I'm very new to Kivy, and even python so I dont have the best of skills. I have a .py file to run everything from my .kv file. I want to add an effect where a widget is highlighted when you hover on it. I found some stuff on github, changed it up to what I want but I cant figure out how to put it in my original and make it work for what I already had. So basically I need help putting the hover stuff into my python file. Its probably an easy answer but again, I'm new to this...
The stuff I need to put into the file...
class HoverBehavior(object):
hovered = BooleanProperty(False)
border_point = ObjectProperty(None)
def __init__(self, **kwargs):
self.register_event_type('on_enter')
self.register_event_type('on_leave')
Window.bind(mouse_pos=self.on_mouse_pos)
super(HoverBehavior, self).__init__(**kwargs)
def on_mouse_pos(self, *args):
if not self.get_root_window():
return # do proceed if I'm not displayed <=> If have no parent
pos = args[1]
#Next line to_widget allow to compensate for relative layout
inside = self.collide_point(*self.to_widget(*pos))
if self.hovered == inside:
#We have already done what was needed
return
self.border_point = pos
self.hovered = inside
Factory.register('HoverBehavior', HoverBehavior)
class HoverLabel(Label, HoverBehavior):
def on_enter(self, *args):
pass
def on_leave(self, *args):
pass
Builder.load_string('''
<HoverLabel>:
text: "inside"
pos: 200,200
size_hint: None, None
size: 100, 30
canvas.before:
Color:
rgb: 1,0,1 if self.hovered else 0,0,0
Rectangle:
size: self.size
pos: self.pos
''')
if __name__ == '__main__':
fl = FloatLayout()
fl.add_widget(HoverLabel())
runTouchApp(fl)
And my python file:
class VgxMainScreen(Widget):
pass
class VgxUI(Widget):
pass
class CanvasWidget(ButtonBehavior, Label):
pass
class KivyGuiApp(App):
def build(self):
return VgxUI()
if __name__ == '__main__':
KivyGuiApp().run()
Here is a "somewhat" more organized code of your example (plus some things you missed from the original code)
class HoverBehavior(object):
hovered = BooleanProperty(False)
border_point = ObjectProperty(None)
def __init__(self, **kwargs):
self.register_event_type('on_enter')
self.register_event_type('on_leave')
Window.bind(mouse_pos=self.on_mouse_pos)
super(HoverBehavior, self).__init__(**kwargs)
def on_mouse_pos(self, *args):
if not self.get_root_window():
return # do proceed if I'm not displayed <=> If have no parent
pos = args[1]
# Next line to_widget allow to compensate for relative layout
inside = self.collide_point(*self.to_widget(*pos))
if self.hovered == inside:
return # We have already done what was needed
self.border_point = pos
self.hovered = inside
if inside:
self.dispatch("on_enter")
else:
self.dispatch("on_leave")
Factory.register('HoverBehavior', HoverBehavior)
Builder.load_string("""
<VgxMainScreen>:
HoverLabel:
text: "1st label"
pos: 200,200
HoverLabel:
text: "2nd label"
pos: 400,200
<HoverLabel>:
text: "inside"
size_hint: None, None
size: 100, 30
canvas.before:
Color:
rgb: 1,0,1 if self.hovered else 0,0,0
Rectangle:
size: self.size
pos: self.pos
""")
class HoverLabel(HoverBehavior, Label):
def on_enter(self, *args):
pass
def on_leave(self, *args):
pass
class VgxMainScreen(Widget):
pass
class KivyGuiApp(App):
def build(self):
return VgxMainScreen()
if __name__ == '__main__':
KivyGuiApp().run()
If your HoverLabel code is in a file named hoverlabel.py in the same folder as your current python file, you can just add:
from hoverlabel import HoverLabel
at the top of your python file.
Immediately after the super() function is called, it creates a duplicate WidgetClass instance.
My understanding of the super() I've used is that it refers to the EditImageLayout class to inherit from. To this end I've tried to implement different variations of the super() but admittedly I'm only guessing at this stage.
