QTPYGUI 1.0.0

A Simple Python Declarative User Interface Wrapper Around Pyside6

QTPYGUI

Author: David Worboys

2024-04-11 - Initial Draft

Update

Index

1. Introduction
2. Installation
3. Basic Concepts
   • Containers
   • GUI Controls
   • Event Handling
4. Hello World Application
5. Application Distribution
6. Boot Camp
7. QTPYGUI Control Reference
8. QTPYGUI Enumerated Types/Classes

Introduction

QTPYGUI is a declarative user interface wrapper around Pyside6 and, as there are a number of GUI (Graphical User Interface) wrappers around various widget sets, including Pyside6, the natural question is why another one? The answer lies in at least two parts, my dissatisfaction with how the other GUI wrappers were implemented/managed and because I could and there is much to be learned with that approach.

The next question the reader might find themselves asking is why not a web UI based on the old favourites of HTML, CSS and Javascript, something like React perhaps? I am a firm believer in "horses for courses", so why bring a browser to the desktop fight and all the resources, memory/compute, that entails when a well-designed widget set with better performance and memory usage is available. Worse, building web apps is a complicated business even with the web UI frameworks, of course some may same the same of desktop widget sets, and this is where GUI wrappers like QTPYGUI come in.

In closing, it is worth noting that a major advantage in utilising a GUI wrapper, aside from ease of programming, is that if the underlying widget set is deprecated, or licensing changes, then the GUI wrapper can change widget sets. Although this would be a large task, the major benefit is that applications using the GUI wrapper will be minimally impacted.

What Is A Declarative User Interface?

A declarative UI (user interface) is an application user interface coded in the application source code using a formal specification. There is no need for GUI designers, and the application programmer writes the UI as just another part of the code. This is an old idea, going back at least to the early 1980's and applications like dBase II and Clipper but just because it is old does not mean it is bad or not relevant.

Notes

1. Development of QTPYGUI started privately in 2020, moving to a public release in 2024.

   • This version is an early public release and doco and code streamlining is onging.

   • Although QTPYGUI is used in production applications, there are bound to be bugs, certainly Dateedit and Treeview need much more work as they are infrequently used.

   • The feature set of other GUI components needs to be widened. Missing also is theming and this will be required for a larger audience.

2. HELP IS WANTED AND I WELCOME ALL CONTRIBUTIONS!

   • Please reach out to me via Discussions (https://github.com/David-Worboys/QTPYGUI/discussions) if you want to help or have ideas on improvements

   • Bugs can be logged at https://github.com/David-Worboys/QTPYGUI/issues

3. QTPYGUI will always remain opensource, unlike some other similar frameworks that used "bait and switch" tactics

4. QTPYGUI uses Python 3.11 for development and ruff (https://github.com/astral-sh/ruff) for formatting. Type hinting is mandatory as are asserts to check all arguments to functions/methods

5. My time is limited (both figuratively and literally), but I will put in as much effort as I can to help move things along

6. I strongly suggest using Nutika (https://nuitka.net/) to distribute your Python desktop applications. I use this method exclusively with great success.

7. Finally, to the reader's relief, I only use Linx Mint for development and do not have access to a Windows installation, and therefore

   • HELP IS Neeeded To Verify QTPYGUI's Operations Under Windows

Where To Find An Application That Uses QTPYGUI?

https://github.com/David-Worboys/Black-DVD-Archiver

QTPYGUI 101

First up, QTPYGUI is pronounced "Cutey Pie GUI" which follows the "QT Groups" own pronunciation and appeals to my, admitably lame, sense of humour.

Prerequities

1. Python version >= 3.8
   • If Nuitka is used for application distribution, then Python versions 3.12 and above are not currently supported.

Installation

1. Create your Python project folder and set up your Python project using the virtual environment manager of your choice

2. pip install QTPYGUI

Boot Camp

First up, check out the examples in https://github.com/David-Worboys/QTPYGUI/tree/master/examples . There is one example per python source file, and I will be adding more as time progresses.

Basic Concepts

1. QTPYGUI is event driven and there are no "busy" loops waiting for something to happen

2. By default, width and height settings are in characters

   • Pixels can be used as an argument is provided to allow for this

   • This works best with monospaced fonts

   • The default font is "IBM Plex Mono" and the default font size is 10

     • This is included in the installation of QTPYGUI
     • If this font is missing, then QTPYGUI will try and find a system font that will work

3. The basic structure of a QTPY GUI Program is as follows:

import QTPYGUI.qtpygui as qtg

Class Example_App
    def __init__(self):
        """ Setup application instance variable """
        self.example_app = qtg.QtPyApp(
            display_name="Example App",
            callback=self.event_handler,
            height=100,
            width=100,
        ) 
    
    def event_handler(self, event: qtg.Action):
        """Handles  events"""
    
    def layout()-> qtg.VBoxContainer:
        """ Defines The User Interface Layout """
    
    def run(self):
        """Run Example App"""
        self.example_app.run(layout=self.layout())
        
if __name__ == "__main__":
    example_app = Example_App()
    example_app.run()            
        

1. This defines the structure of the application main.py file

2. https://github.com/David-Worboys/QTPYGUI/blob/master/examples/example_01.py shows this in action.

3. The python classes that utilise a GUI are defined as below:

import QTPYGUI.qtpygui as qtg

Class Example_Class:
    def event_handler(self, event: qtg.Action):
        """Handles  events"""
        
    def layout()-> qtg.VBoxContainer:
        """ Defines The User Interface Layout """    

1. When the Example_Class is instantiated, the layout method is called to generate the GUI elements of the display and this is assigned to the calling window/GUI object

Containers

Containers are at the heart of the QTPYGUI system and define the layout of the GUI items. The following are four types of containers:

• FormContainer

  • Lays out GUI Controls vertically as per the associated platform (Linux, Windows, Mac) GUI specifications

• HBoxContainer

  • Lays out the GUI Controls horizontally

• VBoxContainer

  • Lays out the GUI Controls vertically, similar to the FormContainer but does not adhere as tightly to the associated platform specifications

• GridContainer

  • Lays out the GUI Controls as a grid. This container is seldom used.

To add a GUI control to a container, the add_row method is used as below:

qtg.HBoxContainer(tag="button_example").add_row(
                qtg.Button(
                    tag="example_1", text="Example 1", callback=self.event_handler, width=10
                ),
                qtg.Button(
                    tag="example_2", text="Example 2", callback=self.event_handler, width=10
                ),
)                

• This will lay out two Buttons Horizontally. If a FormContainer or a VBoxContainer was used, the buttons would be laid out vertically.

• Note the use of the tag, text and callback arguments as these are fundamental to the operation of QTPYGUI GUI Controls

  • If a Container has a text argument, it becomes a Group box.

GUI Controls

These are the GUI components that comprise the UI of an application. Declaring them utilises a standard pattern of arguments with additional arguments for specific GUI Controls.

Note: If an argument is not supported by a GUI control, it is ignored.

Let us consider the Button GUI control

qtg.Button(tag="example_1", text="Example 1",label="Click Me!", callback=self.event_handler)

Note: The following arguments are common to all QTPYGUI controls

"tag" — The "tag" is the name of the control, as it is housed in a container then the container "tag" and the button "tag" make a unique pair.

• This makes it easier to code larger applications as each GUI element does not have to have a unique name.

• If a "tag" is not provided, then the application generates one automatically.

  • This is fine for "Container" and "Label" objects where the programmer does not intend to reference an object.

"text" — The "text" is the text displayed on the control, it is optional

"label" — The "label" argument places a label to the left of the control, it is optional

"callback" — Is the name of the method that will process the events generated by the GUI control. By convention, I declare this as the "event_handler" method.

• If a callback method is not provided, then the control cannot send events to it

• The "event_handler" method takes only one argument—the Action instance whose properties and methods are at the heart of QTPYGUI programming

Event Handling

The burning question in the reader's mind is what happens when an operation occurs on a GUI control, say if a Button (as defined below) is clicked on:

qtg.Button(tag="example_2", text="Example 2", callback=self.event_handler, width=10),

The answer is that the callback method self.event_handler is triggered with a CLICKED event, and it can be processed as below:

    def event_handler(self, event: qtg.Action):
        """Handles  form events
        Args:
            event (qtg.Action): The triggering event
        """
        assert isinstance(self,event:qtg.Action), f"{event=}. Must be Action"

        match event.event:
            case qtg.Sys_Events.CLICKED:
                match event.tag:                    
                    case "example_2":
                        popups.PopMessage(title="Hi", message="Example 2 Was Clicked").show()

This results in a Pop-up window opening with a title of "Hi" displaying "Example 2 Was Clicked"

Note: This is the essence of event driven programming, nothing happens until an event is triggered, mostly by the applicationGUI Controls - like Buttons.

The observant reader may notice the event instance passed to the event handler is a class of Action which probably should have been named Event but for historical reasons that nomenclature is staying.

The Action class has a number of very useful methods and properties, and a programmer using QTPYGUI will become very familiar with them.

Building Your First Application:

As is traditional, a "hello world" program needs to be written first, so let's get to it!

import QTPYGUI.qtpygui as qtg

class Hello_World:
    def __init__(self):
        self.hello_world = qtg.QtPyApp(
            display_name="Hello World",
            callback=self.event_handler,
            height=100,
            width=100,
        )

    def event_handler(self, event: qtg.Action):
        """Handles  form events
        Args:
            event (qtg.Action): The triggering event
        """
        assert isinstance(event, qtg.Action), f"{event=}. Must be Action"

        match event.event:
            case qtg.Sys_Events.CLICKED:
                match event.tag:
                    case "ok":
                        self.hello_world.app_exit()

    def layout(self) -> qtg.VBoxContainer:
        """The layout of the window
        Returns:
            qtg.VBoxContainer: The layout
        """
        return qtg.VBoxContainer(align=qtg.Align.BOTTOMRIGHT).add_row(
            qtg.FormContainer().add_row(
                qtg.Label(
                    text="Hello World!",
                    txt_fontsize=48,
                    txt_align=qtg.Align.CENTER,
                    txt_font=qtg.Font(backcolor="blue", forecolor="yellow"),
                ),
            ),
            qtg.HBoxContainer().add_row(
                qtg.Button(
                    tag="ok",
                    text="OK",
                    callback=self.event_handler,
                    width=10,
                    tooltip="Exit Example 01",
                ),
            ),
        )

    def run(self):
        """Run example_01"""
        self.hello_world.run(layout=self.layout())

if __name__ == "__main__":
    hello_world = Hello_World()
    hello_world.run()

This is a slightly simplified version of example_01.

Copy the above source code into a hello_world.py file and run it like so:

python3 -OO hello_world.py

And the follwing screen will be displayed:

Distributing Your Application

I strongly recommend using Nuitka (https://nuitka.net/) to distribute your program as it can produce a single compiled file, housing all dependencies that can be copied to a host machine.

Nuitka's Kay Hayen is simply the Python GOAT when it comes to this type of thing.

To compile hello_world.py the reader will need to install Nuitka

pip install Nuitka

and run this command:

python -m nuitka                                                                            \
--show-anti-bloat-changes                                                                   \
--assume-yes-for-downloads                                                                  \
--lto=yes                                                                                   \
--python-flag=-OO                                                                           \
--python-flag=no_warnings                                                                   \
--python-flag=isolated                                                                      \
--standalone                                                                                \
--onefile                                                                                   \
--prefer-source-code                                                                        \
--enable-plugin=pyside6                                                                     \
--include-qt-plugins=sensible                                                               \
--include-package-data=QTPYGUI                                                              \
hello_world.py

This will produce a hello_world.bin file on Linux, double-click on it and the hello_world application will start.

Note:

1. On occasion the hello_world.bin file will need to be made executable, and this is done as follows:

• Right-click on the hello_world.bin file and select "Properties." This will open the file properties window. select "Permissions" and tick "Allow executing file as program" and then "Close"

2. At the time of writing, this will produce a 58MB hello_world.bin executable file - This is simply how it is when distributing Python applications as so much is included during the build process. It is worth noting that PyInstaller produces even larger executables!

QTPYGUI Control API Reference

This section details the wide variety of GUI (Graphical User Interface) controls that are available to design a user interface (UI) with QTPYGUI.

Not all properties or methods will be detailed as many are inherited from their ancestor, the qtpyBase_Control

The properties used by almost all controls, and which should be committed to memory, are:

• "tag", the system name for the control
  • Must be specified if the control is going to be used in the code, if not, it can be omitted and the system will generate a unique tag name
• "callback", the method that will process events generated by the GUI control.
  • Takes one argument - an Action instance which has many useful properties and methods and is critical to QTPYGUI programming.
  • callback can be omitted for controls, like Label, where the programmer has no interest in the events generated by the control
• "text", not all controls use this as they do not display text
• "width", the width of the control in characters if pixel_unit is False, Otherwise in pixels
• "height", the height of the control in characters if the pixel_unit is False, Otherwise in pixels

Only where a programmer is after a special layout or effect, will the other properties come into play

• Some controls, like the Grid, will have special properties that need setting

It is suggested to set the "height" and "width" properties as the font selected might not automatically size correctly and the defaults might not suit.

• This is particularly the case in fonts that are not monospaced.

Where the "txt_font" is set, it overrides the other text related font properties

GUI Controls are housed in Containers and the container_tag and tag make a unique pair in the form layout

GUI Controls

Control	Description
Button	Creates a button, text and icon are optional
Checkbox	Creates a check box that a user can click on or off
ComboBox	Creates a drop down selection box, icon in list is optional
Dateedit	Creates a date edit control with a dropdown calendar and an erase button
FolderView	Creates a control that displays the contents of a folder in a grid format
Grid	Creates a control that displays data in a table (grid) format
Image	Creates a control that displays an image
Label	Creates a text string
LCD	Creates a control that displays an LCD calculator display Only numbers can be displayed
LineEdit	Creates a control that allows text to be edited and displayed in a single line
Menu	Creates a menu just below the title bar
ProgressBar	Creates a control that displays the progress of an operation
RadioButton	Creates a radio button control. In a group only one can be selected at a time
Slider	Creates a slider control than can be used to set a value by dragging the handle
Spacer	Creates a spacer control used to format layout
Spinbox	Creates a spinbox control that allows numbers to be set via clicking up and down arrows or entering the number directly
Switch	Creates a switch control that can be used to turn on and off a feature
Tab	Creates a tab control that has multiple pages, each housing their own set of GUI Controls
TextEdit	Creates a text entry control that can span multiple lines
Timeedit	Creates a time edit control with an erase button
Treeview	Creates a control that displays data as a tree view

_qtpyBase_Control

This is the ancestor of all QTPYGUI GUI controls, and the properties here are used to set the behavior of the GUI control when instantiated.

