module funcwin.main_window

Short summary

module tkinterquickhelper.funcwin.main_window

building windows to use a function and specify its parameter based on a python function

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Classes

class	truncated documentation
MainFrame	Creates a Frame window to select within a list of functions, FrameFunction. The class requires to run tix.Tk() …

Functions

function	truncated documentation
main_loop_functions	Uses MainFrame as the main window.

Properties

property	truncated documentation
_windowingsystem	Internal function.

Methods

method	truncated documentation
__init__
change_frame_function	Updates the frame FrameFunction to select a new function.
change_selection	Functions called when the selection changes.
get_title	Returns the default title.
run_cancel	cancel

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building windows to use a function and specify its parameter based on a python function

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class tkinterquickhelper.funcwin.main_window.MainFrame(parent, functions, first=None, restore=True, width=100, raise_exception=False, overwrite=None, hide=False)

Bases: Frame

Creates a Frame window to select within a list of functions, FrameFunction. The class requires to run tix.Tk() and not tkinter.Tk(). Otherwise, you will see the following error:

_tkinter.TclError: invalid command name "tixComboBox"

It is required by the use of ComboBox. main_loop_functions to see what the window will look like.

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Parameters:

• parent – window parent

• functions – dictionary with a list of functions { name: function }

• first – first function to select

• restore – if True, check if existing saved parameters are present

• width – number of characters in every Entry field

• raise_exception – raise an exception instead of catching it

• overwrite – parameters to overwrite

• hide – if True, hide the window after clicking on OK

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__init__(parent, functions, first=None, restore=True, width=100, raise_exception=False, overwrite=None, hide=False)

Parameters:

• parent – window parent

• functions – dictionary with a list of functions { name: function }

• first – first function to select

• restore – if True, check if existing saved parameters are present

• width – number of characters in every Entry field

• raise_exception – raise an exception instead of catching it

• overwrite – parameters to overwrite

• hide – if True, hide the window after clicking on OK

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change_frame_function(function)

Updates the frame FrameFunction to select a new function.

Parameters:

function – a function (a pointer)

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change_selection(event)

Functions called when the selection changes.

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get_title()

Returns the default title.

Returns:

string

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run_cancel(*args)

cancel

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tkinterquickhelper.funcwin.main_window.main_loop_functions(functions, first=None, restore=True, width=100, raise_exception=False, overwrite=None, hide=False, title=None, ico=None, init_pos=None, mainloop=True)

Uses MainFrame as the main window.

Parameters:

• functions – dictionary with a list of functions { name: function }

• first – first function to select

• restore – if True, check if existing saved parameters are present

• width – number of characters in every Entry field

• raise_exception – raise an exception instead of catching it

• overwrite – parameters to overwrite

• hide – if True, hide the window after clicking on OK

• title – if not None, overwrite the default title

• ico – (str) an icon or None

• init_pos – location of the window (x,y) or None

• mainloop – run the mainloop

Returns:

main window

Open a window to run a function from a predefined list of functions

functions = {"test_regular_expression":test_regular_expression,
             "test_edit_distance":file_grep,
             "file_head":file_head }
main_loop_functions(functions, title="title: TestMakeWindow2")

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