Updated to full working, I've cut out a few hundred lines
Run as > OK > Select an Image > Open > Crop (dual instances start running here)
App_R3App.py
from kivy.uix.boxlayout import BoxLayout
from kivy.uix.floatlayout import FloatLayout
from kivy.lang import Builder
from kivy.app import App
from kivy.uix.screenmanager import ScreenManager, Screen
from kivy.uix.widget import Widget
from kivy.graphics import Line, Color
from kivy.properties import NumericProperty, ObjectProperty, StringProperty, ListProperty
from kivy.uix.image import Image
import io
from kivy.core.image import Image as CoreImageKivy
from kivy.uix.bubble import Bubble
from kivy.core.window import Window
__version__ = '0.1'
class FirstScreen(Screen):
pass
class SecondScreen(Screen):
def hl(self, image_address):
self.new_image_address = image_address # for the sake of this
self.callback_image(self.new_image_address, image_address, "Auto-cropped image")
def callback_image(self, new_image_address_tmp, image_address_tmp, title):
if new_image_address_tmp:
third_screen = self.manager.get_screen("_third_screen_")
new_image_address_tmp = [k.replace("\\", "/") for k in new_image_address_tmp]
third_screen.callback_image(new_image_address_tmp[0], image_address_tmp[0], title)
class ThirdScreen(Screen, BoxLayout):
# class attribute references
image_size = (0, 0)
image_pos = (0, 0)
image_address = ""
new_image_address = ""
title = "Upload"
rect_box = ObjectProperty(None)
t_x = NumericProperty(0.0)
t_y = NumericProperty(0.0)
x1 = y1 = x2 = y2 = NumericProperty(0.0)
def __init__(self, **kwargs):
super(ThirdScreen, self).__init__(**kwargs)
pass
def callback_image(self, new_image_address, image_address, title):
sm.current = "_third_screen_"
self.new_image_address = new_image_address
self.image_address = image_address
self.title = title
self.ids.main_image.source = self.new_image_address
self.ids.main_title.text = self.title
def enable_cropping(self):
# overwrite class attributes
ThirdScreen.image_address = self.image_address
ThirdScreen.new_image_address = self.new_image_address
print("enable_cropping")
sm.current = "_edit_image_screen_"
return True
class EditImageScreen(Screen):
def __init__(self, **kwargs):
print("EditImageScreen")
super(EditImageScreen, self).__init__(**kwargs)
self.layout = None
def on_pre_enter(self):
print("on_pre_enter")
self.layout = EditImageLayout()
self.add_widget(self.layout)
class EditImageLayout(FloatLayout):
color_button = ListProperty([1, .3, .4, 1])
button_color = ListProperty([0, 0, 0, 1])
rectangle_selector = ObjectProperty()
text_size_rectangle = ObjectProperty()
image_layout = ObjectProperty()
bubble_buttons = ObjectProperty()
bubble_buttons_undo_confirm = ObjectProperty()
def __init__(self, **kwargs):
print("EditImageLayout")
self.sm = kwargs.pop('sm', None)
self.crop_image_screen = kwargs.pop('crop_image_screen', None)
# This is where the problem occurs
super(EditImageLayout, self).__init__(**kwargs)
self.rectangle_selector.bind(size_selected=self.on_change_size_rectangle_selector)
self.rectangle_selector.bind(size_selected_temp=self.update_text_size_rectangle)
self.bind(on_touch_down=self.bubble_buttons.hide)
self.bubble_buttons.resize_button.bind(on_press=self.on_press_resize_button)
self.bubble_buttons_undo_confirm.undo_button.bind(on_press=self.on_press_undo_button)
self.bubble_buttons_undo_confirm.confirm_button.bind(on_press=self.on_press_confirm_button)
def on_change_size_rectangle_selector(self, instance, size_selected):