Properties

• Not all properties will be supported or used by descendant GUI Controls and will be ignored
• Some properties will be overridden by descendant GUI Controls

Property	Type	Description
align	Align (Align.LEFT)	Used to align GUI Controls in containers
allow_clear	bool (True)	True, allow GUI Controls that can be cleared to be cleared, Otherwise not
bold	bool (False)	True, sets GUI Controls that have text bold, Otherwise not
buddy_control	_qtpyBase_Control | None (None)	Set the buddy GUI control or Container
buddy_callback	Callable | None (None)	Sets the callback method for the buddy GUI control (Functon, Method or Lambda)
callback	Callable | None (None)	Sets the callback method for the GUI control (Functon, Method or Lambda)
container_tag	str ("")	Sets the container_tag for the GUI control. If "" then system generated
editable	bool (True)	True, sets GUI Controls that support editing into edit mode, Otherwise not
enabled	bool (True)	True, enables the GUI control, Otherwise disable the GUI control
frame	Widget_Frame | None (None)	Sets the frame of a GUI control tht supports frames
icon	None | qtG.QIcon | qtG.QPixmap | str (None)	Sets the icon on a GUI control were supported. If a str then this is the filename of the icon
italic	bool (False)	True, sets GUI Controls that have text italic, Otherwise not
height	int (-1)	The height of the GUI control in characters if pixel_unit is False, Otherwise the height is in pixels. -1 automatically calculates the height
label	str ("")	The label string, if not provided no label is shown
label_align	Align_Text (Align_Text.RIGHT)	The alignment of the label text
label_width	int (-1)	The width of the label in characters if pixel_unit is False, Otherwise the width is in pixels. -1 automatically calculates the width
label_font	Font | None (None)	The Font of the label
pixel_unit	bool (False)	True, width and height settings are in pixels, Otherwise in characters
size_fixed	bool (True)	True, Sets the size of the GUI Controls as fixed, Otherwise not fixed. TODO: fix this setting as it has no effect
tag	str ("")	The tag of the GUI control, system generated. If "" then system generated
text	str ("")	The text displayed on the GUI control if this is supported by the GUI control
tooltip	str ("")	The tooltip displayed when the mouse hovers over the GUI control
txt_align	Align_Text (Align_Text.LEFT)	Aligns the GUI Controls text, if supported.
txt_font	Font| None (None)	The font of the GUI Controls text, if supported
txt_fontsize	int (DEFAULT_FONT_SIZE)	The fontsize in points of the GUI control text, if supported
tune_vsize	int (0)	Used to adjust the vertical size of the GUI control. In pixels
tune_hsize	int (0)	Used to adjust the horizontal size of the GUI control. In pixels
translate	bool (True)	True, translate the text on the GUI control, if supported, Otherwiise not
width	int (-1)	The width of the GUI control in characters if pixel_unit is False, Otherwise the width is in pixels. -1 automatically calculates the width
underline	bool (False)	True, sets GUI Controls that have text underline, Otherwise not
user_data	any (None)	User sepecified data attached to the GUI control
validate_callback	Callable | None (None)	A callback to validate the contents of the GUI control. Applicable only to GUI controls that allow the entry of text
visible	bool (True)	True, make the GUI control visible,Otherwise hide the GUI control

Methods

• Not all methods will be used by descendant GUI Controls
• Some methods will be overridden

Method	Arguments	Type	Description	Optional
block_signals		None	Blocks or unblocks signals for the widget (Used rarely where signals might be generated very frequently e.g. Slider)
	block_signals	bool (True)	True, stop this widget from generating signals (events), Otherwise do not do not stop signals (events) being generated .	✓
clear		None	Clears the contents of the GUI control, if supported
buddy_text_set		None	Sets the text on the buddy control, where supported
	value	str	The label text set to the left of the buddy widget.	❌
ediitable_set		None	Controls the edit setting of a GUI control, where supported.
	editable	bool (False)	True, set the GUI control editable, where supported, Otherwise not.	✓
enable_get		bool	Returns: The enable value of the widget.
enable_set		int	Enables/Disables the GUI control where supported Returns: 1 - set ok, -1 - set failed
	enable	bool	True enable control, Otherwise disable the control.	❌
fonts_available_get		tuple[str]	Returns: A tuple of font name strings.
font_set		None	Sets the font on the GUI control (Usually used internally as the Font property is set when the GUI control is instantiated)
	app_font	Font	Application font	❌
	widget_font	Font	Control font	❌
	widget	qtW.QWidget (None)	The QT widget having the font set (defaults to current GUI control)	✓
font_system_get		None	Gets the sstem font Returns: A QFont object.
	fixed	bool (True)	True, return the fixed size system font, Otherwise not
frame_style_set		None	Sets the frame style of the GUI control, where supported
	frame	Widget_Frame	Frame definition object.	✓
icon_set		None
	icon	None | qtG.QIcon | qtG.QPixmap | str	Sets the icon on a GUI control were supported. If a str then this is the filename of the icon	❌
guiwidget_get		qtW.QWidget	Returns the underlying QT widget so that specialised operations can be performed Returns: The QT GUI widget.
guiwidget_set		None	Sets the GUI Control (Almost never used by QTPYGUI programmers)
	widget	qtW.QWidget | qtG.QAction	The widget being set	❌
pixel_str_size		Char_Pixel_Size	Returns: The pixel size of the string in a Char_Pixel_Size instance .
	text	str	The text to be measured	❌
pixel_char_size		Char_Pixel_Size	The size of a char in pixels Returns: Char_Pixel_Size
	char_height	int	Character height in chars	❌
	char_width	int	Character width in chars	❌
	height_fudge	float (1.1)	Fudge factor multiplier to provide height adjustment	✓
	width_fudge	float (1.1)	Fudge factor multiplier to provide width adjustment	✓
text_pixel_size		tuple[int,int]	Returns the height and width of a string of text in pixels Returns: The [height,width] of the text in pixels.
	text	str	The text to be measured.	❌
tooltip_get		str	Returns: The tooltip text.
tooltip_set		None
	tooltip	str	The text to display in the tooltip.	❌
	width	int (200) Currently 400 for testing	The width of the tooltip in pixels. ( Width setting is still being ignored TODO Find Fix)	✓
	txt_color	str	The color of the tooltip text. Defaults to black.	✓
	bg_color	str	The background color of the tooltip. Defaults to white.	✓
	border	str	The border style of the tooltip. Defaults to "1px solid #000000".	✓
tooltipsvisible_get		bool	Returns: True - visible, False - not visible.
tooltipsvisible_set		None
	visible	bool	True, tooltip visible, Otherwise not.	❌
trans_get		bool	Returns: True - text translated, False - text not translate
trans_set		None
	no_trans	bool	True, text not translated, Otherwise text is translated	❌
trans_str		str	Returns: The translated text.
	text	str	The text to be translated.	❌
	force_translate	bool (False)	Translate text if True,Otherwise do not translate text. Defaults to False	✓
validate		bool	Returns: True if validation ok, otherwise False
value_get		any	Returns: The value of the widget.
userdata_get		any	Returns: The user data stored on the widget
userdata_set		None	Sets the user data on the widget.
	user_data	any	The user data can be of any type	❌
value_set		None	Sets the widget value
	value	bool | int | float | Combo_Data | str | datetime.date | datetime.datetime	Sets the value of the widget	❌
visible_get		bool	Returns: True - widget visible, False - widget hidden.
visible_set		None
	visible	bool	True, sets widget visible, Otherwise widget hidden.	❌

Button

Calling Button in a layout will generate a button control on a form.

The "tag", "text" and "callback" arguments are generally the only arguments used.
It is suggested to set width and height as the font selected might not automatically size correctly.

Properties
The following properties apply when a button is instantiated with the Button call, as in the "fully loaded" declaration below

Note: A subset of _qtpyBase_Control properties also apply and some are used in the "fully loaded" declaration below

Property	Description	Type	Optional
auto_repeat_interval	If > 0 the button keeps firing Clicked events when held down (milliseconds)	int >= 0 (0)	✓
bold	Sets the button text bold if True otherwise not	bool (False)	✓
buddy_control	Control or container with controls that sit to the right of the button	Container or GUI Control	✓
callback	The method called when the button is pressed	Callable (None)	✓
enabled	Enables/Disables the button	bool (True)	✓
height	The height of the button (in characters if pixel_unit is False,Otherwise pixels)	int > 0 (10)	✓
icon	The icon image displayed on the button	str [File Name] ,QIcon,QPixmap	✓
italic	Sets the button text italic if True otherwise not	bool (False)	✓
label	Displays text to the left of the button	str ("")	✓
label_align	Alignment of the text displayed in the label	Align_Text (Align_Text.LEFT)	✓
label_font	The font definition for the label	Font	✓
label_width	Sets the label width (in characters if pixel_unit is False,Otherwise pixels)	int > 0 (0)	✓
pixel_unit	Use pixels for width/height, pixels if True, Otherwise characters	bool (False)	✓
tag	The application name of the button	str (System Generated)	✓
text	The text displayed on the button	str ("")	✓
txt_align	Alignment of the text displayed on the button	Align_Text (Align_Text.LEFT)	✓
txt_font	The font definition for the button (style will override italic,size will override txt_fontsize )	Font	✓
txt_fontsize	The point size of the text	int (10)	✓
tune_hsize	Add or subtracts pixels units to the width. Used in aligning controls	int (0)	✓
tune_vsize	Add or subtracts pixels units to the height. Used in aligning controls	int (0)	✓
tooltip	Sets the tooltip displayed when the button is hovered over	str	✓
translate	Translates text if True Otherwise does not translate	bool (True)	✓
user_data	Any data item the user wants to attach to the button	any (None )	✓
underline	Underlines the button text if True otherwise not	bool (False)	✓
visible	Makes the button visible if True otherwise invisible	bool (True)	✓
width	The width of the button (in characters if pixel_unit is False,Otherwise pixels)	int > 0 (10)	✓

A fully loaded button declaration:

Note: Only "tag", "text" and "callback" are usually needed

Button(
        tag="button_1",
        text="Button",
        label="Button 1",
        label_align=qtg.Align_Text.CENTER,
        label_width=10,
        label_font=qtg.Font(style=qtg.Font_Style.OBLIQUE,size=14),
        callback=self.event_handler,
        width=10,
        height=1,
        txt_align=qtg.Align_Text.CENTER,
        txt_font =qtg.Font(style=qtg.Font_Style.NORMAL,size=15),
        txt_fontsize=12,
        bold=True,
        italic=True,
        underline=True,
        enabled=True,                        
        visible=True,
        tooltip="Button 1 Press Me",
        tune_hsize=15,
        tune_vsize=15,
        user_data = {"key":"value"},
        buddy_control=qtg.HBoxContainer().add_row(
            qtg.Spacer(width=1),
                    qtg.Checkbox(tag="button_check", text="Tick Me!", callback=self.event_handler, width=12)
        ),
    )

Methods
A subset of the _qtpyBase_Control methods apply to Button instances

Method	Arguments	Type	Description	Optional
text_set		None	Sets the text on the button
	button_text	str	The text to be placed on the button	❌
	translate	bool (True)	Translate the text	✓

Checkbox

Calling Checkbox in a layout will generate a checkbox control on a form.

The "tag", "text" and "callback" arguments are generally the only arguments used.
It is suggested to set width and height as the font selected might not automatically size correctly.

Properties
The following properties apply when a Checkbox is instantiated with the Checkbox call, as in the "fully loaded" declaration below

Note: A subset of _qtpyBase_Control properties also apply and some are used in the "fully loaded" declaration below

Property	Description	Type	Optional
bold	Sets the checkbox text bold if True otherwise not	bool (False)	✓
buddy_control	Control or container with controls that sit to the right of the checkbox	Container or GUI Control	✓
callback	The method called when the checkbox is checked	Callable (None)	✓
enabled	Enables/Disables the checkbox	bool (True)	✓
height	The height of the checkbox (in characters if pixel_unit is False,Otherwise pixels)	int > 0 (10)	✓
italic	Sets the checkbox text italic if True otherwise not	bool (False)	✓
label	Displays text to the left of the checkbox	str ("")	✓
label_align	Alignment of the text displayed in the label	Align_Text (Align_Text.LEFT)	✓
label_font	The font definition for the label	Font	✓
label_width	Sets the label width (in characters if pixel_unit is False,Otherwise pixels)	int > 0 (0)	✓
pixel_unit	Use pixels for width/height, pixels if True, Otherwise characters	bool (False)	✓
tag	The application name of the checkbox	str (System Generated)	✓
text	The text displayed next to the checkbox	str ("")	✓
txt_align	Alignment of the text displayed next to the checkbox	Align_Text (Align_Text.LEFT)	✓
txt_font	The font definition for the checkbox (style will override italic,size will override txt_fontsize )	Font	✓
txt_fontsize	The point size of the text	int (10)	✓
tune_hsize	Add or subtracts pixels units to the width. Used in aligning controls	int (0)	✓
tune_vsize	Add or subtracts pixels units to the height. Used in aligning controls	int (0)	✓
tooltip	Sets the tooltip displayed when the checkbox is hovered over	str	✓
translate	Translates text if True Otherwise does not translate	bool (True)	✓
user_data	Any data item the user wants to attach to the checkbox	any (None )	✓
underline	Underlines the checkbox text if True otherwise not	bool (False)	✓
visible	Makes the checkbox visible if True otherwise invisible	bool (True)	✓
width	The width of the checkbox (in characters if pixel_unit is False,Otherwise pixels)	int > 0 (10)	✓

A fully loaded checkbox declaration:

Note: Only "tag", "text" and "callback" are usually needed

• txt_font overrides the other text font settings

Checkbox(
            tag="checkbox",
            text="Tick Me!",
            label="Check Box",
            callback=self.event_handler,
            label_align=qtg.Align_Text.CENTER,
            label_width=10,
            label_font=qtg.Font(style=qtg.Font_Style.OBLIQUE, size=14),
            width=6,
            height=1,
            txt_align=qtg.Align_Text.CENTER,
            txt_font=qtg.Font(style=qtg.Font_Style.NORMAL, size=20),
            txt_fontsize=12,
            bold=True,
            italic=True,
            underline=True,
            enabled=True,
            visible=True,
            tooltip="Check Box Press Me",
            tune_hsize=15,
            tune_vsize=15,
            user_data={"key": "value"},
            buddy_control=qtg.HBoxContainer().add_row(
                qtg.Spacer(width=1),
                qtg.Button(tag="button_push", text="Push Me!", callback=self.event_handler, width=12)
            ),
    
        )

Methods
A subset of the _qtpyBase_Control methods apply to Checkbox instances

Method	Arguments	Type	Description	Optional
button_checked		bool	Returns: The checked state of the checkbox.
button_toggle		None
	value (True)	bool	True checkbox is checked, False checkbox is unchecked.	✓
label_get		str	Returns: The text of the label.
value_get		bool	Returns: True checked, False not checked
value_set		None
	value	bool	True checkbox is checked, False checkbox is unchecked.	❌

ComboBox

Calling ComboBox in a layout will generate a dropdown combobox control on a form.

