow, -1)) :param file_types: filter file types (Default value = (("ALL Files", ".")))
str initial_folder starting path for folders and files :param tooltip: text, that will appear when mouse hovers over the element
(int, int) size (w,h) w=characters-wide, h=rows-high
bool auto_size_button True if button size is determined by button text
Tuple[str, str] button_color button color (foreground, background)
bool change_submits If True, pressing Enter key submits window (Default = False)
bool enable_events Turns on the element specific events.(Default = False)
Union[str, Tuple[str, int]] font specifies the font family, size, etc
bool disabled set disable state for element (Default = False)
(int, int) or ((int, int),(int,int)) or (int,(int,int)) or ((int, int),int) pad Amount of padding to put around element in pixels (left/right, top/bottom)
Union[str, int, tuple] key key for uniquely identify this element (for window.FindElement)
(Button) RETURN returns a button
FileSaveAs(button_text="Save As...",
    target=(555666777, -1),
    file_types=(('ALL Files', '*.*'),),
    initial_folder=None,
    disabled=False,
    tooltip=None,
    size=(None, None),
    auto_size_button=None,
    button_color=None,
    change_submits=False,
    enable_events=False,
    font=None,
    pad=None,
    key=None,
    metadata=None)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
str button_text text in the button (Default value = 'Save As...')
Tuple[Tuple[str, str], ...] target key or (row,col) target for the button (Default value = (ThisRow, -1)) :param file_types: (Default value = (("ALL Files", ".")))
bool initial_folder starting path for folders and files :param disabled: set disable state for element (Default = False)
str tooltip text, that will appear when mouse hovers over the element
(int, int) size (w,h) w=characters-wide, h=rows-high
bool auto_size_button True if button size is determined by button text
Tuple[str, str] button_color button color (foreground, background)
bool change_submits If True, pressing Enter key submits window (Default = False)
bool enable_events Turns on the element specific events.(Default = False)
Union[str, Tuple[str, int]] font specifies the font family, size, etc
(int, int) or ((int, int),(int,int)) or (int,(int,int)) or ((int, int),int) pad Amount of padding to put around element in pixels (left/right, top/bottom)
Union[str, int, tuple] key key for uniquely identify this element (for window.FindElement)
(Button) RETURN returns a button

Allows browsing of multiple files. File list is returned as a single list with the delimeter defined using the variable BROWSE_FILES_DELIMETER. This defaults to ';' but is changable by the user

FilesBrowse(button_text="Browse",
    target=(555666777, -1),
    file_types=(('ALL Files', '*.*'),),
    disabled=False,
    initial_folder=None,
    tooltip=None,
    size=(None, None),
    auto_size_button=None,
    button_color=None,
    change_submits=False,
    enable_events=False,
    font=None,
    pad=None,
    key=None,
    metadata=None)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
str button_text text in the button (Default value = 'Browse')
Tuple[Tuple[str, str], ...] target key or (row,col) target for the button (Default value = (ThisRow, -1)) :param file_types: (Default value = (("ALL Files", ".")))
bool disabled set disable state for element (Default = False)
str initial_folder starting path for folders and files
str tooltip text, that will appear when mouse hovers over the element
(int, int) size (w,h) w=characters-wide, h=rows-high
bool auto_size_button True if button size is determined by button text
Tuple[str, str] button_color button color (foreground, background)
bool change_submits If True, pressing Enter key submits window (Default = False)
bool enable_events Turns on the element specific events.(Default = False)
Union[str, Tuple[str, int]] font specifies the font family, size, etc
(int, int) or ((int, int),(int,int)) or (int,(int,int)) or ((int, int),int) pad Amount of padding to put around element in pixels (left/right, top/bottom)
Union[str, int, tuple] key key for uniquely identify this element (for window.FindElement)
(Button) RETURN returns a button
FolderBrowse(button_text="Browse",
    target=(555666777, -1),
    initial_folder=None,
    tooltip=None,
    size=(None, None),
    auto_size_button=None,
    button_color=None,
    disabled=False,
    change_submits=False,
    enable_events=False,
    font=None,
    pad=None,
    key=None,
    metadata=None)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
str button_text text in the button (Default value = 'Browse')
key or (row,col) target target for the button (Default value = (ThisRow, -1))
str initial_folder starting path for folders and files
str tooltip text, that will appear when mouse hovers over the element
(int, int) size (w,h) w=characters-wide, h=rows-high
bool auto_size_button True if button size is determined by button text
bool button_color button color (foreground, background) :param disabled: set disable state for element (Default = False)
bool change_submits If True, pressing Enter key submits window (Default = False)
bool enable_events Turns on the element specific events.(Default = False)
Union[str, Tuple[str, int]] font specifies the font family, size, etc
(int, int) or ((int, int),(int,int)) or (int,(int,int)) or ((int, int),int) pad Amount of padding to put around element
(Button) RETURN The Button created
Help(button_text="Help",
    size=(None, None),
    auto_size_button=None,
    button_color=None,
    disabled=False,
    font=None,
    tooltip=None,
    bind_return_key=False,
    focus=False,
    pad=None,
    key=None,
    metadata=None)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
str button_text text in the button (Default value = 'Help')
(int, int) size (w,h) w=characters-wide, h=rows-high
bool auto_size_button True if button size is determined by button text
Tuple[str, str] button_color button color (foreground, background)
bool disabled set disable state for element (Default = False)
Union[str, Tuple[str, int]] font specifies the font family, size, etc
str tooltip text, that will appear when mouse hovers over the element
bool bind_return_key (Default = False) If True, then the return key will cause a the Listbox to generate an event
(int, int) or ((int, int),(int,int)) or (int,(int,int)) or ((int, int),int) focus if focus should be set to this :param pad: Amount of padding to put around element in pixels (left/right, top/bottom)
Union[str, int, tuple] key key for uniquely identify this element (for window.FindElement)
(Button) RETURN returns a button
No(button_text="No",
    size=(None, None),
    auto_size_button=None,
    button_color=None,
    disabled=False,
    tooltip=None,
    font=None,
    bind_return_key=False,
    focus=False,
    pad=None,
    key=None,
    metadata=None)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
str button_text text in the button (Default value = 'No')
(int, int) size (w,h) w=characters-wide, h=rows-high
bool auto_size_button True if button size is determined by button text
Tuple[str, str] button_color button color (foreground, background)
bool disabled set disable state for element (Default = False)
str tooltip text, that will appear when mouse hovers over the element
Union[str, Tuple[str, int]] font specifies the font family, size, etc
bool bind_return_key (Default = False) If True, then the return key will cause a the Listbox to generate an event
(int, int) or ((int, int),(int,int)) or (int,(int,int)) or ((int, int),int) focus if focus should be set to this :param pad: Amount of padding to put around element in pixels (left/right, top/bottom)
Union[str, int, tuple] key key for uniquely identify this element (for window.FindElement)
(Button) RETURN returns a button
OK(button_text="OK",
    size=(None, None),
    auto_size_button=None,
    button_color=None,
    disabled=False,
    bind_return_key=True,
    tooltip=None,
    font=None,
    focus=False,
    pad=None,
    key=None,
    metadata=None)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
str button_text text in the button (Default value = 'OK')
(int, int) size (w,h) w=characters-wide, h=rows-high
bool auto_size_button True if button size is determined by button text
Tuple[str, str] button_color button color (foreground, background)
bool disabled set disable state for element (Default = False)
bool bind_return_key (Default = True) If True, then the return key will cause a the Listbox to generate an event
str tooltip text, that will appear when mouse hovers over the element
Union[str, Tuple[str, int]] font specifies the font family, size, etc
idk_yetReally focus if focus should be set to this
(int, int) or ((int, int),(int,int)) or (int,(int,int)) or ((int, int),int) pad Amount of padding to put around element in pixels (left/right, top/bottom)
Union[str, int, tuple] key key for uniquely identify this element (for window.FindElement)
(Button) RETURN returns a button

Dumps an Object's values as a formatted string. Very nicely done. Great way to display an object's member variables in human form

ObjToString(obj, extra="    ")

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
Any obj The object to display
str extra extra stuff (Default value = ' ')
(str) RETURN Formatted output of the object's values

Dumps an Object's values as a formatted string. Very nicely done. Great way to display an object's member variables in human form Returns only the top-most object's variables instead of drilling down to dispolay more

ObjToStringSingleObj(obj)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
Any obj The object to display
(str) RETURN Formatted output of the object's values
Ok(button_text="Ok",
    size=(None, None),
    auto_size_button=None,
    button_color=None,
    disabled=False,
    bind_return_key=True,
    tooltip=None,
    font=None,
    focus=False,
    pad=None,
    key=None,
    metadata=None)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
str button_text text in the button (Default value = 'Ok')
(int, int) size (w,h) w=characters-wide, h=rows-high
bool auto_size_button True if button size is determined by button text
Tuple[str, str] button_color button color (foreground, background)
bool disabled set disable state for element (Default = False)
bool bind_return_key (Default = True) If True, then the return key will cause a the Listbox to generate an event
str tooltip text, that will appear when mouse hovers over the element
Union[str, Tuple[str, int]] font specifies the font family, size, etc
idk_yetReally focus if focus should be set to this
(int, int) or ((int, int),(int,int)) or (int,(int,int)) or ((int, int),int) pad Amount of padding to put around element in pixels (left/right, top/bottom)
Union[str, int, tuple] key key for uniquely identify this element (for window.FindElement)
(Button) RETURN returns a button
Open(button_text="Open",
    size=(None, None),
    auto_size_button=None,
    button_color=None,
    disabled=False,
    bind_return_key=True,
    tooltip=None,
    font=None,
    focus=False,
    pad=None,
    key=None,
    metadata=None)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
str button_text text in the button (Default value = 'Open')
(int, int) size (w,h) w=characters-wide, h=rows-high
bool auto_size_button True if button size is determined by button text
Tuple[str, str] button_color button color (foreground, background)
bool disabled set disable state for element (Default = False)
bool bind_return_key (Default = True) If True, then the return key will cause a the Listbox to generate an event
str tooltip text, that will appear when mouse hovers over the element
Union[str, Tuple[str, int]] font specifies the font family, size, etc
idk_yetReally focus if focus should be set to this
(int, int) or ((int, int),(int,int)) or (int,(int,int)) or ((int, int),int) pad Amount of padding to put around element in pixels (left/right, top/bottom)
Union[str, int, tuple] key key for uniquely identify this element (for window.FindElement)
(Button) RETURN returns a button
Quit(button_text="Quit",
    size=(None, None),
    auto_size_button=None,
    button_color=None,
    disabled=False,
    tooltip=None,
    font=None,
    bind_return_key=False,
    focus=False,
    pad=None,
    key=None,
    metadata=None)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
str button_text text in the button (Default value = 'Quit')
(int, int) size (w,h) w=characters-wide, h=rows-high
bool auto_size_button True if button size is determined by button text
Tuple[str, str] button_color button color (foreground, background)
bool disabled set disable state for element (Default = False)
str tooltip text, that will appear when mouse hovers over the element
Union[str, Tuple[str, int]] font specifies the font family, size, etc
bool bind_return_key (Default = False) If True, then the return key will cause a the Listbox to generate an event
(int, int) or ((int, int),(int,int)) or (int,(int,int)) or ((int, int),int) focus if focus should be set to this :param pad: Amount of padding to put around element in pixels (left/right, top/bottom)
Union[str, int, tuple] key key for uniquely identify this element (for window.FindElement)
(Button) RETURN returns a button
RealtimeButton(button_text,
    image_filename=None,
    image_data=None,
    image_size=(None, None),
    image_subsample=None,
    border_width=None,
    tooltip=None,
    size=(None, None),
    auto_size_button=None,
    button_color=None,
    font=None,
    disabled=False,
    bind_return_key=False,
    focus=False,
    pad=None,
    key=None,
    metadata=None)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
str button_text text in the button
image filename if there is a button image image_filename image filename if there is a button image
in-RAM image to be displayed on button image_data in-RAM image to be displayed on button
(Default = (None)) image_size image size (O.K.)
amount to reduce the size of the image image_subsample amount to reduce the size of the image
str tooltip text, that will appear when mouse hovers over the element
(int, int) size (w,h) w=characters-wide, h=rows-high
bool auto_size_button True if button size is determined by button text
Tuple[str, str] button_color button color (foreground, background)
Union[str, Tuple[str, int]] font specifies the font family, size, etc
bool disabled set disable state for element (Default = False)
bool bind_return_key (Default = False) If True, then the return key will cause a the Listbox to generate an event
bool focus if focus should be set to this
(int, int) or ((int, int),(int,int)) or (int,(int,int)) or ((int, int),int) pad Amount of padding to put around element in pixels (left/right, top/bottom)
Union[str, int, tuple] key key for uniquely identify this element (for window.FindElement)
int border_width width of border around element
Any metadata Anything you want to store along with this button
(Button) RETURN Button created
Save(button_text="Save",
    size=(None, None),
    auto_size_button=None,
    button_color=None,
    bind_return_key=True,
    disabled=False,
    tooltip=None,
    font=None,
    focus=False,
    pad=None,
    key=None,
    metadata=None)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
str button_text text in the button (Default value = 'Save')
(int, int) size (w,h) w=characters-wide, h=rows-high
bool auto_size_button True if button size is determined by button text
Tuple[str, str] button_color button color (foreground, background)
bool bind_return_key (Default = True) If True, then the return key will cause a the Listbox to generate an event
bool disabled set disable state for element (Default = False)
str tooltip text, that will appear when mouse hovers over the element
Union[str, Tuple[str, int]] font specifies the font family, size, etc
idk_yetReally focus if focus should be set to this
(int, int) or ((int, int),(int,int)) or (int,(int,int)) or ((int, int),int) pad Amount of padding to put around element in pixels (left/right, top/bottom)
Union[str, int, tuple] key key for uniquely identify this element (for window.FindElement)
(Button) RETURN returns a button
SaveAs(button_text="Save As...",
    target=(555666777, -1),
    file_types=(('ALL Files', '*.*'),),
    initial_folder=None,
    disabled=False,
    tooltip=None,
    size=(None, None),
    auto_size_button=None,
    button_color=None,
    change_submits=False,
    enable_events=False,
    font=None,
    pad=None,
    key=None,
    metadata=None)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
str button_text text in the button (Default value = 'Save As...')
Tuple[Tuple[str, str], ...] target key or (row,col) target for the button (Default value = (ThisRow, -1)) :param file_types: (Default value = (("ALL Files", ".")))
bool initial_folder starting path for folders and files :param disabled: set disable state for element (Default = False)
str tooltip text, that will appear when mouse hovers over the element
(int, int) size (w,h) w=characters-wide, h=rows-high
bool auto_size_button True if button size is determined by button text
Tuple[str, str] button_color button color (foreground, background)
bool change_submits If True, pressing Enter key submits window (Default = False)
bool enable_events Turns on the element specific events.(Default = False)
Union[str, Tuple[str, int]] font specifies the font family, size, etc
(int, int) or ((int, int),(int,int)) or (int,(int,int)) or ((int, int),int) pad Amount of padding to put around element in pixels (left/right, top/bottom)
Union[str, int, tuple] key key for uniquely identify this element (for window.FindElement)
(Button) RETURN returns a button
Submit(button_text="Submit",
    size=(None, None),
    auto_size_button=None,
    button_color=None,
    disabled=False,
    bind_return_key=True,
    tooltip=None,
    font=None,
    focus=False,
    pad=None,
    key=None,
    metadata=None)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
str button_text text in the button (Default value = 'Submit')
(int, int) size (w,h) w=characters-wide, h=rows-high
bool auto_size_button True if button size is determined by button text
Tuple[str, str] button_color button color (foreground, background)
bool disabled set disable state for element (Default = False)
bool bind_return_key (Default = True) If True, then the return key will cause a the Listbox to generate an event
str tooltip text, that will appear when mouse hovers over the element
Union[str, Tuple[str, int]] font specifies the font family, size, etc
idk_yetReally focus if focus should be set to this
(int, int) or ((int, int),(int,int)) or (int,(int,int)) or ((int, int),int) pad Amount of padding to put around element in pixels (left/right, top/bottom)
Union[str, int, tuple] key key for uniquely identify this element (for window.FindElement)
(Button) RETURN returns a button
Yes(button_text="Yes",
    size=(None, None),
    auto_size_button=None,
    button_color=None,
    disabled=False,
    tooltip=None,
    font=None,
    bind_return_key=True,
    focus=False,
    pad=None,
    key=None,
    metadata=None)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
str button_text text in the button (Default value = 'Yes')
(int, int) size (w,h) w=characters-wide, h=rows-high
bool auto_size_button True if button size is determined by button text
Tuple[str, str] button_color button color (foreground, background)
bool disabled set disable state for element (Default = False)
str tooltip text, that will appear when mouse hovers over the element
Union[str, Tuple[str, int]] font specifies the font family, size, etc
bool bind_return_key (Default = True) If True, then the return key will cause a the Listbox to generate an event
(int, int) or ((int, int),(int,int)) or (int,(int,int)) or ((int, int),int) focus if focus should be set to this :param pad: Amount of padding to put around element in pixels (left/right, top/bottom)
Union[str, int, tuple] key key for uniquely identify this element (for window.FindElement)
(Button) RETURN returns a button