print("on_change_size_rectangle_selector")
if not self.rectangle_selector.tap_not_draw_a_line():
self.bubble_buttons.show()
else:
self.text_size_rectangle.text = ''
def on_press_resize_button(self, instance):
print("on_press_resize_button")
self.image_layout.resize_image(width=self.rectangle_selector.size_selected[0],
height=self.rectangle_selector.size_selected[1])
self.rectangle_selector.delete_line()
self.text_size_rectangle.text = ''
self.bubble_buttons_undo_confirm.show()
def on_press_undo_button(self, instance):
print("on_press_undo_button")
size = self.image_layout.old_size
self.image_layout.resize_image(width=size[0], height=size[1])
self.bubble_buttons_undo_confirm.hide()
def on_press_confirm_button(self, instance):
print("on_press_confirm_button")
self.bubble_buttons_undo_confirm.hide()
def update_text_size_rectangle(self, instance, size):
print("update_text_size_rectangle")
self.text_size_rectangle.text = str('({0}, {1})'.format(int(size[0]), int(size[1])))
class ImageLayout(Image):
image = ObjectProperty()
path_image = StringProperty('image_tmp.jpg')
path_image_tmp = StringProperty('image_tmp.jpg')
old_size = ListProperty([0, 0])
def __init__(self, **kwargs):
print("ImageLayout")
super(ImageLayout, self).__init__(**kwargs)
self.path_image = ThirdScreen.image_address
self.image = CoreImage(self.path_image,
data=io.BytesIO(open(self.path_image, "rb").read()),
ext=self.path_image[self.path_image.rfind('.') + 1::])
self.source = self.path_image
def resize_image(self, width, height, pos_x=None, pos_y=None):
pos_x, pos_y = abs(Window.width - width)/2 , abs(Window.height - height)/2
self.image.resize(self.path_image,
self.path_image_tmp,
int(width),
int(height))
self.source = self.path_image_tmp
self.pos = pos_x, pos_y
self.old_size = self.size
self.size = width, height
self.reload()
class CoreImage(CoreImageKivy):
def __init__(self, arg, **kwargs):
print("CoreImage")
super(CoreImage, self).__init__(arg, **kwargs)
def resize(self, fname, fname_scaled, width, height):
try:
img = Image.open(fname)
except Exception as e:
print('Exception: ', e)
return
img = img.resize((width, height), Image.ANTIALIAS)
try:
img.save(fname_scaled)
except Exception as e:
print('Exception: ', e)
return
class TouchSelector(Widget):
# Points of Line object
Ax = NumericProperty(0)
Ay = NumericProperty(0)
Bx = NumericProperty(0)
By = NumericProperty(0)
Cx = NumericProperty(0)
Cy = NumericProperty(0)
Dx = NumericProperty(0)
Dy = NumericProperty(0)
# Object line
line = ObjectProperty()
# List of line objects drawn
list_lines_in_image = ListProperty([])
# Size of the selected rectangle
size_selected = ListProperty([0, 0])
# Size previous of the selected rectangle
size_selected_previous = ListProperty([0, 0])
# Size temporary of the selected rectangle
size_selected_temp = ListProperty([0, 0])
# Line Color and width
line_color = ListProperty([0.2, 1, 1, 1])
line_width = NumericProperty(1)
# First tap in TouchSelector
first_tap = True
def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
super(TouchSelector, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
self.bind(list_lines_in_image=self.remove_old_line)
def on_touch_up(self, touch): # on button up
self.size_selected = abs(self.Cx - self.Dx), abs(self.Cy - self.By)
self.size_selected_previous = self.size_selected
print(self.Dx, self.Dy, self.Cx, self.Cy)
def on_touch_down(self, touch):
with self.canvas:
Color(self.line_color)
