PySide6DOM v0.1.3

Bring the simplicity of the Web DOM to Python PySide6 Desktop Applications.

Installation

pip install pyside6dom

PySide6DOM bridges the gap between web development and systems programming. It wraps the raw power of the PySide6 (C++/Qt) rendering engine inside the familiar, intuitive Document Object Model (DOM) paradigm used by JavaScript and HTML.

If you know how to build a web page using createElement, getElementById, and appendChild, you already know how to build high-performance, standalone Python desktop applications.

🌟 Why Use PySide6DOM?

• Zero HTML Parsing: This is not a web view or a browser wrapper. It generates native C++/Qt desktop widgets using Python, ensuring maximum performance.
• Familiar Syntax: Uses lightweight helper functions modeled directly after the web DOM (ce() for create element, ge() for get element, ba() for body append).
• Rapid Prototyping: Build user interfaces in seconds without getting bogged down in complex object-oriented boilerplate.
• Educational Bridge: The perfect stepping stone for web developers transitioning into local hardware control, computer vision, and systems engineering.

📂 Repository Structure

This repository includes two learning paths:

• 001_pyside6dom/ (Modular / Production Ready): Separates the heavy GUI engine into a background module (pyside6dom_modular.py) so your main application script remains incredibly clean.
• 002_pyside6dom_single_file/ (Training Wheels): Contains everything in a single script, allowing you to see exactly how the DOM wrappers interact with the raw PySide6 classes under the hood.

🚀 The Code: Web Logic meets Python Power

Look how clean and intuitive building a native desktop app becomes. No complex classes, no confusing layout managers - just straightforward DOM logic.

from pyside6dom import ce, ge, ba, init_window, run_app

# Initialize the Application
init_window("Telemetry Station", width=440, height=520)

# Create a Header (createElement)
header = ce("text")
header.id = "main_heading"
header.textContent = "Telemetry Link Online"
header.style("font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 10px;")
ba(header) # (appendChild)

# Create an Input Field
command_input = ce("input")
command_input.id = "user_input"
command_input.placeholder = "Enter station parameter..."
ba(command_input)

# Create an Interactive Button
submit_btn = ce("button")
submit_btn.textContent = "Transmit Command"

# Define what happens on click
def handle_click():
    txt = ge("user_input").value
    print(f"Transmitting Data: {txt}")

submit_btn.onclick = handle_click
ba(submit_btn)

# Launch the App
run_app()

🛠️ Core API Reference

Created by Christopher Andrew Topalian

College of Scripting Music & Science

Disclaimer: This is an independent open-source educational project. "PySide" and "Qt" are registered trademarks of The Qt Company. This project is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by The Qt Company.

# pyside6dom_example.py

# after we have installed pyside6dom using
# pip install pyside6dom

from pyside6dom import *

# Initialize the Application
init_window("PySide6DOM Feature Showcase", width=450, height=650)

# Worldwide Header
header = ce("h1")
header.textContent = "🚀 Mission Control"
header.style("font-size: 24px; color: #00ffcc; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 20px;")
ba(header)

# Text Input with Real-Time 'oninput' Event
pilot_input = ce("input")
pilot_input.id = "pilot_name"
pilot_input.placeholder = "Enter Pilot Name..."
pilot_input.style("padding: 10px; font-size: 14px; border: 2px solid #555; border-radius: 5px;")
ba(pilot_input)

# Live feedback label for the input
typing_echo = ce("text")
typing_echo.id = "echo_label"
typing_echo.textContent = "Awaiting pilot identification..."
typing_echo.style("color: #aaaaaa; font-style: italic; margin-bottom: 20px;")
ba(typing_echo)

def on_type(text):
    ge("echo_label").textContent = f"Live typing: {text}"
pilot_input.oninput = on_type