Button No Longer To Be Used

Note - These are no longer recommended! They are shown here in case you run into them in some old code.

RButton(button_text,
    image_filename=None,
    image_data=None,
    image_size=(None, None),
    image_subsample=None,
    border_width=None,
    tooltip=None,
    size=(None, None),
    auto_size_button=None,
    button_color=None,
    font=None,
    bind_return_key=False,
    disabled=False,
    focus=False,
    pad=None,
    key=None,
    metadata=None)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
str button_text text in the button
image filename if there is a button image image_filename image filename if there is a button image
in-RAM image to be displayed on button image_data in-RAM image to be displayed on button
(Default = (None)) image_size image size (O.K.)
amount to reduce the size of the image image_subsample amount to reduce the size of the image
str tooltip text, that will appear when mouse hovers over the element
(int, int) size (w,h) w=characters-wide, h=rows-high
bool auto_size_button True if button size is determined by button text
Tuple[str, str] button_color button color (foreground, background)
Union[str, Tuple[str, int]] font specifies the font family, size, etc
bool bind_return_key (Default = False) If True, then the return key will cause a the Listbox to generate an event
bool disabled set disable state for element (Default = False)
idk_yetReally focus if focus should be set to this
(int, int) or ((int, int),(int,int)) or (int,(int,int)) or ((int, int),int) pad Amount of padding to put around element in pixels (left/right, top/bottom)
Union[str, int, tuple] key key for uniquely identify this element (for window.FindElement)
int border_width width of border around element
Any metadata Anything you want to store along with this button
(Button) RETURN Button created
ReadButton(button_text,
    image_filename=None,
    image_data=None,
    image_size=(None, None),
    image_subsample=None,
    border_width=None,
    tooltip=None,
    size=(None, None),
    auto_size_button=None,
    button_color=None,
    font=None,
    bind_return_key=False,
    disabled=False,
    focus=False,
    pad=None,
    key=None,
    metadata=None)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
str button_text text in the button
image filename if there is a button image image_filename image filename if there is a button image
in-RAM image to be displayed on button image_data in-RAM image to be displayed on button
(Default = (None)) image_size image size (O.K.)
amount to reduce the size of the image image_subsample amount to reduce the size of the image
str tooltip text, that will appear when mouse hovers over the element
(int, int) size (w,h) w=characters-wide, h=rows-high
bool auto_size_button True if button size is determined by button text
Tuple[str, str] button_color button color (foreground, background)
Union[str, Tuple[str, int]] font specifies the font family, size, etc
bool bind_return_key (Default = False) If True, then the return key will cause a the Listbox to generate an event
bool disabled set disable state for element (Default = False)
idk_yetReally focus if focus should be set to this
(int, int) or ((int, int),(int,int)) or (int,(int,int)) or ((int, int),int) pad Amount of padding to put around element in pixels (left/right, top/bottom)
Union[str, int, tuple] key key for uniquely identify this element (for window.FindElement)
int border_width width of border around element
Any metadata Anything you want to store along with this button
(Button) RETURN Button created
CButton(button_text,
    image_filename=None,
    image_data=None,
    image_size=(None, None),
    image_subsample=None,
    border_width=None,
    tooltip=None,
    size=(None, None),
    auto_size_button=None,
    button_color=None,
    font=None,
    bind_return_key=False,
    disabled=False,
    focus=False,
    pad=None,
    key=None,
    metadata=None)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
str button_text text in the button
image filename if there is a button image image_filename image filename if there is a button image
in-RAM image to be displayed on button image_data in-RAM image to be displayed on button
(Default = (None)) image_size image size (O.K.)
amount to reduce the size of the image image_subsample amount to reduce the size of the image
str tooltip text, that will appear when mouse hovers over the element
(int, int) size (w,h) w=characters-wide, h=rows-high
bool auto_size_button True if button size is determined by button text
Tuple[str, str] button_color button color (foreground, background)
Union[str, Tuple[str, int]] font specifies the font family, size, etc
bool bind_return_key (Default = False) If True, then the return key will cause a the Listbox to generate an event
bool disabled set disable state for element (Default = False)
idk_yetReally focus if focus should be set to this
(int, int) or ((int, int),(int,int)) or (int,(int,int)) or ((int, int),int) pad Amount of padding to put around element in pixels (left/right, top/bottom)
Union[str, int, tuple] key key for uniquely identify this element (for window.FindElement)
(Button) RETURN returns a button
CloseButton(button_text,
    image_filename=None,
    image_data=None,
    image_size=(None, None),
    image_subsample=None,
    border_width=None,
    tooltip=None,
    size=(None, None),
    auto_size_button=None,
    button_color=None,
    font=None,
    bind_return_key=False,
    disabled=False,
    focus=False,
    pad=None,
    key=None,
    metadata=None)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
str button_text text in the button
image filename if there is a button image image_filename image filename if there is a button image
in-RAM image to be displayed on button image_data in-RAM image to be displayed on button
(Default = (None)) image_size image size (O.K.)
amount to reduce the size of the image image_subsample amount to reduce the size of the image
str tooltip text, that will appear when mouse hovers over the element
(int, int) size (w,h) w=characters-wide, h=rows-high
bool auto_size_button True if button size is determined by button text
Tuple[str, str] button_color button color (foreground, background)
Union[str, Tuple[str, int]] font specifies the font family, size, etc
bool bind_return_key (Default = False) If True, then the return key will cause a the Listbox to generate an event
bool disabled set disable state for element (Default = False)
idk_yetReally focus if focus should be set to this
(int, int) or ((int, int),(int,int)) or (int,(int,int)) or ((int, int),int) pad Amount of padding to put around element in pixels (left/right, top/bottom)
Union[str, int, tuple] key key for uniquely identify this element (for window.FindElement)
(Button) RETURN returns a button

Debug Window Output

Works like a "print" statement but with windowing options. Routes output to the "Debug Window"

easy_print(args=*<1 or N object>,
    size=(None, None),
    end=None,
    sep=None,
    location=(None, None),
    font=None,
    no_titlebar=False,
    no_button=False,
    grab_anywhere=False,
    keep_on_top=False,
    do_not_reroute_stdout=True,
    text_color=None,
    background_color=None)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
Any *args stuff to output
(int, int) size (w,h) w=characters-wide, h=rows-high
str end end character
str sep separator character
Tuple[int, int] location Location of upper left corner of the window
Union[str, Tuple[str, int]] font specifies the font family, size, etc
bool no_titlebar If True no titlebar will be shown
bool no_button don't show button
bool grab_anywhere If True: can grab anywhere to move the window (Default = False)
str background_color color of background
str text_color color of the text
bool keep_on_top If True the window will remain above all current windows
Tuple[int, int] location Location of upper left corner of the window
bool do_not_reroute_stdout do not reroute stdout
RETURN

Close a previously opened EasyPrint window

easy_print_close()

Works like a "print" statement but with windowing options. Routes output to the "Debug Window"

eprint(args=*<1 or N object>,
    size=(None, None),
    end=None,
    sep=None,
    location=(None, None),
    font=None,
    no_titlebar=False,
    no_button=False,
    grab_anywhere=False,
    keep_on_top=False,
    do_not_reroute_stdout=True,
    text_color=None,
    background_color=None)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
Any *args stuff to output
(int, int) size (w,h) w=characters-wide, h=rows-high
str end end character
str sep separator character
Tuple[int, int] location Location of upper left corner of the window
Union[str, Tuple[str, int]] font specifies the font family, size, etc
bool no_titlebar If True no titlebar will be shown
bool no_button don't show button
bool grab_anywhere If True: can grab anywhere to move the window (Default = False)
str background_color color of background
str text_color color of the text
bool keep_on_top If True the window will remain above all current windows
Tuple[int, int] location Location of upper left corner of the window
bool do_not_reroute_stdout do not reroute stdout
RETURN

Works like a "print" statement but with windowing options. Routes output to the "Debug Window"

sgprint(args=*<1 or N object>,
    size=(None, None),
    end=None,
    sep=None,
    location=(None, None),
    font=None,
    no_titlebar=False,
    no_button=False,
    grab_anywhere=False,
    keep_on_top=False,
    do_not_reroute_stdout=True,
    text_color=None,
    background_color=None)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
Any *args stuff to output
(int, int) size (w,h) w=characters-wide, h=rows-high
str end end character
str sep separator character
Tuple[int, int] location Location of upper left corner of the window
Union[str, Tuple[str, int]] font specifies the font family, size, etc
bool no_titlebar If True no titlebar will be shown
bool no_button don't show button
bool grab_anywhere If True: can grab anywhere to move the window (Default = False)
str background_color color of background
str text_color color of the text
bool keep_on_top If True the window will remain above all current windows
Tuple[int, int] location Location of upper left corner of the window
bool do_not_reroute_stdout do not reroute stdout
RETURN

Close a previously opened EasyPrint window

sgprint_close()

Works like a "print" statement but with windowing options. Routes output to the "Debug Window"

EasyPrint(args=*<1 or N object>,
    size=(None, None),
    end=None,
    sep=None,
    location=(None, None),
    font=None,
    no_titlebar=False,
    no_button=False,
    grab_anywhere=False,
    keep_on_top=False,
    do_not_reroute_stdout=True,
    text_color=None,
    background_color=None)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
Any *args stuff to output
(int, int) size (w,h) w=characters-wide, h=rows-high
str end end character
str sep separator character
Tuple[int, int] location Location of upper left corner of the window
Union[str, Tuple[str, int]] font specifies the font family, size, etc
bool no_titlebar If True no titlebar will be shown
bool no_button don't show button
bool grab_anywhere If True: can grab anywhere to move the window (Default = False)
str background_color color of background
str text_color color of the text
bool keep_on_top If True the window will remain above all current windows
Tuple[int, int] location Location of upper left corner of the window
bool do_not_reroute_stdout do not reroute stdout
RETURN

Close a previously opened EasyPrint window

EasyPrintClose()

Works like a "print" statement but with windowing options. Routes output to the "Debug Window"

Print(args=*<1 or N object>,
    size=(None, None),
    end=None,
    sep=None,
    location=(None, None),
    font=None,
    no_titlebar=False,
    no_button=False,
    grab_anywhere=False,
    keep_on_top=False,
    do_not_reroute_stdout=True,
    text_color=None,
    background_color=None)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
Any *args stuff to output
(int, int) size (w,h) w=characters-wide, h=rows-high
str end end character
str sep separator character
Tuple[int, int] location Location of upper left corner of the window
Union[str, Tuple[str, int]] font specifies the font family, size, etc
bool no_titlebar If True no titlebar will be shown
bool no_button don't show button
bool grab_anywhere If True: can grab anywhere to move the window (Default = False)
str background_color color of background
str text_color color of the text
bool keep_on_top If True the window will remain above all current windows
Tuple[int, int] location Location of upper left corner of the window
bool do_not_reroute_stdout do not reroute stdout
RETURN

Close a previously opened EasyPrint window

PrintClose()

Color Printing to Multiline Element of a Window

Color print to a multiline element in a window of your choice. Must have EITHER called cprint_set_output_destination prior to making this call so that the window and element key can be saved and used here to route the output, OR used the window and key parameters to the cprint function to specicy these items.