# Save initial tap position
self.Ax, self.Ay = self.first_touch_x, self.first_touch_y = touch.x, touch.y
# Initilize positions to save
self.Bx, self.By = 0, 0
self.Cx, self.Cy = 0, 0
self.Dx, self.Dy = 0, 0
# Create initial point with touch x and y postions.
self.line = Line(points=([self.Ax, self.Ay]), width=self.line_width, joint='miter', joint_precision=30)
# Save the created line
self.list_lines_in_image.append(self.line)
print("on_touch_down")
def remove_old_line(self, instance=None, list_lines=None):
if len(self.list_lines_in_image) > 1:
self.delete_line()
def delete_line(self, pos=0):
try:
self.list_lines_in_image.pop(pos).points = []
except:
pass
def on_touch_move(self, touch):
# Assign the position of the touch at the point C
self.Cx, self.Cy = touch.x, touch.y
# There are two known points A (starting point) and C (endpoint)
# Assign the positions x and y known of the points
self.Bx, self.By = self.Cx, self.Ay
self.Dx, self.Dy = self.Ax, self.Cy
# Assign points positions to the last line created
self.line.points = [self.Ax, self.Ay,
self.Bx, self.By,
self.Cx, self.Cy,
self.Dx, self.Dy,
self.Ax, self.Ay]
self.size_selected_temp = abs(self.Cx - self.Dx), abs(self.Cy - self.By)
def tap_not_draw_a_line(self):
return (self.size_selected[0] == 0 and self.size_selected[1] == 0)
class BaseBubbleButtons(Bubble):
def __init__(self, **kwargs):
super(BaseBubbleButtons, self).__init__(**kwargs)
def hide(self, instance=None, value=None):
self.opacity = 0
def show(self, instance=None, value=None):
self.opacity = 1
class BubbleButtons(BaseBubbleButtons):
resize_button = ObjectProperty()
cut_button = ObjectProperty()
rotate_button = ObjectProperty()
class BubbleButtonsUndoConfirm(BaseBubbleButtons):
undo_button = ObjectProperty()
confirm_button = ObjectProperty()
class App_R3App(App):
Builder.load_file('App_R3.kv')
def build(self):
return sm
def on_start(self):
return True
def on_pause(self):
return True
def on_resume(self):
return True
def on_stop(self):
return True
if __name__ == '__main__':
# Create the screen manager
sm = ScreenManager()
sm.add_widget(FirstScreen(name='_first_screen_'))
sm.add_widget(SecondScreen(name='_second_screen_'))
sm.add_widget(ThirdScreen(name='_third_screen_'))
sm.add_widget(EditImageScreen(name='_edit_image_screen_'))
App_R3App().run()
App_R3.kv
#:import Window kivy.core.window.Window
<MyScreenManager>:
FirstScreen:
id: first_screen
SecondScreen:
id: second_screen
ThirdScreen:
id: third_screen
EditImageScreen:
id: edit_image_screen
<FirstScreen>:
name: '_first_screen_'
BoxLayout:
orientation: "horizontal"
Label:
id: first_screen_label
text: "Hi, I'm the home page"
BoxLayout:
orientation: "vertical"
Button:
text: "Okay!"
on_press: root.manager.current = '_second_screen_'
Button:
text: "Cancel!"
