gui_styling module

Functions for GUI styling.

In addition to the layout file, these functions focus on the style of the elements composing the GUI.

AUTHOR: Timothy Cote, ANL, Fall 2019.

class gui_styling.WindowStyle(theme_background_color: str)[source]

Bases: object

The WindowStyle class sets the styling of the window and most elements.

DEF_BACKGROUND

The theme background color.

fonts

The dictionary of font styles.

DEF_FONT

The default body text font.

window_height

Window height.

window_width

Window width.

tab_size

The tab size.

small_tab_size

The small tab size.

styles(key: str, default_folder: Optional[str] = None) → Dict[KT, VT][source]

The styles within the GUI.

Parameters:
  • key – The key for a PySimpleGUI element.
  • default_folder – The default folder to browse as defined by defaults.txt.
Returns:

A dictionary of the key-value pairs

for a specific type of element given by ‘key’.
Return type:

key_style
gui_styling.get_icon() → bytes[source]

Returns the icon for display in the dock.

gui_styling.pad(left: int, right: int, top: int, bottom: int) → Tuple[Tuple[int, int], Tuple[int, int]][source]

Set padding of element.

Args: left: Left padding. right: Right padding. top: Top padding. bottom: Bottom padding.

Returns:padding
Return type:The padding format for PySimpleGUI/Tkinter