Qtica 0.2.0

Qtica is a Python library that provides a lightweight API around native PySide6, allowing for lightning-fast GUI prototyping using modern declarative UI techniques entirely within Python.

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Qtica is a Python library that provides a lightweight API around native PySide6, allowing for lightning-fast GUI prototyping using modern declarative UI techniques entirely within Python.

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Qtica Get Start

import os
import sys
from PySide6.QtCore import QSize
from Qtica import BehaviorDeclarative, Api
from Qtica.tools import Alignment
from Qtica.utils.colors import get_random_color, get_hex_from_color
from Qtica.widgets import (
  MainWindow,
  Label,
  Application
)

class Window(BehaviorDeclarative):
  def update_background(self):
    bg_color = get_hex_from_color(*get_random_color())
    fg_color = get_hex_from_color(*get_random_color())

    Api.fetch("window").qss.update({"background-color": bg_color})
    Api.fetch("label").qss.update({"color": fg_color})

  def __init__(self):
    return MainWindow(
      uid="window",
      windowTitle="Qtica Get Start",
      methods = [
        ("resize", QSize(400, 200))
      ],
      events = [
        ("mousePressEvent", lambda event: self.update_background())
      ],
      home=Alignment(
          child=Label(
            uid="label",
            text=f"Hello {os.environ.get('USER', '')}, Welcome to Qtica!",
            qss={"font-size": "24px"}
          )
        ),
      qss={"background-color": get_hex_from_color(*get_random_color())},
      )

app = Application(
  arg=sys.argv
)
window = Window()
window.show()
sys.exit(app.exec())

Changelog

Unreleased - (Soon!)

Added

• parent_child_widgets.py example

0.1.1 - (2023-11-05)

Added

• PySide6 Built-in Widgets

  • QApplication
  • QPushButton
  • QLabel
  • QFrame
  • QMainWindow
  • QSystemTrayIcon
  • QGraphicsView
  • QWidget
  • QQuickWidget
  • QQuickView
  • QGraphicsOpacityEffect
  • QGraphicsDropShadowEffect
  • QGraphicsColorizeEffect
  • QGraphicsBlurEffect
  • QFormLayout
  • QGridLayout
  • QHBoxLayout
  • QStackedLayout
  • QVBoxLayout

• PySide6 Additional Widgets

  • WigglyWidget
  • WaterRippleProgressBar
  • WaterProgressBar
  • ProgressIndicator
  • MovieView
  • MetroCircleProgress
  • ElidingLabel
  • FramelessWindow
  • RoutingWindow
  • TeachingTip
  • SlidingStackedWidget
  • SideBarWidget
  • TerminalWidget
  • NavBarWidget
  • SilentTextDialog
  • LargTextDialog
  • ColourfulProgressBar
  • OutsideNeumorphismEffect
  • InsideNeumorphismEffect
  • FlowLayout
  • ExpandLayout

• PySide6 Built-in Core

  • QPropertyAnimation

• PySide6 Additional Core

  • StyleAnimation
  • ProgressStyleAnimation
  • Animation

0.1.2 - (2023-11-07)

Added

• Qtica logo.png
• version_generator.py example
• status_edge.py example
• resources, and fonts into the Application class.
• tools.Painter class
• tools.PaintStatusEdge
• widgets.FramelessWindowSizeGrip

Changed

• enums.Sizes.size_hint -> enums.Sizes.hint

Fixed

• core.BehaviorDeclarative, no uid in __init__ parameters

0.1.3 - (2023-11-12)

Added

• widgets.ThemeSwitchButton
• enums.AbstractIcons to make enum icons that work with Qtica tools
• tools.Icon
• utils.color.DetectImageColors, using to get an image colors map.
• utils.color.get_image_average_color, get an image rgb color
• widgets.LineEdit
• core.WidgetBase effect argument.
• core.AbstractBase **kwargs, can now accept set value for method.
• widgets.ScrollArea
• get_start.py example

Changed

• Theme.system_theme to static method type.
• effects.* from ObjectDeclarative class type to ObjectBase
• utils.color.get_hex_from_color color arg to *rgb arg

Fixed

• pixmap error when you try to add QIcon to tools.Icon with color value.

0.1.4 (2023-11-24)

Added

• extras icons modules elusive feather fluent fontawesome material
• widgets.FramelessWindowSizeGrip edge option.
• utils.methods.qt_corner_to_edge convert Qt.Corner inputs to Qt.Edge values.
• widgets.StackedWidget QStackedWidget built-in PySide6 class
• widgets.IconWidget
• widgets.MaskDialog

Fixed

• widgets.FramelessWindow window geometry changed when move window.
• widgets.FramelessWindowSizeGrip cursor shape for SizeGrip hover.
• tools.Icon list index out of range, when used colored icon

Updated

• widgets.NavBarButton it's now subclass from core.WidgetBase

0.2.0 (2023-12-08)

Added

• widgets.HLine, Horizontal Frame widget.
• widgets.VLine, Vertical Frame widget.
• widgets.ToolButton PySide6 Built-in QToolButton
• core.QStyleSheet restore_qss method to restore last Qss value after update_qss call with save=False.
• tools.StatusEdgePaint corner option.
• widgets.MainWindow, widgets.FramelessWindow, widgets.RoutingWindow sys_tray parameter.
• widgets.Menu, fork for PySide6.QtWidgets.QMenu.
• tools.Action fork for PySide6.QtGui.QAction.
• utils.colors
• core.AbstractBase methods parameter.
• core.AbstractTool, core.ToolBase
• core.AbstractIcon, core.IconBase
• core.AbstractPainter, core.PainterBase

Removed

• tools.Painter __init__ return parent widget, you can now return from subclasses.
• core.Return, we dont't need it any more!

Updated

• layouts.HLayout, and layouts.VLayout now you can add QSpacerItem, and QLayoutItem widget types to children
• core.QStyleSheet improve Qss Parser.
• core.QStyleSheet qss now accepting json files.
• widgets.LineEdit password_mode parameter, add password echo mode support
• widgets.SlidingStackedWidget now children parameter support Route

Fixed

• tools.Icon default color value -1, when color is None
• core.Api.fetch method NoneType error when fetching PySide6.QtWidgets.QApplication class type.

Changed

• tools.PaintStatusEdge to tools.StatusEdgePaint
• tools.ObjectBase to tools.QObjectBase
• widgets.QuickWidget parameter file to qml
• widgets.QuickView parameter file to qml