The "tag" ,"text", "callback" and "items" arguments are generally the only arguments used. It is suggested to set width and height as the font selected might not automatically size correctly.

Properties
The following properties apply when a ComboBox is instantiated with the ComboBox call, as in the "fully loaded" declaration below

Note: A subset of _qtpyBase_Control properties also apply and some are used in the "fully loaded" declaration below

Property	Description	Type	Optional
bold	Sets the combobox text bold if True otherwise not	bool (False)	✓
buddy_control	Control or container with controls that sit to the right of the combobox	Container or GUI Control	✓
callback	The method called when the combobox is modified	Callable (None)	✓
display_na	Displays N/A (Not Applicable/Available) in the drop down list if True Otherwise not	bool (True)	✓
dropdown_width	The width of the combobox (in characters if pixel_unit is False,Otherwise pixels)	int > 0 (10)	✓
enabled	Enables/Disables the combobox	bool (True)	✓
height	The height of the combobox (in characters if pixel_unit is False,Otherwise pixels)	int > 0 (10)	✓
italic	Sets the combobox text italic if True otherwise not	bool (False)	✓
items	Items to add to the dropdown list	list or tuple Combo_Item	✓
label	Displays text to the left of the combobox	str ("")	✓
label_align	Alignment of the text displayed in the label	Align_Text (Align_Text.LEFT)	✓
label_font	The font definition for the label	Font	✓
label_width	Sets the label width (in characters if pixel_unit is False,Otherwise pixels)	int > 0 (0)	✓
num_visible_items	Number of items displayed in the dropdown list	int >= 1 (15)	✓
pixel_unit	Use pixels for width/height, pixels if True, Otherwise characters	bool (False)	✓
tag	The application name of the combobox	str (System Generated)	✓
txt_font	The font definition for the combobox dropdown list (style will override italic,size will override txt_fontsize )	Font	✓
txt_fontsize	The point size of the text in the combobox dropdown list	int (10)	✓
tune_hsize	Add or subtracts pixels units to the width. Used in aligning controls	int (0)	✓
tune_vsize	Add or subtracts pixels units to the height. Used in aligning controls	int (0)	✓
tooltip	Sets the tooltip displayed when the combobox is hovered over	str	✓
translate	Translates dropdown text if True Otherwise does not translate	bool (True)	✓
user_data	Any data item the user wants to attach to the combobox	any (None )	✓
underline	Underlines the combobox dropdown text if True otherwise not	bool (False)	✓
visible	Makes the combobox visible if True otherwise invisible	bool (True)	✓
width	The width of the combobox (in characters if pixel_unit is False,Otherwise pixels)	int > 0 (10)	✓

A fully loaded combobox declaration:

Note: Only "tag", "text" ,"callback" and "items" are usually needed

• txt_font overrides the other text font settings

ComboBox(
            tag="combo_box",
            label="Combo Box",
            display_na=True,
            dropdown_width=35,
            items=[
                qtg.Combo_Item(
                    display="Item 1",
                    data=None,
                    icon=qtg.Sys_Icon.computericon.get(),
                    user_data=None,
                ),
                qtg.Combo_Item(
                    display="Item 2", data=None, icon=None, user_data=None
                ),
                qtg.Combo_Item(
                    display="Item 3", data=None, icon=None, user_data=None
                ),
            ],
            callback=self.event_handler,
            label_align=qtg.Align_Text.CENTER,
            label_width=10,
            label_font=qtg.Font(style=qtg.Font_Style.OBLIQUE, size=14),
            width=8,
            height=1,
            txt_font=qtg.Font(style=qtg.Font_Style.ITALIC, size=12),
            txt_fontsize=12,
            bold=True,
            italic=True,
            underline=True,
            enabled=True,
            visible=True,
            tooltip="Check Box Press Me",
            tune_hsize=15,
            tune_vsize=1,
            user_data={"key": "value"},
            buddy_control=qtg.HBoxContainer().add_row(
                qtg.Spacer(width=1),
                qtg.Button(tag="button_push2", text="Push Me 2!", callback=self.event_handler, width=12)
            ),
        ),

Methods
A subset of the _qtpyBase_Control methods apply to ComboBox instances

Method	Arguments	Type	Description	Optional
count_items		int >= 0 <= number of items in list	Returns: The number of items in the Combobox
display_width_set		None
	display_width	int	The number of characters to display in the Combobox	❌
get_items		list Combo_Data	Returns: returns the List of items in the combo box
icon_set		int	Returns: 1 if successful, -1 if not
	combo_index	int	Row index in the combobox where the icon is to be placed	❌
	icon	str [File Name], QIcon,QPixmap	A QPixmap, QIcon or the icon file name	❌
is_combo_child		bool	Returns: True if the Combobox is child of another combo box. False if not.
load_csv_file		int	Returns: Length of maximum item if load OK, Otherwise -1
	data_index	int (1)	The column in the file to load into user data	✓
	delimiter	str (",")	CSV file field separator	✓
	file_name	str	The path to the CSV file	❌
	ignore_header	bool (true)	Set True if the CSV file has a header row	✓
	line_start	int (1)	The line in the file to start loading data from	✓
	select_text	str (")	The text to select after load	✓
	text_index	int (1)	The column in the CSV file to load into display	✓
load_items		int	Returns: int
	auto_na	bool (True)	True puts na_string (Not Available) in combobox, Otherwise not	✓
	clear_items	bool (True)	Clears existing items from the combobox	✓
	na_string	str ("N/A")	The "Not Available" string	✓
print_all_to_console		None	Debug method - prints items to console
select_index		None	Scrolls to an index in the combobox and sets the current index of the widget to the select_index argument
	select_index	int	The index of the item to select	❌
select_text		int	Selects the text in the combobox Returns: The index of the selected text in the dropdown.
	select_text	int	Returns: The index of the selected text in the dropdown.	❌
	case_sensitive	bool (False)	Whether to perform a case-sensitive match.	✓
	partial_match	bool (False)	Whether to perform a partial text match.	✓
	select_text	str	The text to select.
value_get		Combo_Data	Returns: Current row Combo_Data if index = -1, Selected row Combo_Data if row > 0
	index	int (-1)	The index of the item to get. Defaults to current row.	✓
value_remove		None	Remove an item from the combobox a the given index.
	index	int	The index of the item to remove.	❌
value_set		None	Sets a value in the dropdown and scrolls to that value. if COMBO_DATA index is -1 then data and display. Values must match for scroll to happen
	value	str | Combo_Data	Inserts a value in the dropdown. If Combo_Data index = -1 insert alphabetically when insert_alpha is True, Otherwise insert at bottom of list. if index > 1 insert at index position	❌
	insert_alpha	bool (True)	Insert alphabetically	✓

Dateedit

Calling Dateedit in a layout will generate a Dateedit control, with an erase button and a dropdown calendar, on a form.

The "tag" ,"text" and "callback" arguments are generally the only arguments used.
It is suggested to set width and height as the font selected might not automatically size correctly.

Constants

Constant	Description	Type
MINDATE	The minimum date supported by Dateedit (1 Jan 100 AD)	QDate(100, 1, 1)
NODATE	Used internally by Dateedit to signify a no date condition	QDate(1, 1, 1)

Properties
The following properties apply when a Datedit is instantiated with the Datedit call, as in the "fully loaded" declaration below

Note: A subset of _qtpyBase_Control properties also apply and some are used in the "fully loaded" declaration below

Property	Description	Type	Optional
date	Set to the current date if not set ("")	str ("")	✓
format	Date format. The format property is set to the current locale's date format if this is not set ("") Follows QT date formating	str ("")	✓
min_date	Set to MINDATE if not set ("")	str ("")	✓
max_date	Set to the to the current date if not set ("")	str ("")	✓

A fully loaded Dateedit declaration:

Note: Only "tag", "text" ,and "callback" are usually needed

• text behaves a little differently here as it serves to set the tooltip on the erase button
• max_date, min_date and format can be used to configure the date range and format of the Dateedit GUI Control if desired
• txt_font overrides the other text font settings

Dateedit(
            tag="dateedit2",
            text="Tick Me!",
            date="2022-01-01",
            format="yyyy-MM-dd",
            max_date="2032-01-01",
            min_date="2000-01-01",
            label="Date edit 2",
            callback=self.event_handler,
            label_align=qtg.Align_Text.CENTER,
            label_width=10,
            label_font=qtg.Font(style=qtg.Font_Style.OBLIQUE, size=14),
            width=6,
            height=1,
            txt_align=qtg.Align_Text.CENTER,
            txt_font=qtg.Font(style=qtg.Font_Style.NORMAL, size=20),
            txt_fontsize=12,
            bold=True,
            italic=True,
            underline=True,
            enabled=True,
            visible=True,
            tooltip="Date Edit 2 ",
            tune_hsize=15,
            tune_vsize=15,
            user_data={"key": "value"},
            buddy_control=qtg.HBoxContainer().add_row(
                qtg.Spacer(width=1),
                qtg.Button(
                    tag="dateedit_button_push",
                    text="Date Edit 2 Push Me!",
                    callback=self.event_handler,
                    width=12,
                ),
        )

Methods
A subset of the _qtpyBase_Control methods apply to Dateedit instances

Method	Arguments	Type	Description	Optional
clear		None	Clears the date displayed
	default_text	str ("-")	Date text to place in the edit control (must be a valid date string or - to clear the date)	✓
date_get		str | Date_Tuple	Gets the date. If date_tuple as a Date_Tuple, Otherwise a string formatted as per date_format
	date_format ("")	str	Set the date format for a string return if date_tuple is False Follows QT date formating	✓
	date_tuple (False)	bool	True, return date format as a Date_Tuple, Otherwise a string, formated as per date_format	✓
date_set		None	Sets the date in the control
	date	str ("")	A string representing the date to set, formatted as 'y-m-d'.	✓
	date_format	str ("")	The format of the date string, defaults to an empty string.	✓
	default_text	str ("-")	if the date string is '-' then the date control is cleared	✓
date_valid		bool	Checks if a date is valid Returns: True if date is valid, False otherwise
	date	str	date in string format	❌
	date_format	str	The format of the date string.	❌
value_get		str | Date_Tuple	Gets the date. If date_tuple as a Date_Tuple, Otherwise a string formatted as per date_format
	date_format ("")	str	Set the date format for a string return if date_tuple is False Follows QT date formating	✓
	date_tuple (False)	bool	True, return date format as a Date_Tuple, Otherwise a string, formated as per date_format	✓
value_set		None	Sets the date in the control
	date	str ("")	A string representing the date to set, formatted as 'y-m-d'.	✓
	date_format	str ("")	The format of the date string, defaults to an empty string.	✓

FolderView

Calling FolderView in a layout will generate a FolderView control on a form.

The "tag", "text", "callback", "header_widths" and "height" arguments are generally the only arguments used.
It is suggested to set width and height as the font selected might not automatically size correctly.

