I've wrote an little app to scroll an stock market ticker into a Tkinter window and update the stock values every minute using a threading class.
If I closed the window the main process didn't stops, then I've implemented a method to close the window and stop the thread. But when I close the window the main process delay the stopping to the next call to the theading.run() method.
How can I get that an instant closing process?
The code:
# -*- coding: UTF-8 -*-
import tkinter as tk
import tkinter.messagebox
import time
import threading
from random import randint as randint, uniform as randlimit
# Here starts the program working process, until here was the GUI
# CONSTANTS
CHAR_UP = "\u25B2"
CHAR_DOWN = "\u25BC"
CHAR_EVEN = "="
UPDATE_TIME = 60
# INITIAL DATA, this must be changed to implement the load of a external source
stock_market = [["GOOG", "587.25", CHAR_UP, "(+12.14)"],
["AAPL", "237.14", CHAR_UP, "(+7.25)"],
["GTAT", "87.47", CHAR_DOWN, "(-1.18)"],
["KNDI", "167.32", CHAR_UP, "(+6.85)"],
["ORCL", "482.91", CHAR_DOWN, "(-24.65)"],
["FBOK", "327.67", CHAR_DOWN, "(-11.78)"],
["TWTR", "842.41", CHAR_UP, "(+15.45)"]]
class AplicationTkinter(tk.Frame):
"""
Class of tkinter.Frame subclass, Initializes the GUI
constants:
SPEED, the delay in millisecs of the scroll
attributes:
parent, the root Tk object
"""
SPEED = 250
def __init__(self, parent):
tk.Frame.__init__(self, parent)
self.parent = parent
self._initGUI()
self._scroll_ticker()
self.parent.protocol("WM_DELETE_WINDOW",self.stop)
# or toplevel.protocol(...
def _initGUI(self):
"""
initGUI, draws the layout.
"""
# changes the window icon
self.parent.iconbitmap("tabla.ico")
self.parent.title("Stock Exchange Ticker")
# fix a status bar at the bottom of the window, for future improvements
self.status_bar = tk.Label(self.parent, text="", bd=1, relief=tk.SUNKEN,
anchor=tk.W)
self.status_bar.pack(side=tk.BOTTOM, fill=tk.X)
# content Frame for entry, for future improvements
self.frame = tk.Frame(self.parent)
self.frame.pack()
self.var_entry = tk.StringVar()
self.entry = tk.Entry(self.frame, textvariable=self.var_entry)
self.entry.pack()
self.var_entry.set("a default value")
str_ent_1 = self.entry.get()
# content LabelFrame to show the ticker scrolling line of text
self.label_frame = tk.LabelFrame(self.parent,
text="Ventana de Resultados")
self.label_frame.pack()
# creates an instance of the StockMarket class for contents the data
self.market_one = StockMarket(stock_market)
# the scrolling line of Text for show the data
self.txt_ticker_widget = tk.Text(self.label_frame, background='black',
height=1, width=56, wrap="none")
self.txt_ticker_widget.pack(side=tk.TOP, fill=tk.X)
self.txt_ticker_widget.tag_configure("up", foreground="green")
self.txt_ticker_widget.tag_configure("down", foreground="red")
self.txt_ticker_widget.tag_configure("even", foreground="white")
self.tag = {CHAR_DOWN: "down", CHAR_EVEN: "even", CHAR_UP: "up"}
def _scroll_ticker(self):
"""
scroll_ticker, inserts character by character in the Text widget
"""
self.txt_ticker_widget.configure(state=tk.NORMAL)
self.txt_ticker_widget.insert(tk.END,
self.market_one.get_next_character(),
self.tag[self.market_one.get_tag()])
# TODO simplify
self.txt_ticker_widget.see(tk.END)
self.txt_ticker_widget.configure(state=tk.DISABLED)
self.txt_ticker_widget.after(self.SPEED, self._scroll_ticker)
# recursive each interval of millisecs, constant SPEED
def stop(self):
if tk.messagebox.askokcancel("Quit?", "Are you sure you want to quit?"):
# self.destroy()
print("STOPPING !!")
self.market_one.thread_updating.stop()
self.destroy()
self.parent.quit()
class StockTicker():
"""
Class StockTicker, handle each stock symbol and their data
attributes:
symbol, string, the abbreviature of the securitie
price, string, the current price of the securitie
direction, string(1), is a character that indicates its las fix price
went up, down or even
change, string, is the value of the last change surrounded by '()',
the first character is '+' or '-'
"""
def __init__(self, list_data):
self.symbol, self.price, self.direction, self.change = list_data
def update_ticker(self):
"""
update_ticker, update the securitie price, direction and
change with random values
"""
flt_price = float(self.price)
if randint(0, 9) == 0:
self.direction = CHAR_EVEN
else:
increase_percent = randlimit(-5, 5)
# TODO implementar normalvariate(0, 0.02) o gauss(0, 0.02)
flt_change = flt_price * increase_percent / 100
flt_new_price = flt_price + flt_change
self.price = "{:.2f}".format(flt_new_price)
if flt_change < 0:
self.direction = CHAR_DOWN
elif flt_change == 0:
self.direction = CHAR_EVEN
else:
self.direction = CHAR_UP
self.change = "({:+.2f})".format(flt_change)
def ticker_to_text(self):
"""
ticker_to_text, returns a formatted string with all the data of
the securitie.