args is a variable number of things you want to print.

kwargs can be any of these keywords: end - The end char to use just like print uses sep - The separation character like print uses text_color - The color of the text key - overrides the previously defined Multiline key window - overrides the previously defined window to output to background_color - The color of the background colors -(str, str) or str. A combined text/background color definition in a single parameter

There are also "aliases" for text_color, background_color and colors (t, b, c) t - An alias for color of the text (makes for shorter calls) b - An alias for the background_color parameter c - Tuple[str, str] - "shorthand" way of specifying color. (foreground, backgrouned) str - can also be a string of the format "foreground on background" ("white on red")

With the aliases it's possible to write the same print but in more compact ways: cprint('This will print white text on red background', c=('white', 'red')) cprint('This will print white text on red background', c='white on red') cprint('This will print white text on red background', text_color='white', background_color='red') cprint('This will print white text on red background', t='white', b='red')

cprint(args=*<1 or N object>, kwargs)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
Any *args stuff to output
str text_color Color of the text
str background_color The background color of the line
str) or Tuple[str, str] colors Either a tuple or a string that has both the text and background colors
str t Color of the text
str b The background color of the line
str) or Tuple[str, str] c Either a tuple or a string that has both the text and background colors
str end end character
str sep separator character
Any key key of multiline to output to (if you want to override the one previously set)
Window window Window containing the multiline to output to (if you want to override the one previously set)
None RETURN None

Sets up the color print (cprint) output destination

cprint_set_output_destination(window, multiline_key)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
Window window The window that the cprint call will route the output to
Any multiline_key Key for the Multiline Element where output will be sent
None RETURN None

OneLineProgressMeter

OneLineProgressMeter(title,
    current_value,
    max_value,
    key="OK for 1 meter",
    args=*<1 or N object>,
    orientation="v",
    bar_color=(None, None),
    button_color=None,
    size=(20, 20),
    border_width=None,
    grab_anywhere=False,
    no_titlebar=False)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
str title text to display in eleemnt
int current_value current value
int max_value max value of QuickMeter
Union[str, int, tuple] key Used to differentiate between mutliple meters. Used to cancel meter early. Now optional as there is a default value for single meters
Any *args stuff to output
str orientation 'horizontal' or 'vertical' ('h' or 'v' work) (Default value = 'vertical' / 'v')
Tuple(str, str) bar_color color of a bar line
Tuple[str, str] button_color button color (foreground, background)
(int, int) size (w,h) w=characters-wide, h=rows-high (Default value = DEFAULT_PROGRESS_BAR_SIZE)
int border_width width of border around element
bool grab_anywhere If True: can grab anywhere to move the window (Default = False)
bool no_titlebar If True: no titlebar will be shown on the window
(bool) RETURN True if updated successfully. False if user closed the meter with the X or Cancel button

Cancels and closes a previously created One Line Progress Meter window

OneLineProgressMeterCancel(key="OK for 1 meter")

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
Any key Key used when meter was created
None RETURN None
one_line_progress_meter(title,
    current_value,
    max_value,
    key="OK for 1 meter",
    args=*<1 or N object>,
    orientation="v",
    bar_color=(None, None),
    button_color=None,
    size=(20, 20),
    border_width=None,
    grab_anywhere=False,
    no_titlebar=False)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
str title text to display in eleemnt
int current_value current value
int max_value max value of QuickMeter
Union[str, int, tuple] key Used to differentiate between mutliple meters. Used to cancel meter early. Now optional as there is a default value for single meters
Any *args stuff to output
str orientation 'horizontal' or 'vertical' ('h' or 'v' work) (Default value = 'vertical' / 'v')
Tuple(str, str) bar_color color of a bar line
Tuple[str, str] button_color button color (foreground, background)
(int, int) size (w,h) w=characters-wide, h=rows-high (Default value = DEFAULT_PROGRESS_BAR_SIZE)
int border_width width of border around element
bool grab_anywhere If True: can grab anywhere to move the window (Default = False)
bool no_titlebar If True: no titlebar will be shown on the window
(bool) RETURN True if updated successfully. False if user closed the meter with the X or Cancel button

Cancels and closes a previously created One Line Progress Meter window

one_line_progress_meter_cancel(key="OK for 1 meter")

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
Any key Key used when meter was created
None RETURN None

Popup Functions

Popup - Display a popup Window with as many parms as you wish to include. This is the GUI equivalent of the "print" statement. It's also great for "pausing" your program's flow until the user can read some error messages.

Popup(args=*<1 or N object>,
    title=None,
    button_color=None,
    background_color=None,
    text_color=None,
    button_type=0,
    auto_close=False,
    auto_close_duration=None,
    custom_text=(None, None),
    non_blocking=False,
    icon=None,
    line_width=None,
    font=None,
    no_titlebar=False,
    grab_anywhere=False,
    keep_on_top=False,
    location=(None, None),
    any_key_closes=False,
    image=None)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
Any *args Variable number of your arguments. Load up the call with stuff to see!
str title Optional title for the window. If none provided, the first arg will be used instead.
Union[Tuple[str, str], None] button_color Color of the buttons shown (text color, button color)
str background_color Window's background color
str text_color text color
int button_type NOT USER SET! Determines which pre-defined buttons will be shown (Default value = POPUP_BUTTONS_OK). There are many Popup functions and they call Popup, changing this parameter to get the desired effect.
bool auto_close If True the window will automatically close
int auto_close_duration time in seconds to keep window open before closing it automatically
Union[Tuple[str, str], str] custom_text A string or pair of strings that contain the text to display on the buttons
bool non_blocking If True then will immediately return from the function without waiting for the user's input.
Union[str, bytes] icon icon to display on the window. Same format as a Window call
int line_width Width of lines in characters. Defaults to MESSAGE_BOX_LINE_WIDTH
Union[str, tuple(font name, size, modifiers] font specifies the font family, size, etc
bool no_titlebar If True will not show the frame around the window and the titlebar across the top
bool grab_anywhere If True can grab anywhere to move the window. If no_titlebar is True, grab_anywhere should likely be enabled too
Tuple[int, int] location Location on screen to display the top left corner of window. Defaults to window centered on screen
bool keep_on_top If True the window will remain above all current windows
bool any_key_closes If True then will turn on return_keyboard_events for the window which will cause window to close as soon as any key is pressed. Normally the return key only will close the window. Default is false.
str) or (bytes image Image to include at the top of the popup window
Union[str, None] RETURN Returns text of the button that was pressed. None will be returned if user closed window with X

Show animation one frame at a time. This function has its own internal clocking meaning you can call it at any frequency and the rate the frames of video is shown remains constant. Maybe your frames update every 30 ms but your event loop is running every 10 ms. You don't have to worry about delaying, just call it every time through the loop.

PopupAnimated(image_source,
    message=None,
    background_color=None,
    text_color=None,
    font=None,
    no_titlebar=True,
    grab_anywhere=True,
    keep_on_top=True,
    location=(None, None),
    alpha_channel=None,
    time_between_frames=0,
    transparent_color=None,
    title="",
    icon=None)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
Union[str, bytes] image_source Either a filename or a base64 string.
str message An optional message to be shown with the animation
str background_color color of background
str text_color color of the text
Union[str, tuple] font specifies the font family, size, etc
bool no_titlebar If True then the titlebar and window frame will not be shown
bool grab_anywhere If True then you can move the window just clicking anywhere on window, hold and drag
bool keep_on_top If True then Window will remain on top of all other windows currently shownn
(int, int) location (x,y) location on the screen to place the top left corner of your window. Default is to center on screen
float alpha_channel Window transparency 0 = invisible 1 = completely visible. Values between are see through
int time_between_frames Amount of time in milliseconds between each frame
str transparent_color This color will be completely see-through in your window. Can even click through
str title Title that will be shown on the window
str icon Same as Window icon parameter. Can be either a filename or Base64 value. For Windows if filename, it MUST be ICO format. For Linux, must NOT be ICO
None RETURN No return value

Display a Popup without a titlebar. Enables grab anywhere so you can move it

PopupAnnoying(args=*<1 or N object>,
    title=None,
    button_type=0,
    button_color=None,
    background_color=None,
    text_color=None,
    auto_close=False,
    auto_close_duration=None,
    non_blocking=False,
    icon=None,
    line_width=None,
    font=None,
    grab_anywhere=True,
    keep_on_top=False,
    location=(None, None),
    image=None)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
Any *args Variable number of items to display
str title Title to display in the window.
int button_type Determines which pre-defined buttons will be shown (Default value = POPUP_BUTTONS_OK).
Tuple[str, str] button_color button color (foreground, background)
str background_color color of background
str text_color color of the text
bool auto_close if True window will close itself
Union[int, float] auto_close_duration Older versions only accept int. Time in seconds until window will close
bool non_blocking if True the call will immediately return rather than waiting on user input
Union[bytes, str] icon filename or base64 string to be used for the window's icon
int line_width Width of lines in characters
Union[str, Tuple[str, int]] font specifies the font family, size, etc
bool grab_anywhere If True: can grab anywhere to move the window (Default = False)
bool keep_on_top If True the window will remain above all current windows
Tuple[int, int] location Location of upper left corner of the window
str) or (bytes image Image to include at the top of the popup window
Union[str, None, TIMEOUT_KEY] RETURN Returns text of the button that was pressed. None will be returned if user closed window with X

Popup that closes itself after some time period

PopupAutoClose(args=*<1 or N object>,
    title=None,
    button_type=0,
    button_color=None,
    background_color=None,
    text_color=None,
    auto_close=True,
    auto_close_duration=None,
    non_blocking=False,
    icon=None,
    line_width=None,
    font=None,
    no_titlebar=False,
    grab_anywhere=False,
    keep_on_top=False,
    location=(None, None),
    image=None)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
Any *args Variable number of items to display
str title Title to display in the window.
int button_type Determines which pre-defined buttons will be shown (Default value = POPUP_BUTTONS_OK).
Tuple[str, str] button_color button color (foreground, background)
str background_color color of background
str text_color color of the text
bool auto_close if True window will close itself
Union[int, float] auto_close_duration Older versions only accept int. Time in seconds until window will close
bool non_blocking if True the call will immediately return rather than waiting on user input
Union[bytes, str] icon filename or base64 string to be used for the window's icon
int line_width Width of lines in characters
Union[str, Tuple[str, int]] font specifies the font family, size, etc
bool no_titlebar If True no titlebar will be shown
bool grab_anywhere If True: can grab anywhere to move the window (Default = False)
bool keep_on_top If True the window will remain above all current windows
Tuple[int, int] location Location of upper left corner of the window
str) or (bytes image Image to include at the top of the popup window
Union[str, None, TIMEOUT_KEY] RETURN Returns text of the button that was pressed. None will be returned if user closed window with X

Display Popup with "cancelled" button text

PopupCancel(args=*<1 or N object>,
    title=None,
    button_color=None,
    background_color=None,
    text_color=None,
    auto_close=False,
    auto_close_duration=None,
    non_blocking=False,
    icon=None,
    line_width=None,
    font=None,
    no_titlebar=False,
    grab_anywhere=False,
    keep_on_top=False,
    location=(None, None),
    image=None)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
Any *args Variable number of items to display
str title Title to display in the window.
Tuple[str, str] button_color button color (foreground, background)
str background_color color of background
str text_color color of the text
bool auto_close if True window will close itself
Union[int, float] auto_close_duration Older versions only accept int. Time in seconds until window will close
bool non_blocking if True the call will immediately return rather than waiting on user input
Union[bytes, str] icon filename or base64 string to be used for the window's icon
int line_width Width of lines in characters
Union[str, Tuple[str, int]] font specifies the font family, size, etc
bool no_titlebar If True no titlebar will be shown
bool grab_anywhere If True: can grab anywhere to move the window (Default = False)
bool keep_on_top If True the window will remain above all current windows
Tuple[int, int] location Location of upper left corner of the window
str) or (bytes image Image to include at the top of the popup window
Union[str, None, TIMEOUT_KEY] RETURN Returns text of the button that was pressed. None will be returned if user closed window with X

Popup with colored button and 'Error' as button text

PopupError(args=*<1 or N object>,
    title=None,
    button_color=(None, None),
    background_color=None,
    text_color=None,
    auto_close=False,
    auto_close_duration=None,
    non_blocking=False,
    icon=None,
    line_width=None,
    font=None,
    no_titlebar=False,
    grab_anywhere=False,
    keep_on_top=False,
    location=(None, None),
    image=None)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
Any *args Variable number of items to display
str title Title to display in the window.
Tuple[str, str] button_color button color (foreground, background)
str background_color color of background
str text_color color of the text
bool auto_close if True window will close itself
Union[int, float] auto_close_duration Older versions only accept int. Time in seconds until window will close
bool non_blocking if True the call will immediately return rather than waiting on user input
Union[bytes, str] icon filename or base64 string to be used for the window's icon
int line_width Width of lines in characters
Union[str, Tuple[str, int]] font specifies the font family, size, etc
bool no_titlebar If True no titlebar will be shown
bool grab_anywhere If True: can grab anywhere to move the window (Default = False)
bool keep_on_top If True the window will remain above all current windows
Tuple[int, int] location Location of upper left corner of the window
str) or (bytes image Image to include at the top of the popup window
Union[str, None, TIMEOUT_KEY] RETURN Returns text of the button that was pressed. None will be returned if user closed window with X

Display popup window with text entry field and browse button so that a file can be chosen by user.