Properties
The following properties apply when a FolderView is instantiated with the FolderView call, as in the "fully loaded" declaration below

Note: A subset of _qtpyBase_Control properties also apply and some are used in the "fully loaded" declaration below

Property	Description	Type	Optional
width	The width of the FolderView GUI control Generally not set as header_widths determines the widths Characters if pixel_unit is False, Otherwise pixels	int (40)	✓
height	The height of the FolderView GUI control Characters if pixel_unit is False, Otherwise pixels	int (15) # In lines	✓
root_dir	Sets root path of the FolderView	str ("\") #Current directory	✓
dir_only	True, displays directories only, Otherwise display all directories and files	bool (False)	✓
multiselect	True, allows multiple files and/or folders to be selected, Otherwise only allow one file and/or folder to be selected at a time	bool (False)	✓
header_widths	Sets the header widths - maximum of 4 allowed Characters if pixel_unit is False, Otherwise pixels	list [int,...] | tuple(int,...) = (40,)	✓
header_font	Sets the font properties of the header row	Font | None (None)	✓
click_expand	True, expand folders when clicked on, Otherwise only expand folders if the handle is clicked	bool (False)	✓

A fully loaded FolderView declaration:

Note: Only "tag", "text", "callback", "header_widths" and "height" are usually needed

• txt_font overrides the other text font settings

FolderView(
            tag="folderview",
            label="Folder View",
            callback=self.event_handler,
            height=5,
            header_widths=[10, 10, 10, 10],
            multiselect=False,
            click_expand=False,
            label_align=qtg.Align_Text.CENTER,
            label_width=10,
            label_font=qtg.Font(style=qtg.Font_Style.OBLIQUE, size=20),
            txt_align=qtg.Align_Text.CENTER,
            txt_font=qtg.Font(style=qtg.Font_Style.NORMAL, size=14),
            header_font=qtg.Font(
                style=qtg.Font_Style.OBLIQUE,
                backcolor="cyan",
                forecolor="orange",
                size=20,
            ),
            txt_fontsize=12,
            bold=True,
            italic=True,
            underline=True,
            enabled=True,
            visible=True,
            tooltip="FolderView Press Me",
            tune_hsize=15,
            tune_vsize=15,
            user_data={"key": "value"},
            buddy_control=qtg.HBoxContainer().add_row(
                qtg.Spacer(width=1),
                qtg.Button(
                    tag="folderview_button_push",
                    text="Push Me!",
                    callback=self.event_handler,
                    width=12,
                ),
            ),
        )

Methods
A subset of the _qtpyBase_Control methods apply to FolderView instances

Method	Arguments	Type	Description	Optional
change_folder		None	Changes the root folder for the directory view, clearing the view in the process.
	folder	str	THe new root folder. This is not checked for validity.	❌
expand_on_click		bool	Returns: The expand on click setting. If True then the dir node expands when dir name clicked on, Otherwise not
value_get		tuple[selected_node(s)]	This will return named tuple(s) of selected_nodes (selected_node, name, path, size, modified, date_modified type, isdir). Returns: One tuple if multiselect is False, Otherwise one or more tuples containing the file values from the selected node
value_set		None	Sets the text value of the selected node. Note: may not work in dir view only mode
	value	str	The text to set as the current node text	❌

Grid

Calling Grid in a layout will generate a Grid control on a form.

The "tag", "text", "callback", "col_def" and "height" arguments are generally the only arguments used.
It is suggested to set width and height as the font selected might not automatically size correctly.

Properties
The following properties apply when a Grid is instantiated with the Grid call, as in the "fully loaded" declaration below

Note: A subset of _qtpyBase_Control properties also apply and some are used in the "fully loaded" declaration below

Property	Description	Type	Optional
width	The width of the Grid -1 defaults to the grid column widths being used to calculate the width	int (-1)	✓
height	The height of the grid	int (BUTTON_SIZE.height)	✓
col_def	This is the column definitions of the grid	list | tuple Col_Def	❌
grid_items	If an initial grid load is required then set this to a list of Grid_Items. The tag field of the Grid_Item must be set to ""	list Grid_Item ([])	✓
multiselect	True, allow multiple selections in the grid, Otherwise do not	bool (False)	✓
noselection	True, do not allow any selections in the grid, Otherwise allow selections	bool (False)	✓
header_sort	True, Allow header sorting, Otherwise do not	bool (True)	✓

A fully loaded Grid declaration:

Note: Only "tag", "text", "callback", "col_def" and "height" are usually needed

• Initial Grid loading is usually done by loading grid_items as below
• txt_font overrides the other text font settings

Grid(
    tag="grid",
    label="Grid",
    callback=self.event_handler,
    col_def=[
        qtg.Col_Def(
            label="Col 1", checkable=True, editable=False, tag="col_1", width=10
        ),
        qtg.Col_Def(
            label="Col 2", checkable=False, editable=True, tag="col_2", width=10
        ),
    ],
    grid_items=[
                qtg.Grid_Item(row_index=0, col_index=0,current_value="value 1" , user_data=None,tag=""),
                qtg.Grid_Item(row_index=0, col_index=1,current_value="value 2" , user_data=None,tag=""),
                qtg.Grid_Item(row_index=1, col_index=0, current_value="value 3", user_data=None, tag=""),
                qtg.Grid_Item(row_index=1, col_index=1, current_value="value 4", user_data=None, tag=""),
            ],
    height=3,
    label_align=qtg.Align_Text.CENTER,
    label_width=10,
    label_font=qtg.Font(style=qtg.Font_Style.OBLIQUE,backcolor="red", size=14),
    txt_align=qtg.Align_Text.CENTER,
    txt_font=qtg.Font(style=qtg.Font_Style.NORMAL, size=15), #Does not set colours
    txt_fontsize=12,
    bold=True,
    italic=True,
    underline=True,
    enabled=True,
    visible=True,
    tooltip="Grid Me",
    tune_hsize=15,
    tune_vsize=15,
    user_data={"key": "value"},
    buddy_control=qtg.HBoxContainer().add_row(
        qtg.Spacer(width=1),
        qtg.Button(
            tag="grid_push",
            text="Grid Push Me!",
            callback=self.event_handler,
            width=12,
        ),
    )

Methods
A subset of the _qtpyBase_Control methods apply to Grid instances

Method	Arguments	Type	Description	Optional
changed		bool	Returns: True if the grid has been changed, False otherwise.
changed		None	Sets the changed property.
	value	bool	Set True if the grid has been changed, False otherwise.	❌
checkitemrow_get		Grid_Item | empty tuple ()	Returns: A Grid_Item definition containing the row_index,col_index, tag, current_value, and user_data of a item at the given row/col position.
	col	int	The index of the column to retrieve the item from.	❌
	row	int	The index of the row to retrieve the item from.	❌
checkitemrow_set		None	Sets the check state of the item at the row and column specified.
	checked	bool	True, check the item, Otherwise do not	❌
	col	int	The index of the column to set the check state for.	❌
	row	int	The index of the row to set the check state for.	❌
checkitems_all		None	Checks all items in the grid that are checkable.
	checked	bool (True)	True, check an item, Otherwise uncheck.
	col_tag	str ("")	The column tag name. Only items in this column will be checked/unchecked. If col_tag is "" then all columns will be examined to see if they can be checked/uncheked.	✓
checkitems_get		Grid_Item | empty tuple ()	Returns: A tuple of all checked Grid_items in the grid or an empty tuple if no items checked	✓
clear		None	Clears the grid of all data
col_count		int	Returns: The number of columns in the grid
colindex_get		int	Returns: The column index for a column tag name. If the column tag is invalid an assertion error is raised
	column_tag	str	The column tag name.	❌
coltag_get		str	Returns: The column tag name. If the column index is invalid an assertion error is raised.
	column_index	int	The column index reference.	❌
get_previous_value		bool| datetime.date | datetime.datetime | datetime.time | float | int | str | None	Returns: The previous value stored in the column referred to by row and col
	col	int (-1)	Col index reference. Defaults to current column	✓
	row	int (-1)	Row index reference. Defaults to current row	✓
grid_item_get		Grid_Item |None	Returns: The Grid item referred to by row and col
	col	int (-1)	Column index reference. Defaults to current column	✓
	row	int (-1)	Row index reference. Defaults to current column	✓
item_ids_from_row		list[int]	Returns: List of item_ids of the items found in a specified row
	row	int	The table widget row	❌
load_csv_file		int	Returns: The length of the maximum item loaded or -1 if there is a problem with the file.
	data_index	int (1)	The column index in the CSV file containing the user data to associate with the loaded data.
	delimiter	str ","	The field separator used in the CSV file. Defaults to ",".
	file_name	str	The name of the CSV file.	❌
	ignore_header	bool (True)	Set to True if the CSV file has a header row that should be ignored	✓
	line_start	int (1)	The line number in the CSV file to start loading data from	✓
	text_index	int (1)	The column index in the CSV file containing the text to display in the grid
move_checked_block_down		None	Move the checked block down one position in the Grid
move_checked_block_up		None	Move the checked block up one position in the Grid
move_row_down		int	Move the currently selected row down one position in the Grid Returns: The new row or -1 if the row is at the bottom of the table
	move_row	int	The index of the row to move	❌
move_row_up		int	Move the currently selected row up one position in the table Returns: The new row or -1 if the row is at the top of the table
	move_row	int	The index of the row to move.	❌
row_append		int	Appends a blank row to the grid Returns: Row number inserted.
row_count		int	Returns: Row Count (number of rows in the grid)
row_delete		None	Deletes a row
	row	int	Row index of the row in the grid that is to be deleted	❌
row_from_item_id		int	Returns the row index of the item with the specified item_id Returns: The row index of the item with the specified item_id. -1 if item_id not found
	item_id	int	The item_id of the item you want to find the row index for	❌
row_insert		None	Inserts a row at the given row index. If row is > number of rows then a new row is inserted.
	row	int	The row index in the grid.	❌
	scroll_to	bool (True)	True scroll to the inserted row, Otherwise not	✓
row_scroll_to		None	Scrolls to a row (Deprecated will be removed in a later release. Use select_row)
	col	int (-1)	-1 no column selected, Otherwise select the column indicated by col index	✓
	row	int	Row to scroll to	❌
row_widget_get		_qtpyBase_Control | Container	Returns: If found, the widget or the widget container stored in the specified row and column, Otherwise None
	col	int	Grid column index. If -1, the current column is used, Otherwise the specified column.	❌
	container_tag	str ("")	Container tag is needed if the desired widget is in a container	✓
	row	int	Grid row index. If -1, the current row is used, Otherwise the specified row.	❌
	tag	str ("-")	control tag name. If "-" is supplied, the container is returned.
row_widget_set		None	Sets a widget at the specified row and column	✓
	col	int	The column index of the cell to set the widget for.	❌
	group_text	str ("")	If group_text is provided the widget will be displayed in a group box with the group_text as a title	✓
	row	int	The row index of the cell you want to set the widget for.	❌
	widget	_qtpyBase_Control	The widget to be inserted into the grid	❌
row_widget_tag_delete		int	Deletes a row if the row contains a row widget with a tag that matches the row and tag passed to the method Returns: 1 row found and deleted, -1 no row found that matches the tag passed to the method
	container_tag	str ("")	This is the container tag of the widget (used only where the widget container tag has been set. Defaults to self.container).	✓
	tag	str	The tag of the widget to be deleted.	❌
	widget_row	int	The row housing the widget	❌
select_col		None	Sets the current column
	col	int	The column index in the grid.	❌
	row	int	The row index in the grid.	❌
select_row		None	Scrolls to the given row
	col	int (-1)	The column index in the grid (defaults to -1 scroll to row only).	✓
	row	int	The row index in the grid.	❌
selected_col		int	Returns: The currently selected col
selected_row		int	Returns: The currently selected row
userdata_get		any	Returns: User data stored in column referred to by row and col
	col	int (-1)	If -1, the current column, Otherwise column specified by column	✓
	row	int (-1)	if -1, the current row, Otherwise row specified by row	✓
userdata_set		None	Sets the user data stored on the given column referred to by row and col
	col	int (-1)	If -1, the current column, Otherwise column specified by column	✓
	row	int (-1)	if -1, the current row, Otherwise row specified by row	✓
	user_data	any (None)	User data to be stored
value_get		bool | datetime.date | datetime.datetime | datetime.time | float | int | str | None	Returns: The value stored in the column referenced by row and column
	col	int (-1)	If -1, the current column, Otherwise column specified by column	✓
	row	int (-1)	if -1, the current row, Otherwise row specified by row	✓
value_set		None	Sets a display value (and user data if supplied) at a given row and column
	bold	bool (False)	If True bolds the display font, Otherwise not	✓
	col	int	Column index reference.	❌
	italic	bool (False)	If True italicises the display font, Otherwise not	✓
	row	int	Row index reference.	❌
	tooltip	str ("")	Tooltip to be displayed.	✓
	underline	bool (False)	If True underlines the display font, Otherwise not	✓
	user_data	any	User data to be stored.	❌
	value	bool | datetime.date | datetime.datetime |datetime.time | float | int |str | None	The value to be displayed.	❌
valueorig_get		bool | datetime.date | datetime.datetime |datetime.time | float | int |str | None	Returns: The original value stored in the column referenced to by row and col
	col	int (-1)	If -1, the current column, Otherwise column specified by column	✓
	row	int (-1)	if -1, the current row, Otherwise row specified by row	✓

Image

Calling Image in a layout will generate an Image control on a form.

The "tag", "text", "callback", "height" and width arguments are generally the only arguments used.
It is suggested to set width and height as the font selected might not automatically size correctly.

Properties
The following properties apply when an Image is instantiated with the Image call, as in the "fully loaded" declaration below.

