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A python library to display different keyboards

Project description

keyboardlayout

A python library to display different keyboards. Works with pygame or tkinter.

If you need to show your users a graphic that shows a specific keyboard layout or a portion of a keyboard, this is the library for you.

Features:

  • shows a keyboard to the user
  • keyboard layouts
    • qwerty
    • azerty laptop
  • graphics backends
    • pygame (uses sprite groups)
    • tkinter (uses frames + labels)
  • customize the keyboard with sizes, colors, key margin, padding, font, location, etc
  • update a specific key with update_key
  • can update key images when keys are pressed

Changelog

https://github.com/spacether/keyboardlayout/tree/master/CHANGELOG.md

Documentation

https://spacether.github.io/keyboardlayout/

Examples

qwerty with colors

qwerty colored

qwerty

qwerty

azerty laptop

azerty_laptop

Installation

Make sure that you are using Python3

pip install keyboardlayout

Samples

Usage

tkinter example

import tkinter as tk
import tkinter.font as tkf

import keyboardlayout as kl
import keyboardlayout.tkinter as klt

layout_name = kl.LayoutName.QWERTY
key_size = 60
grey = '#bebebe'
dark_grey = '#414141'
keyboard_info = kl.KeyboardInfo(
    position=(0, 0),
    padding=2,
    color=dark_grey
)
window = tk.Tk()
window.resizable(False, False)
key_info = kl.KeyInfo(
    margin=10,
    color=grey,
    txt_color=dark_grey,
    txt_font=tkf.Font(family='Arial', size=key_size//4),
    txt_padding=(key_size//6, key_size//10)
)
letter_key_size = (key_size, key_size)  # width, height
keyboard_layout = klt.KeyboardLayout(
    layout_name,
    keyboard_info,
    letter_key_size,
    key_info,
    master=window
)
window.mainloop()

Local Installation

# make and activate virtual env
python3 -m venv venv
source venv/bin/activate

# if you want to edit the program and have the library use your edits
make develop

# to install separately in your virtual environment
make install

Test

make test

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