on_press: app.stop()
<SecondScreen>:
name: '_second_screen_'
id: file_chooser
BoxLayout:
id: file_chooser_box_layout
orientation: "horizontal"
Button
text: "Open"
on_press: root.hl(file_chooser_list_view.selection)
FileChooserListView:
id: file_chooser_list_view
<ThirdScreen>:
name: '_third_screen_'
id: third_screen
xx1: root.x1
yy1: root.y1
tt_x: root.t_x
tt_y: root.t_y
BoxLayout:
orientation: "vertical"
id: third_screen_boxlayout
Label:
id: main_title
text: root.title
size_hint: (1, 0.1)
BoxLayout:
id: image_box_layout
# limits the box layout to the position of the image
Image:
id: main_image
source: root.image_address
pos_hint: {'center_x': 0.5, 'center_y': 0.5}
BoxLayout:
id: button_boxlayout
orientation: "horizontal"
padding: 10
size_hint: (1, 0.15)
Button:
id: accept_button
text: "Okay"
size_hint: (0.33, 1)
on_press: root.image_accepted_by_user(root.image_address)
Button:
id: crop_button
text: "Crop"
size_hint: (0.33, 1)
on_press: root.enable_cropping()
Button:
id: cancel_button
text: "Cancel"
size_hint: (0.33, 1)
on_press: root.manager.current = '_first_screen_'
<EditImageLayout>:
rectangle_selector: rectangle_selector
text_size_rectangle: text_size_rectangle
image_layout: image_layout
bubble_buttons: bubble_buttons
bubble_buttons_undo_confirm: bubble_buttons_undo_confirm
canvas.before:
Color:
rgba: (1, 1, 1, 0.2)
Rectangle:
pos: self.pos
size: Window.width, Window.height
Label:
id: text_size_rectangle
pos_hint_x: None
pos_hint_y: None
pos: Window.width*.45, Window.height*.45
color: (1, 1, 1, 1)
ImageLayout:
id: image_layout
size: Window.width*.8, Window.height*.8
pos: Window.width*.1, Window.height*.1
size_hint: None, None
pos_hint_x: None
pos_hint_y: None
TouchSelector:
id: rectangle_selector
BubbleButtons:
id: bubble_buttons
size_hint: (None, None)
size: (200, 40)
pos_hint_x: None
pos_hint_y: None
pos: Window.width*.4, Window.height*.1
opacity: 0
arrow_pos: 'top_mid'
BubbleButtonsUndoConfirm:
id: bubble_buttons_undo_confirm
size_hint: (None, None)
size: (200, 40)
pos_hint_x: None
pos_hint_y: None
pos: Window.width*.4, Window.height*.9
opacity: 0
arrow_pos: 'top_mid'
<BubbleButtons>:
resize_button: resize_button
cut_button: cut_button
rotate_button: rotate_button
BubbleButton:
id: resize_button
text: 'Resize'
BubbleButton:
id: cut_button
text: 'Cut'
BubbleButton:
id: rotate_button
text: 'Rotate'
<BubbleButtonsUndoConfirm>:
undo_button: undo_button
confirm_button: confirm_button
BubbleButton:
id: undo_button
text: 'Undo'
BubbleButton:
id: confirm_button
text: 'Confirm'
Console output, aka what the code prints (you can see that ImageLayout and CoreImage run twice)
EditImageScreen
enable_cropping
on_pre_enter
EditImageLayout
ImageLayout
CoreImage
ImageLayout
CoreImage
What I suspect is happening is that the super() is calling the base class EditImageLayout, the static elements of that base class are calling the .kv file and initating the ImageLayout and CoreImage classes from there. At the same time, "self" goes into action and does the exact same thing. This causes trouble later on when I implement on_touch_down over it (on_touch_down then appears twice, etc. )
Problem
ImageLayout and CoreImage were called twice.
[INFO ] [GL ] Unpack subimage support is available
enable_cropping
on_pre_enter
EditImageLayout
ImageLayout
CoreImage
ImageLayout
CoreImage
[INFO ] [Base ] Leaving application in progress...
Process finished with exit code 0
Root Cause
The double calls to ImageLayout and CoreImage were due to two kv files, App_R3.kv and app_r3.kv present as shown in the screen shots below. In the application, the app class is App_R3App(App): and it is using Builder.load_file('App_R3.kv') to load kv code into application.
Solution
Remove kv file, app_r3.kv. In the example, we renamed it to app_r3-off.kv
Kv language » How to load KV
There are two ways to load Kv code into your application:
By name convention:
Kivy looks for a Kv file with the same name as your App class in
lowercase, minus “App” if it ends with ‘App’ e.g:
MyApp -> my.kv
If this file defines a Root Widget it will be attached to the App’s
root attribute and used as the base of the application widget tree.
By Builder:
You can tell Kivy to directly load a string or a file. If this string
or file defines a root widget, it will be returned by the method:
Builder.load_file('path/to/file.kv')
or:
Builder.load_string(kv_string)
Recommendations
Since class rule, <MyScreenManager>: is defined in your kv file, you should use it rather than define sm = ScreenManager() in your Python code. On top of that, keep the view/design separate.
kv file
Add missing class rule for EditImageScreen.