Note: A subset of _qtpyBase_Control properties also apply and some are used in the "fully loaded" declaration below

Property	Description	Type	Optional
width	The width of the image	int (1)	✓
height	The height of the Image	int (1)	✓
image	str [File name] | QPixmap]] | bytes (None)	If str the image is at the file path specified, If bytes must be image file contents, Otherwise the image must be a QPixmap or None	✓
cached_height	int (-1)	If -1, no cached images is stored, Otherwise the cached image will be stored at the specific height Aspect ratio is always maintained	✓
cached_width	int (-1)	If -1, no cached image is stored , Otherwise the cached image will be stored at the specified width Aspect ratio is always maintained	✓
rotate_degrees	int (0)	Rotates the image by the specified number of degrees Must be int between +- 0 and 360	✓

A fully loaded Image declaration:

Note: Only "tag", "text", "callback", "height", "width" and "image" are usually needed

• For implementation reasons, txt_fontsize affects image size and I would suggest setting to 10 or 12.
• txt_font overrides the other text font settings

qtg.Image(
            tag="image",
            label="Image",
            #width=13,
            height=10,
            callback=self.event_handler,
            image="example.jpg",
            label_align=qtg.Align_Text.CENTER,
            label_width=10,
            label_font=qtg.Font(style=qtg.Font_Style.OBLIQUE, size=14),
            txt_align=qtg.Align_Text.CENTER,
            txt_font=qtg.Font(style=qtg.Font_Style.NORMAL, size=12),
            txt_fontsize=12,
            bold=True,
            italic=True,
            underline=True,
            enabled=True,
            visible=True,
            tooltip="Image Press Me",
            tune_hsize=1,
            tune_vsize=1,
            user_data={"key": "value"},
            buddy_control=qtg.HBoxContainer().add_row(
                qtg.Spacer(width=1),
                qtg.Button(
                    tag="image_button_push",
                    text="Push Me!",
                    callback=self.event_handler,
                    width=12,
                    height=2,
                ),
            )

Methods
A subset of the _qtpyBase_Control methods apply to Image instances

Method	Arguments	Type	Description	Optional
clear		None	Clears the visible items from the image
clip_get		QPixmap | None	Gets a QPixmap clip of the image at the given coordinates of the given size Returns: A QPixmap clipped image or None if something went wrong.
	height	int	The height of the image portion to be clipped.	❌
	width	int	The width of the image portion to be clipped.	❌
	x	int	The x coordinate of the left corner of the rectangle to be clipped.	❌
	y	int	The y coordinate of top of the rectangle to be clipped.	❌
get_height_width		tuple[int, int]	Gets the height and width of the image as a tuple of pixels. Returns: (Height,Width) in pixels
image_cache_get		QPixmap | None	Returns the cached image Returns: The cached image if it has been set or None
image_cache_set		None	Sets a cached image - used to speed things up if we do not want to load the image again
	image	QPixmap	The image to be cached.	❌
image_file_get		str	Gets the file path of the source file Returns: The file path of the source file or "" if the image is not sourced from a file
image_set		int	Sets an image to be displayed Returns: 1 Ok, -1 If not
	cached_height	int (-1)	If -1 no cached image is stored, Otherwise create a cached image of a specific height Aspect ratio always maintained	✓
	cached_width	int (-1)	If -1 no cached image is stored, Otherwise create a cached image of a specific width Aspect ratio always maintained	✓
	height	int (-1)	Height of image, If -1 scaled to the width	✓
	high_quality	bool (False)	Display image in high quality	✓
	image	str | qtG.QPixmap | bytes	Image to be displayed	❌
	rotate_degrees	int (0)	Rotate the image in degrees	✓
	scaled	bool (True)	Scale the image to fit height and width	✓
	width	int (-1)	Width of image. If -1 scaled to the height	✓
numpy_array_get		tuple[int, int, ndarray]	Generates an RGB numpy array suited for dlib (and other libs the author imagines) type operations Returns: The tuple (image height (pixels),image width (pixels), np.ndarray) The last element is the RGB numpy array that represents the pixmap that is displayed. Assumes only one image is displayed!
	dlib	bool (False)	If True, the array will be converted to 32bit RGB, Otherwise left as is
rectangle_coords_get		Rect_Coords	Returns an instance of Rect_Coords containing the coordinates of a rectangle, given its id Returns: The coordinates of the rectangle.These will be set to -1 if rect_id not found str int int int int
	rect_id	str	The ID of the rectangle.	❌
rectangle_delete		bool	Deletes a specific rectangle if the rect_id is provided else deletes all the rectangles in the image Returns: True if rectangle deleted or False if rectangle not found
	rect_id	str	The rect_id of the rectangle to be deleted or "" if all rectangles are to be deleted.	✓
rectangle_draw		None	Draws a rectangle on the currently loaded image
	colour	str ("red")	Colour of rectangle line (mostly legal HTML colours)	✓
	height	int (-1)	If -1, top + 50, Otherwise Height of rectangle in pixels	✓
	item_id	str	Rectangle identifier. Must be a non-empty str	❌
	left	int	Left position in pixels	❌
	top	int	Top position in pixels	❌
	visible	bool (True)	If True, rectangle is visible, Otherwise not	✓
	width	int (-1)	If -1, left + 20 , Otherwise width of rectangle in pixels	✓
rectangle_id_change		None	Updates the rectangle id
	new_id	str	The new rectangle_id	❌
	old_id	str	The old rectangle_id	❌
rectangle_overlaps		tuple Overlap_Rect	Returns a tuple of overlapping rectangles Returns: A tuple containing the ids and coords of overlapping rectangles.
	overlap_ratio	float (0.3)	The ratio to determine overlapping. 0 - No overlap to 1 - Complete overlap	✓
rectangle_show		None
	rect_id	str	The id of the rectangle that will be shown/hidden depending on visible	❌
	suppress_rect_check	bool (False)	Used for debugging, suppresses the assert for checking if a rect_id is in the image	✓
	visible	bool	True shows the rectangle, False hides the rectangle	❌
rectangles_changed		dict [str, Rect_Changed]	Returns a dict of changed rectangles Returns: Dict of changed rectangles.

Label

Calling Label in a layout will generate a Label control on a form.

The "tag" and "text" are generally the only arguments used, and "tag" is only needed if you plan on referencing the label in your code.
It is suggested to set width and height as the font selected might not automatically size correctly.

Properties
A Label has no special properties, but can use a subset of _qtpyBase_Control properties as in the "fully loaded" example below

A fully loaded Label declaration:

Note: Only "tag", "text"are usually needed

• txt_font overrides the other text font settings

Label(
        tag="example03",
        label="Label",
        text="Example 03",
        label_font=qtg.Font(
            font_name="Courier",
            style=qtg.Font_Style.OBLIQUE,
            size=42,
            backcolor="yellow",
            forecolor="blue",
        ),
        txt_fontsize=42,
        txt_align=qtg.Align_Text.CENTER,
        txt_font=qtg.Font(
            font_name="DejaVu Sans Mono",
            backcolor="blue",
            forecolor="yellow",
            size=50,
        ),
        width=8,
        frame=qtg.Widget_Frame(
            frame_style=qtg.Frame_Style.BOX,
            frame=qtg.Frame.RAISED,
            line_width=5,
            midline_width=2,
        ),
        height=2,
        tune_hsize=30,
        tune_vsize=15
    )

Methods
A subset of the _qtpyBase_Control methods apply to Label instances

Method	Arguments	Type	Description	Optional
value_get		str	Returns: The label text
value_set		None	Sets the label text
	value	str	text value to set in the label	❌

LCD

Calling LCD in a layout will generate an LCD control, with an LCD like number display, on a form. This control is unusual in that it only displays a limited set 0/O, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5/S, 6, 7, 8, 9/g, minus, decimal point, A, B, C, D, E, F, h, H, L, o, P, r, u, U, Y, colon, degree sign (which is specified as single quote in the string) and space.

Refer to the Calculator for a simple program example

The "tag" and "text" are generally the only arguments used, and "tag" is only needed if you plan on referencing the label in your code.
It is suggested to set width and height as the font selected might not automatically size correctly.

Properties
An LCD has the following properties, but can also use a subset of _qtpyBase_Control properties as in the "fully loaded" example below

Property	Description	Type	Optional
digit_count	Number of digits in display	int (8)	✓

A fully loaded LCD declaration:

Note: Only "tag", "text"are usually needed

• txt_font, other than size, has little effect on the LCD control display and most text settings will not apply.

qtg.LCD(
        tag="lcd",
        label="LCD",
        callback=self.event_handler,
        label_align=qtg.Align_Text.CENTER,
        label_width=10,
        label_font=qtg.Font(style=qtg.Font_Style.OBLIQUE, backcolor="yellow", size=14),
        txt_font=qtg.Font(size=15),
        width=8,
        height=1,        
        txt_fontsize=12,
        digit_count=9,
        text="-123456.7",
        width=9,
        enabled=True,
        visible=True,
        tooltip="LCD Control",
        tune_hsize=15,
        tune_vsize=15,
        user_data={"key": "value"},
        buddy_control=qtg.HBoxContainer().add_row(
            qtg.Spacer(width=1),
            qtg.Button(
                tag="lcd_button",
                text="Press Me!",
                callback=self.event_handler,
                width=12,
            ),
        )

Methods
A subset of the _qtpyBase_Control methods apply to LCD instances

Method	Arguments	Type	Description	Optional
value_set		None	Sets the LCD number display
	value	str | int | float	The value to be displayed in the LCD Only numbers are allowed	❌

LineEdit

Calling LineEdit in a layout will generate a LineEdit control on a form.

The "tag", "text" and "callback" arguments are generally the only arguments used.
It is suggested to set width and height as the font selected might not automatically size correctly.

Properties
A LineEdit has the following properties, but can also use a subset of _qtpyBase_Control properties as in the "fully loaded" example below

Property	Description	Type	Optional
char_length	The maximum number of characters that can be entered in the LineEdit	int (MAX_CHARS)	✓
input_mask	The input mask that determines what is shown in the LineEdit	str ("")	✓
text	Place holder text	str ("")	✓
validate_callback	A callback that validates the text entered	Callable| None (None)	✓

Input Mask

Character	Meaning
A	Character of the Letter category required, such as A-Z, a-z.
a	Character of the Letter category permitted but not required.
N	Character of the Letter or Number category required, such as A-Z, a-z, 0-9
n	Character of the Letter or Number category permitted but not required
X	Any non-blank character required
x	Any non-blank character permitted but not required
9	Character of the Number category required, e.g 0-9
0	Character of the Number category permitted but not required
D	Character of the Number category and larger than zero required, such as 1-9
d	Character of the Number category and larger than zero permitted but not required, such as 1-9
#	Character of the Number category, or plus/minus sign permitted but not required
H	Hexadecimal character required. A-F, a-f, 0-9
h	Hexadecimal character permitted but not required
B	Binary character required. 0-1
b	Binary character permitted but not required
>	All following alphabetic characters are uppercased
<	All following alphabetic characters are lowercased
!	Switch off case conversion
;c	Terminates the input mask and sets the blank character to c.
[ ] { }	Reserved
\	Use \ to escape the special characters listed above to use them as separators
@	First char indicates password, following chars is the input mask. Display characters as they are entered
*	First char indicates password, following chars is the input mask. Display platform-dependent password mask characters

A fully loaded LineEdit declaration:

Note: Only "tag" is usually needed and "text" if a placeholder is required

• If an input mask is provided, the placeholder text is not visible
• A password mask would look like this: *XXXXXXXX
• txt_font overrides the other text font settings
• It is suggested to set "height" and width arguments as the font selected might not automatically size correctly.

LineEdit(
            tag="lineedit",
            label="Line Edit",
            text="Place Holder",
            callback=self.event_handler,
            input_mask="(9999) 999-9999",
            width=15,
            height=1,
            char_length=15,
            label_align=qtg.Align_Text.CENTER,
            label_width=10,
            label_font=qtg.Font(style=qtg.Font_Style.OBLIQUE, size=10),
            txt_align=qtg.Align_Text.CENTER,
            txt_font=qtg.Font(style=qtg.Font_Style.NORMAL, size=10),
            txt_fontsize=12,
            bold=True,
            italic=True,
            underline=True,
            enabled=True,
            visible=True,
            tooltip="LineEDit ",
            tune_hsize=15,
            tune_vsize=15,
            user_data={"key": "value"},
            buddy_control=qtg.HBoxContainer().add_row(
                qtg.Checkbox(
                    tag="telephone_checkbox_check",
                    text="Phone Number!",
                    callback=self.event_handler,
                    width=13,
                ),
            ),
        )

Methods
A subset of the _qtpyBase_Control methods apply to LineEdit instances

Method	Arguments	Type	Description	Optional
input_mask_set		None	Set the input mask
	input_mask	str	Input mask character string
max_chars_get		int	Returns the maximum number of characters allowed in the text field Returns: The max number of characters allowed in the text field.
max_chars_set		None	Sets char_length and checks if is > 0 and < MAX_CHARS
	max_chars	int	The maximum number of characters to use in the line edit control.
modified		bool	True, LineEdit modified, Otherwise not modified
value_get		str	Returns: original taxt if original_value is `True otherwise the modified text
	original_value	bool (False)	True - Return original value, Otherwise return the current value
value_set		None	Set the LineEdit text to the value string
	value	str	The value to set.

Menu

Calling Menu in a layout will generate a menu control on the top of the window that contains the application forms.

Properties
A Menu_Element has the following properties, but can also use a subset of _qtpyBase_Control properties.

Property	Description	Type	Optional
container_tag	The system name of the menu container (required if the Menu_Entry is accessed at run time)	str	✓❌
tag	The system name of the menu	str	✓

A menu is built up of menu elements and creating a menu is straight forward:

1. Create a Menu instance
2. Add The top row menu elements with the element_add method and the parent_tag = ""
3. Add submenu elements with the parent tag pointing to the tag of the parent menu element
4. Repeat Step 3 as often as needed to make up the menu structure.
5. If a seperator is needed, set menu element text to "---" which is the constant MENU_SEPERATOR
   or set menu element seperator=True

The code below illustrates this process

menu = qtg.Menu(container_tag="main_menu",tag="top_level") # Create menu object

# Make top row menu elements - as many as needed, in this case one        
menu.element_add(
    parent_tag="",
    menu_element=qtg.Menu_Element(
        text="&Test", tag="test", callback=self.event_handler
    ),
)



# Add menu elements to the top row menu elements
menu.element_add(
    parent_tag="test",
    menu_element=qtg.Menu_Element(
        text="&Level 2 Test 1",
        tag="level2_test1",
        callback=self.event_handler,
        tooltip="Test 2",
    ),
)

# A seperator draws a line between menu elements - there are 2 ways as illustrated.
# The least preferred (using text) is commented out 
menu.element_add(
        parent_tag="test",
        menu_element=qtg.Menu_Element(                
            separator=True,
            # text= MENU_SEPERATOR                
        ),
)

menu.element_add(
    parent_tag="test",
    menu_element=qtg.Menu_Element(
        text="&Level 2 Test 2",
        tag="level2_test",
        callback=self.event_handler,
        tooltip="",
    ),
)

# Add sub-menus in this case to parent_tag="level2_test
menu.element_add(
    parent_tag="level2_test",
    menu_element=qtg.Menu_Element(
        text="&Level 3 Test",
        tag="level3_test",
        callback=self.event_handler,
        tooltip="",
    ),
)

# Add sub-menus in this case to parent_tag="level3_test 
menu.element_add(
    parent_tag="level3_test",
    menu_element=qtg.Menu_Element(
        text="&Level 4 Test",
        tag="level4_test",
        callback=self.event_handler,
        checkable=True,
        font=qtg.Font(style=qtg.Font_Style.ITALIC, forecolor="red", size=14),
        tooltip="level4_test",
        icon= qtg.Sys_Icon.filenew.get(),
    ),
)

(
    menu.element_add(
        parent_tag="level3_test", menu_element=qtg.Menu_Element(text="---")
    ),
)

menu.element_add(
    parent_tag="level3_test",
    menu_element=qtg.Menu_Element(
        text="&Level 4 Test 1",
        tag="level4_test1",
        callback=self.event_handler,
        tooltip="",
    ),
)

Method	Arguments	Type	Description	Optional
element_add		None
	menu_element	Menu_Element	Menu Element instance	❌
	parent_tag	str	Menu element tag of the parent menu element. "" is the top level parent_tag	❌

Menu_Element

A Menu_Element is a menu control element added to the Menu via the element_add method that defines a menu item entry.

