gumui 0.1.1

Python bindings for Gum UI (.NET runtime via PythonNET)

Gum UI

Gum is not an acronym, or a backronym. It is just the name of the User Interface engine.

This project utilizes the GUM Layout engine from the Flat Red Ball C# Open Source project here https://docs.flatredball.com/gum

If you want to contribute to the Layout engine, or this Python Rendering Engine visit us on github: https://github.com/vchelaru/Gum

Experimental Note

WARNING: This project is an experiment and proof of concept. The goal was to see if PythonNET could be used to export the C# GUM UI backend Layout Engine to be used in other tools like Python with PyGame.

Currently it "works" but there are many missing features and bugs.

Right now it only draws a RECTANGLE the encompasses the entire size of the GUM UI's GraphicalUiElement.

You can then add other objects to this root object (that are currently only drawing rectangles).

You can't control the color, it starts at (20, 20, 20) and increases in color intensity by 20 and wraps around at 256.

If this ends up being something that others want, please join the discord or put tickets into github.

Setup

Install gumui and pygame

• pip install gumui
• pip install pygame

Getting started with

There are really only 3 important things after you import. Create an Instance of GumUI, call Update, and call Draw()

1. First you need to import the GumUI and PyGame

from gumui import GumUI, GraphicalUiElement, InvisibleRenderable
import pygame
from pygame.locals import *

2. Next you need to initialize and configure pygame, might as well do it now

pygame.init()
BLACK = (0, 0, 0)
SCREEN_WIDTH = 1280
SCREEN_HEIGHT = 960
screen = pygame.display.set_mode((SCREEN_WIDTH, SCREEN_HEIGHT))

3. Setup timing to force to 60 FPS (Frames Per Second)

fps_clock = pygame.time.Clock()
fps = 60.0
dt = fps_clock.tick(fps)

4. Once PyGame is setup, you need to create the GumUI and initialize it

# Initialize GumUI
myUi = GumUI()
myUi.initialize(screen) # `screen` is a Surface you wish GUM to draw to https://www.pygame.org/docs/ref/surface.html

5. Lets add a single item to the UI for now it will be simple 32x32 square

child = GraphicalUiElement(InvisibleRenderable())
myUi.RootElement.Children.Add(child)
child.XUnits = Converters.GeneralUnitType.PixelsFromSmall
child.Width = 32
child.YUnits = Converters.GeneralUnitType.PixelsFromSmall
child.Height = 32

6. Now that you've defined the UI (1 square inside the root element) you can create the standard pygame loop

while True:
    for event in pygame.event.get():
        if event.type == QUIT:
            pygame.quit()
            sys.exit()

NOTE: This will run forever, or until you hit ESC or press the X

7. Update and then Draw the UI elements

    myUi.update()
    screen.fill(BLACK)  # Fill the screen with black.
    myUi.draw()
    pygame.display.flip()
    dt = fps_clock.tick(fps)

Adding more UI elements

Currently this is a work in progress, as such, the only thing that is drawn are squares.

To add another UI element "square" you create an instance of GraphicalUiElement, set it's properties, and add it to a parent.

child = GraphicalUiElement(InvisibleRenderable())
myUi.RootElement.Children.Add(child)

child.XUnits = Converters.GeneralUnitType.PixelsFromSmall
child.Width = 32
child.YUnits = Converters.GeneralUnitType.PixelsFromSmall
child.Height = 32

To see the full list of properties available for a GraphicalUiElement see this documentation https://docs.flatredball.com/gum/code/gum-code-reference/graphicaluielement

Contributing

This is a FOSS (Free and Open Source Software) project.

• Github: https://github.com/vchelaru/Gum
• Discord: https://discord.gg/EvqwmSQuBz
• Documentation: https://docs.flatredball.com/gum