PopupGetFile(message,
    title=None,
    default_path="",
    default_extension="",
    save_as=False,
    multiple_files=False,
    file_types=(('ALL Files', '*.*'),),
    no_window=False,
    size=(None, None),
    button_color=None,
    background_color=None,
    text_color=None,
    icon=None,
    font=None,
    no_titlebar=False,
    grab_anywhere=False,
    keep_on_top=False,
    location=(None, None),
    initial_folder=None,
    image=None)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
str message message displayed to user
str title Window title
str default_path path to display to user as starting point (filled into the input field)
str default_extension If no extension entered by user, add this to filename (only used in saveas dialogs)
bool save_as if True, the "save as" dialog is shown which will verify before overwriting
bool multiple_files if True, then allows multiple files to be selected that are returned with ';' between each filename
Tuple[Tuple[str,str]] file_types List of extensions to show using wildcards. All files (the default) = (("ALL Files", "."),)
bool no_window if True, no PySimpleGUI window will be shown. Instead just the tkinter dialog is shown
(int, int) size (width, height) of the InputText Element
Tuple[str, str] button_color Color of the button (text, background)
str background_color background color of the entire window
str text_color color of the text
Union[bytes, str] icon filename or base64 string to be used for the window's icon
Union[str, Tuple[str, int]] font specifies the font family, size, etc
bool no_titlebar If True no titlebar will be shown
bool grab_anywhere If True: can grab anywhere to move the window (Default = False)
bool keep_on_top If True the window will remain above all current windows
Tuple[int, int] location Location of upper left corner of the window
str initial_folder location in filesystem to begin browsing
str) or (bytes image Image to include at the top of the popup window
Union[str, None] RETURN string representing the file(s) chosen, None if cancelled or window closed with X

Display popup with text entry field and browse button so that a folder can be chosen.

PopupGetFolder(message,
    title=None,
    default_path="",
    no_window=False,
    size=(None, None),
    button_color=None,
    background_color=None,
    text_color=None,
    icon=None,
    font=None,
    no_titlebar=False,
    grab_anywhere=False,
    keep_on_top=False,
    location=(None, None),
    initial_folder=None,
    image=None)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
str message message displayed to user
str title Window title
str default_path path to display to user as starting point (filled into the input field)
bool no_window if True, no PySimpleGUI window will be shown. Instead just the tkinter dialog is shown
(int, int) size (width, height) of the InputText Element
Tuple[str, str] button_color button color (foreground, background)
str background_color color of background
str text_color color of the text
Union[bytes, str] icon filename or base64 string to be used for the window's icon
Union[str, Tuple[str, int]] font specifies the font family, size, etc
bool no_titlebar If True no titlebar will be shown
bool grab_anywhere If True: can grab anywhere to move the window (Default = False)
bool keep_on_top If True the window will remain above all current windows
Tuple[int, int] location Location of upper left corner of the window
str initial_folder location in filesystem to begin browsing
str) or (bytes image Image to include at the top of the popup window
Union[str, None] RETURN string representing the path chosen, None if cancelled or window closed with X

Display Popup with text entry field. Returns the text entered or None if closed / cancelled

PopupGetText(message,
    title=None,
    default_text="",
    password_char="",
    size=(None, None),
    button_color=None,
    background_color=None,
    text_color=None,
    icon=None,
    font=None,
    no_titlebar=False,
    grab_anywhere=False,
    keep_on_top=False,
    location=(None, None),
    image=None)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
str message message displayed to user
str title Window title
str default_text default value to put into input area
str password_char character to be shown instead of actually typed characters
(int, int) size (width, height) of the InputText Element
Tuple[str, str] button_color Color of the button (text, background)
str background_color background color of the entire window
str text_color color of the message text
Union[bytes, str] icon filename or base64 string to be used for the window's icon
Union[str, Tuple[str, int]] font specifies the font family, size, etc
bool no_titlebar If True no titlebar will be shown
bool grab_anywhere If True can click and drag anywhere in the window to move the window
bool keep_on_top If True the window will remain above all current windows
Tuple[int, int] location (x,y) Location on screen to display the upper left corner of window
str) or (bytes image Image to include at the top of the popup window
Union[str, None] RETURN Text entered or None if window was closed or cancel button clicked

Display a Popup without a titlebar. Enables grab anywhere so you can move it

PopupNoBorder(args=*<1 or N object>,
    title=None,
    button_type=0,
    button_color=None,
    background_color=None,
    text_color=None,
    auto_close=False,
    auto_close_duration=None,
    non_blocking=False,
    icon=None,
    line_width=None,
    font=None,
    grab_anywhere=True,
    keep_on_top=False,
    location=(None, None),
    image=None)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
Any *args Variable number of items to display
str title Title to display in the window.
int button_type Determines which pre-defined buttons will be shown (Default value = POPUP_BUTTONS_OK).
Tuple[str, str] button_color button color (foreground, background)
str background_color color of background
str text_color color of the text
bool auto_close if True window will close itself
Union[int, float] auto_close_duration Older versions only accept int. Time in seconds until window will close
bool non_blocking if True the call will immediately return rather than waiting on user input
Union[bytes, str] icon filename or base64 string to be used for the window's icon
int line_width Width of lines in characters
Union[str, Tuple[str, int]] font specifies the font family, size, etc
bool grab_anywhere If True: can grab anywhere to move the window (Default = False)
bool keep_on_top If True the window will remain above all current windows
Tuple[int, int] location Location of upper left corner of the window
str) or (bytes image Image to include at the top of the popup window
Union[str, None, TIMEOUT_KEY] RETURN Returns text of the button that was pressed. None will be returned if user closed window with X

Show a Popup but without any buttons

PopupNoButtons(args=*<1 or N object>,
    title=None,
    background_color=None,
    text_color=None,
    auto_close=False,
    auto_close_duration=None,
    non_blocking=False,
    icon=None,
    line_width=None,
    font=None,
    no_titlebar=False,
    grab_anywhere=False,
    keep_on_top=False,
    location=(None, None),
    image=None)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
Any *args Variable number of items to display
str title Title to display in the window.
str background_color color of background
str text_color color of the text
bool auto_close if True window will close itself
Union[int, float] auto_close_duration Older versions only accept int. Time in seconds until window will close
bool non_blocking If True then will immediately return from the function without waiting for the user's input. (Default = False)
Union[bytes, str] icon filename or base64 string to be used for the window's icon
int line_width Width of lines in characters
Union[str, Tuple[str, int]] font specifies the font family, size, etc
bool no_titlebar If True no titlebar will be shown
bool grab_anywhere If True, than can grab anywhere to move the window (Default = False)
Tuple[int, int] location Location of upper left corner of the window
str) or (bytes image Image to include at the top of the popup window
Union[str, None, TIMEOUT_KEY] RETURN Returns text of the button that was pressed. None will be returned if user closed window with X

Display a Popup without a titlebar. Enables grab anywhere so you can move it

PopupNoFrame(args=*<1 or N object>,
    title=None,
    button_type=0,
    button_color=None,
    background_color=None,
    text_color=None,
    auto_close=False,
    auto_close_duration=None,
    non_blocking=False,
    icon=None,
    line_width=None,
    font=None,
    grab_anywhere=True,
    keep_on_top=False,
    location=(None, None),
    image=None)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
Any *args Variable number of items to display
str title Title to display in the window.
int button_type Determines which pre-defined buttons will be shown (Default value = POPUP_BUTTONS_OK).
Tuple[str, str] button_color button color (foreground, background)
str background_color color of background
str text_color color of the text
bool auto_close if True window will close itself
Union[int, float] auto_close_duration Older versions only accept int. Time in seconds until window will close
bool non_blocking if True the call will immediately return rather than waiting on user input
Union[bytes, str] icon filename or base64 string to be used for the window's icon
int line_width Width of lines in characters
Union[str, Tuple[str, int]] font specifies the font family, size, etc
bool grab_anywhere If True: can grab anywhere to move the window (Default = False)
bool keep_on_top If True the window will remain above all current windows
Tuple[int, int] location Location of upper left corner of the window
str) or (bytes image Image to include at the top of the popup window
Union[str, None, TIMEOUT_KEY] RETURN Returns text of the button that was pressed. None will be returned if user closed window with X

Display a Popup without a titlebar. Enables grab anywhere so you can move it

PopupNoTitlebar(args=*<1 or N object>,
    title=None,
    button_type=0,
    button_color=None,
    background_color=None,
    text_color=None,
    auto_close=False,
    auto_close_duration=None,
    non_blocking=False,
    icon=None,
    line_width=None,
    font=None,
    grab_anywhere=True,
    keep_on_top=False,
    location=(None, None),
    image=None)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
Any *args Variable number of items to display
str title Title to display in the window.
int button_type Determines which pre-defined buttons will be shown (Default value = POPUP_BUTTONS_OK).
Tuple[str, str] button_color button color (foreground, background)
str background_color color of background
str text_color color of the text
bool auto_close if True window will close itself
Union[int, float] auto_close_duration Older versions only accept int. Time in seconds until window will close
bool non_blocking if True the call will immediately return rather than waiting on user input
Union[bytes, str] icon filename or base64 string to be used for the window's icon
int line_width Width of lines in characters
Union[str, Tuple[str, int]] font specifies the font family, size, etc
bool grab_anywhere If True: can grab anywhere to move the window (Default = False)
bool keep_on_top If True the window will remain above all current windows
Tuple[int, int] location Location of upper left corner of the window
str) or (bytes image Image to include at the top of the popup window
Union[str, None, TIMEOUT_KEY] RETURN Returns text of the button that was pressed. None will be returned if user closed window with X

Show Popup window and immediately return (does not block)

PopupNoWait(args=*<1 or N object>,
    title=None,
    button_type=0,
    button_color=None,
    background_color=None,
    text_color=None,
    auto_close=False,
    auto_close_duration=None,
    non_blocking=True,
    icon=None,
    line_width=None,
    font=None,
    no_titlebar=False,
    grab_anywhere=False,
    keep_on_top=False,
    location=(None, None),
    image=None)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
Any *args Variable number of items to display
str title Title to display in the window.
int button_type Determines which pre-defined buttons will be shown (Default value = POPUP_BUTTONS_OK).
Tuple[str, str] button_color button color (foreground, background)
str background_color color of background
str text_color color of the text
bool auto_close if True window will close itself
Union[int, float] auto_close_duration Older versions only accept int. Time in seconds until window will close
bool non_blocking if True the call will immediately return rather than waiting on user input
Union[bytes, str] icon filename or base64 string to be used for the window's icon
int line_width Width of lines in characters
Union[str, Tuple[str, int]] font specifies the font family, size, etc
bool no_titlebar If True no titlebar will be shown
bool grab_anywhere If True: can grab anywhere to move the window (Default = False)
Tuple[int, int] location Location of upper left corner of the window
str) or (bytes image Image to include at the top of the popup window
Union[str, None] RETURN Reason for popup closing

Show Popup window and immediately return (does not block)

PopupNonBlocking(args=*<1 or N object>,
    title=None,
    button_type=0,
    button_color=None,
    background_color=None,
    text_color=None,
    auto_close=False,
    auto_close_duration=None,
    non_blocking=True,
    icon=None,
    line_width=None,
    font=None,
    no_titlebar=False,
    grab_anywhere=False,
    keep_on_top=False,
    location=(None, None),
    image=None)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
Any *args Variable number of items to display
str title Title to display in the window.
int button_type Determines which pre-defined buttons will be shown (Default value = POPUP_BUTTONS_OK).
Tuple[str, str] button_color button color (foreground, background)
str background_color color of background
str text_color color of the text
bool auto_close if True window will close itself
Union[int, float] auto_close_duration Older versions only accept int. Time in seconds until window will close
bool non_blocking if True the call will immediately return rather than waiting on user input
Union[bytes, str] icon filename or base64 string to be used for the window's icon
int line_width Width of lines in characters
Union[str, Tuple[str, int]] font specifies the font family, size, etc
bool no_titlebar If True no titlebar will be shown
bool grab_anywhere If True: can grab anywhere to move the window (Default = False)
Tuple[int, int] location Location of upper left corner of the window
str) or (bytes image Image to include at the top of the popup window
Union[str, None] RETURN Reason for popup closing

Display Popup with OK button only

PopupOK(args=*<1 or N object>,
    title=None,
    button_color=None,
    background_color=None,
    text_color=None,
    auto_close=False,
    auto_close_duration=None,
    non_blocking=False,
    icon=None,
    line_width=None,
    font=None,
    no_titlebar=False,
    grab_anywhere=False,
    keep_on_top=False,
    location=(None, None),
    image=None)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
Any *args Variable number of items to display
str title Title to display in the window.
Tuple[str, str] button_color button color (foreground, background)
str background_color color of background
str text_color color of the text
bool auto_close if True window will close itself
Union[int, float] auto_close_duration Older versions only accept int. Time in seconds until window will close
bool non_blocking if True the call will immediately return rather than waiting on user input
Union[bytes, str] icon filename or base64 string to be used for the window's icon
int line_width Width of lines in characters
Union[str, Tuple[str, int]] font specifies the font family, size, etc
bool no_titlebar If True no titlebar will be shown
bool grab_anywhere If True: can grab anywhere to move the window (Default = False)
bool keep_on_top If True the window will remain above all current windows
Tuple[int, int] location Location of upper left corner of the window
str) or (bytes image Image to include at the top of the popup window
Union[str, None, TIMEOUT_KEY] RETURN Returns text of the button that was pressed. None will be returned if user closed window with X

Display popup with OK and Cancel buttons

PopupOKCancel(args=*<1 or N object>,
    title=None,
    button_color=None,
    background_color=None,
    text_color=None,
    auto_close=False,
    auto_close_duration=None,
    non_blocking=False,
    icon=...,
    line_width=None,
    font=None,
    no_titlebar=False,
    grab_anywhere=False,
    keep_on_top=False,
    location=(None, None),
    image=None)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
Any *args Variable number of items to display
str title Title to display in the window.
Tuple[str, str] button_color button color (foreground, background)
str background_color color of background
str text_color color of the text
bool auto_close if True window will close itself
Union[int, float] auto_close_duration Older versions only accept int. Time in seconds until window will close
bool non_blocking if True the call will immediately return rather than waiting on user input
Union[bytes, str] icon filename or base64 string to be used for the window's icon
int line_width Width of lines in characters
Union[str, Tuple[str, int]] font specifies the font family, size, etc
bool no_titlebar If True no titlebar will be shown
bool grab_anywhere If True: can grab anywhere to move the window (Default = False)
bool keep_on_top If True the window will remain above all current windows
Tuple[int, int] location Location of upper left corner of the window
str) or (bytes image Image to include at the top of the popup window
Union["OK", "Cancel", None] RETURN clicked button

Show Popup box that doesn't block and closes itself

PopupQuick(args=*<1 or N object>,
    title=None,
    button_type=0,
    button_color=None,
    background_color=None,
    text_color=None,
    auto_close=True,
    auto_close_duration=2,
    non_blocking=True,
    icon=None,
    line_width=None,
    font=None,
    no_titlebar=False,
    grab_anywhere=False,
    keep_on_top=False,
    location=(None, None),
    image=None)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
Any *args Variable number of items to display
str title Title to display in the window.
int button_type Determines which pre-defined buttons will be shown (Default value = POPUP_BUTTONS_OK).
Tuple[str, str] button_color button color (foreground, background)
str background_color color of background
str text_color color of the text
bool auto_close if True window will close itself
Union[int, float] auto_close_duration Older versions only accept int. Time in seconds until window will close
bool non_blocking if True the call will immediately return rather than waiting on user input
Union[bytes, str] icon filename or base64 string to be used for the window's icon
int line_width Width of lines in characters
Union[str, Tuple[str, int]] font specifies the font family, size, etc
bool no_titlebar If True no titlebar will be shown
bool grab_anywhere If True: can grab anywhere to move the window (Default = False)
bool keep_on_top If True the window will remain above all current windows
Tuple[int, int] location Location of upper left corner of the window
str) or (bytes image Image to include at the top of the popup window
Union[str, None, TIMEOUT_KEY] RETURN Returns text of the button that was pressed. None will be returned if user closed window with X

Show Popup window with no titlebar, doesn't block, and auto closes itself.