"""
return " | {} {} {} {} ".format(self.symbol, self.price,
self.direction, self.change)
class StockMarket():
"""
Class StockMarket, creates and handle a list of StockTicker objects,
and provide to the GUI of stuff for the scroll ticker
attributes:
smarket, list of StockTicker objects
thread_actualizar, Thread object to update the stock market
each time interval
"""
def __init__(self, l_inicial):
self.tickers = []
self.index = 0
self._load(l_inicial)
self.current_ticker = self._get_one_ticker()
self.thread_updating = UpdateThread(self)
self.thread_updating.start()
def _load(self, l_inicial):
"""
load_market, load the list with StockTicker object taking the data from
the initial source data.
"""
for data_ticker in l_inicial:
simple_ticker = StockTicker(data_ticker)
self.tickers.append(simple_ticker)
def update_market(self):
"""
update_market, update the objects of the list
"""
for ticker in self.tickers:
ticker.update_ticker()
def _get_one_ticker(self):
"""
get_one_ticker, getter function to return one securitie data in text
format and rotates to the next one
"""
self.one_ticker = self.tickers.pop(0)
self.tickers.append(self.one_ticker)
self.index = 0
return self.one_ticker.ticker_to_text()
def get_next_character(self):
"""
get_next_character, returns a character of one securitie
(if the securitie data is exhausted retrieve another securitie)
data to the GUI.
"""
if self.index == len(self.current_ticker):
self.current_ticker = self._get_one_ticker()
self.index = 0
character_symbol = self.current_ticker[self.index:self.index+1]
self.index += 1
return character_symbol
def get_tag(self):
return self.one_ticker.direction
class UpdateThread(threading.Thread):
"""
Class UpdateThread(), subclass of Thread, handle the time to the next
update of the stock market values
args:
market_1, a StockMarket class object to update
attributes:
my_check, string for debugging purpouses, it'll be implemented the
source data management the_market, StockMarket object that will
be updated
"""
def __init__(self, market_1):
self.my_check = " CHECK " # TODO replace with initial source data.
self.the_market = market_1
self.is_quit = False
threading.Thread.__init__(self)
def run(self):
"""
run, overrides the Thread run method, and calls the update_market
method of StockMarket class each interval
"""
time.sleep(UPDATE_TIME)
self.the_market.update_market()
print(" UPDATED!!!") # for debugging
if not self.is_quit:
self.run()
def stop(self):
"""
stop, for stopping the thread when event occurs
"""
self.is_quit = True
# STARTS THE PROGRAM
def main():
the_window = tk.Tk()
aplication = AplicationTkinter(the_window)
# init the GUI process
the_window.mainloop()
if __name__ == '__main__':
main()
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I am writing a tool that allows me to track some tasks along a path of predifined stages, from something on a backlog, to ToDo, through WIP, Review and finally to done.
I created a custom widget, that will eventually be yellow, not unlike a postit note and perhaps with a bit of formatting it to give it a nice frame, etc... but stopped before getting far enough to make it look right because of this issue.
The idea is that each of these yellow Task widgets will have a stage they are at, and that I can select them in a Table Widget, and move them onto the next or previous stage, which will update taht objects stage, then refresh the TableWidget, read all the widget and where thay should be and set them in their new place.
So I have it kind of working to some degree (below), where I can move the tasks forward and they update location, but I noticed when I click the cells that the widget was previously in, print statement still says that the cell still has a widget there (which kind of makes sense, as code below isn't removing the previous one, but I'd expect to visually still see it). And I can move them forward and backwards, and the information on the tasks does update correctly, but the table won't refresh unless the task moves to a cell that never had a cellWidget in it. Test this by moving it backwards. It works, movnig forward visually does nothing, but moving again, does show up.
I tried clearing the TableWidget and rebuilding from scratch and that crashes. The main issue I am having is that with all these crashes, which is an issue in itself as it makes debugging very tough... When I try and clear the TableWidget (with .clear()) before repopulating, I get this.
Process finished with exit code -1073741819 (0xC0000005)
Same error code if I try removing the old cells by setting the Table Widget to 0 rows before adding the correct number of rows.
A known issue that is less important is when I select a cell without a widget and try and move it, gies me this, but don't worry too much about that fix, as it's known issue.
Process finished with exit code -1073740791 (0xC0000409)
Also tried cleaning up by iterating every cell and if it has a cell widget, remove cell widget before re-setting them to correct place and it still crashes. I'm out of ideas.
