pywinpop

Windows popup helpers built with ctypes.

Features

• info, warning, and alert message boxes
• yes/no, yes/no/cancel, ok/cancel, and retry/cancel confirmations
• single-line, password, and multiline text input dialogs
• open file, save file, Explorer-style folder dialogs, plus date and date-time pickers
• native color and font pickers
• error/details dialog and a lightweight progress dialog object
• value/result types for dialog results, colors, and fonts

Install

pip install pywinpop

For local development in this repository:

uv sync

Public API

The package exports these public symbols from pywinpop directly.

Message boxes and confirmation dialogs

• show_info(message, title="Information") -> DialogResult
• show_warning(message, title="Warning") -> DialogResult
• show_alert(message, title="Alert") -> DialogResult
• ask_yes_no(message, title="Question") -> bool
• ask_ok_cancel(message, title="Confirm") -> bool
• ask_yes_no_cancel(message, title="Question") -> DialogResult
• ask_retry_cancel(message, title="Retry") -> DialogResult

File, folder, and value pickers

• browse_for_file(...) -> Path | None
• save_file(...) -> Path | None
• browse_for_folder(title="Select a folder") -> Path | None
• pick_date(...) -> date | None
• pick_datetime(...) -> datetime | None
• pick_color(initial_rgb=0x000000) -> ChosenColor | None
• pick_font(...) -> ChosenFont | None

Custom dialogs

• input_box(...) -> str | None
• input_password(...) -> str | None
• input_multiline(...) -> str | None
• show_error_details(message, *, details, title="Error Details") -> DialogResult
• ProgressDialog(...)

Exported types

• DialogResult
• ChosenColor
• ChosenFont
• ProgressDialog

Example

from pywinpop import ProgressDialog
from pywinpop import ask_ok_cancel
from pywinpop import ask_yes_no
from pywinpop import browse_for_file
from pywinpop import browse_for_folder
from pywinpop import input_box
from pywinpop import input_multiline
from pywinpop import input_password
from pywinpop import pick_color
from pywinpop import pick_date
from pywinpop import pick_datetime
from pywinpop import pick_font
from pywinpop import show_alert
from pywinpop import show_error_details
from pywinpop import show_info
from pywinpop import show_warning

show_info("Backup completed.")
show_warning("This action cannot be undone.")
show_alert("A fatal error occurred.")

if ask_yes_no("Do you want to continue?"):
    name = input_box("Enter your name:", default="Richard")
    password = input_password("Enter your password:")
    notes = input_multiline("Enter notes:", default="Line 1")
    chosen_file = browse_for_file(title="Select a document")
    chosen_folder = browse_for_folder(title="Select an output folder")
    chosen_date = pick_date(title="Select a due date")
    chosen_datetime = pick_datetime(title="Select a reminder")
    chosen_color = pick_color(initial_rgb=0x336699)
    chosen_font = pick_font(initial_face_name="Segoe UI", initial_point_size=10.0)

    if ask_ok_cancel("Show a details dialog?"):
        show_error_details(
            "The backup failed.",
            details="Raw Win32 or traceback details can go here.",
        )

    with ProgressDialog(title="Example Progress", message="Working") as dialog:
        dialog.set_progress(1, total=3)

    print(
        name,
        password,
        notes,
        chosen_file,
        chosen_folder,
        chosen_date,
        chosen_datetime,
        chosen_color,
        chosen_font,
    )

See example.py in the repository for a fuller interactive walkthrough.

Notes

• This package is Windows-only.
• The dialogs use Win32 APIs through ctypes rather than external GUI frameworks.
• ProgressDialog is modeless; call set_message, set_progress, or pump during long-running work so it stays responsive.
• The folder picker uses the standard file-open dialog with Win32 control manipulation to present an Explorer-style folder selection flow.