PopupQuickMessage(args=*<1 or N object>,
    title=None,
    button_type=5,
    button_color=None,
    background_color=None,
    text_color=None,
    auto_close=True,
    auto_close_duration=2,
    non_blocking=True,
    icon=None,
    line_width=None,
    font=None,
    no_titlebar=True,
    grab_anywhere=False,
    keep_on_top=False,
    location=(None, None),
    image=None)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
Any *args Variable number of items to display
str title Title to display in the window.
int button_type Determines which pre-defined buttons will be shown (Default value = POPUP_BUTTONS_OK).
Tuple[str, str] button_color button color (foreground, background)
bool keep_on_top If True the window will remain above all current windows
str background_color color of background
str text_color color of the text
bool auto_close if True window will close itself
Union[int, float] auto_close_duration Older versions only accept int. Time in seconds until window will close
bool non_blocking if True the call will immediately return rather than waiting on user input
Union[bytes, str] icon filename or base64 string to be used for the window's icon
int line_width Width of lines in characters
Union[str, Tuple[str, int]] font specifies the font family, size, etc
bool no_titlebar If True no titlebar will be shown
bool grab_anywhere If True: can grab anywhere to move the window (Default = False)
Tuple[int, int] location Location of upper left corner of the window
str) or (bytes image Image to include at the top of the popup window
Union[str, None, TIMEOUT_KEY] RETURN Returns text of the button that was pressed. None will be returned if user closed window with X

Show a scrolled Popup window containing the user's text that was supplied. Use with as many items to print as you want, just like a print statement.

PopupScrolled(args=*<1 or N object>,
    title=None,
    button_color=None,
    background_color=None,
    text_color=None,
    yes_no=False,
    auto_close=False,
    auto_close_duration=None,
    size=(None, None),
    location=(None, None),
    non_blocking=False,
    no_titlebar=False,
    grab_anywhere=False,
    keep_on_top=False,
    font=None,
    image=None)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
Any *args Variable number of items to display
str title Title to display in the window.
Tuple[str, str] button_color button color (foreground, background)
bool yes_no If True, displays Yes and No buttons instead of Ok
bool auto_close if True window will close itself
Union[int, float] auto_close_duration Older versions only accept int. Time in seconds until window will close
(int, int) size (w,h) w=characters-wide, h=rows-high
Tuple[int, int] location Location on the screen to place the upper left corner of the window
bool non_blocking if True the call will immediately return rather than waiting on user input
str background_color color of background
str text_color color of the text
bool no_titlebar If True no titlebar will be shown
bool grab_anywhere If True, than can grab anywhere to move the window (Default = False)
bool keep_on_top If True the window will remain above all current windows
Union[str, Tuple[str, int]] font specifies the font family, size, etc
str) or (bytes image Image to include at the top of the popup window
Union[str, None, TIMEOUT_KEY] RETURN Returns text of the button that was pressed. None will be returned if user closed window with X

Popup that closes itself after some time period

PopupTimed(args=*<1 or N object>,
    title=None,
    button_type=0,
    button_color=None,
    background_color=None,
    text_color=None,
    auto_close=True,
    auto_close_duration=None,
    non_blocking=False,
    icon=None,
    line_width=None,
    font=None,
    no_titlebar=False,
    grab_anywhere=False,
    keep_on_top=False,
    location=(None, None),
    image=None)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
Any *args Variable number of items to display
str title Title to display in the window.
int button_type Determines which pre-defined buttons will be shown (Default value = POPUP_BUTTONS_OK).
Tuple[str, str] button_color button color (foreground, background)
str background_color color of background
str text_color color of the text
bool auto_close if True window will close itself
Union[int, float] auto_close_duration Older versions only accept int. Time in seconds until window will close
bool non_blocking if True the call will immediately return rather than waiting on user input
Union[bytes, str] icon filename or base64 string to be used for the window's icon
int line_width Width of lines in characters
Union[str, Tuple[str, int]] font specifies the font family, size, etc
bool no_titlebar If True no titlebar will be shown
bool grab_anywhere If True: can grab anywhere to move the window (Default = False)
bool keep_on_top If True the window will remain above all current windows
Tuple[int, int] location Location of upper left corner of the window
str) or (bytes image Image to include at the top of the popup window
Union[str, None, TIMEOUT_KEY] RETURN Returns text of the button that was pressed. None will be returned if user closed window with X

Display Popup with Yes and No buttons

PopupYesNo(args=*<1 or N object>,
    title=None,
    button_color=None,
    background_color=None,
    text_color=None,
    auto_close=False,
    auto_close_duration=None,
    non_blocking=False,
    icon=None,
    line_width=None,
    font=None,
    no_titlebar=False,
    grab_anywhere=False,
    keep_on_top=False,
    location=(None, None),
    image=None)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
Any *args Variable number of items to display
str title Title to display in the window.
Tuple[str, str] button_color button color (foreground, background)
str background_color color of background
str text_color color of the text
bool auto_close if True window will close itself
Union[int, float] auto_close_duration Older versions only accept int. Time in seconds until window will close
bool non_blocking if True the call will immediately return rather than waiting on user input
Union[bytes, str] icon filename or base64 string to be used for the window's icon
int line_width Width of lines in characters
Union[str, Tuple[str, int]] font specifies the font family, size, etc
bool no_titlebar If True no titlebar will be shown
bool grab_anywhere If True: can grab anywhere to move the window (Default = False)
bool keep_on_top If True the window will remain above all current windows
Tuple[int, int] location Location of upper left corner of the window
str) or (bytes image Image to include at the top of the popup window
Union["Yes", "No", None] RETURN clicked button

Popups PEP8 Versions

Popup - Display a popup Window with as many parms as you wish to include. This is the GUI equivalent of the "print" statement. It's also great for "pausing" your program's flow until the user can read some error messages.

popup(args=*<1 or N object>,
    title=None,
    button_color=None,
    background_color=None,
    text_color=None,
    button_type=0,
    auto_close=False,
    auto_close_duration=None,
    custom_text=(None, None),
    non_blocking=False,
    icon=None,
    line_width=None,
    font=None,
    no_titlebar=False,
    grab_anywhere=False,
    keep_on_top=False,
    location=(None, None),
    any_key_closes=False,
    image=None)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
Any *args Variable number of your arguments. Load up the call with stuff to see!
str title Optional title for the window. If none provided, the first arg will be used instead.
Union[Tuple[str, str], None] button_color Color of the buttons shown (text color, button color)
str background_color Window's background color
str text_color text color
int button_type NOT USER SET! Determines which pre-defined buttons will be shown (Default value = POPUP_BUTTONS_OK). There are many Popup functions and they call Popup, changing this parameter to get the desired effect.
bool auto_close If True the window will automatically close
int auto_close_duration time in seconds to keep window open before closing it automatically
Union[Tuple[str, str], str] custom_text A string or pair of strings that contain the text to display on the buttons
bool non_blocking If True then will immediately return from the function without waiting for the user's input.
Union[str, bytes] icon icon to display on the window. Same format as a Window call
int line_width Width of lines in characters. Defaults to MESSAGE_BOX_LINE_WIDTH
Union[str, tuple(font name, size, modifiers] font specifies the font family, size, etc
bool no_titlebar If True will not show the frame around the window and the titlebar across the top
bool grab_anywhere If True can grab anywhere to move the window. If no_titlebar is True, grab_anywhere should likely be enabled too
Tuple[int, int] location Location on screen to display the top left corner of window. Defaults to window centered on screen
bool keep_on_top If True the window will remain above all current windows
bool any_key_closes If True then will turn on return_keyboard_events for the window which will cause window to close as soon as any key is pressed. Normally the return key only will close the window. Default is false.
str) or (bytes image Image to include at the top of the popup window
Union[str, None] RETURN Returns text of the button that was pressed. None will be returned if user closed window with X

Show animation one frame at a time. This function has its own internal clocking meaning you can call it at any frequency and the rate the frames of video is shown remains constant. Maybe your frames update every 30 ms but your event loop is running every 10 ms. You don't have to worry about delaying, just call it every time through the loop.

popup_animated(image_source,
    message=None,
    background_color=None,
    text_color=None,
    font=None,
    no_titlebar=True,
    grab_anywhere=True,
    keep_on_top=True,
    location=(None, None),
    alpha_channel=None,
    time_between_frames=0,
    transparent_color=None,
    title="",
    icon=None)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
Union[str, bytes] image_source Either a filename or a base64 string.
str message An optional message to be shown with the animation
str background_color color of background
str text_color color of the text
Union[str, tuple] font specifies the font family, size, etc
bool no_titlebar If True then the titlebar and window frame will not be shown
bool grab_anywhere If True then you can move the window just clicking anywhere on window, hold and drag
bool keep_on_top If True then Window will remain on top of all other windows currently shownn
(int, int) location (x,y) location on the screen to place the top left corner of your window. Default is to center on screen
float alpha_channel Window transparency 0 = invisible 1 = completely visible. Values between are see through
int time_between_frames Amount of time in milliseconds between each frame
str transparent_color This color will be completely see-through in your window. Can even click through
str title Title that will be shown on the window
str icon Same as Window icon parameter. Can be either a filename or Base64 value. For Windows if filename, it MUST be ICO format. For Linux, must NOT be ICO
None RETURN No return value

Display a Popup without a titlebar. Enables grab anywhere so you can move it

popup_annoying(args=*<1 or N object>,
    title=None,
    button_type=0,
    button_color=None,
    background_color=None,
    text_color=None,
    auto_close=False,
    auto_close_duration=None,
    non_blocking=False,
    icon=None,
    line_width=None,
    font=None,
    grab_anywhere=True,
    keep_on_top=False,
    location=(None, None),
    image=None)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
Any *args Variable number of items to display
str title Title to display in the window.
int button_type Determines which pre-defined buttons will be shown (Default value = POPUP_BUTTONS_OK).
Tuple[str, str] button_color button color (foreground, background)
str background_color color of background
str text_color color of the text
bool auto_close if True window will close itself
Union[int, float] auto_close_duration Older versions only accept int. Time in seconds until window will close
bool non_blocking if True the call will immediately return rather than waiting on user input
Union[bytes, str] icon filename or base64 string to be used for the window's icon
int line_width Width of lines in characters
Union[str, Tuple[str, int]] font specifies the font family, size, etc
bool grab_anywhere If True: can grab anywhere to move the window (Default = False)
bool keep_on_top If True the window will remain above all current windows
Tuple[int, int] location Location of upper left corner of the window
str) or (bytes image Image to include at the top of the popup window
Union[str, None, TIMEOUT_KEY] RETURN Returns text of the button that was pressed. None will be returned if user closed window with X

Popup that closes itself after some time period

popup_auto_close(args=*<1 or N object>,
    title=None,
    button_type=0,
    button_color=None,
    background_color=None,
    text_color=None,
    auto_close=True,
    auto_close_duration=None,
    non_blocking=False,
    icon=None,
    line_width=None,
    font=None,
    no_titlebar=False,
    grab_anywhere=False,
    keep_on_top=False,
    location=(None, None),
    image=None)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
Any *args Variable number of items to display
str title Title to display in the window.
int button_type Determines which pre-defined buttons will be shown (Default value = POPUP_BUTTONS_OK).
Tuple[str, str] button_color button color (foreground, background)
str background_color color of background
str text_color color of the text
bool auto_close if True window will close itself
Union[int, float] auto_close_duration Older versions only accept int. Time in seconds until window will close
bool non_blocking if True the call will immediately return rather than waiting on user input
Union[bytes, str] icon filename or base64 string to be used for the window's icon
int line_width Width of lines in characters
Union[str, Tuple[str, int]] font specifies the font family, size, etc
bool no_titlebar If True no titlebar will be shown
bool grab_anywhere If True: can grab anywhere to move the window (Default = False)
bool keep_on_top If True the window will remain above all current windows
Tuple[int, int] location Location of upper left corner of the window
str) or (bytes image Image to include at the top of the popup window
Union[str, None, TIMEOUT_KEY] RETURN Returns text of the button that was pressed. None will be returned if user closed window with X

Display Popup with "cancelled" button text

popup_cancel(args=*<1 or N object>,
    title=None,
    button_color=None,
    background_color=None,
    text_color=None,
    auto_close=False,
    auto_close_duration=None,
    non_blocking=False,
    icon=None,
    line_width=None,
    font=None,
    no_titlebar=False,
    grab_anywhere=False,
    keep_on_top=False,
    location=(None, None),
    image=None)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
Any *args Variable number of items to display
str title Title to display in the window.
Tuple[str, str] button_color button color (foreground, background)
str background_color color of background
str text_color color of the text
bool auto_close if True window will close itself
Union[int, float] auto_close_duration Older versions only accept int. Time in seconds until window will close
bool non_blocking if True the call will immediately return rather than waiting on user input
Union[bytes, str] icon filename or base64 string to be used for the window's icon
int line_width Width of lines in characters
Union[str, Tuple[str, int]] font specifies the font family, size, etc
bool no_titlebar If True no titlebar will be shown
bool grab_anywhere If True: can grab anywhere to move the window (Default = False)
bool keep_on_top If True the window will remain above all current windows
Tuple[int, int] location Location of upper left corner of the window
str) or (bytes image Image to include at the top of the popup window
Union[str, None, TIMEOUT_KEY] RETURN Returns text of the button that was pressed. None will be returned if user closed window with X

