ButtonMenu

The Button Menu Element. Creates a button that when clicked will show a menu similar to right click menu

ButtonMenu(
    button_text,
    menu_def,
    tooltip = None,
    disabled = False,
    image_source = None,
    image_filename = None,
    image_data = None,
    image_size = (None, None),
    image_subsample = None,
    image_zoom = None,
    border_width = None,
    size = (None, None),
    s = (None, None),
    auto_size_button = None,
    button_color = None,
    text_color = None,
    background_color = None,
    disabled_text_color = None,
    font = None,
    item_font = None,
    pad = None,
    p = None,
    expand_x = False,
    expand_y = False,
    key = None,
    k = None,
    tearoff = False,
    visible = True,
    metadata = None
)

Parameter Descriptions

Name	Type	Default	Description
auto_size_button	bool	None	if True the button size is sized to fit the text
background_color	str	None	color of the background
border_width	int	None	width of border around button in pixels
button_color	(str, str) or str	None	of button. Easy to remember which is which if you say "ON" between colors. "red" on "green"
button_text	str		Text to be displayed on the button
disabled	bool	False	If True button will be created disabled
disabled_text_color	str	None	color to use for text when item is disabled. Can be in #RRGGBB format or a color name "black"
expand_x	bool	False	If True the element will automatically expand in the X direction to fill available space
expand_y	bool	False	If True the element will automatically expand in the Y direction to fill available space
font	(str or (str, int[, str]) or None)	None	specifies the font family, size, etc. Tuple or Single string format 'name size styles'. Styles: italic * roman bold normal underline overstrike
image_data	bytes or str	None	Raw or Base64 representation of the image to put on button. Choose either filename or data
image_filename	str	None	image filename if there is a button image. GIFs and PNGs only.
image_size	(int, int)	(None, None)	Size of the image in pixels (width, height)
image_source	(str or bytes)	None	Image to place on button. Use INSTEAD of the image_filename and image_data. Unifies these into 1 easier to use parm
image_subsample	int	None	amount to reduce the size of the image. Divides the size by this number. 2=1/2, 3=1/3, 4=1/4, etc
image_zoom	int	None	amount to increase the size of the image. 2=twice size, 3=3 times, etc
item_font	(str or (str, int[, str]) or None)	None	specifies the font family, size, etc. Tuple or Single string format 'name size styles'. Styles: italic * roman bold normal underline overstrike, for the menu items
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	Used with window.find_element and with return values to uniquely identify this element to uniquely identify this element
menu_def	List[List[str]]		A list of lists of Menu items to show when this element is clicked. See docs for format as they are the same for all menu types
metadata	Any	None	User metadata that can be set to ANYTHING
p	(int, int or (int, int),(int,int) or int,(int,int)) or ((int, int),int) or int	None	Same as pad parameter. It's an alias. If EITHER of them are set, then the one that's set will be used. If BOTH are set, pad will be used
pad	(int, int or (int, int),(int,int) or int,(int,int)) or ((int, int),int) or 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)
s	(int, int) or (None, None) or int	(None, None)	Same as size parameter. It's an alias. If EITHER of them are set, then the one that's set will be used. If BOTH are set, size will be used
size	(int, int) or (None, None) or int	(None, None)	(w, h) w=characters-wide, h=rows-high. If an int instead of a tuple is supplied, then height is auto-set to 1
tearoff	bool	False	Determines if menus should allow them to be torn off
text_color	str	None	element's text color. Can be in #RRGGBB format or a color name "black"
tooltip	str	None	text, that will appear when mouse hovers over the element
visible	bool	True	set visibility state of the element

Class Properties

key
metadata
visible
widget

key

Returns key for the element. This is a READONLY property. Keys can be any hashable object (basically anything except a list... tuples are ok, but not lists)

key

Parameter Descriptions

Name	Type	Default	Description
RETURN	Any		The window's Key

metadata

Metadata is an Element property that you can use at any time to hold any value

metadata

Parameter Descriptions

Name	Type	Default	Description
RETURN	Any		the current metadata value

visible

Returns visibility state for the element. This is a READONLY property

visible

Parameter Descriptions

Name	Type	Default	Description
RETURN	bool		Visibility state for element

Returns tkinter widget for the element. This is a READONLY property. The implementation is that the Widget member variable is returned. This is a backward compatible addition

widget

Parameter Descriptions

Name	Type	Default	Description
RETURN	(tkinter.Widget)		The element's underlying tkinter widget

Class Methods

def bind
def block_focus
def click
def expand
def get_next_focus
def get_previous_focus
def get_size
def grab_anywhere_exclude
def grab_anywhere_include
def hide_row
def remove_tooltip
def save_element_screenshot_to_disk
def set_cursor
def set_focus
def set_right_click_menu
def set_size
def set_tooltip
def set_vscroll_position
def unbind
def unhide_row
def update

bind

Used to add tkinter events to an Element. The tkinter specific data is in the Element's member variable user_bind_event

bind(
    bind_string,
    key_modifier,
    propagate = True
)

Parameter Descriptions

Name	Type	Default	Description
bind_string	str		The string tkinter expected in its bind function
key_modifier	str		Additional data to be added to the element's key when event is returned
propagate	bool	True	If True then tkinter will be told to propagate the event to the element

block_focus

Enable or disable the element from getting focus by using the keyboard. If the block parameter is True, then this element will not be given focus by using the keyboard to go from one element to another. You CAN click on the element and utilize it.