<EditImageScreen>:
name: '_edit_image_screen_'
<EditImageLayout>:
Python code
Add class definition for MyScreenManager
In build() method, replace return sm with return MyScreenManager()
Before App_R3().run(), remove all references to sm
Since each screen has by default a property manager that gives you the instance of the ScreenManager used. In callback_image() and enable_cropping() methods, replace sm.current with self.manager.current
In __init__() method of EditImageLayout() class, remove self.sm = kwargs.pop('sm', None). If you need to access the root/ScreenManager, use sm = App.get_running_app().root
Snippet
class MyScreenManager(ScreenManager):
pass
...
def callback_image(self, new_image_address, image_address, title):
self.manager.current = "_third_screen_"
self.new_image_address = new_image_address
...
def enable_cropping(self):
...
print("enable_cropping")
self.manager.current = "_edit_image_screen_"
...
def __init__(self, **kwargs):
print("EditImageLayout")
self.crop_image_screen = kwargs.pop('crop_image_screen', None)
...
class App_R3App(App):
def build(self):
return MyScreenManager()
if __name__ == '__main__':
App_R3App().run()
ScreenManager » Basic Usage
Each screen has by default a property manager that gives you the
instance of the ScreenManager used.
I'm trying to convert this kv code into my own class
<BaseScreen>: # This is GridLayout
cols: 4
rows: 4
padding: 25
Button:
size_hint_x: None
size_hint_y: None
Image:
source: "business_bookcover.png"
x: self.parent.x
y: self.parent.y
width: self.parent.width
height: self.parent.height
keep_ratio: False
The problem is that I'm trying to make "clickable image", but when I append widget to the button, image is on the default position (0,0), totally out of the button position. Is there any workaround how to do it?
This is my try
class Book(Button):
def __init__(self, **kwargs):
super().__init__(**kwargs)
self.size_hint = (None, None)
book_cover_image_source = kwargs.get('cover') or BLANK_BOOK_COVER
book_cover = Image(source=book_cover_image_source)
book_cover.pos = self.pos
book_cover.width = self.width
book_cover.height = self.height
book_cover.allow_stretch = True
book_cover.keep_ratio = False
self.add_widget(book_cover)
In kv languaje properties used in the expression (x:, y:, width:) will be observed. When the parent's size/pos change, child widget change accordingly. You must suply this event bindings in the Python class:
class Book(Button):
def __init__(self, cover=BLANK_BOOK_COVER, **kwargs):
super(Book, self).__init__(**kwargs)
self.size_hint = (None, None)
self.book_cover = Image(source=cover)
self.book_cover.allow_stretch = True
self.book_cover.keep_ratio = False
self.add_widget(self.book_cover)
def on_size(self, *args):
self.book_cover.size = self.size
def on_pos(self, *args):
self.book_cover.pos = self.pos
A simpler option to get a clickable image is to have your class Book inherit from ButtonBehabior and Image classes:
from kivy.uix.behaviors import ButtonBehavior
from kivy.uix.image import Image
class Book(ButtonBehavior, Image):
def __init__(self, cover=BLANK_BOOK_COVER, **kwargs):
super(Book, self).__init__(**kwargs)
self.source = cover
self.size_hint = (None, None)
self.allow_stretch = True
self.keep_ratio = False
What I am trying to achieve is when I click on an entry in BoxLayoutForEmails it would change and show appropriate groups in GroupListView
I was trying to access the view GroupsListView through id to get my hands on the adapter instantiated within it dynamically, but to no avail.
So I need either: access the email_address_clicked() somehow or to find another way of doing it.
Any suggestions are highly appreciated.