Properties
A Menu_Element has the following properties, but can also use a subset of _qtpyBase_Control properties.

Property	Description	Type	Optional
callback	The event handler method to call when the menu item is clicked on	Callable	❌
checkable	Makes a check box in te menu item	bool (False)	✓
enabled	If True enables the menu_item, Otherwise disabled the menu item	bool (True)	✓
font	Sets the font of the menu item (colours are not currently working)	Font | Nonw (None)	✓
icon	Sets an icon on the menu item	str | qtG.QIcon | qtG.QPixmap (None)	✓
separator	Draws a line to separate menu items	bool (False)	✓
tag	The menu items system name (required if the Menu_Entry is accessed at run time)	str	✓❌
text	The menu item text	str	❌
tooltip	The menu item tooltip that displays when the cursor is hovering over the menu item	str	✓
visible	if True makes the menu item visible, otherwise the menu_item is invisible	bool (True)	✓

Menu_Entry

A Menu_Entry instance is returned in the callback event handler method when a Menu item is selected

Properties
A Menu_Entry has the following properties, but can also use a subset of _qtpyBase_Control properties.

Property	Description	Type	Optional
element	The Menu Element definition that is contained in this Menu Entry	Menu_Element	❌
parent_tag	The tag name of the Menu Element that is the parent of this Menu_Entry Top level menu items do not have a parent_tag	str ("")	✓
tag	The tag name of the Menu Element that is contained in this Menu Entry	str	❌

Methods
A subset of the _qtpyBase_Control methods apply to Menu_Entry instances

Note: A menu item cannot have a checked box and an icon simultaneously. If an icon is set then a checkbox is not displayed

Method	Arguments	Type	Description	Optional
checked_get		bool	Returns: True - Menu Item Checked, Otherwise Menu Item Not Checked
checked_set		None	Sets a menu item to be checked or not checked
	checked	bool	True - Check menu item, False - Uncheck Menu Item	❌
enabled_get		bool	br>Returns: True - Menu Item Enabled, False - Menu Item Disabled
enabled_set		None	Sets a menu item to be enabled or not enabled
	enabled	bool	True - Enable menu item, Otherwise disable Menu Item	❌
font_get		QFont	Returns: The font of the menu item
font_set		None	Sets the font of the menu item
	font	Font		❌
icon_get		None	Returns: The icon of the menu item
icon_set		str | qtG.QPixmap | qtG.QIcon | None	Sets the icon of the menu item
text_get		str	Returns: The text of the menu item	❌
text_set		None	Sets the text of the menu item
	text	str	The text to set	❌
tooltip_get		str	Returns: The tooltip of the menu item
tooltip_set		None	Sets the tooltip of the menu item
	tooltip	str	The tooltip to set	❌
visible_get		bool	Returns: True - Menu Item Visible, False - Menu Item Not Visible
visible_set		None	Sets a menu item to visible or not visible
	visible	bool	True - Menu item visible, Otherwise Menu item not visible	❌

ProgressBar

Calling ProgressBar in a layout will generate a ProgressBar control on a form.

The "tag", "text" and "callback" arguments are generally the only arguments used.
It is suggested to set width and height as the font selected might not automatically size correctly.

Properties
A ProgressBar has the following properties, but can also use a subset of _qtpyBase_Control properties as in the "fully loaded" example below

Property	Description	Type	Optional
callback	The event handler method to call when the PrgressBar is does something	Callable	❌
horizontal	True a horizontal ProgressBath, Otherwise a vertical ProgressBar	bool (True)	✓
label	The label to the left of the ProgressBar that indicates what is is for	str	✓
range_min	The minimum range of a ProgressBar >=0	int (0)	✓
range_max	The maximum range of a ProgressBar >= 0	int (100)	✓
tag	The system name of the ProgressBar (required for updates)	str	❌
width	Characters if pixel_unit is False, Otherwise pixels	int (10)	✓
height	Characters if pixel_unit is False, Otherwise pixels	int (1)	✓

A fully loaded ProgressBar declaration:

Note: Only "tag","range_min","range_max" and "callback" is usually needed

ProgressBar(
            tag="progressbar",
            label="Progress Bar",
            label_font=qtg.Font(style=qtg.Font_Style.OBLIQUE, size=10),
            callback=self.event_handler,
            horizontal=True,
            width=15,
            height=1,
            range_min=0,
            range_max=200,
            enabled=True,
            visible=True,
            tooltip="Progress Bar",
            tune_hsize=15,
            tune_vsize=15,
            user_data={"key": "value"},
            buddy_control=qtg.HBoxContainer().add_row(
                qtg.Button(
                    tag="progressbar_button",
                    text="Press Me!",
                    callback=self.event_handler,
                    width=12,
                ),
            ),
        )

Methods
A subset of the _qtpyBase_Control methods apply to ProgressBar instances

Method	Arguments	Type	Description	Optional
range_set		None	Sets the range of the progressbar.
	max	int	The maximum value of the progressbar.	❌
	min	int	The minimum value of the progressbar.	❌
reset		None	Resets the progressbar to the minimum value
value_get		int	Returns: The value of the progressbar.
value_set		None	Sets the value of the progressbar
	value	int	The value to set the progressbar to.	❌

RadioButton

Calling RadioButton in a layout will generate a RadioButton control on a form. Normally, there is a group of radio buttons, and they are placed in a container to ensure only one can be selected at a time. The container will have its text property set to make it a visible groupbox housing the radio buttons

Properties
A RadioButton has the following properties, but can also use a subset of _qtpyBase_Control properties as in the "fully loaded" example below

Property	Description	Type	Optional
callback	The event handler method to call when the RadioButton is does something	Callable	❌
tag	The system name of the RadioButton (required for updates)	str	❌
text	The text displayed to the left of the RadioButton	str	❌

A fully loaded RadioButton declaration:

Note: This example is hardly realistic but shows the reader what is possible
- Normally all that is required is this: qtg.RadioButton(tag="radio2", text="Radio 2", callback=self.event_handler)

HBoxContainer(text="Radio Buttons", tag="radios").add_row(
                        qtg.RadioButton(
                            tag="radio1",
                            text="Radio 1",
                            checked=True,
                            callback=self.event_handler,
                            label="Radio Button 1",
                            label_font=qtg.Font(style=qtg.Font_Style.OBLIQUE, size=10),
                            enabled=True,
                            visible=True,
                            tooltip="Radio Button",
                            tune_hsize=15,
                            tune_vsize=15,
                            user_data={"key": "value"},
                            buddy_control=qtg.HBoxContainer().add_row(
                                qtg.Button(
                                    tag="radio_button_push",
                                    text="R1 Push Me!",
                                    callback=self.event_handler,
                                    width=15,
                                    height=1,
                                )),
                        ),
                        qtg.RadioButton(
                            tag="radio2", text="Radio 2", callback=self.event_handler
                        ),
                    )

Methods
A subset of the _qtpyBase_Control methods apply to a RadioButton instance

Method	Arguments	Type	Description	Optional
button_checked		bool	Returns: True - Checked, False - Not Checked
button_toggle		None	Set the radiobutton to checked or unchecked
	value	bool	True - radio button checked. False - radio button not-checked.	❌
value_get		bool	Returns: True - Radiobutton Checked, False - Radiobutton not checked
value_set		None	Sets the radiobutton to checked or unchecked
	value	bool	True - checked. False - not checked.	❌

Slider

Calling Slider in a layout will generate a Slider control on a form.

The "tag", "text" and "callback" arguments are generally the only arguments used.
It is suggested to set width and height as the font selected might not automatically size correctly.

Properties
A Slider has the following properties, but can also use a subset of _qtpyBase_Control properties as in the "fully loaded" example below

Property	Description	Type	Optional
callback	The event handler method to call when the PrgressBar is does something	Callable	❌
orientation	"vertical" or "horizonral" presentation of the slider	str ("horizontal")	✓
page_step	The step size when the page up/down is pressed	int (10)	✓
range_max	The maximum value of the slider	int (100)	✓
range_min	The minimum value of the slider	int (0)	✓
scale_factor_percent	Scales the value internally by a certain perentage (Experimental)	float (0.0)	✓
single_step	The step size when a single step is taken	int (1)	✓
tag	The system name of the RadioButton (required for updates)	str	❌
width	Characters if pixel_unit is False, Otherwise pixels	int (10)	✓
height	Characters if pixel_unit is False, Otherwise pixels	int (1)	✓

A fully loaded Slider declaration:

Note: Only "tag","range_min","range_max" and "callback" is usually needed

Slider(
        tag="slider",
        label="Slider",
        callback=self.event_handler,
        range_min=0,
        range_max=500,                        
        label_font=qtg.Font(style=qtg.Font_Style.OBLIQUE,backcolor="yellow", size=15),
        enabled=True,
        visible=True,
        tooltip="Sliders",
        tune_hsize=15,
        tune_vsize=15,
        user_data={"key": "value"},
        buddy_control=qtg.HBoxContainer().add_row(
            qtg.Button(
                tag="slider_push",
                text="Sliders!",
                callback=self.event_handler,
                width=10,
                height=1,
            )
        ),
    )

Methods
A subset of the _qtpyBase_Control methods apply to a RadioButton instance

Method	Arguments	Type	Description	Optional
scale_factor		float	The scale factor calculated from the percentage
scale_factor		None	Sets the scale factor as a percentage.
	value	float	The scale factor as a percentage	❌
range_min_set		None	Sets the minimum value of the slider.
	range_min	int	The minimum value of the slider.	❌
range_max_set		None	Sets the maximum value of the slider.
	range_max	int	The maximum value of the slider.	❌
value_get		int	Returns: - int: The value of the slider.
value_set		None	Sets the value of the slider.
	value	int	The value to set the slider to.	❌
	block_signals	bool (False)	True, stop the slider from emitting signals, Otherwise emit signals	✓

Spacer

Calling Spacer in a layout will generate a Spacer control on a form. A Spacer control is used to control layout, acting as filler.

Only the "width" and "height matter for a Spacer control. Although it is not recommended, the "text_font" can be set which will alter the Spacer size.

It is suggested to set width and height as the font selected might not automatically size correctly.

Properties
A Spacer has the following properties, but can also use a subset of _qtpyBase_Control properties, which are not shown, in the "fully loaded" example below

Property	Description	Type	Optional
width	Characters if pixel_unit is False, Otherwise pixels	int (10)	✓
height	Characters if pixel_unit is False, Otherwise pixels	int (1)	✓

A fully loaded Spacer declaration:

Note: Only "width" and "height" need to be used for Spacers

• Spacers can also have buddy controls and labels, but this would be considered a very unusual "use case"

Spacer(width=1, height=2)

Methods
Although a subset of the _qtpyBase_Control methods may apply to a Spacer instance, no methods are defined for Spacers, and it is not anticipated any of the ancestral methods will be used.

Spinbox

Calling Spinbox in a layout will generate a Spinbox control on a form. A Spinbox control is used to enter numbers with up and down arrows so that a user can quickly set a number.

Properties
A Spinbox has the following properties, but can also use a subset of _qtpyBase_Control properties, which are not shown in the "fully loaded" example below

Property	Description	Type	Optional
height	Characters if pixel_unit is False, Otherwise pixels	int (1)	✓
prefix	A text string appended to the front of the number display eg $	str ("")	✓
range_max	The maximum value of the slider	int (100)	✓
range_min	The minimum value of the slider	int (0)	✓
single_step	The step size when a single step is taken	int (1)	✓
suffix	A text string appended to the end of the number display eg. km	str ("")	✓
tag	The system name of the Spinbox (required for updates)	str	❌
width	Characters if pixel_unit is False, Otherwise pixels	int (10)	✓

A fully loaded Spinbox declaration:

Note: Only "tag","range_min","range_max" and "callback" is usually needed
It is suggested to set width and height as the font selected might not automatically size correctly.

Spinbox(
            tag="spinbox",
            label="Spin Box",
            prefix="Far ",
            suffix=" km",
            callback=self.event_handler,
            range_max=500,
            range_min=0,
            width=15,
            height=1,
            label_font=qtg.Font(
                style=qtg.Font_Style.OBLIQUE,
                backcolor="blue",
                font_name="DejaVu Sans Mono",
                forecolor="yellow",
                size=10,
            ),
            enabled=True,
            visible=True,
            tooltip="Spin Box",
            tune_hsize=15,
            tune_vsize=15,
            user_data={"key": "value"},
            buddy_control=qtg.HBoxContainer().add_row(
                qtg.Button(
                    tag="spinbox_push",
                    text="Spin Box!",
                    callback=self.event_handler,
                    width=10,
                    height=1,
                )
            ),
        ),
    ),

Methods
A subset of the _qtpyBase_Control methods apply to a Spinbox instance

Method	Arguments	Type	Description	Optional
value_get		int	Returns: The value of the spinbox.
value_set		None
	value	int	The value to set the spinbox to.	✓

Switch

Calling Switch in a layout will generate a Switch control on a form. A Switch control is used to flick a setting on and off. .

Properties
A Switch has the following properties, but can also use a subset of _qtpyBase_Control properties, which are not shown in the "fully loaded" example below

Property	Description	Type	Optional
checked	True, Switch is on, Otherwise Switch is off	bool (False)	✓
label	Sets a text label to the left	str ("")	✓
text	Sets a text label to the right	str ("")	✓

A fully loaded Switch declaration:

Note: Only "tag","label","text" and "callback" are usually needed
It is suggested NOT to set width and height as the defaults suit the Switch style.