block_focus(
    block = True
)

Parameter Descriptions

Name	Type	Default	Description
block	bool	True	if True the element will not get focus via the keyboard

click

Generates a click of the button as if the user clicked the button Calls the tkinter invoke method for the button

click()

expand

Causes the Element to expand to fill available space in the X and Y directions. Can specify which or both directions

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

get_next_focus

Gets the next element that should get focus after this element.

get_next_focus()

Parameter Descriptions

Name	Type	Default	Description
RETURN	Element		Element that will get focus after this one

get_previous_focus

Gets the element that should get focus previous to this element.

get_previous_focus()

Parameter Descriptions

Name	Type	Default	Description
RETURN	Element		Element that should get the focus before this one

get_size

Return the size of an element in Pixels. Care must be taken as some elements use characters to specify their size but will return pixels when calling this get_size method.

get_size()

Parameter Descriptions

Name	Type	Default	Description
RETURN	(int, int)		width and height of the element

grab_anywhere_exclude

Excludes this element from being used by the grab_anywhere feature Handy for elements like a Graph element when dragging is enabled. You want the Graph element to get the drag events instead of the window dragging.

grab_anywhere_exclude()

grab_anywhere_include

Includes this element in the grab_anywhere feature This will allow you to make a Multline element drag a window for example

grab_anywhere_include()

hide_row

Hide the entire row an Element is located on. Use this if you must have all space removed when you are hiding an element, including the row container

hide_row()

Removes a previiously created tooltip for an element

remove_tooltip()

save_element_screenshot_to_disk

Saves an image of the PySimpleGUI window provided into the filename provided

save_element_screenshot_to_disk(
    filename = None
)

Parameter Descriptions

Name	Type	Default	Description
RETURN	(PIL.ImageGrab or None)		A PIL ImageGrab object that can be saved or manipulated

set_cursor

Sets the cursor for the current Element. "Cursor" is used in 2 different ways in this call. For the parameter "cursor" it's actually the mouse pointer. If you do not want any mouse pointer, then use the string "none" For the parameter "cursor_color" it's the color of the beam used when typing into an input element

set_cursor(
    cursor = None,
    cursor_color = None
)

Parameter Descriptions

Name	Type	Default	Description
cursor	str	None	The tkinter cursor name
cursor_color	str	None	color to set the "cursor" to

set_focus

Sets the current focus to be on this element

set_focus(
    force = False
)

Parameter Descriptions

Name	Type	Default	Description
force	bool	False	if True will call focus_force otherwise calls focus_set

set_right_click_menu

Sets a right click menu for an element. If a menu is already set for the element, it will call the tkinter destroy method to remove it

set_right_click_menu(
    menu = None
)

Parameter Descriptions

Name	Type	Default	Description
menu	List[List[ List[str] or str ]]	None	A list of lists of Menu items to show when this element is right clicked. See user docs for exact format.

set_size

Changes the size of an element to a specific size. It's possible to specify None for one of sizes so that only 1 of the element's dimensions are changed.

set_size(
    size = (None, None)
)

Parameter Descriptions

Name	Type	Default	Description
size	(int, int)	(None, None)	The size in characters, rows typically. In some cases they are pixels

Called by application to change the tooltip text for an Element. Normally invoked using the Element Object such as: window.Element('key').SetToolTip('New tip').

set_tooltip(
    tooltip_text
)

Parameter Descriptions

Name	Type	Default	Description
tooltip_text	str or None		the text to show in tooltip. If None then no tip will be shown

set_vscroll_position

Attempts to set the vertical scroll postition for an element's Widget

set_vscroll_position(
    percent_from_top
)

Parameter Descriptions

Name	Type	Default	Description
percent_from_top	float		From 0 to 1.0, the percentage from the top to move scrollbar to

unbind

Removes a previously bound tkinter event from an Element.

unbind(
    bind_string
)

Parameter Descriptions

Name	Type	Default	Description
bind_string	str		The string tkinter expected in its bind function

unhide_row

Unhides (makes visible again) the row container that the Element is located on. Note that it will re-appear at the bottom of the window / container, most likely.

unhide_row()

update

Changes some of the settings for the ButtonMenu 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. If you want it to remain stationary, use the "layout helper" function "pin" to ensure your element is "pinned" to that location in your layout so that it returns there when made visible.

update(
    menu_definition = None,
    visible = None,
    image_source = None,
    image_size = (None, None),
    image_subsample = None,
    image_zoom = None,
    button_text = None,
    button_color = None
)

Parameter Descriptions

Name	Type	Default	Description
button_color	(str, str) or str	None	Normally a tuple, but can be a simplified-button-color-string "foreground on background". Can be a single color if want to set only the background.
button_text	str	None	Text to be shown on the button
image_size	(int, int)	(None, None)	Size of the image in pixels (width, height)
image_source	(str or bytes)	None	new image if image is to be changed. Can be a filename or a base64 encoded byte-string
image_subsample	int	None	amount to reduce the size of the image. Divides the size by this number. 2=1/2, 3=1/3, 4=1/4, etc
image_zoom	int	None	amount to increase the size of the image. 2=twice size, 3=3 times, etc
menu_definition	List[List]	None	(New menu definition (in menu definition format)
visible	bool	None	control visibility of element