Here is the code:
class BoxLayoutForEmails(BoxLayout):
def __init__(self, **kwargs):
super(BoxLayoutForEmails, self).__init__(**kwargs)
list_adapter = \
ListAdapter(data=googleEmails,
selection_mode='single',
propagate_selection_to_data=False,
allow_empty_selection=False,
cls=ListItemButton)
list_view = ListView(adapter=list_adapter)
groups_view = ObjectProperty(None)
list_adapter.bind(on_selection_change=groups_view.list_adapter.email_address_clicked)
self.add_widget(list_view)
class GroupsListView(BoxLayout):
def __init__(self, **kwargs):
super(GroupsListView, self).__init__(**kwargs)
self.list_adapter = GroupsListAdapter(data=["Group 1", "Group 2", "Group 3"],
selection_mode='single',
allow_empty_selection=False,
cls=ListItemButton)
self.list_view = ListView(adapter=self.list_adapter)
self.list_adapter.bind()
self.add_widget(self.list_view)
class GroupsListAdapter(ListAdapter):
def email_address_clicked(self, email_address_adapter, *args):
if len(email_address_adapter.selection) == 0:
self.data = []
return
email = \
email_address_adapter.selection[0].text
if email == "me#mail.com":
self.data = ["Good Group"]
else:
self.data = ["Hm... group"]
The kv file:
<MainPanel>:
do_default_tab: False
my_list: list
groups_view: view
TabbedPanelItem:
text: 'Users'
BoxLayout:
BoxLayoutForEmails:
ServicesPanel:
do_default_tab: False
TabbedPanelItem:
text: 'Google'
BoxLayout:
orientation: 'vertical'
Label:
text: "User Name"
GroupsListView:
id: view
groups_view doesn't exist yet in BoxLayoutForEmails constructor, so don't access it's properties directly. Use a function so it is accessed only after there is a click (it will be created by then):
...
list_adapter.bind(on_selection_change=lambda *x: groups_view.list_adapter.email_address_clicked())
...
You can use a lambda or a class method.
Let's say I have 3 classes: a "woking class" where stuff takes place, a label class and a class to contain them.
For example the label class could be a status bar showing the status of something going on the working class. I wish I could find a way to make the label self-update the value to show, since this value is a value of the working class being changed inside the latter.
Here I have an example code
Builder.load_string('''
<CustomLabel>
text: 'Value is {}'.format(root.value)
<WorkingClass>:
orientation: 'vertical'
Button:
text: 'Update'
on_release: root.update()
<MainLayout>
orientation: 'vertical'
''')
class CustomLabel(Label):
value = NumericProperty()
class WorkingClass(BoxLayout):
def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
super(WorkingClass, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
self.a = 5
def update(self):
self.a += 1
print(self.a)
class MainLayout(BoxLayout):
def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
super(MainLayout, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
self.workingClass = WorkingClass()
self.customLabel = CustomLabel(value=self.workingClass.a)
self.add_widget(self.customLabel)
self.add_widget(self.workingClass)
class MyApp(App):
def build(self):
return MainLayout()
if __name__ == "__main__":
MyApp().run()
Is there a way of doing it with properties or whatever? Becouse I don't want to need to manually update (sommehow) the label each time I change the value. Anyway to achieve this?
You're updating a property on WorkingClass, but that doesn't update the value on CustomLabel since you did a direct assignment instead of binding it. But yes, you can use Propertys to make everything work automatically.
In WorkingClass:
class WorkingClass(BoxLayout):
a = NumericProperty()
def __init__(self, **kwargs): ...
This makes a into a Property which you can bind to.
Then in MainLayout's constructor:
self.workingClass = WorkingClass()
self.customLabel = CustomLabel(value=self.workingClass.a)
self.workingClass.bind(a=self.customLabel.setter('value'))
The last line says: "when the value of property a on self.workingClass changes, set the value property of self.customLabel to the same value"
Alternatively, you could just add the Property to WorkingClass above, then get rid of MainLayout's constructor and use kv instead:
<MainLayout>:
orientation: 'vertical'
WorkingClass:
id: working_class
CustomLabel:
value: working_class.a # assigning one property to another in kv automatically binds