Task Widget
import sys
from PyQt5.QtWidgets import (QApplication, QTableWidget, QWidget, QFrame, QHBoxLayout, QLabel,
QPushButton,QVBoxLayout)
class Task(QWidget):
def __init__(self, ID, name, est):
super(Task, self).__init__()
# Creates a small widget that will be added to a table widget
self.ID = ID
self.name = name
self.est = est
# These cell widgets represent tasks. So each task has a particular 'stage' it is at
self.stage = 'ToDo'
self.stages = ['Backlog', 'ToDo', 'WIP', 'Review', 'Done']
self.objects_labels = {}
self.initUI()
def initUI(self):
# adds a bunch of labels to the widget
layout = QVBoxLayout()
frame = QFrame()
frame.setFrameShape(QFrame.StyledPanel)
frame.setStyleSheet('background-color: red')
frame.setLineWidth(2)
layout.addWidget(frame)
info = [self.ID, self.name, self.est]
for section in info:
self.objects_labels[section] = QLabel(str(section))
layout.addWidget(self.objects_labels[section])
self.setLayout(layout)
self.setStyleSheet('background-color: yellow')
def task_move(self, forward = True):
# The main widget will allow me to change the stage of a particular Task
# The idea is that I update the Table widget to show everything in the right place
# This function finds out what stage it is at and increments/decrements by one
index = self.stages.index(self.stage)
print(self.stages)
print(index)
if forward:
print('--->')
if self.stage == self.stages[-1]:
print('Already at the end of process')
return
self.stage = self.stages[index + 1]
else:
print('<---')
if self.stage == self.stages[0]:
print('Already at the start of process')
return
self.stage = self.stages[index - 1]
MainWidget
class MainWidget(QWidget):
def __init__(self):
super().__init__()
self.tasks = self.make_tasks()
self.init_ui()
self.update_tw()
def make_tasks(self):
# Create a few tasks
a = Task(0, 'Name_A', 44)
b = Task(0, 'Name_B', 22)
c = Task(0, 'Name_C', 66)
d = Task(0, 'Name_D', 90)
return [a, b, c, d]
def init_ui(self):
layout_main = QVBoxLayout()
self.tw = QTableWidget()
self.tw.cellClicked.connect(self.cell_clicked)
self.tw.horizontalHeader().setDefaultSectionSize(120)
self.tw.verticalHeader().setDefaultSectionSize(120)
layout_main.addWidget(self.tw)
layout_bottom_button_bar = QHBoxLayout()
self.btn_task_backward = QPushButton('<--- Task')
self.btn_task_backward.clicked.connect(lambda: self.move_task(forward=False))
self.btn_task_forward = QPushButton('Task --->')
self.btn_task_forward.clicked.connect(lambda: self.move_task())
for widget in [self.btn_task_backward, self.btn_task_forward]:
layout_bottom_button_bar.addWidget(widget)
layout_main.addLayout(layout_bottom_button_bar)
self.setLayout(layout_main)
self.setGeometry(300, 300, 800, 600)
self.setWindowTitle('MainWidget')
self.show()
#property
def tw_header(self):
return {'Backlog': 0, 'ToDo': 1, 'WIP': 2, 'Review': 3, 'Done': 4}
#property
def selected_indices(self):
return [(x.row(), x.column()) for x in self.tw.selectedIndexes()]
#property
def selected_widgets(self):
selected_widgets = [self.tw.cellWidget(x[0], x[1]) for x in self.selected_indices]
print(selected_widgets)
return selected_widgets
def move_task(self, forward=True):
# Crashes if you select a non-widget cell, but thats a known issue
# Moves the task forward or backward and then prompts to update the TableWidget
for object in self.selected_widgets:
object.task_move(forward=forward)
self.tw.clearSelection()
self.update_tw()
def cell_clicked(self, row, column):
if self.tw.cellWidget(row, column):
print(self.selected_indices)
print(self.selected_widgets)
else:
print('No Cell Widget here')
def update_tw(self):
#I wanted to clear the Table widget and rebuild, but this crashes
# self.tw.clear()
self.tw.setHorizontalHeaderLabels(self.tw_header.keys())
rows = len(self.tasks)
columns = len(self.tw_header)
self.tw.setRowCount(rows)
self.tw.setColumnCount(columns)
# Looks through each task, and then gets it's stage, and then adds the widget to the correct column
for index, object in enumerate(self.tasks):
column = self.tw_header[object.stage]
print('Setting stage {} for {}\n...to r={}, c={}\n***'.format(object.stage, object, index, column))
self.tw.setCellWidget(index, column, object)
if __name__ == '__main__':
app = QApplication(sys.argv)
ex = MainWidget()
sys.exit(app.exec_())
From my previous experience, I always found using setCellWidget clunky, underperforming and buggy.
Most of the times my Widgets were lost or misplaced, while refreshing the table similarly to the way you are doing it.
In addition, I guess you would want to use this "Task Mover" on a larger scale, and from what I could see, setting separate Widgets inside QWidgetItems becomes quite slow when done on loads of items.
My suggestion would be to use style delegates, so that you can customize the look of your items to your liking, without having to deal with the setCellWidget stuff which is giving you problem.
