tkchart 2.1.2

tkchart is a Python library for creating live updating line charts in Tkinter.

tkchart is a Python library for creating live updating line charts in tkinter.

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Features

• Live Update: Display live data with line charts.
• Multiple Lines: Support for plotting multiple lines on the same chart for easy comparison.
• Color Customization: Customize colors to match your application's design or data representation.
• Font Customization: Adjust fonts for text elements to enhance readability.
• Dimension Customization: Customize chart dimensions to fit various display sizes and layouts.

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Importing & Installation

• Installation

  pip install tkchart
  

• Importing

  import tkchart
  

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Simple Guide

• import package

  import tkchart
  

• Create Line Chart and place the chart

  chart = tkchart.LineChart(
      master=root,
      x_axis_values=("a", "b", "c", "d", "e", "f"),
      y_axis_values=(100, 900)
  )
  chart.place(x=10, y=10)
  

• Create Line

  line = tkchart.Line(master=chart)
  

• Display Data display data using a loop

  def loop():
      while True:
          random_data = random.choice(range(100, 900))
          chart.show_data(line=line, data=[random_data])
          time.sleep(1)
  
  #call the loop as thead
  theading.Thread(target=loop).start()
  

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Full Code Example

import tkchart #  <- import the package
import tkinter
import random
import threading
import time

#create window
root = tkinter.Tk()

#create chart
chart = tkchart.LineChart(
    master=root,
    x_axis_values=("a", "b", "c", "d", "e", "f"),
    y_axis_values=(100, 900)
)
chart.place(x=10, y=10) #place chrt

#create line
line = tkchart.Line(master=chart)

def loop():
    while True:
        random_data = random.choice(range(100, 900)) #get random data
        chart.show_data(line=line, data=[random_data]) # <- display data using chart 
        time.sleep(1) #wait 1 sec
        
#call the loop as thead
threading.Thread(target=loop).start()

root.mainloop()

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Links

• Documentation
  • English
  • chinese
• GitHub Repository : tkchart

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Contributors

• youyu