# Slider with Real-Time 'oninput' Event
throttle_label = ce("text")
throttle_label.id = "throttle_display"
throttle_label.textContent = "Engine Throttle: 0%"
throttle_label.style("font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold; margin-top: 10px;")
ba(throttle_label)

throttle_slider = ce("slider")
throttle_slider.id = "throttle"
# The slider scales 0-100 under the hood based on our ce() setup
def on_slide(val):
    # val comes in as a float from our parser, we multiply back for display
    ge("throttle_display").textContent = f"Engine Throttle: {int(val * 10)}%"
throttle_slider.oninput = on_slide
ba(throttle_slider)

# Nested Containers (Div) for layout grouping
action_panel = ce("div")
action_panel.style("background-color: #222; border-radius: 8px; padding: 15px; margin-top: 20px;")
ba(action_panel)

# Interactive Button with rich CSS pseudo-states inside the Div
submit_btn = ce("button")
submit_btn.textContent = "ENGAGE THRUSTERS"
submit_btn.style("""
    QPushButton { 
        background-color: #007acc; 
        color: white; 
        border-radius: 6px; 
        padding: 12px; 
        font-size: 16px; 
        font-weight: bold;
    }
    QPushButton:hover { background-color: #0099ff; }
    QPushButton:pressed { background-color: #005c99; }
""")
ba(submit_btn, action_panel) # Appended to action_panel, NOT the main window

# Scrolling Log Window (scroll_div) for dynamic output
log_title = ce("h1")
log_title.textContent = "System Logs:"
log_title.style("margin-top: 20px; font-size: 14px; color: #888;")
ba(log_title)

log_window = ce("scroll_div")
log_window.style("background-color: #0a0a0a; border: 1px solid #333; min-height: 150px;")
ba(log_window)

# Button Click Event (Gathering data via 'ge' and appending to scroll_div)
def handle_engage():
    # Grab values from the registry
    pilot = ge("pilot_name").value or "Unknown Pilot"
    throttle = ge("throttle").value * 10

    # Create a new dynamic log entry
    log_entry = ce("p")
    log_entry.textContent = f"> {pilot} engaged engines at {int(throttle)}%"
    log_entry.style("color: #00ff00; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px; margin: 2px;")

    # Append the new text directly into the scrolling window
    ba(log_entry, log_window)

submit_btn.onclick = handle_engage

# Launch the App
run_app()

pyside6dom 0.1.2

A pure, web-style Document Object Model (DOM) interface for building PySide6 desktop applications natively in Python. Write desktop GUIs using the web syntax you already know.

Installation

pip install pyside6dom

📖 API Reference Key

Core Functions:

• ce(tag): Create Element. Returns a new DOMElement.
• ge(id): Get Element. Retrieves an element by its .id.
• ba(child, parent=None): Append Child. Adds an element to the layout.
• set_global_style(css): Applies a universal CSS stylesheet to the entire app.
• init_window(title, width, height): Initializes the PySide6 application.
• run_app(): Starts the event loop.

Supported Tags & Properties:

• **text, p, h1, span**: .textContent
• button: .textContent, .onclick
• input: .value, .placeholder, .oninput
• slider: .value, .oninput
• checkbox (New!): .checked, .textContent, .oninput
• **select, dropdown** (New!): .options (list), .value (current text), .oninput
• div: Standard container for grouping elements.
• scroll_div: A vertically scrolling container for dynamic content.

All elements support .id and inline .style("css_string").

🚀 Quickstart Example: Settings Panel

This example demonstrates global CSS styling, checkboxes, dropdowns, and real-time event handling using pure DOM syntax.

from pyside6dom import *

# Initialize Window
init_window("Settings Panel", width=400, height=500)

# Global Stylesheet (CSS)
set_global_style("""
    QWidget {
        background-color: #1e1e1e;
        color: #ffffff;
        font-family: Arial, sans-serif;
        font-size: 14px;
    }
    QLabel#title_heading {
        font-size: 22px;
        font-weight: bold;
        color: #00ffcc;
        margin-bottom: 10px;
    }
    QPushButton {
        background-color: #007acc;
        color: white;
        border-radius: 4px;
        padding: 10px;
        font-weight: bold;
        margin-top: 15px;
    }
    QPushButton:hover { background-color: #0099ff; }
    QPushButton:pressed { background-color: #005c99; }
    