Once you have your own delegate, and paint the items the way you want, you can just keep updating that item data and moving the items around the table by using "take" and "set".
I am not sure if this would be the best way of executing this specific task, but moving towards this direction would probably give you greater flexibility and customisation power in the long run.
import sys
from PyQt5.QtWidgets import *
from PyQt5.QtCore import *
class TaskProperty():
properties = ["ID", "name", "est", "stage"]
count = 4
ID, Name, Est, Stage = [Qt.UserRole + x for x in range(count)]
STAGES = ['Backlog', 'ToDo', 'WIP', 'Review', 'Done']
class MainWidget(QWidget):
def __init__(self):
super(MainWidget, self).__init__()
self.tasks = self.make_tasks()
self.init_ui()
self.update_tw()
def make_tasks(self):
# Create a few tasks
a = Task(0, 'Name_A', 44)
b = Task(0, 'Name_B', 22)
c = Task(0, 'Name_C', 66)
d = Task(0, 'Name_D', 90)
return [a, b, c, d]
def init_ui(self):
layout_main = QVBoxLayout()
self.tw = QTableWidget()
# create and set the delegate to the TableWidget
self.delegate = TaskDelegate(self.tw )
self.tw.setItemDelegate(self.delegate)
self.tw.cellClicked.connect(self.cell_clicked)
self.tw.horizontalHeader().setDefaultSectionSize(120)
self.tw.verticalHeader().setDefaultSectionSize(120)
layout_main.addWidget(self.tw)
layout_bottom_button_bar = QHBoxLayout()
self.btn_task_backward = QPushButton('<--- Task')
self.btn_task_backward.clicked.connect(lambda: self.move_task(forward=False))
self.btn_task_forward = QPushButton('Task --->')
self.btn_task_forward.clicked.connect(lambda: self.move_task())
for widget in [self.btn_task_backward, self.btn_task_forward]:
layout_bottom_button_bar.addWidget(widget)
layout_main.addLayout(layout_bottom_button_bar)
self.setLayout(layout_main)
self.setGeometry(300, 300, 800, 600)
self.setWindowTitle('MainWidget')
self.show()
#property
def tw_header(self):
return {'Backlog': 0, 'ToDo': 1, 'WIP': 2, 'Review': 3, 'Done': 4}
#property
def selected_indices(self):
return [(x.row(), x.column()) for x in self.tw.selectedIndexes()]
def move_task(self, forward=True):
'''
To move the task to the next step, we iterate all the items selected.
If the task can be moved, we take the corresponding item from its current cell and move it to the destination.
:param forward:
:return:
'''
selected =self.tw.selectedItems()
for item in selected:
item.setSelected(False)
result = item.task_move(forward=forward)
if result:
next = 1 if forward else -1
row = item.row()
column = item.column()
moveItem = self.tw.takeItem(row, column)
self.tw.setItem(row, column + next, moveItem)
moveItem.setSelected(True)
def cell_clicked(self, row, column):
item = self.tw.item(row, column)
if not isinstance(item, TaskItem):
print "No Task Item Here"
def update_tw(self):
# I wanted to clear the Table widget and rebuild, but this crashes
# self.tw.clear()
self.tw.clear()
self.tw.setHorizontalHeaderLabels(self.tw_header.keys())
rows = len(self.tasks)
columns = len(self.tw_header)
self.tw.setRowCount(rows)
self.tw.setColumnCount(columns)
# Looks through each task, and then gets it's stage, and then adds the widget to the correct column
for row, object in enumerate(self.tasks):
# create items of our custom type only for the column that need to be filled.
# the other cells will be filled with null items.
column = STAGES.index(object.stage)
print('Setting stage {} for {}\n...to r={}, c={}\n***'.format(object.stage, object, row, column))
item = TaskItem(object)
self.tw.setItem(row, column, item)
class TaskDelegate(QStyledItemDelegate):
'''
This delegate take care of Drawing our cells the way we want it to be.
'''
def paint(self, painter, option, index):
'''
Override the Paint function to draw our own cell.
If the QTableWidgetItem does not have our Data stored in it, we do a default paint
:param painter:
:param option:
:param index:
:return:
'''
painter.save()
rect = option.rect
status = index.data(TaskProperty.Stage)
if status is None:
return super(TaskDelegate, self).paint(painter, option, index)
else:
id = STAGES.index(status)
pen = painter.pen()
pen.setBrush(Qt.black)
painter.setPen(pen)
if id == index.column():
rect.translate(3, 3)
newRect = QRect(rect.x(), rect.y(), rect.width() - 6, 20)
infos = [index.data(TaskProperty.ID), index.data(TaskProperty.Name), index.data(TaskProperty.Est)]
painter.setBrush(Qt.red)
painter.drawRect(newRect)
painter.setBrush(Qt.yellow)
for info in infos:
newRect.translate(0, 25)
painter.drawRect(newRect)
painter.drawText(newRect, Qt.AlignHCenter | Qt.AlignVCenter,
str(info))
class TaskItem(QTableWidgetItem):
'''
Subclass QTableWidgetItem.
