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Simple dialog with Python and Gtk

Project description

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python-zenity

python-zenity is a library for python wich inspired by Zenity. When you write scripts, you can use python-zenity to create simple dialogs that interact graphically with the user.

Requirements

  • Python 2.x (x>6)

  • PyGTK

Installation

Install using pip :

$ pip install python-zenity

Or clone the repo :

$ git clone http://github.org/poulp/python-zenity.git
$ cd python-zenity/
$ python setup.py install

Example

Simple dialog :

from pythonzenity import Calendar
result = Calendar(title="Awesome Calendar",text_info="Your birthday ?")
print result

This code show a calendar dialog :

http://i.imgbox.com/abfd26Vb.png

And display the result :

$ python test.py
$ (2013, 7, 8)

Usage

All the widgets have some common parameters :

Param

Description

Type

title

title of the window

string

width

window width

int

height

window height

int

timeout

in millisecond

int

Example :

Message(title="Close in 5 seconds !", width=800, height=600, timeout=5000)

Widgets

Message

Display a simple message

Param

Description

Type

text

text inside the window

string

Example :

Message(text="Message in the bottle")

Error

Display a simple message as an error

Param

Description

Type

text

text inside the window

string

Example :

Error(text="Something wrong!")

Warning

Display a simple message as an warning

Param

Description

Type

text

text inside the window

string

Example :

Warning(text="This operation will delete your computer from the universe")

Question

Display a question, possible answer are yes/no. Return the answer as a boolean

Param

Description

Type

text

text inside the window

string

Example :

Question(text="Are you in love with me ?")

Entry

Display a text input, return value as a string

Param

Description

Type

text

text inside the window

string

entry_text

placeholder for the input

string

Example :

Entry(text="1 + 1 ?", entry_text="2")

Password

Display a text input with hidden characters, return value as a string.

Param

Description

Type

text

text inside the window

string

entry_text

placeholder for the input

string

Example :

Password(text="Need to be authenticated : ")

Calendar

Param

Description

Type

text_info

text inside the window

string

day

default day

int

month

default month

int

File selection

Open a file selection window, return path of files selected.

Param

Description

Type

multiple

multilple file selection, return a list of files

boolean

directory

only directory selection

boolean

save

save mode

boolean

confir_overwrite

confirm when a file is overwritten

boolean

filename

placeholder for the filename

string

Example :

FileSelection(multiple=True)

Scale

Param

Description

Type

text_info

text inside the window

string

value

current value

int

min

minimum value

int

max

maximum value

int

step

incrementation value

int

draw_value

hide/show cursor value

boolean

Example :

Scale(value=50, min=10, max=110, step=10)

Color selection

Param

Description

Type

show_palette

hide/show the palette

boolean

Example :

ColorSelection(show_palette=True)

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