Popup with colored button and 'Error' as button text

popup_error(args=*<1 or N object>,
    title=None,
    button_color=(None, None),
    background_color=None,
    text_color=None,
    auto_close=False,
    auto_close_duration=None,
    non_blocking=False,
    icon=None,
    line_width=None,
    font=None,
    no_titlebar=False,
    grab_anywhere=False,
    keep_on_top=False,
    location=(None, None),
    image=None)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
Any *args Variable number of items to display
str title Title to display in the window.
Tuple[str, str] button_color button color (foreground, background)
str background_color color of background
str text_color color of the text
bool auto_close if True window will close itself
Union[int, float] auto_close_duration Older versions only accept int. Time in seconds until window will close
bool non_blocking if True the call will immediately return rather than waiting on user input
Union[bytes, str] icon filename or base64 string to be used for the window's icon
int line_width Width of lines in characters
Union[str, Tuple[str, int]] font specifies the font family, size, etc
bool no_titlebar If True no titlebar will be shown
bool grab_anywhere If True: can grab anywhere to move the window (Default = False)
bool keep_on_top If True the window will remain above all current windows
Tuple[int, int] location Location of upper left corner of the window
str) or (bytes image Image to include at the top of the popup window
Union[str, None, TIMEOUT_KEY] RETURN Returns text of the button that was pressed. None will be returned if user closed window with X

Display a calendar window, get the user's choice, return as a tuple (mon, day, year)

popup_get_date(start_mon=None,
    start_day=None,
    start_year=None,
    begin_at_sunday_plus=0,
    no_titlebar=True,
    title="Choose Date",
    keep_on_top=True,
    location=(None, None),
    close_when_chosen=False,
    icon=None,
    locale=None,
    month_names=None,
    day_abbreviations=None)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
int start_mon The starting month
Union[int, None] start_day The starting day - optional. Set to None or 0 if no date to be chosen at start
int start_year The starting year
int begin_at_sunday_plus Determines the left-most day in the display. 0=sunday, 1=monday, etc
str icon Same as Window icon parameter. Can be either a filename or Base64 value. For Windows if filename, it MUST be ICO format. For Linux, must NOT be ICO
(int, int) location (x,y) location on the screen to place the top left corner of your window. Default is to center on screen
str title Title that will be shown on the window
bool close_when_chosen MIKE_please_add_text_here
str locale locale used to get the day names
bool no_titlebar If True no titlebar will be shown
bool keep_on_top If True the window will remain above all current windows
List[str] month_names optional list of month names to use (should be 12 items)
List[str] day_abbreviations optional list of abbreviations to display as the day of week
None or (int, int, int) RETURN Tuple containing (month, day, year) of chosen date or None if was cancelled

Display popup window with text entry field and browse button so that a file can be chosen by user.

popup_get_file(message,
    title=None,
    default_path="",
    default_extension="",
    save_as=False,
    multiple_files=False,
    file_types=(('ALL Files', '*.*'),),
    no_window=False,
    size=(None, None),
    button_color=None,
    background_color=None,
    text_color=None,
    icon=None,
    font=None,
    no_titlebar=False,
    grab_anywhere=False,
    keep_on_top=False,
    location=(None, None),
    initial_folder=None,
    image=None)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
str message message displayed to user
str title Window title
str default_path path to display to user as starting point (filled into the input field)
str default_extension If no extension entered by user, add this to filename (only used in saveas dialogs)
bool save_as if True, the "save as" dialog is shown which will verify before overwriting
bool multiple_files if True, then allows multiple files to be selected that are returned with ';' between each filename
Tuple[Tuple[str,str]] file_types List of extensions to show using wildcards. All files (the default) = (("ALL Files", "."),)
bool no_window if True, no PySimpleGUI window will be shown. Instead just the tkinter dialog is shown
(int, int) size (width, height) of the InputText Element
Tuple[str, str] button_color Color of the button (text, background)
str background_color background color of the entire window
str text_color color of the text
Union[bytes, str] icon filename or base64 string to be used for the window's icon
Union[str, Tuple[str, int]] font specifies the font family, size, etc
bool no_titlebar If True no titlebar will be shown
bool grab_anywhere If True: can grab anywhere to move the window (Default = False)
bool keep_on_top If True the window will remain above all current windows
Tuple[int, int] location Location of upper left corner of the window
str initial_folder location in filesystem to begin browsing
str) or (bytes image Image to include at the top of the popup window
Union[str, None] RETURN string representing the file(s) chosen, None if cancelled or window closed with X

Display popup with text entry field and browse button so that a folder can be chosen.

popup_get_folder(message,
    title=None,
    default_path="",
    no_window=False,
    size=(None, None),
    button_color=None,
    background_color=None,
    text_color=None,
    icon=None,
    font=None,
    no_titlebar=False,
    grab_anywhere=False,
    keep_on_top=False,
    location=(None, None),
    initial_folder=None,
    image=None)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
str message message displayed to user
str title Window title
str default_path path to display to user as starting point (filled into the input field)
bool no_window if True, no PySimpleGUI window will be shown. Instead just the tkinter dialog is shown
(int, int) size (width, height) of the InputText Element
Tuple[str, str] button_color button color (foreground, background)
str background_color color of background
str text_color color of the text
Union[bytes, str] icon filename or base64 string to be used for the window's icon
Union[str, Tuple[str, int]] font specifies the font family, size, etc
bool no_titlebar If True no titlebar will be shown
bool grab_anywhere If True: can grab anywhere to move the window (Default = False)
bool keep_on_top If True the window will remain above all current windows
Tuple[int, int] location Location of upper left corner of the window
str initial_folder location in filesystem to begin browsing
str) or (bytes image Image to include at the top of the popup window
Union[str, None] RETURN string representing the path chosen, None if cancelled or window closed with X

Display Popup with text entry field. Returns the text entered or None if closed / cancelled

popup_get_text(message,
    title=None,
    default_text="",
    password_char="",
    size=(None, None),
    button_color=None,
    background_color=None,
    text_color=None,
    icon=None,
    font=None,
    no_titlebar=False,
    grab_anywhere=False,
    keep_on_top=False,
    location=(None, None),
    image=None)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
str message message displayed to user
str title Window title
str default_text default value to put into input area
str password_char character to be shown instead of actually typed characters
(int, int) size (width, height) of the InputText Element
Tuple[str, str] button_color Color of the button (text, background)
str background_color background color of the entire window
str text_color color of the message text
Union[bytes, str] icon filename or base64 string to be used for the window's icon
Union[str, Tuple[str, int]] font specifies the font family, size, etc
bool no_titlebar If True no titlebar will be shown
bool grab_anywhere If True can click and drag anywhere in the window to move the window
bool keep_on_top If True the window will remain above all current windows
Tuple[int, int] location (x,y) Location on screen to display the upper left corner of window
str) or (bytes image Image to include at the top of the popup window
Union[str, None] RETURN Text entered or None if window was closed or cancel button clicked

Display a Popup without a titlebar. Enables grab anywhere so you can move it

popup_no_border(args=*<1 or N object>,
    title=None,
    button_type=0,
    button_color=None,
    background_color=None,
    text_color=None,
    auto_close=False,
    auto_close_duration=None,
    non_blocking=False,
    icon=None,
    line_width=None,
    font=None,
    grab_anywhere=True,
    keep_on_top=False,
    location=(None, None),
    image=None)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
Any *args Variable number of items to display
str title Title to display in the window.
int button_type Determines which pre-defined buttons will be shown (Default value = POPUP_BUTTONS_OK).
Tuple[str, str] button_color button color (foreground, background)
str background_color color of background
str text_color color of the text
bool auto_close if True window will close itself
Union[int, float] auto_close_duration Older versions only accept int. Time in seconds until window will close
bool non_blocking if True the call will immediately return rather than waiting on user input
Union[bytes, str] icon filename or base64 string to be used for the window's icon
int line_width Width of lines in characters
Union[str, Tuple[str, int]] font specifies the font family, size, etc
bool grab_anywhere If True: can grab anywhere to move the window (Default = False)
bool keep_on_top If True the window will remain above all current windows
Tuple[int, int] location Location of upper left corner of the window
str) or (bytes image Image to include at the top of the popup window
Union[str, None, TIMEOUT_KEY] RETURN Returns text of the button that was pressed. None will be returned if user closed window with X

Show a Popup but without any buttons

popup_no_buttons(args=*<1 or N object>,
    title=None,
    background_color=None,
    text_color=None,
    auto_close=False,
    auto_close_duration=None,
    non_blocking=False,
    icon=None,
    line_width=None,
    font=None,
    no_titlebar=False,
    grab_anywhere=False,
    keep_on_top=False,
    location=(None, None),
    image=None)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
Any *args Variable number of items to display
str title Title to display in the window.
str background_color color of background
str text_color color of the text
bool auto_close if True window will close itself
Union[int, float] auto_close_duration Older versions only accept int. Time in seconds until window will close
bool non_blocking If True then will immediately return from the function without waiting for the user's input. (Default = False)
Union[bytes, str] icon filename or base64 string to be used for the window's icon
int line_width Width of lines in characters
Union[str, Tuple[str, int]] font specifies the font family, size, etc
bool no_titlebar If True no titlebar will be shown
bool grab_anywhere If True, than can grab anywhere to move the window (Default = False)
Tuple[int, int] location Location of upper left corner of the window
str) or (bytes image Image to include at the top of the popup window
Union[str, None, TIMEOUT_KEY] RETURN Returns text of the button that was pressed. None will be returned if user closed window with X

Display a Popup without a titlebar. Enables grab anywhere so you can move it

popup_no_frame(args=*<1 or N object>,
    title=None,
    button_type=0,
    button_color=None,
    background_color=None,
    text_color=None,
    auto_close=False,
    auto_close_duration=None,
    non_blocking=False,
    icon=None,
    line_width=None,
    font=None,
    grab_anywhere=True,
    keep_on_top=False,
    location=(None, None),
    image=None)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
Any *args Variable number of items to display
str title Title to display in the window.
int button_type Determines which pre-defined buttons will be shown (Default value = POPUP_BUTTONS_OK).
Tuple[str, str] button_color button color (foreground, background)
str background_color color of background
str text_color color of the text
bool auto_close if True window will close itself
Union[int, float] auto_close_duration Older versions only accept int. Time in seconds until window will close
bool non_blocking if True the call will immediately return rather than waiting on user input
Union[bytes, str] icon filename or base64 string to be used for the window's icon
int line_width Width of lines in characters
Union[str, Tuple[str, int]] font specifies the font family, size, etc
bool grab_anywhere If True: can grab anywhere to move the window (Default = False)
bool keep_on_top If True the window will remain above all current windows
Tuple[int, int] location Location of upper left corner of the window
str) or (bytes image Image to include at the top of the popup window
Union[str, None, TIMEOUT_KEY] RETURN Returns text of the button that was pressed. None will be returned if user closed window with X

Display a Popup without a titlebar. Enables grab anywhere so you can move it

popup_no_titlebar(args=*<1 or N object>,
    title=None,
    button_type=0,
    button_color=None,
    background_color=None,
    text_color=None,
    auto_close=False,
    auto_close_duration=None,
    non_blocking=False,
    icon=None,
    line_width=None,
    font=None,
    grab_anywhere=True,
    keep_on_top=False,
    location=(None, None),
    image=None)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
Any *args Variable number of items to display
str title Title to display in the window.
int button_type Determines which pre-defined buttons will be shown (Default value = POPUP_BUTTONS_OK).
Tuple[str, str] button_color button color (foreground, background)
str background_color color of background
str text_color color of the text
bool auto_close if True window will close itself
Union[int, float] auto_close_duration Older versions only accept int. Time in seconds until window will close
bool non_blocking if True the call will immediately return rather than waiting on user input
Union[bytes, str] icon filename or base64 string to be used for the window's icon
int line_width Width of lines in characters
Union[str, Tuple[str, int]] font specifies the font family, size, etc
bool grab_anywhere If True: can grab anywhere to move the window (Default = False)
bool keep_on_top If True the window will remain above all current windows
Tuple[int, int] location Location of upper left corner of the window
str) or (bytes image Image to include at the top of the popup window
Union[str, None, TIMEOUT_KEY] RETURN Returns text of the button that was pressed. None will be returned if user closed window with X

Show Popup window and immediately return (does not block)

popup_no_wait(args=*<1 or N object>,
    title=None,
    button_type=0,
    button_color=None,
    background_color=None,
    text_color=None,
    auto_close=False,
    auto_close_duration=None,
    non_blocking=True,
    icon=None,
    line_width=None,
    font=None,
    no_titlebar=False,
    grab_anywhere=False,
    keep_on_top=False,
    location=(None, None),
    image=None)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
Any *args Variable number of items to display
str title Title to display in the window.
int button_type Determines which pre-defined buttons will be shown (Default value = POPUP_BUTTONS_OK).
Tuple[str, str] button_color button color (foreground, background)
str background_color color of background
str text_color color of the text
bool auto_close if True window will close itself
Union[int, float] auto_close_duration Older versions only accept int. Time in seconds until window will close
bool non_blocking if True the call will immediately return rather than waiting on user input
Union[bytes, str] icon filename or base64 string to be used for the window's icon
int line_width Width of lines in characters
Union[str, Tuple[str, int]] font specifies the font family, size, etc
bool no_titlebar If True no titlebar will be shown
bool grab_anywhere If True: can grab anywhere to move the window (Default = False)
Tuple[int, int] location Location of upper left corner of the window
str) or (bytes image Image to include at the top of the popup window
Union[str, None] RETURN Reason for popup closing

Show Popup window and immediately return (does not block)

popup_non_blocking(args=*<1 or N object>,
    title=None,
    button_type=0,
    button_color=None,
    background_color=None,
    text_color=None,
    auto_close=False,
    auto_close_duration=None,
    non_blocking=True,
    icon=None,
    line_width=None,
    font=None,
    no_titlebar=False,
    grab_anywhere=False,
    keep_on_top=False,
    location=(None, None),
    image=None)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
Any *args Variable number of items to display
str title Title to display in the window.
int button_type Determines which pre-defined buttons will be shown (Default value = POPUP_BUTTONS_OK).
Tuple[str, str] button_color button color (foreground, background)
str background_color color of background
str text_color color of the text
bool auto_close if True window will close itself
Union[int, float] auto_close_duration Older versions only accept int. Time in seconds until window will close
bool non_blocking if True the call will immediately return rather than waiting on user input
Union[bytes, str] icon filename or base64 string to be used for the window's icon
int line_width Width of lines in characters
Union[str, Tuple[str, int]] font specifies the font family, size, etc
bool no_titlebar If True no titlebar will be shown
bool grab_anywhere If True: can grab anywhere to move the window (Default = False)
Tuple[int, int] location Location of upper left corner of the window
str) or (bytes image Image to include at the top of the popup window
Union[str, None] RETURN Reason for popup closing

Displays a "notification window", usually in the bottom right corner of your display. Has an icon, a title, and a message. It is more like a "toaster" window than the normal popups.