Probably not needed, since we can set the property when we create the item instead of in the init,
and keep track of which item is attached to which task object using the Column Index of the table.
However, this can be useful if you want to attach more specific procedures to your items
'''
def __init__(self, task):
super(TaskItem, self).__init__()
self._task = task
self.setData(TaskProperty.ID, task.ID)
self.setData(TaskProperty.Name, task.name)
self.setData(TaskProperty.Est, task.est)
self.setData(TaskProperty.Stage, task.stage)
self.objects_labels = {}
def task_move(self, forward=True):
result = self._task.task_move(forward=forward)
self.setData(TaskProperty.Stage, self._task.stage)
return result
class Task(object):
'''
The Task class is now just an object, not a widget.
'''
def __init__(self, ID, name, est):
# Creates a small widget that will be added to a table widget
self.ID = ID
self.name = name
self.est = est
# These cell widgets represent tasks. So each task has a particular 'stage' it is at
self.stage = 'ToDo'
self.stages = ['Backlog', 'ToDo', 'WIP', 'Review', 'Done']
self.objects_labels = {}
def task_move(self, forward=True):
# The main widget will allow me to change the stage of a particular Task
# The idea is that I update the Table widget to show everything in the right place
# This function finds out what stage it is at and increments/decrements by one
index = self.stages.index(self.stage)
if forward:
print('--->')
if self.stage == self.stages[-1]:
#print('Already at the end of process')
return False
self.stage = self.stages[index + 1]
else:
print('<---')
if self.stage == self.stages[0]:
#print('Already at the start of process')
return False
self.stage = self.stages[index - 1]
return True
if __name__ == '__main__':
app = QApplication(sys.argv)
ex = MainWidget()
sys.exit(app.exec_())
It is not necessary to clean and create everything again, instead just move the widget for it we must know if it can be moved or not and for that task_move must indicate if the movement is valid or not. Considering the above, the solution is:
def task_move(self, forward=True):
# The main widget will allow me to change the stage of a particular Task
# The idea is that I update the Table widget to show everything in the right place
# This function finds out what stage it is at and increments/decrements by one
index = self.stages.index(self.stage)
print(self.stages)
print(index)
if forward:
print("--->")
if self.stage == self.stages[-1]:
print("Already at the end of process")
return False
self.stage = self.stages[index + 1]
else:
print("<---")
if self.stage == self.stages[0]:
print("Already at the start of process")
return False
self.stage = self.stages[index - 1]
return True
def move_task(self, forward=True):
for row, column in self.selected_indices:
widget = self.tw.cellWidget(row, column)
if isinstance(widget, Task) and widget.task_move(forward):
next_column = column + (1 if forward else -1)
# create new task widget
task = Task(widget.ID, widget.name, widget.est)
# remove all task widget
self.tw.removeCellWidget(row, column)
# move task widget
self.tw.setCellWidget(row, next_column, task)
self.tw.clearSelection()
The crashed is because when using clear you are also removing the Task widget so "self.tasks" has objects deleted from C++ that you should not use.
LibreOffice 5.3, python 3.53, VOID Linux
This is more of an uno question than a python question. The code below does a simple update of 3 cells. 3 buttons configured on the sheet calling dowriteonce() dowritetwice() and dowritethrice(), and they all update and work like you might expect writing numbers and text to selected cells.
Where the problem comes in, is that when a cell is edited in the UI by a user, any subsequent update of that cell by means of executing the function is blocked. So simply clicking cell C4 in the calc UI, prevents the writethrice() function from updating cell C4. If I delete the content and click another cell in the UI, say C5, then everything works normally again and C4 updates when the button is clicked.
What I would like to do is relocate the UI edit-cursor to an unused cell prior to execution in order to prevent this. User copy-paste is going to leave the active cursor in unpredictable places and that will bork calculations if I can't isolate the cursor.
So the question is, how do I move the UI edit cursor to a named cell via the UNO API, with Python? Or if it is easier, just deactivate it temporarily.
