Tab

Tab Element is another "Container" element that holds a layout and displays a tab with text. Used with TabGroup only Tabs are never placed directly into a layout. They are always "Contained" in a TabGroup layout

Tab(
    title,
    layout,
    title_color = None,
    element_justification = "float",
    background_color = None,
    font = None,
    pad = None,
    disabled = False,
    border_width = None,
    key = None,
    k = None,
    tooltip = None,
    visible = True,
    metadata = None
)

Parameter Descriptions

Name	Type	Default	Description
background_color	str	None	color of background. Can be in #RRGGBB format or a color name "black"
border_width	int	None	NOT USED in tkinter port
disabled	bool	False	If True button will be created disabled
element_justification	str	float	All elements inside the Tab will have this justification 'left', 'right', 'center' are valid values
font	(str or (str, int[, str]) or None)	None	NOT USED in the tkinter port
k	str or int or tuple or object	None	Same as the Key. You can use either k or key. Which ever is set will be used.
key	str or int or tuple or object	None	Value that uniquely identifies this element from all other elements. Used when Finding an element or in return values. Must be unique to the window
layout	List[List[Element]]		The element layout that will be shown in the tab
metadata	Any	None	User metadata that can be set to ANYTHING
pad	(int, int or (int, int),(int,int) or int,(int,int)) or ((int, int),int)	None	Amount of padding to put around element in pixels (left/right, top/bottom) or ((left, right), (top, bottom)) or an int. If an int, then it's converted into a tuple (int, int)
title	str		text to show on the tab
title_color	str	None	color of the tab text (note not currently working on tkinter)
tooltip	str	None	text, that will appear when mouse hovers over the element
visible	bool	True	set visibility state of the element (Default = True)

Class Properties

This class has no public properties

Class Methods

 def add_row
 def expand
 def get_stylesheet
 def layout
 def select
 def set_stylesheet
 def update

add_row

Not recommended use call. Used to add rows of Elements to the Frame Element.

add_row(
    args = *<1 or N objects>
)

Parameter Descriptions

Name	Type	Default	Description
*args	List[Element]		The list of elements for this row

expand

WARNING - NOT USED IN PySimpleGUIQt port. Provided as dummy method

expand(
    expand_x = False,
    expand_y = False,
    expand_row = True
)

Parameter Descriptions

Name	Type	Default	Description
expand_row	bool	True	If True the row containing the element will also expand. Without this your element is "trapped" within the row
expand_x	bool	False	If True Element will expand in the Horizontal directions
expand_y	bool	False	If True Element will expand in the Vertical directions
RETURN	None		None

get_stylesheet

Returns the stylesheet for element's associated Qt Widget

get_stylesheet()

Parameter Descriptions

Name	Type	Default	Description
RETURN	str		stylesheet

layout

Not user callable. Use layout parameter instead. Creates the layout using the supplied rows of Elements

layout(
    rows
)

Parameter Descriptions

Name	Type	Default	Description
rows	List[List[Element]]		List[List[Element]] The list of rows
RETURN			(Tab) used for chaining

select

Selects this tab. Mimics user clicking on this tab. Must have called window.Finalize / Read first!

select()

set_stylesheet

Sets the stylesheet for a Qt Widget

set_stylesheet(
    stylesheet
)

Parameter Descriptions

Name	Type	Default	Description
stylesheet	str		Stylesheet (string) to set stylesheet to

update

Changes some of the settings for the Tab Element. Must call Window.Read or Window.Finalize prior

Changes will not be visible in your window until you call window.read or window.refresh.

If you change visibility, your element may MOVE.

update(
    disabled = None,
    visible = None
)

Parameter Descriptions

Name	Type	Default	Description
disabled	bool	None	disable or enable state of the element
visible	bool	None	set visibility state of the element (Default = True)