The window will slowly fade in and out if desired. Clicking on the window will cause it to move through the end the current "phase". For example, if the window was fading in and it was clicked, then it would immediately stop fading in and instead be fully visible. It's a way for the user to quickly dismiss the window.

The return code specifies why the call is returning (e.g. did the user click the message to dismiss it)

popup_notify(args=*<1 or N object>,
    title="",
    icon=...,
    display_duration_in_ms=3000,
    fade_in_duration=1000,
    alpha=0.9,
    location=None)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
str title Text to be shown at the top of the window in a larger font
str message Text message that makes up the majority of the window
Union[bytes, str] icon A base64 encoded PNG/GIF image or PNG/GIF filename that will be displayed in the window
int display_duration_in_ms Number of milliseconds to show the window
int fade_in_duration Number of milliseconds to fade window in and out
float alpha Alpha channel. 0 - invisible 1 - fully visible
Tuple[int, int] location Location on the screen to display the window
(int) RETURN reason for returning

Display Popup with OK button only

popup_ok(args=*<1 or N object>,
    title=None,
    button_color=None,
    background_color=None,
    text_color=None,
    auto_close=False,
    auto_close_duration=None,
    non_blocking=False,
    icon=None,
    line_width=None,
    font=None,
    no_titlebar=False,
    grab_anywhere=False,
    keep_on_top=False,
    location=(None, None),
    image=None)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
Any *args Variable number of items to display
str title Title to display in the window.
Tuple[str, str] button_color button color (foreground, background)
str background_color color of background
str text_color color of the text
bool auto_close if True window will close itself
Union[int, float] auto_close_duration Older versions only accept int. Time in seconds until window will close
bool non_blocking if True the call will immediately return rather than waiting on user input
Union[bytes, str] icon filename or base64 string to be used for the window's icon
int line_width Width of lines in characters
Union[str, Tuple[str, int]] font specifies the font family, size, etc
bool no_titlebar If True no titlebar will be shown
bool grab_anywhere If True: can grab anywhere to move the window (Default = False)
bool keep_on_top If True the window will remain above all current windows
Tuple[int, int] location Location of upper left corner of the window
str) or (bytes image Image to include at the top of the popup window
Union[str, None, TIMEOUT_KEY] RETURN Returns text of the button that was pressed. None will be returned if user closed window with X

Display popup with OK and Cancel buttons

popup_ok_cancel(args=*<1 or N object>,
    title=None,
    button_color=None,
    background_color=None,
    text_color=None,
    auto_close=False,
    auto_close_duration=None,
    non_blocking=False,
    icon=...,
    line_width=None,
    font=None,
    no_titlebar=False,
    grab_anywhere=False,
    keep_on_top=False,
    location=(None, None),
    image=None)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
Any *args Variable number of items to display
str title Title to display in the window.
Tuple[str, str] button_color button color (foreground, background)
str background_color color of background
str text_color color of the text
bool auto_close if True window will close itself
Union[int, float] auto_close_duration Older versions only accept int. Time in seconds until window will close
bool non_blocking if True the call will immediately return rather than waiting on user input
Union[bytes, str] icon filename or base64 string to be used for the window's icon
int line_width Width of lines in characters
Union[str, Tuple[str, int]] font specifies the font family, size, etc
bool no_titlebar If True no titlebar will be shown
bool grab_anywhere If True: can grab anywhere to move the window (Default = False)
bool keep_on_top If True the window will remain above all current windows
Tuple[int, int] location Location of upper left corner of the window
str) or (bytes image Image to include at the top of the popup window
Union["OK", "Cancel", None] RETURN clicked button

Show Popup box that doesn't block and closes itself

popup_quick(args=*<1 or N object>,
    title=None,
    button_type=0,
    button_color=None,
    background_color=None,
    text_color=None,
    auto_close=True,
    auto_close_duration=2,
    non_blocking=True,
    icon=None,
    line_width=None,
    font=None,
    no_titlebar=False,
    grab_anywhere=False,
    keep_on_top=False,
    location=(None, None),
    image=None)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
Any *args Variable number of items to display
str title Title to display in the window.
int button_type Determines which pre-defined buttons will be shown (Default value = POPUP_BUTTONS_OK).
Tuple[str, str] button_color button color (foreground, background)
str background_color color of background
str text_color color of the text
bool auto_close if True window will close itself
Union[int, float] auto_close_duration Older versions only accept int. Time in seconds until window will close
bool non_blocking if True the call will immediately return rather than waiting on user input
Union[bytes, str] icon filename or base64 string to be used for the window's icon
int line_width Width of lines in characters
Union[str, Tuple[str, int]] font specifies the font family, size, etc
bool no_titlebar If True no titlebar will be shown
bool grab_anywhere If True: can grab anywhere to move the window (Default = False)
bool keep_on_top If True the window will remain above all current windows
Tuple[int, int] location Location of upper left corner of the window
str) or (bytes image Image to include at the top of the popup window
Union[str, None, TIMEOUT_KEY] RETURN Returns text of the button that was pressed. None will be returned if user closed window with X

Show Popup window with no titlebar, doesn't block, and auto closes itself.

popup_quick_message(args=*<1 or N object>,
    title=None,
    button_type=5,
    button_color=None,
    background_color=None,
    text_color=None,
    auto_close=True,
    auto_close_duration=2,
    non_blocking=True,
    icon=None,
    line_width=None,
    font=None,
    no_titlebar=True,
    grab_anywhere=False,
    keep_on_top=False,
    location=(None, None),
    image=None)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
Any *args Variable number of items to display
str title Title to display in the window.
int button_type Determines which pre-defined buttons will be shown (Default value = POPUP_BUTTONS_OK).
Tuple[str, str] button_color button color (foreground, background)
bool keep_on_top If True the window will remain above all current windows
str background_color color of background
str text_color color of the text
bool auto_close if True window will close itself
Union[int, float] auto_close_duration Older versions only accept int. Time in seconds until window will close
bool non_blocking if True the call will immediately return rather than waiting on user input
Union[bytes, str] icon filename or base64 string to be used for the window's icon
int line_width Width of lines in characters
Union[str, Tuple[str, int]] font specifies the font family, size, etc
bool no_titlebar If True no titlebar will be shown
bool grab_anywhere If True: can grab anywhere to move the window (Default = False)
Tuple[int, int] location Location of upper left corner of the window
str) or (bytes image Image to include at the top of the popup window
Union[str, None, TIMEOUT_KEY] RETURN Returns text of the button that was pressed. None will be returned if user closed window with X

Show a scrolled Popup window containing the user's text that was supplied. Use with as many items to print as you want, just like a print statement.

popup_scrolled(args=*<1 or N object>,
    title=None,
    button_color=None,
    background_color=None,
    text_color=None,
    yes_no=False,
    auto_close=False,
    auto_close_duration=None,
    size=(None, None),
    location=(None, None),
    non_blocking=False,
    no_titlebar=False,
    grab_anywhere=False,
    keep_on_top=False,
    font=None,
    image=None)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
Any *args Variable number of items to display
str title Title to display in the window.
Tuple[str, str] button_color button color (foreground, background)
bool yes_no If True, displays Yes and No buttons instead of Ok
bool auto_close if True window will close itself
Union[int, float] auto_close_duration Older versions only accept int. Time in seconds until window will close
(int, int) size (w,h) w=characters-wide, h=rows-high
Tuple[int, int] location Location on the screen to place the upper left corner of the window
bool non_blocking if True the call will immediately return rather than waiting on user input
str background_color color of background
str text_color color of the text
bool no_titlebar If True no titlebar will be shown
bool grab_anywhere If True, than can grab anywhere to move the window (Default = False)
bool keep_on_top If True the window will remain above all current windows
Union[str, Tuple[str, int]] font specifies the font family, size, etc
str) or (bytes image Image to include at the top of the popup window
Union[str, None, TIMEOUT_KEY] RETURN Returns text of the button that was pressed. None will be returned if user closed window with X

Popup that closes itself after some time period

popup_timed(args=*<1 or N object>,
    title=None,
    button_type=0,
    button_color=None,
    background_color=None,
    text_color=None,
    auto_close=True,
    auto_close_duration=None,
    non_blocking=False,
    icon=None,
    line_width=None,
    font=None,
    no_titlebar=False,
    grab_anywhere=False,
    keep_on_top=False,
    location=(None, None),
    image=None)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
Any *args Variable number of items to display
str title Title to display in the window.
int button_type Determines which pre-defined buttons will be shown (Default value = POPUP_BUTTONS_OK).
Tuple[str, str] button_color button color (foreground, background)
str background_color color of background
str text_color color of the text
bool auto_close if True window will close itself
Union[int, float] auto_close_duration Older versions only accept int. Time in seconds until window will close
bool non_blocking if True the call will immediately return rather than waiting on user input
Union[bytes, str] icon filename or base64 string to be used for the window's icon
int line_width Width of lines in characters
Union[str, Tuple[str, int]] font specifies the font family, size, etc
bool no_titlebar If True no titlebar will be shown
bool grab_anywhere If True: can grab anywhere to move the window (Default = False)
bool keep_on_top If True the window will remain above all current windows
Tuple[int, int] location Location of upper left corner of the window
str) or (bytes image Image to include at the top of the popup window
Union[str, None, TIMEOUT_KEY] RETURN Returns text of the button that was pressed. None will be returned if user closed window with X

Display Popup with Yes and No buttons

popup_yes_no(args=*<1 or N object>,
    title=None,
    button_color=None,
    background_color=None,
    text_color=None,
    auto_close=False,
    auto_close_duration=None,
    non_blocking=False,
    icon=None,
    line_width=None,
    font=None,
    no_titlebar=False,
    grab_anywhere=False,
    keep_on_top=False,
    location=(None, None),
    image=None)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
Any *args Variable number of items to display
str title Title to display in the window.
Tuple[str, str] button_color button color (foreground, background)
str background_color color of background
str text_color color of the text
bool auto_close if True window will close itself
Union[int, float] auto_close_duration Older versions only accept int. Time in seconds until window will close
bool non_blocking if True the call will immediately return rather than waiting on user input
Union[bytes, str] icon filename or base64 string to be used for the window's icon
int line_width Width of lines in characters
Union[str, Tuple[str, int]] font specifies the font family, size, etc
bool no_titlebar If True no titlebar will be shown
bool grab_anywhere If True: can grab anywhere to move the window (Default = False)
bool keep_on_top If True the window will remain above all current windows
Tuple[int, int] location Location of upper left corner of the window
str) or (bytes image Image to include at the top of the popup window
Union["Yes", "No", None] RETURN clicked button

Same as popup_scrolled

Show a scrolled Popup window containing the user's text that was supplied. Use with as many items to print as you want, just like a print statement.

sprint(args=*<1 or N object>,
    title=None,
    button_color=None,
    background_color=None,
    text_color=None,
    yes_no=False,
    auto_close=False,
    auto_close_duration=None,
    size=(None, None),
    location=(None, None),
    non_blocking=False,
    no_titlebar=False,
    grab_anywhere=False,
    keep_on_top=False,
    font=None,
    image=None)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
Any *args Variable number of items to display
str title Title to display in the window.
Tuple[str, str] button_color button color (foreground, background)
bool yes_no If True, displays Yes and No buttons instead of Ok
bool auto_close if True window will close itself
Union[int, float] auto_close_duration Older versions only accept int. Time in seconds until window will close
(int, int) size (w,h) w=characters-wide, h=rows-high
Tuple[int, int] location Location on the screen to place the upper left corner of the window
bool non_blocking if True the call will immediately return rather than waiting on user input
str background_color color of background
str text_color color of the text
bool no_titlebar If True no titlebar will be shown
bool grab_anywhere If True, than can grab anywhere to move the window (Default = False)
bool keep_on_top If True the window will remain above all current windows
Union[str, Tuple[str, int]] font specifies the font family, size, etc
str) or (bytes image Image to include at the top of the popup window
Union[str, None, TIMEOUT_KEY] RETURN Returns text of the button that was pressed. None will be returned if user closed window with X

Show a scrolled Popup window containing the user's text that was supplied. Use with as many items to print as you want, just like a print statement.