Python:
import socket
import sys
import re
import uno
import unohelper
class ODSCursor(unohelper.Base):
# predeclare class properties
ctx=None
desktop=None
model=None
activesheet=None
counter=0
scooby="Scooby"
# import namespaces
def __init__(self):
import socket
import uno
import unohelper
import sys
import re
# initialize uno handle only once and get the first sheet
#classmethod
def sheet1(cls,*args):
if cls.activesheet is not None:
return (cls.activesheet)
cls.ctx = uno.getComponentContext()
cls.desktop = cls.ctx.ServiceManager.createInstanceWithContext("com.sun.star.frame.Desktop", cls.ctx)
cls.model = cls.desktop.getCurrentComponent()
# cls.activesheet = cls.model.Sheets.getByName("Sheet1")
cls.activesheet = cls.model.Sheets.getByIndex(0)
return (cls.activesheet)
#classmethod
def writeonce(self,*args):
self.counter += 1
cell_b1 = self.activesheet.getCellRangeByName("B1")
cell_b1.String = self.counter
#classmethod
def writetwice(self,*args):
self.counter += 1
cell_b2 = self.activesheet.getCellRangeByName("B2")
cell_b2.String = self.counter
#classmethod
def writescooby(self,*args):
cell_c4 = self.activesheet.getCellRangeByName("C4")
cell_c4.String = self.scooby
### BUTTON BOUND FUNCTIONS ###
def dowriteonce(*args):
Odc = ODSCursor() # create the object
Odc.sheet1()
Odc.writeonce()
def dowritetwice(*args):
Odc = ODSCursor() # create the object
Odc.sheet1()
Odc.writetwice()
def dowritethrice(*args):
Odc = ODSCursor() # create the object
Odc.sheet1()
Odc.writescooby()
In the following code, cells are deselected before changing the values, then selected again. This way, cells can be modified even when left in edit mode by the user.
There also seems to be some confusion about Python class methods and variables, so I changed those parts as well.
import uno
import unohelper
SCOOBY = "Scooby"
class ODSCursor(unohelper.Base):
def __init__(self):
self.ctx = None
self.desktop = None
self.document = None
self.controller = None
self.sheet = None
self.counter = 0
def sheet1(self):
"""Initialize uno handle only once and get the first sheet."""
if self.sheet is not None:
return self.sheet
self.ctx = uno.getComponentContext()
self.desktop = self.ctx.ServiceManager.createInstanceWithContext(
"com.sun.star.frame.Desktop", self.ctx)
self.document = self.desktop.getCurrentComponent()
self.controller = self.document.getCurrentController()
self.sheet = self.controller.getActiveSheet()
return self.sheet
def writeonce(self):
self.writeval("B1", self.inc())
def writetwice(self):
self.writeval("B2", self.inc())
def writescooby(self):
self.writeval("C4", SCOOBY)
def writeval(self, address, value):
self.deselect()
cell = self.sheet.getCellRangeByName(address)
cell.String = value
self.controller.select(cell)
def deselect(self):
"""Select cell A1, then select nothing."""
cell_a1 = self.sheet.getCellByPosition(0, 0)
self.controller.select(cell_a1)
emptyRanges = self.document.createInstance(
"com.sun.star.sheet.SheetCellRanges")
self.controller.select(emptyRanges)
def inc(self):
"""Increment the counter and return the value."""
self.counter += 1
return self.counter
odsc = ODSCursor()
### BUTTON BOUND FUNCTIONS ###
def dowriteonce(dummy_oEvent):
odsc.sheet1()
odsc.writeonce()
def dowritetwice(dummy_oEvent):
odsc.sheet1()
odsc.writetwice()
def dowritethrice(dummy_oEvent):
odsc.sheet1()
odsc.writescooby()
In the imported code, the variable 'values' is set correctly with the date selected by the user.
The def selection is called at the exit of the calendar.
I'm stuck. I don't know how to catch it and use it in my main code.
Thanks a lot.
# MAIN CODE (simplified)
from tkinter import *
import calendarWidget
def manageCalendarWindow():
root4 = Tk()
data = {}
app = calendarWidget.Calendar(root4, data)
root4.mainloop()
manageCalendarWindow()
#how to get the date?
-.-.-.-.-.-.-.
# CALENDAR WIDGET (simplified)
class Calendar:
def setup(self, y, m)
(...)
for w, week in enumerate(self.cal.monthdayscalendar(y, m), 2):
for d, day in enumerate(week):
if day:
b = tk.Button(self.parent, width=1, text=day, relief = 'flat',\
command=lambda day=day:self.selection(day, calendar.day_name[(day-1) % 7]))
self.wid.append(b)
b.grid(row=w, column=d)
def selection(self, day, name):
self.day_selected = day
self.month_selected = self.month
self.year_selected = self.year
self.day_name = name
#data
self.values['day_selected'] = day
self.values['month_selected'] = self.month
self.values['year_selected'] = self.year
self.values['day_name'] = name
self.values['month_name'] = calendar.month_name[self.month_selected]
self.setup(self.year, self.month)
print(self.values) # <--- here the value is correct
self.parent.destroy()
-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-
THIS WORKS:
def manageCalendarWindow():
root4 = Tk()
data = {}
app = calendarWidget.Calendar(root4, data)
root4.mainloop()
return app
app=manageCalendarWindow()
print(app.year_selected,app.month_selected,app.day_selected)
THIS NOT:
class enterWindows():
def B_CalendarWindow(self):`
app=self.manageCalendarWindow()
print("year: ",app.year_selected)
print("and... this will never be printed!")
def manageCalendarWindow(self):
root4 = Tk()
data = {}
app = calendarWidget.Calendar(root4, data)
root4.mainloop()
return app
Everything local to the function manageCalendarWindow() is garbage collected when the function exits. This includes app (the class instance). You would have to return it to keep it alive. Note also that there is no self.month in the code you posted but I assume that comes from cutting the amount of code back for this post.