• It has been noted with a buddy_control it is necessary to adjust tune_vsize=-10 Where 10 is an arbitrary figure and the programmer will need to experiment to find the correct value

Switch(
        tag="switch1",
        label="SW1 Off",
        text="SW1 On!",
        callback=self.event_handler,
        label_font=qtg.Font(style=qtg.Font_Style.OBLIQUE, size=10),
        txt_font=qtg.Font(style=qtg.Font_Style.NORMAL, size=15),
        enabled=True,
        visible=True,
        height=1,
        tooltip="Sw 1",
        tune_hsize=-15,
        tune_vsize=-10,
        user_data={"key": "value"},
        buddy_control=qtg.HBoxContainer().add_row(
            qtg.Button(
                tag="switch_button_push",
                text="SW1 Push Me!",
                callback=self.event_handler,
                width=15,
                height=1,
            )
        ),
    )

Methods
A subset of the _qtpyBase_Control methods apply to a Switch instance

Method	Arguments	Type	Description	Optional
button_checked		bool	Returns: True - Switch is on, False - Switch is off
button_toggle		None	Toggles the state of the Twitch
	value	bool (True)	True - Switch on, False Switch off	✓
track_colour_set		None	Sets the colour of the Switch track
	disable	TEXT_COLORS (system disabled)	The disabled color of the Switch track	❌
	enable	TEXT_COLORS (system enabled)	The enabled color of the Switch track	❌
value_get		bool	Returns: True - Switch is on, False - Switch is off
value_set		None
	value	bool	True - Switch on, False Switch off

Tab

Calling Tab in a layout will generate a Tab control on a form. A Tab control can have multiple pages that can house GUI Controls.

Properties
A Tab control has the following properties, but can also use a subset of _qtpyBase_Control properties, which are not shown in the "fully loaded" example below

Property	Description	Type	Optional
height	Characters if pixel_unit is False, Otherwise pixels. This will need setting	int (1)	✓
page_right_margin	Controls the right margin of the Container that fills the form. - Seldom Used - in pixels	int (10)	✓
page_bottom_margin	Controls the bottom margin of the Container that fills the form. - Seldom Used - in pixels	int (50)	✓
tag	The system name of the Tab (required for application processing)	str	❌
width	Characters if pixel_unit is False, Otherwise pixels. This will need setting	int (10)	✓

A fully loaded Tab declaration:

Note: Only "tag" and "callback" are usually needed

Creating a Tab control is a three-step process

• 1 Create the tab instance (label properties are optional)
  
  

tab = qtg.Tab(
                tag="tab",
                label="Example Tab",
                label_font=qtg.Font(backcolor="yellow", forecolor="blue", size=20),
                callback=self.event_handler,
                width=35,
                height=13,
            ) 

• 2 Add pages (The control argument is mandatory, even if it is only an empty Container)

  • Here we add a VBoxContainer with an Image and two Buttons as an example

  • It is a good idea to declare the control layout as a separate declaration (like tab in Step 1, except it will be a Container) as it will be clearer

    • This means any GUI Controls, including another Tab control, can be placed on a tab page
    • Note: Only "tag", "title" (tab page title), "control" and "callback" are usually needed

    tab.page_add(
                    tag="tab_pg1",
                    title="Page 1",
                    control=qtg.VBoxContainer(align=qtg.Align.CENTER).add_row(
                        qtg.Spacer(height=1),
                        qtg.Image(
                            tag="image",
                            # label="Image",
                            width=20,
                            height=20,
                            callback=self.event_handler,
                            image="example.jpg",
                        ),
                        qtg.Spacer(height=1),
                        qtg.Button(
                            tag="add_page", text="Add Page", callback=self.event_handler
                        ),
                        qtg.Button(
                            tag="delete_page",
                            text="Delete Page",
                            callback=self.event_handler,
                        ),
                    ),
                )
    

• 3 Repeat Step 2 until done

Putting it all together, this is how to declare a Tab with one page (Example 04)

        def tab_definition() -> qtg.Tab:
            """Creates the tab control definition"""

            # 1st Create a tab page layout (this could be in another function, file or method)
            # Here we have an Image with two buttons layed out horizontally under it
            tab_page_layout = qtg.VBoxContainer(align=qtg.Align.CENTER).add_row(
                qtg.Spacer(height=1),
                qtg.Image(
                    tag="image",
                    # label="Image",
                    width=20,
                    height=20,
                    callback=self.event_handler,
                    image="example.jpg",
                ),
                qtg.Spacer(height=1),
                qtg.HBoxContainer().add_row(
                    qtg.Button(
                        tag="add_page", text="Add Page", callback=self.event_handler
                    ),
                    qtg.Button(
                        tag="delete_page",
                        text="Delete Page",
                        callback=self.event_handler,
                    ),
                ),
            )

            # 2nd, Create the tab
            tab = qtg.Tab(
                tag="tab",
                label="Example Tab",
                label_font=qtg.Font(backcolor="yellow", forecolor="blue", size=20),
                callback=self.event_handler,
                width=35,
                height=13,
            )

            # 3rd, Add Pages
            tab.page_add(
                tag="tab_pg1",
                title="Page 1",
                control=tab_page_layout,
            )

            return tab

And this is how the Tab control can be manipulated at application run time in the callback method "event_handler"

    def event_handler(self, event: qtg.Action):
        """Handles  form events
        Args:
            event (qtg.Action): The triggering event
        """
        assert isinstance(event, qtg.Action), f"{event=}. Must be Action"

        match event.event:
            case qtg.Sys_Events.CLICKED:
                if event.tag == "add_page":
                    # Get tab widget
                    tab_widget = cast(
                        qtg.Tab,
                        event.widget_get(container_tag="tab_container", tag="tab"),
                    )

                    # Add page
                    page_count = tab_widget.page_count()

                    new_page_tag = f"tab_page{page_count + 1}"

                    if tab_widget.page_exists(new_page_tag):
                        tab_widget.page_remove(new_page_tag)

                    tab_widget.page_add(
                        tag=new_page_tag,
                        title=f"Page {page_count + 1}",
                        control=qtg.VBoxContainer().add_row(
                            qtg.Label(
                                text=f"Page {page_count + 1}",
                                align=qtg.Align.CENTER,
                            ),
                            qtg.Button(
                                text="Delete Page",
                                tag=f"delete_page{page_count + 1}",
                                callback=self.event_handler,
                            ),
                        ),
                    )
                elif event.tag.startswith("delete_page"):
                    # Get tab widget
                    tab_widget = cast(
                        qtg.Tab,
                        event.widget_get(container_tag="tab_container", tag="tab"),
                    )

                    page_count = tab_widget.page_count()
                    page_tag = tab_widget.current_page_tag()

                    # Never delete the first page. page_index returns 0 if first page   
                    if page_count == 1 or tab_widget.page_index(page_tag) == 0:
                        popups.PopError(
                            title="Error...",
                            message="A Tab Must Have One Page And First Page Can Not Be Deleted",
                        ).show()
                    else:
                        # Delete page
                        tab_widget.page_remove(page_tag)
                elif event.tag == "ok":
                    self.example_04.app_exit()

Methods
A subset of the _qtpyBase_Control methods apply to a Tab instance

Method	Arguments	Type	Description	Optional
current_page_tag		str	Returns: The current tab page tag
enable_get		bool
	tag	str	The tag name of the Tab control or tab page depending on which enable state is required.	❌
enable_set		int	Returns: 1 - Success, -1 - Failure
	enable (True)	bool	True - Enable the tab or tab page, False - Disable the tab or tab page.	✓
	tag ("")	str	The tag name of the tab or tab page depending on which enable state is required. -If tag is "" then enable applies to all tab pages -If tag is the Tab tag name then enable applies to the Tab control, Otherwise it applies to the tab page with the tag name	✓
page_add		None	Creates and adds a new tab page Returns: The Tab control
	control	Container | GUI Control	The Container | GUI Control defining the tab page GUI layout	❌
	enabled (True)	bool	Sets the tab page enabled/disabled	✓
	icon	str [File Name] | QPixmap | qtG.QIcon (None)	Add an icon to the tab page title	✓
	tag	str	Tab page tag	❌
	title	str	Tab page title	❌
	tooltip ("")	str	The tab page tooltip	✓
	visible (True)	bool	Sets the tab page visible/invisible	✓
page_count		int	Returns: The number of tab pages
page_exists		bool	Returns: True if the tab page exists
	tag	str	The tag name of the tab page	❌
page_icon_set		None	Sets a tab page icon
	icon	str [File Name] | QPixmap | qtG.QIcon (None)	Add an icon to the tab page title	❌
	tag	str	The tag name of the page whose icon is to be set on.	❌
page_index		int	Returns: The index of the tab page or -1 if tab not found
	tag	str	The tag name of the tab page	❌
page_remove		None	Removes a tab page from the tab widget
	tag	str	tag name of the page to be removed	❌
pages_remove_all		None	Removes all the pages from the Tab control
page_visible_get		bool	Returns: <br>True if the tab page with the given tag name is visible, False otherwise
	tag	str	tag name of the page to be checked	❌
page_visible_set		None	Sets the visibility of a tab page
	tag	str	tag name of the page to be set	❌
	visible	bool	True to make the page visible, False to hide it	❌
select_tab		None	Selects the tab page with the given tag name
	tag_name	str	The tag name of the tab page to be selected	❌
tooltip_get		str	Returns: The tooltip text for the tab page with the tag name.
	tag	str	The tag name of the tab to get the tooltip from.	❌
tooltip_set		None	Selects the tab page with the given tag name
	tag	str	tag name of the tab page to set the tooltip text	❌
	tooltip	str	The tooltip text	❌

TextEdit

Calling TextEdit in a layout will generate a TextEdit control on a form. A TextEdit control is used to enter a large amount of text.

Properties
A TextEdit control has the following properties, but can also use a subset of _qtpyBase_Control properties, which are not shown in the "fully loaded" example below

Property	Description	Type	Optional
height	Characters if pixel_unit is False, Otherwise pixels. This will need setting	int (1)	✓
max_chars	The maximum number of characters that can be entered into the TextEdit control	int (-1)	✓
width	Characters if pixel_unit is False, Otherwise pixels. This will need setting	int (10)	✓
word_wrap	True, text line wraps, Otherwise it does not	bool (True)	✓
tag	The system name of the TextEdit control (required for application processing)	str	❌

A fully loaded TextEdit declaration:

Note: Only "tag", "text" (To preload the TextEdit control) and "callback" are usually needed

• It is possible to paste text into the TextEdit control and to a large degree this will retain the original formatting

TextEdit(
            tag="textedit",
            text="Text Edit",
            label="Text Edit",
            callback=self.event_handler,
            height=5,
            max_chars=10,
            word_wrap=True,
    
            label_font=qtg.Font(
                style=qtg.Font_Style.OBLIQUE, backcolor="blue",forecolor="yellow", size=12
            ),
            txt_font=qtg.Font(
                style=qtg.Font_Style.NORMAL, backcolor="yellow", size=15,font_name="DejaVu Sans Mono"
            ),
            enabled=True,
            visible=True,
            tooltip="Text Edit",
            tune_hsize=15,
            tune_vsize=15,
            user_data={"key": "value"},
            buddy_control=qtg.HBoxContainer().add_row(
                qtg.Button(
                    tag="textedit_push",
                    text="Text Edit!",
                    callback=self.event_handler,
                    width=10,
                    height=1,
                )
            ),
        )

Methods
A subset of the _qtpyBase_Control methods apply to a TextEdit instance

Method	Arguments	Type	Description	Optional
value_get		str	Returns the text from the TextEdit` widget as either plain text or HTML Returns: The text in the text box in the selected format.
	plain_text (True)	bool	True - Returns the text as plain text, Otherwise Returns the text as HTML.	✓
value_set		None	Sets the text of the widget to the string value
	value	str	The string value to set the TextEdit widget to.	❌

Timeedit

Calling Timeedit in a layout will generate a Timeedit control on a form. A Timeedit control is used to enter the time.

Properties
A Timeedit control has the following properties, but can also use a subset of _qtpyBase_Control properties, which are not shown in the "fully loaded" example below

Property	Description	Type	Optional
display_format	The time format display	str ("hh:mm")
display_width	The width of the display. It is unlikely this will need setting	int (10)
height	Characters if pixel_unit is False, Otherwise pixels. It is unlikely this will need setting but this depends on the display format mask	int (1)	✓
hour	The hour as an integer number	int (-1)
min	The minute as an integer number	int (-1)
sec	The second as an integer number	int (-1)
msec	The milliseconds as an intger number	int (-1)
width	Characters if pixel_unit is False, Otherwise pixels. This will need setting if the display format is different from the default	int (10)	✓
tag	The system name of the TextEdit control (required for application processing)	str	❌
validate_callback	A callback that validates the time entered	Callable| None (None)	✓

Display Format Mask Characters

Format	Description
h	the hour without a leading zero (0 to 23 or 1 to 12 if AM/PM display)
hh	the hour with a leading zero (00 to 23 or 01 to 12 if AM/PM display)
m	the minute without a leading zero (0 to 59)
mm	the minute with a leading zero (00 to 59)
s	the second without a leading zero (0 to 59)
ss	the second with a leading zero (00 to 59)
z	the milliseconds without leading zeroes (0 to 999)
zzz	the milliseconds with leading zeroes (000 to 999)
AP	interpret as an AM/PM time. AP must be either “AM” or “PM”.
ap	Interpret as an AM/PM time. ap must be either “am” or “pm”.