ScrolledTextBox(args=*<1 or N object>,
    title=None,
    button_color=None,
    background_color=None,
    text_color=None,
    yes_no=False,
    auto_close=False,
    auto_close_duration=None,
    size=(None, None),
    location=(None, None),
    non_blocking=False,
    no_titlebar=False,
    grab_anywhere=False,
    keep_on_top=False,
    font=None,
    image=None)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
Any *args Variable number of items to display
str title Title to display in the window.
Tuple[str, str] button_color button color (foreground, background)
bool yes_no If True, displays Yes and No buttons instead of Ok
bool auto_close if True window will close itself
Union[int, float] auto_close_duration Older versions only accept int. Time in seconds until window will close
(int, int) size (w,h) w=characters-wide, h=rows-high
Tuple[int, int] location Location on the screen to place the upper left corner of the window
bool non_blocking if True the call will immediately return rather than waiting on user input
str background_color color of background
str text_color color of the text
bool no_titlebar If True no titlebar will be shown
bool grab_anywhere If True, than can grab anywhere to move the window (Default = False)
bool keep_on_top If True the window will remain above all current windows
Union[str, Tuple[str, int]] font specifies the font family, size, etc
str) or (bytes image Image to include at the top of the popup window
Union[str, None, TIMEOUT_KEY] RETURN Returns text of the button that was pressed. None will be returned if user closed window with X

PEP8 Function Bindings

Dumps an Object's values as a formatted string. Very nicely done. Great way to display an object's member variables in human form

obj_to_string(obj, extra="    ")

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
Any obj The object to display
str extra extra stuff (Default value = ' ')
(str) RETURN Formatted output of the object's values

Dumps an Object's values as a formatted string. Very nicely done. Great way to display an object's member variables in human form Returns only the top-most object's variables instead of drilling down to dispolay more

obj_to_string_single_obj(obj)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
Any obj The object to display
(str) RETURN Formatted output of the object's values

Settings

Sets the icon which will be used any time a window is created if an icon is not provided when the window is created.

set_global_icon(icon)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
Union[bytes, str] icon Either a Base64 byte string or a filename
None RETURN None
set_options(icon=None,
    button_color=None,
    element_size=(None, None),
    button_element_size=(None, None),
    margins=(None, None),
    element_padding=(None, None),
    auto_size_text=None,
    auto_size_buttons=None,
    font=None,
    border_width=None,
    slider_border_width=None,
    slider_relief=None,
    slider_orientation=None,
    autoclose_time=None,
    message_box_line_width=None,
    progress_meter_border_depth=None,
    progress_meter_style=None,
    progress_meter_relief=None,
    progress_meter_color=None,
    progress_meter_size=None,
    text_justification=None,
    background_color=None,
    element_background_color=None,
    text_element_background_color=None,
    input_elements_background_color=None,
    input_text_color=None,
    scrollbar_color=None,
    text_color=None,
    element_text_color=None,
    debug_win_size=(None, None),
    window_location=(None, None),
    error_button_color=(None, None),
    tooltip_time=None,
    tooltip_font=None,
    use_ttk_buttons=None,
    ttk_theme=None,
    suppress_error_popups=None,
    enable_treeview_869_patch=None)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
Union[bytes, str] icon filename or base64 string to be used for the window's icon
Tuple[str, str] button_color Color of the button (text, background)
(int, int) element_size element size (width, height) in characters
(int, int) button_element_size Size of button
Tuple[int, int] margins (left/right, top/bottom) tkinter margins around outsize. Amount of pixels to leave inside the window's frame around the edges before your elements are shown.
Tuple[int, int] or ((int, int),(int,int)) element_padding Default amount of padding to put around elements in window (left/right, top/bottom) or ((left, right), (top, bottom))
bool auto_size_text True if the Widget should be shrunk to exactly fit the number of chars to show
bool auto_size_buttons True if Buttons in this Window should be sized to exactly fit the text on this.
Union[str, Tuple[str, int]] font specifies the font family, size, etc
int border_width width of border around element
??? slider_border_width ???
??? slider_relief ???
??? slider_orientation ???
??? autoclose_time ???
??? message_box_line_width ???
??? progress_meter_border_depth ???
??? progress_meter_style You can no longer set a progress bar style. All ttk styles must be the same for the window
??? progress_meter_relief
??? progress_meter_color ???
??? progress_meter_size ???
Union['left', 'right', 'center'] text_justification Default text justification for all Text Elements in window
str background_color color of background
str element_background_color element background color
str text_element_background_color text element background color
idk_yetReally input_elements_background_color ???
??? input_text_color ???
??? scrollbar_color ???
str text_color color of the text
??? element_text_color ???
Tuple[int, int] debug_win_size window size
??? window_location (Default = (None))
??? error_button_color (Default = (None))
int tooltip_time time in milliseconds to wait before showing a tooltip. Default is 400ms
str or Tuple[str, int] or Tuple[str, int, str] tooltip_font font to use for all tooltips
bool use_ttk_buttons if True will cause all buttons to be ttk buttons
str ttk_theme Theme to use with ttk widgets. Choices (on Windows) include - 'default', 'winnative', 'clam', 'alt', 'classic', 'vista', 'xpnative'
bool suppress_error_popups If True then error popups will not be shown if generated internally to PySimpleGUI
None RETURN None

Non PEP8 version (same as PEP8 version)

Sets the icon which will be used any time a window is created if an icon is not provided when the window is created.

SetGlobalIcon(icon)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
Union[bytes, str] icon Either a Base64 byte string or a filename
None RETURN None
SetOptions(icon=None,
    button_color=None,
    element_size=(None, None),
    button_element_size=(None, None),
    margins=(None, None),
    element_padding=(None, None),
    auto_size_text=None,
    auto_size_buttons=None,
    font=None,
    border_width=None,
    slider_border_width=None,
    slider_relief=None,
    slider_orientation=None,
    autoclose_time=None,
    message_box_line_width=None,
    progress_meter_border_depth=None,
    progress_meter_style=None,
    progress_meter_relief=None,
    progress_meter_color=None,
    progress_meter_size=None,
    text_justification=None,
    background_color=None,
    element_background_color=None,
    text_element_background_color=None,
    input_elements_background_color=None,
    input_text_color=None,
    scrollbar_color=None,
    text_color=None,
    element_text_color=None,
    debug_win_size=(None, None),
    window_location=(None, None),
    error_button_color=(None, None),
    tooltip_time=None,
    tooltip_font=None,
    use_ttk_buttons=None,
    ttk_theme=None,
    suppress_error_popups=None,
    enable_treeview_869_patch=None)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
Union[bytes, str] icon filename or base64 string to be used for the window's icon
Tuple[str, str] button_color Color of the button (text, background)
(int, int) element_size element size (width, height) in characters
(int, int) button_element_size Size of button
Tuple[int, int] margins (left/right, top/bottom) tkinter margins around outsize. Amount of pixels to leave inside the window's frame around the edges before your elements are shown.
Tuple[int, int] or ((int, int),(int,int)) element_padding Default amount of padding to put around elements in window (left/right, top/bottom) or ((left, right), (top, bottom))
bool auto_size_text True if the Widget should be shrunk to exactly fit the number of chars to show
bool auto_size_buttons True if Buttons in this Window should be sized to exactly fit the text on this.
Union[str, Tuple[str, int]] font specifies the font family, size, etc
int border_width width of border around element
??? slider_border_width ???
??? slider_relief ???
??? slider_orientation ???
??? autoclose_time ???
??? message_box_line_width ???
??? progress_meter_border_depth ???
??? progress_meter_style You can no longer set a progress bar style. All ttk styles must be the same for the window
??? progress_meter_relief
??? progress_meter_color ???
??? progress_meter_size ???
Union['left', 'right', 'center'] text_justification Default text justification for all Text Elements in window
str background_color color of background
str element_background_color element background color
str text_element_background_color text element background color
idk_yetReally input_elements_background_color ???
??? input_text_color ???
??? scrollbar_color ???
str text_color color of the text
??? element_text_color ???
Tuple[int, int] debug_win_size window size
??? window_location (Default = (None))
??? error_button_color (Default = (None))
int tooltip_time time in milliseconds to wait before showing a tooltip. Default is 400ms
str or Tuple[str, int] or Tuple[str, int, str] tooltip_font font to use for all tooltips
bool use_ttk_buttons if True will cause all buttons to be ttk buttons
str ttk_theme Theme to use with ttk widgets. Choices (on Windows) include - 'default', 'winnative', 'clam', 'alt', 'classic', 'vista', 'xpnative'
bool suppress_error_popups If True then error popups will not be shown if generated internally to PySimpleGUI
None RETURN None

The Test Harness

Used to test the installation, get information about the versions, upgrade from GitHub

The PySimpleGUI "Test Harness". This is meant to be a super-quick test of the Elements.

main()

The PySimpleGUI "Test Harness". This is meant to be a super-quick test of the Elements.

test()

Debugger

Shows the smaller "popout" window. Default location is the upper right corner of your screen

show_debugger_popout_window(location=(None, None), args=*<1 or N object>)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
Tuple[int, int] location Locations (x,y) on the screen to place upper left corner of the window
None RETURN None

Shows the large main debugger window

show_debugger_window(location=(None, None), args=*<1 or N object>)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
Tuple[int, int] location Locations (x,y) on the screen to place upper left corner of the window
None RETURN None

Themes

Sets / Gets the current Theme. If none is specified then returns the current theme. This call replaces the ChangeLookAndFeel / change_look_and_feel call which only sets the theme.

theme(new_theme=None)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
str new_theme the new theme name to use
(str) RETURN the currently selected theme

Add a new theme to the dictionary of themes

theme_add_new(new_theme_name, new_theme_dict)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
str new_theme_name text to display in eleemnt
dict new_theme_dict text to display in eleemnt

Sets/Returns the background color currently in use Used for Windows and containers (Column, Frame, Tab) and tables

theme_background_color(color=None)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
str color new background color to use (optional)
(str) RETURN color string of the background color currently in use

Sets/Returns the border width currently in use Used by non ttk elements at the moment

theme_border_width(border_width=None) -> (int) - border width currently in use    

Sets/Returns the button color currently in use

theme_button_color(color=None) -> Tuple[str, str] - TUPLE with color strings of the button color currently in use (button text color, button background color)    

Sets/Returns the background color currently in use for all elements except containers

theme_element_background_color(color=None) -> (str) - color string of the element background color currently in use    

Sets/Returns the text color used by elements that have text as part of their display (Tables, Trees and Sliders)

theme_element_text_color(color=None) -> (str) - color string currently in use    

Sets/Returns the input element background color currently in use

theme_input_background_color(color=None) -> (str) - color string of the input element background color currently in use    

Sets/Returns the input element entry color (not the text but the thing that's displaying the text)

theme_input_text_color(color=None) -> (str) - color string of the input element color currently in use    

Returns a sorted list of the currently available color themes

theme_list() -> List[str] - A sorted list of the currently available color themes    

Show a window with all of the color themes - takes a while so be patient

theme_previewer(columns=12)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
int columns number of themes in a single row

Sets/Returns the progress meter border width currently in use

theme_progress_bar_border_width(border_width=None) -> (int) - border width currently in use    

Sets/Returns the progress bar colors by the current color theme

theme_progress_bar_color(color=None) -> Tuple[str, str] - TUPLE with color strings of the ProgressBar color currently in use(button text color, button background color)    

Sets/Returns the slider border width currently in use

theme_slider_border_width(border_width=None) -> (int) - border width currently in use    

Sets/Returns the slider color (used for sliders)

theme_slider_color(color=None) -> (str) - color string of the slider color currently in use    

Sets/Returns the text color currently in use

theme_text_color(color=None) -> (str) - color string of the text color currently in use    

Sets/Returns the background color for text elements

theme_text_element_background_color(color=None) -> (str) - color string of the text background color currently in use    

Misc

Fills a window with values provided in a values dictionary { element_key : new_value }

FillFormWithValues(window, values_dict)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
Window window The window object to fill
(Dict[Any:Any]) values_dict A dictionary with element keys as key and value is values parm for Update call
None RETURN None

Fills a window with values provided in a values dictionary { element_key : new_value }

fill_form_with_values(window, values_dict)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
Window window The window object to fill
(Dict[Any:Any]) values_dict A dictionary with element keys as key and value is values parm for Update call
None RETURN None

Old Themes (Look and Feel) - Replaced by theme()

Change the "color scheme" of all future PySimpleGUI Windows. The scheme are string names that specify a group of colors. Background colors, text colors, button colors. There are 13 different color settings that are changed at one time using a single call to ChangeLookAndFeel The look and feel table itself has these indexes into the dictionary LOOK_AND_FEEL_TABLE. The original list was (prior to a major rework and renaming)... these names still work... In Nov 2019 a new Theme Formula was devised to make choosing a theme easier: The "Formula" is: ["Dark" or "Light"] Color Number Colors can be Blue Brown Grey Green Purple Red Teal Yellow Black The number will vary for each pair. There are more DarkGrey entries than there are LightYellow for example. Default = The default settings (only button color is different than system default) Default1 = The full system default including the button (everything's gray... how sad... don't be all gray... please....)

ChangeLookAndFeel(index, force=False)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
str index the name of the index into the Look and Feel table (does not have to be exact, can be "fuzzy")
bool force no longer used
None RETURN None

Get a list of the valid values to pass into your call to change_look_and_feel

ListOfLookAndFeelValues() -> list of valid string values    

Displays a "Quick Reference Window" showing all of the different Look and Feel settings that are available. They are sorted alphabetically. The legacy color names are mixed in, but otherwise they are sorted into Dark and Light halves

preview_all_look_and_feel_themes(columns=12)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
int columns The number of themes to display per row
None RETURN None

Get a list of the valid values to pass into your call to change_look_and_feel

list_of_look_and_feel_values() -> list of valid string values    

Change the "color scheme" of all future PySimpleGUI Windows. The scheme are string names that specify a group of colors. Background colors, text colors, button colors. There are 13 different color settings that are changed at one time using a single call to ChangeLookAndFeel The look and feel table itself has these indexes into the dictionary LOOK_AND_FEEL_TABLE. The original list was (prior to a major rework and renaming)... these names still work... In Nov 2019 a new Theme Formula was devised to make choosing a theme easier: The "Formula" is: ["Dark" or "Light"] Color Number Colors can be Blue Brown Grey Green Purple Red Teal Yellow Black The number will vary for each pair. There are more DarkGrey entries than there are LightYellow for example. Default = The default settings (only button color is different than system default) Default1 = The full system default including the button (everything's gray... how sad... don't be all gray... please....)

change_look_and_feel(index, force=False)

Parameter Descriptions:

Type Name Meaning
str index the name of the index into the Look and Feel table (does not have to be exact, can be "fuzzy")
bool force no longer used
None RETURN None