def manageCalendarWindow():
root4 = Tk()
data = {}
app = calendarWidget.Calendar(root4, data)
root4.mainloop()
return app
## or
## return app.day_name
app=manageCalendarWindow()
print(app.day_name)
## or
##day_name=manageCalendarWindow()
##print(day_name)
A simple proof-of concept program that gets a variable from a class instantiated within the class.
class SubClass():
def __init__(self):
self.variable="SubClass variable"
class MainClass():
def __init__(self):
app=self.instantiate_class()
print(app.variable) ## prints the string
def instantiate_class(self):
app=SubClass()
print("app =", app) ## not empty
return app
MainClass()
As mentioned in my comments, there can be only one mainloop in the code. The others will be simply ignored. So it's not possible to use it to wait for a response from a child window.
The solution I used is
app = myCalendar.Calendar(personal_path, root4, gui_language)
root4.wait_window(app.parent)
return app
The code opens the window and waits the result using wait_window().
Thanks all.
Ciao.
I'm trying to find a way to use libavg's event handlers from an embedded serial output. My understanding is that I need to create my own Publisher that I will call when I process serial commands. All I need is a way to create 10 different triggers given different serial inputs. An analogy of what I am trying to do would be to use libavg's keyboard handling to process different keyboard inputs.
I want the custom publisher to take the 10 serial outputs and pass a event.serialid parameter to various subscribers similarly to what event.keystring does.
Here is some nonfunctional code that I have that I think has the basics of what needs to be done.
#!/usr/bin/env python
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
from libavg import avg, statemachine, player
class Test():
PRESSED = avg.Publisher.genMessageID()
RELEASED = avg.Publisher.genMessageID()
def __init__(self, parent=None, **kwargs):
self.registerInstance(self, parent)
self.publish(self.PRESSED)
self.publish(self.RELEASED)
def isActive(self):
self.notifySubscribers(Test.PRESSED, [])
def isInactive(self):
self.notifySubscribers(Test.RELEASED, [])
def onKeyDown(event):
global node
if event.serialid == '1':
#serialid isn't implemented anywhere but this is what ideally I would like to have happen
node.color = "FF8000"
def onKeyUp(event):
global node
node.color = "FFFFFF"
player = avg.Player.get()
canvas = player.createMainCanvas(size=(640,480))
rootNode = player.getRootNode()
node = avg.WordsNode(pos=(10,10), font="arial", text="Hello World", parent=rootNode)
vbutton=Test()
node.subscribe(vbutton.PRESSED, onKeyDown)
node.subscribe(vbutton.RELEASED, onKeyUp)
player.play()
examples of custom publishers from here:
class _ButtonBase(avg.DivNode):
PRESSED = avg.Publisher.genMessageID()
RELEASED = avg.Publisher.genMessageID()
def __init__(self, parent=None, **kwargs):
super(_ButtonBase, self).__init__(**kwargs)
self.registerInstance(self, parent)
self.publish(self.PRESSED)
self.publish(self.RELEASED)
def _setActiveArea(self, upNode, activeAreaNode, fatFingerEnlarge):
self.__activeAreaNode = activeAreaNode
if fatFingerEnlarge:
if self.__activeAreaNode != None:
raise(RuntimeError(
"Button: Can't specify both fatFingerEnlarge and activeAreaNode"))
size = upNode.size
minSize = 20*player.getPixelsPerMM()
size = avg.Point2D(max(minSize, size.x), max(minSize, size.y))
self.__activeAreaNode = avg.RectNode(size=size, opacity=0, parent=self)
else:
if self.__activeAreaNode == None:
self.__activeAreaNode = self
else:
self.appendChild(self.__activeAreaNode)
self._tapRecognizer = gesture.TapRecognizer(self.__activeAreaNode,
possibleHandler=self._onDown,
detectedHandler=self._onTap,
failHandler=self._onTapFail)
You can pass arbitrary parameters through the publish-subscribe interface. The parameter(s) are passed as a list:
self.notifySubscribers(Test.PRESSED, [serialID])
And in the handler:
def onKeyDown(serialID):
global node
if serialid == '1':
node.color = "FF8000"
Is there a way to add undo and redo capabilities in Tkinter Entry widgets or must I use single line Text widgets for this type of functionality?
If the latter, are there any tips I should follow when configuring a Text widget to act as an Entry widget?
Some features that might need tweaking include trapping the Return KeyPress, converting tab keypresses into a request to change focus, and removing newlines from text being pasted from the clipboard.
Check the Tkinter Custom Entry. I have added Cut, Copy, Paste context menu, and undo redo functions.