    QComboBox {
        padding: 6px;
        background-color: #2b2b2b;
        border: 1px solid #555;
        border-radius: 3px;
    }
    QComboBox QAbstractItemView {
        background-color: #2b2b2b;
        selection-background-color: #007acc;
        selection-color: white;
    }
    QScrollArea {
        border: 1px solid #444;
        background-color: #111;
        margin-top: 10px;
    }
""")

# Build the UI
header = ce("h1")
header.id = "title_heading"
header.textContent = "⚙️ Settings Panel"
ba(header)

mode_label = ce("text")
mode_label.textContent = "Select Operating Mode:"
ba(mode_label)

mode_select = ce("select")
mode_select.id = "app_mode"
mode_select.options = ["Standard", "Advanced", "Developer"]
ba(mode_select)

debug_checkbox = ce("checkbox")
debug_checkbox.id = "debug_flag"
debug_checkbox.textContent = "Enable Debug Logging"
debug_checkbox.checked = True
ba(debug_checkbox)

apply_btn = ce("button")
apply_btn.textContent = "Apply Settings"
ba(apply_btn)

log_window = ce("scroll_div")
ba(log_window)

# Handle Events
def handle_apply():
    selected = ge("app_mode").value
    debug = ge("debug_flag").checked
    
    log = ce("p")
    log.textContent = f"> Mode: {selected} | Debug: {debug}"
    log.style("color: #00ff00; font-family: monospace;")
    ba(log, log_window)

apply_btn.onclick = handle_apply

# Launch
run_app()

Here is another example:

# pyside6dom_example.py

import sys
import os

from pyside6dom import *

init_window("Settings Panel", width=400, height=500)

# ===================================== #
#         WORLDWIDE STYLESHEET (CSS)
# ===================================== #
set_global_style("""
    QWidget {
        background-color: #1e1e1e;
        color: #ffffff;
        font-family: Arial, sans-serif;
        font-size: 14px;
    }
    QLabel {
        padding-top: 5px;
    }
    QLabel#title_heading {
        font-size: 22px;
        font-weight: bold;
        color: #00ffcc;
        margin-bottom: 10px;
    }
    QPushButton {
        background-color: #007acc;
        color: white;
        border-radius: 4px;
        padding: 10px;
        font-weight: bold;
        margin-top: 15px;
    }
    QPushButton:hover { background-color: #0099ff; }
    QPushButton:pressed { background-color: #005c99; }
    
    QComboBox {
        padding: 6px;
        background-color: #2b2b2b;
        border: 1px solid #555;
        border-radius: 3px;
    }
    /* This fixes the missing hover highlight in dropdowns! */
    QComboBox QAbstractItemView {
        background-color: #2b2b2b;
        selection-background-color: #007acc;
        selection-color: white;
    }
    
    QScrollArea {
        border: 1px solid #444;
        background-color: #111;
        margin-top: 10px;
    }
""")

# ===================================== #
#               UI BUILDER
# ===================================== #

header = ce("h1")
header.id = "title_heading"
header.textContent = "⚙️ Settings Panel"
ba(header)

mode_label = ce("text")
mode_label.textContent = "Select Operating Mode:"
ba(mode_label)

mode_select = ce("select")
mode_select.id = "app_mode"
mode_select.options = ["Standard", "Advanced", "Developer"]
ba(mode_select)

debug_checkbox = ce("checkbox")
debug_checkbox.id = "debug_flag"
debug_checkbox.textContent = "Enable Debug Logging"
debug_checkbox.checked = True
ba(debug_checkbox)

apply_btn = ce("button")
apply_btn.textContent = "Apply Settings"
ba(apply_btn)

log_window = ce("scroll_div")
ba(log_window)

def handle_apply():
    selected = ge("app_mode").value
    debug = ge("debug_flag").checked
    
    log = ce("p")
    log.textContent = f"> Mode: {selected} | Debug: {debug}"
    log.style("color: #00ff00; font-family: monospace;") # Inline overrides still work!
    ba(log, log_window)

apply_btn.onclick = handle_apply

run_app()

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