chakra-qml 0.0.2

A modern QML component library inspired by Chakra UI

Chakra UI QML

A modern, accessible, and customizable QML component library inspired by Chakra UI.

Features

• 🎨 33+ Components - Buttons, Inputs, Cards, Menus, Dialogs, Sidebar and more
• 🌓 Dark Mode - Built-in theme system with light/dark modes
• ⚡ High Performance - Optimized rendering with minimal overhead
• 🪟 Frameless Window - Native Windows DWM shadow and custom title bar
• 🎯 Type Safe - Full PySide6 integration with type hints
• 📱 Responsive - Adaptive layouts and sizing system
• ♿ Accessible - ARIA-compliant components (where applicable)

Installation

pip install chakra-qtquick

Quick Start

Basic Usage

import sys
from PySide6.QtGui import QGuiApplication
from PySide6.QtQml import QQmlApplicationEngine
from PySide6.QtQuickControls2 import QQuickStyle
from chakra_ui import init

QQuickStyle.setStyle("Basic")
app = QGuiApplication(sys.argv)
engine = QQmlApplicationEngine()
init(engine)  # 注册 Chakra 组件
engine.load("main.qml")
sys.exit(app.exec())

QML Example

import QtQuick
import Chakra 1.0

CWindow {
    width: 800
    height: 600
    title: "My App"
    
    Column {
        spacing: 16
        anchors.centerIn: parent
        
        CButton {
            text: "Click Me"
            colorScheme: "blue"
            onClicked: console.log("Clicked!")
        }
        
        CInput {
            placeholderText: "Enter text..."
            variant: "outline"
        }
        
        CCard {
            title: "Welcome"
            description: "This is a Chakra UI component"
            width: 300
        }
    }
}

Available Components

Layout

• CBox - Flexible container with styling props
• CFlex - Flexbox layout container
• CCenter - Center alignment container
• CContainer - Responsive container with max-width

Forms

• CButton - Versatile button with variants and sizes
• CInput - Text input with validation states
• CCheckbox - Checkbox with indeterminate state
• CSwitch - Toggle switch with labels
• CSelect - Dropdown select with search

Data Display

• CCard - Content card with header/footer
• CBadge - Small status indicator
• CTag - Removable tag component
• CProgress - Progress bar with variants
• CSpinner - Loading spinner

Feedback

• CAlert - Alert messages with status
• CTooltip - Hover tooltip

Overlay

• CDialog - Modal dialog
• CDrawer - Side drawer/panel
• CMenu - Dropdown menu
• CMenuItem - Menu item component

Navigation

• CPagination - Pagination controls
• CSegmentedControl - Segmented picker
• CSidebar - Collapsible sidebar navigation
• CSidebarItem - Sidebar navigation item
• CSidebarGroup - Sidebar item group
• CSidebarSeparator - Sidebar separator

Other

• CWindow - Frameless window with native shadow
• CIcon - Icon component with 100+ icons
• CScrollBar - Custom scrollbar
• CScrollArea - Scrollable area
• CActionBar - Floating action bar

Theme Customization

The library uses a centralized AppStyle singleton for theming:

// Toggle theme
AppStyle.toggleTheme()

// Check current theme
if (AppStyle.isDark) {
    // Dark mode
}

// Access theme colors
color: AppStyle.primaryColor
color: AppStyle.textColor
color: AppStyle.backgroundColor

Component Props

CButton

CButton {
    text: "Button"
    variant: "solid"        // solid, outline, ghost, link
    colorScheme: "blue"     // blue, green, red, purple, etc.
    size: "md"              // sm, md, lg
    leftIcon: "check"
    rightIcon: "arrow-right"
    isLoading: false
    fullWidth: false
}

CInput

CInput {
    placeholderText: "Enter text"
    variant: "outline"      // outline, filled, flushed
    size: "md"              // sm, md, lg
    isInvalid: false
    isDisabled: false
    isClearable: true
    type: "text"            // text, password
}

CCard

CCard {
    title: "Card Title"
    description: "Card description"
    variant: "elevated"     // elevated, outline, filled, subtle
    size: "md"              // sm, md, lg
    
    // Custom content
    CButton { text: "Action" }
}

Frameless Window

Create modern frameless windows with native Windows shadow:

import Chakra 1.0

CWindow {
    width: 1280
    height: 800
    title: "My App"
    
    showTitleBar: true
    showThemeToggle: true
    showMinimize: true
    showMaximize: true
    showClose: true
    shadowEnabled: true     // Native DWM shadow on Windows
    
    // Your content here
}

Performance

This library is optimized for performance:

• ✅ No unnecessary layer.effect usage
• ✅ Efficient property bindings
• ✅ Cached color mappings in AppStyle
• ✅ Native Windows API for frameless window
• ✅ Minimal animation overhead

Examples

Check the demo folder for complete examples:

• Basic components showcase
• Form validation
• Data tables
• Dashboard layouts
• Settings pages

Requirements

• Python >= 3.8
• PySide6 >= 6.5.0

Testing

This library includes a comprehensive test suite for both QML components and Python modules.

Running Tests

# Run QML component tests
python tests/run_qml_tests.py

# Run Python unit tests
python tests/run_python_tests.py

See tests/README.md for detailed testing documentation.

License

MIT License - see LICENSE file for details

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to submit a Pull Request.

Credits

Inspired by Chakra UI by Segun Adebayo.

Author

ASLant

Documentation

• Quick Reference - 组件快速参考指南
• Component API - 完整组件 API 文档
• Build Guide - 构建和发布指南

Links

• GitHub Repository
• Documentation
• Issue Tracker