flet-timelines 0.1.2

Timelines control for Flet

flet-timelines

A powerful Timeline control for Flet that allows you to create beautiful, customizable timelines in your Flet applications.

Features

• Multiple timeline types (Basic and Style-Based)
• Various content alignments (Basic, Reverse, Alternating)
• Customizable indicators and connectors
• Flexible styling options
• Responsive design

Installation

Add dependency to pyproject.toml of your Flet app:

dependencies = [
    "flet-timelines",
    "flet>=0.27.6",
]

Basic Usage

Here's a simple example of how to create a basic timeline:

from flet_timelines import Timeline, TimelineType, ContentsAlign
import flet as ft

def main(page: ft.Page):
    # Create timeline items
    items = [
        ft.Container(
            content=ft.Card(
                content=ft.Container(
                    content=ft.Column([
                        ft.Text("Event 1", weight="bold"),
                        ft.Text("Description of event 1")
                    ]),
                    padding=10
                )
            ),
            width=200
        ),
        ft.Container(
            content=ft.Card(
                content=ft.Container(
                    content=ft.Column([
                        ft.Text("Event 2", weight="bold"),
                        ft.Text("Description of event 2")
                    ]),
                    padding=10
                )
            ),
            width=200
        )
    ]

    # Create timeline
    timeline = Timeline(
        items=items,
        timeline_type=TimelineType.BASIC,
        contents_align=ContentsAlign.BASIC,
        color=ft.colors.BLUE,
        indicator_size=20,
        expand=True
    )

    page.add(timeline)

ft.app(main)

Timeline Types

Basic Timeline

The basic timeline provides a simple, clean layout with customizable indicators and connectors.

Timeline(
    items=items,
    timeline_type=TimelineType.BASIC,
    contents_align=ContentsAlign.BASIC
)

Style-Based Timeline

The style-based timeline offers advanced styling options for indicators, connectors, and spacing.

Timeline(
    items=items,
    timeline_type=TimelineType.STYLE_BASED,
    contents_align=ContentsAlign.ALTERNATING,
    connector_style=ConnectorStyle.DASHED,
    indicator_style=IndicatorStyle.OUTLINED
)

Content Alignment

• ContentsAlign.BASIC: Items aligned on one side
• ContentsAlign.REVERSE: Items aligned on the opposite side
• ContentsAlign.ALTERNATING: Items alternate between sides

API Reference

Timeline Properties

Basic Properties

• items: List of Control objects to display in the timeline
• timeline_type: Type of timeline (TimelineType.BASIC or TimelineType.STYLE_BASED)
• contents_align: Alignment of timeline items (ContentsAlign.BASIC, REVERSE, or ALTERNATING)
• color: Color of the timeline indicators and connectors
• indicator_size: Size of the timeline indicators

Style-Based Properties

• connector_style: Style of connectors (ConnectorStyle.SOLID, DASHED, or DECORATED)
• connector_thickness: Thickness of connector lines
• connector_space: Space between connector and content
• connector_indent: Indentation of connectors
• indicator_style: Style of indicators (IndicatorStyle.DOT, OUTLINED, CONTAINER, or TRANSPARENT)
• indicator_position: Position of indicators
• node_position: Position of nodes
• node_align: Alignment of nodes (TimelineNodeAlign.START, END, or BASIC)
• connection_direction: Direction of connections (ConnectionDirection.BEFORE or AFTER)
• dash_size: Size of dashes in dashed connector style
• gap_size: Size of gaps between dashes
• gap_color: Color of gaps in dashed connector style

Contributing

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