A fully loaded Timeedit declaration:

Note: Only "tag", "hour", "min", "sec","msec"" (If the Timedit is to be preloaded then all these properties are required) and "callback" are usually needed

Timeedit(
            tag="timeedit",
            label="Time Edit",
            callback=self.event_handler,
            hour=12,
            min=23,
            sec=1,
            msec=0,
            txt_font=qtg.Font(
                style=qtg.Font_Style.NORMAL,
                backcolor="wheat",
                forecolor="darkgray",
                size=15,
                font_name="DejaVu Sans Mono",
            ),
            label_font=qtg.Font(
                style=qtg.Font_Style.OBLIQUE,
                backcolor="blue",
                forecolor="yellow",
                size=20,
            ),
            enabled=True,
            visible=True,
            tooltip="Time Edit",
            tune_hsize=15,
            tune_vsize=15,
            user_data={"key": "value"},
            buddy_control=qtg.HBoxContainer().add_row(
                qtg.Button(
                    tag="timeedit_push",
                    text="Time Edit!",
                    callback=self.event_handler,
                    width=10,
                    height=1,
                )
            ),
        )

Properties
A Timeedit control has the following properties, but can also use a subset of _qtpyBase_Control properties, which are not shown in the "fully loaded" example below

Method	Arguments	Type	Description	Optional
clear		None	Clears the displayed value
	default_text	str ("-")	The time text string or "-" for no time text to be `displayed	✓
time_get		Time_Struct	Returns: Time_Struct (hour,min,sec,msec)
time_set		None	Sets the time. If the hour = -1 & min = -1 & sec = -1 & msec = -1 then the displayed value is cleared All arguments must be set
	hour	int (-1)	Hour value	✓
	min	int (-1)	Minute value	✓
	msec	int (-1)	Millisecond value	✓
	sec	int (-1)	Second value	✓
value_get		str| Time_Struct	Returns the time value
	format	str ("-")	Format string. If "-" then the time is returned as a string formatted to system short-format if "" then a Time_Struct is returned Otherwise the format statement is used and a formatted time string returned	✓
	time_struct	bool (False)	If True return a Time_Struct, Otherwise return a string	✓
value_set		None
	hour	int (-1)	Hour value	✓
	min	int (-1)	Minute value	✓
	msec	int (-1)	Millisecond value	✓
	sec	int (-1)	Second value	✓

QTPYGUI Enumerated Types/Helper Class Reference

The following enumerated types and helper classes are used to define the features and behaviour of QTPYGUI

Action

The Action class is crucial as it is the sole argument of the event handler and has methods and properties that are essential for implementing QTPYGUI programs.

Properties

Property	Description	Type
action	The event name as a str	str
container_tag	The name of the Container housing the widget that triggered the event	str
control_name	The type name of the GUI Control triggering the event (e.g. Button)	str
event	The enumerated name of the event (Preferred over action)	Sys_Events
object	A reference to the internal Event_Handler class (Generally not used)	_Event_Handler (Internal Class)
window_id	The window id of the window housing the widget (Generally not used)	int
parent_app	The parent application of the widget (Generally not used)	QtPyApp
parent_widget	The parent widget of the event that was triggered	GUI Controls
tag	The name of the GUI Control triggering the event	str
value	The value of the GUI Control triggering the event (Some events never have a value)	any | None
widget_dict	The widget dictionary of the container as an internal _Widget_Entry class (Generally not used)	dict[str, _Widget_Registry._Widget_Entry]

Methods

Method	Arguments	Type	Description	Optional
trans_str		str	It takes a string, translates it, and returns the translated string Returns: The translated text.
	text	str	The text to be translated.	❌
value_get		any	Returns the value sourced from a given widget Returns: The value of the widget.
	container_tag	str	The tag name of the container that the widget is in.	❌
	tag	str	The tag name of the widget you want to get the value of.	❌
value_set		None	Sets the value of a widget
	container_tag	str	The tag name of the container widget that the widget is in.
	tag	str	The tag name of the widget you want to set the value of.	❌
	value	any	The value to set the widget to.	❌
widget_del		None	Deletes a widget from a container Use widget_exist before widget_delete to ensure the widget exists
	container_tag	str	The tag name of the container widget that the widget to be deleted is in.	❌
	tag	str	The tag name of the widget to be deleted.	❌
widget_exist		bool	Determines if a widget with the given tag name exists in the given container Returns: True if the widget exists, False otherwise.
	container_tag	str	The tag name of the container widget that contains the widget you want to check.	❌
	tag	str	The tag name of the widget you want to check for.	❌
widget_get		GUI Controls | Containers	Gets a widget from a container Returns: The requested widget. If the requested widget does not exist a runtime error is raised Use widget_exist before widget_get to ensure the widget exists
	container_tag	str	The tag name of the container widget that holds the widget you want to get.	❌
	tag	str	The tag name of the widget to get.	❌

Align

Align is an enumerated type used in defining the alignment of Containers and GUI Controls

Property	Description	Type
LEFT		Qt.AlignLeft
CENTER		Qt.AlignCenter
CENTERLEFT		Qt.AlignCenter | Qt.AlignLeft
CENTERRIGHT		Qt.AlignCenter | Qt.AlignRight
RIGHT		Qt.AlignRight
TOP		Qt.AlignTop
TOPCENTER		Qt.AlignTop
TOPLEFT		Qt.AlignTop | Qt.AlignLeft
TOPRIGHT		Qt.AlignTop | Qt.AlignRight
BOTTOM		Qt.AlignBottom
VCENTER		Qt.AlignVCenter
HCENTER		Qt.AlignHCenter
BOTTOMCENTER		Qt.AlignBottom | Qt.AlignCenter
BOTTOMLEFT		Qt.AlignBottom | Qt.AlignLeft
BOTTOMRIGHT		Qt.AlignBottom | Qt.AlignRight

Align_Text

Align_Text is an enumerated type that aligns text using style sheet type declaration (Some controls will remap to Align types)

Property	Description	Type
LEFT		text-align:left
CENTER		text-align:center
RIGHT		text-align:right
TOP		text-align:top
BOTTOM		text-align:bottom

Char_Pixel_Size

Char_Pixel_Size is a helper class that stores the width and height values in pixels

Property	Description	Type
height	Height in pixels	int
} width	Width in pixels	int

Combo_Data

Combo_Data is a helper class used to store data sourced from combo box items

Property	Description	Type
display	Text displayed in dropdown row	str
data	user data held in dropdown row	str, int, float, bytes, bool, None
index	Row index of data item	int >= 0
user_data	Data stored by user in dropdown row	None , str, int , float , bytes , bool , tuple , list , dict, None

Col_Def

Col_Def is a helper class used to set the column attributes of grid controls. All attributes are mandatory.

Property	Description	Type
checkable	The column rows have a check-box if True, Otherwise no checkbox is displayed	bool
editable	The column rows can be edited if True, Otherwise the column rows can not be edited	bool
label	the label displayed in the columns first row denoting the column name	str
tag	The application name for the column	str
width	The width of the column in chars if GUI control argument pixel_unit is True, Otherwise pixels	int > 0

Combo_Item

Combo_Item is a helper class used to set combo box items. All attributes are mandatory.

Property	Description	Type
display	Text displayed in dropdown row	str
data	user data held in dropdown row	str, int, float, bytes, bool, None
icon	The icon image displayed on the button	str [File Name] ,QIcon,QPixmap, None
user_data	Data stored by user in dropdown row	None , str, int , float , bytes , bool , tuple , list , dict, None

Coords

Coords is a helper class used by Image helper classes to represent co-ordinates

Properties

Property	Description	Type
top	Top position in pixels	NUMBER
left	Left position in pixels	NUMBER
height	Height in pixels	NUMBER
width	Width in pixels	NUMBER
area	Calculates the area of the Coords	NUMBER
perimeter	Calculates the perimeter length of the Coords	NUMBER
diagonal	Calculates the diagonal length of the Coords	NUMBER

Methods

Method	Arguments	Type	Description	Optional
overlaps		bool	True if another set of Coords overlaps this set of Coords, Otherwise False
	other_cords	Coords	The other set of coordinates to check for overlap	❌
	overlap_ratio	float (0.3)	The ratio to determine overlapping. 0 - No overlap to 1 - Complete overlap	✓

Date_Tuple

Date_Tuple is a helper class used by Dateedit to store the date. Basic date validation checks are done.

Property	Description	Type
year	The year	int
month	The month	int
day	The day	int

Font

Font is a helper class that defines the font properties, utilised in font related arguments in GUI control definitions.

Colours are checked to ensure they are valid and will raise an assertion error if they are not.

Property	Description	Type
backcolor	Background colour	str ("")
forecolor	Foreground colour	str ("")
font_name	The font name	str ("")
selectback	Selection background colour	str ("")
selectfore	Selection foreground colour	str ("")
size	The font point size	int (10)
style	The font style	Font_Style (NORMAL)
weight	The font weight	Font_Weight (NORMAL)

Font_Style

Font_Style is an enumerated type that defines the style of the font

Property	Description	Type
NORMAL	Font has no special features	QFont.StyleNormal
ITALIC	Defines font as italic style	QFont.StyleItalic
OBLIQUE	Defines font as oblique style	QFont.StyleOblique

Font_Weight

Font_Weight is an enumerated that defines the weight of the font

Property	Description	Type
BLACK	Defines the font as black	Enumerated
BOLD	Defines the font as bold	Enumerated
DEMIBOLD	Defines the font as demibold	Enumerated
EXTRABOLD	Defines the font as extra bold	Enumerated
EXTRALIGHT	Defines the font as extra light	Enumerated
LIGHT	Defines the font as light	Enumerated
MEDIUM	Defines the font as medium	Enumerated
NORMAL	Defines the font as normal with no special features	Enumerated
THIN	Defines the font as thin	Enumerated

Frame

Frane is an enumerated type that defines the frame of a GUI control where supported

Property	Description	Type
PLAIN	A flat frame	qtW.QFrame.Plain
RAISED	A raised frame	qtW.QFrame.Raised
SUNKEN	A sunken frame	qtW.QFrame.Sunken

Frame_Style

Frame_Style is an enumerated type that defines the frame of a GUI control where supported

Property	Description	Type
BOX	A box frame	qtW.QFrame.Box
PANEL	A panel frame	qtW.QFrame.Panel
HLINE	A horizontal line frame	qtW.QFrame.HLine
NONE	No frame	qtW.QFrame.NoFrame
VLINE	A vertical line frame	qtW.QFrame.VLine
WPANEL	A window panel frame	qtW.QFrame.WinPanel
STYLED	A Styled panel frame	qtW.QFrame.StyledPanel

Grid_Item

Grid_Item is a helper class used by Grid to store row information

Property	Description	Type
row_index	The row index	int
col_index	The column index	int
tag	The tag of the row/col	str
current_value	The existing value in the row/col	any
user_data	The user data stored in the row/col	any

Overlap_Rect

Overlap_Rect is a helper class used by Image to represent the overlapping of two rectangles

Property	Description	Type
a_rect_id	Rectangle A Id	str
a_coords	Rectangle A Co-ordinates	Coords
b_rect_id	Rectangle B Id	str
b_coords	Rectangle B Co-Ordinates	Coords

Rect_Changed

Rect_Changed is a helper class used by Image to represent a changed rectangle

Property	Description	Type
rect_id	Rectangle Id	str
coords	Rectangle Co-ordinates	Coords

Rect_Cords

Rect_Cords is a helper class used by Image to represent a rectangle

Property	Description	Type
rect_id	Rectangle Id	str
coords	Rectangle co-ordinates	Coords
left	Left position in pixels	int
top	Top position in pixels	int
width	Width in pixels	int
height	Height in pixels	int

Sys_Events

A Sys_Event is the enumerated type assigned to the Action event property that reflects the type of GUI event that was triggered.

Property	Description	Type
APPINIT	The application is being initialised	int = 0
APPPOSTINIT	The application just finished initialising	int = 1
APPCLOSED	The application is being closed	int = 2
APPEXIT	The application is exiting	int = 3
ACTIVATED	The widget has been activated	int = 5
BADINPUT	The input is not valid	int = 4
CHANGED	The widget has changed	int = 6
CLEAR_TYPING_BUFFER	A Grid widget is about to clear the typing buffer	int = 7
CLICKED	The widget has been clicked	int = 8
COLLAPSED	A node has been collapsed	int = 9
CLOSED	The widget has been closed	int = 10
CURSORCHANGED	The cursor has changed	int = 11
DATECHANGED	The date has changed	int = 12
EDITCHANGED	The text has changed	int = 13
ENTERED	The widget has been entered	int = 14
EXPANDED	A node has been expanded	int = 15
DOUBLECLICKED	The widget has been double-clicked	int = 16
FOCUSIN	The widget has gained focus	int = 17
FOCUSOUT	The widget has lost focus	int = 18
GROUPINIT	The group has been initialised	int = 19
HIGHLIGHTED	The widget has been highlighted	int = 20
INDEXCHANGED	The index has changed	int = 21
MAXCHARS	The maximum number of characters has been reached	int = 22
MENUCLICKED	The menu has been clicked	int = 23
MOVED	A control generated a moved event	int = 24
PRESSED	The widget has been pressed	int = 25
RELEASED	The widget has been released	int = 26
POPUP	The popup has been shown	int = 27
POPCAL	The popup calendar has been shown	int = 28
POSTINIT	The post init event has been triggered	int = 29
SCROLLH	The horizontal scroll bar has been moved	int = 30
SCROLLV	The vertical scroll bar has been moved	int = 31
SELECTIONCHANGED	The selection has changed	int = 32
TEXTCHANGED	The text has changed	int = 33
TEXTEDIT	The text has been edited	int = 34
TIMECHANGED	The time has changed	int = 35
TOGGLED	The widget has been toggled	int = 36
TRIGGERED	The widged has triggered	int = 37
WINDOWCLOSED	The window has been closed	int = 38
WINDOWOPEN	The window has been opened	int = 39
WINDOWPOSTOPEN	Triggered after the window has been opened	int = 40
CUSTOM	Where the user wants to hotwire an event for their own use	int = 41

Time_Struct

Time_Struct is a helper class used by Timeedit to return Time information

Method	Arguments	Type	Description	Optional
hour		int	Get the hour
hour		None	Set the hour
	value	int	The hour	❌
min		int	Get the minute
msec		int	Get the milliseconds
msec		None	Set the milliseconds
	value	int	The milliseconds	❌
sec		int	Get the second
sec		None	Set the second
	value	int	The seconds	❌

Widget_Frame

Widget_Frame is a helper class that defines the style of the frame around a widget

Property	Description	Type
frame		Frame
frame_style		Frame_Style
line_width		int =3
midline_width		int = 0

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