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
from tkinter import *
class CEntry(Entry):
def __init__(self, parent, *args, **kwargs):
Entry.__init__(self, parent, *args, **kwargs)
self.changes = [""]
self.steps = int()
self.context_menu = Menu(self, tearoff=0)
self.context_menu.add_command(label="Cut")
self.context_menu.add_command(label="Copy")
self.context_menu.add_command(label="Paste")
self.bind("<Button-3>", self.popup)
self.bind("<Control-z>", self.undo)
self.bind("<Control-y>", self.redo)
self.bind("<Key>", self.add_changes)
def popup(self, event):
self.context_menu.post(event.x_root, event.y_root)
self.context_menu.entryconfigure("Cut", command=lambda: self.event_generate("<<Cut>>"))
self.context_menu.entryconfigure("Copy", command=lambda: self.event_generate("<<Copy>>"))
self.context_menu.entryconfigure("Paste", command=lambda: self.event_generate("<<Paste>>"))
def undo(self, event=None):
if self.steps != 0:
self.steps -= 1
self.delete(0, END)
self.insert(END, self.changes[self.steps])
def redo(self, event=None):
if self.steps < len(self.changes):
self.delete(0, END)
self.insert(END, self.changes[self.steps])
self.steps += 1
def add_changes(self, event=None):
if self.get() != self.changes[-1]:
self.changes.append(self.get())
self.steps += 1
Disclaimer: these are just thoughts that come into my mind on how to implement it.
class History(object):
def __init__(self):
self.l = ['']
self.i = 0
def next(self):
if self.i == len(self.l):
return None
self.i += 1
return self.l[self.i]
def prev(self):
if self.i == 0:
return None
self.i -= 1
return self.l[self.i]
def add(self, s):
del self.l[self.i+1:]
self.l.append(s)
self.i += 1
def current(self):
return self.l[self.i]
Run a thread that every X seconds (0.5?) save the state of the entry:
history = History()
...
history.add(stringval.get())
You can also set up events that save the Entry's status too, such as the pressure of Return.
prev = history.prev()
if prev is not None:
stringvar.set(prev)
or
next = history.next()
if next is not None:
stringvar.set(next)
Beware to set locks as needed.
Update on using this method for Undo/Redo:
I am creating a GUI with lot of frames and each contains at least ten or more 'entry' widgets.
I used the History class and created one history object for each entry field that I had. I was able to store all entry widgets values in a list as done here.
I am using 'trace' method attached to each entry widget which will call 'add' function of History class and store each changes. In this way, I was able to do it without running any thread separately.
But the biggest drawback of doing this is, we cannot do multiple undos/redos with this method.
Issue:
When I trace each and every change of the entry widget and add that to the list, it also 'traces' the change that happens when we 'undo/redo' which means we cannot go more one step back. once u do a undo, it is a change that will be traced and hence the 'undo' value will be added to the list at the end. Hence this is not the right method.
Solution:
Perfect way to do this is by creating two stacks for each entry widget. One for 'Undo' and one for 'redo'. When ever there is a change in entry, push that value into the undo stack. When user presses undo, pop the last stored value from the undo stack and importantly push this one to the 'redo stack'. hence, when the user presses redo, pop the last value from redo stack.
Based on Evgeny's answer with a custom Entry, but added a tkinter StringVar with a trace to the widget to more accurately track when changes are made to its contents (not just when any Key is pressed, which seemed to add empty Undo/Redo items to the stack). Also added a max depth using a Python deque.
If we're changing the contents of the Entry via code rather than keyboard input, we can temporarily disable the trace (e.g. see in the undo method below).
Code:
class CEntry(tk.Entry):
def __init__(self, master, **kw):
super().__init__(master=master, **kw)
self._undo_stack = deque(maxlen=100)
self._redo_stack = deque(maxlen=100)
self.bind("<Control-z>", self.undo)
self.bind("<Control-y>", self.redo)
# traces whenever the Entry's contents are changed
self.tkvar = tk.StringVar()
self.config(textvariable=self.tkvar)
self.trace_id = self.tkvar.trace("w", self.on_changes)
self.reset_undo_stacks()
# USE THESE TO TURN TRACE OFF THEN BACK ON AGAIN
# self.tkvar.trace_vdelete("w", self.trace_id)
# self.trace_id = self.tkvar.trace("w", self.on_changes)
def undo(self, event=None): # noqa
if len(self._undo_stack) <= 1:
return
content = self._undo_stack.pop()
self._redo_stack.append(content)
content = self._undo_stack[-1]
self.tkvar.trace_vdelete("w", self.trace_id)
self.delete(0, tk.END)
self.insert(0, content)
self.trace_id = self.tkvar.trace("w", self.on_changes)
def redo(self, event=None): # noqa
if not self._redo_stack:
return
content = self._redo_stack.pop()
self._undo_stack.append(content)
self.tkvar.trace_vdelete("w", self.trace_id)
self.delete(0, tk.END)
self.insert(0, content)
self.trace_id = self.tkvar.trace("w", self.on_changes)
def on_changes(self, a=None, b=None, c=None): # noqa
self._undo_stack.append(self.tkvar.get())
self._redo_stack.clear()
def reset_undo_stacks(self):
self._undo_stack.clear()
self._redo_stack.clear()
self._undo_stack.append(self.tkvar.get())