Input

Display a single text input field. Based on the tkinter Widget Entry

Input(
    default_text = "",
    size = (None, None),
    s = (None, None),
    disabled = False,
    password_char = "",
    setting = None,
    justification = None,
    background_color = None,
    text_color = None,
    font = None,
    tooltip = None,
    border_width = None,
    change_submits = False,
    enable_events = False,
    do_not_clear = True,
    key = None,
    k = None,
    focus = False,
    pad = None,
    p = None,
    use_readonly_for_disable = True,
    readonly = False,
    disabled_readonly_background_color = None,
    disabled_readonly_text_color = None,
    selected_text_color = None,
    selected_background_color = None,
    expand_x = False,
    expand_y = False,
    right_click_menu = None,
    visible = True,
    metadata = None
)

Parameter Descriptions

Name	Type	Default	Description
background_color	str	None	color of background in one of the color formats
border_width	int	None	width of border around element in pixels
change_submits	bool	False	* DEPRICATED DO NOT USE. Use `enable_events` instead
default_text	Any		Text initially shown in the input box as a default value(Default value = ''). Will automatically be converted to string
disabled	bool	False	set disable state for element (Default = False)
disabled_readonly_background_color	str	None	If state is set to readonly or disabled, the color to use for the background
disabled_readonly_text_color	str	None	If state is set to readonly or disabled, the color to use for the text
do_not_clear	bool	True	If False then the field will be set to blank after ANY event (button, any event) (Default = True)
enable_events	bool	False	If True then changes to this element are immediately reported as an event. Use this instead of change_submits (Default = False)
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
focus	bool	False	Determines if initial focus should go to this element.
font	(str or (str, int[, str]) or None)	None	specifies the font family, size. Tuple or Single string format 'name size styles'. Styles: italic * roman bold normal underline overstrike
justification	str	None	justification for data display. Valid choices - left, right, center
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
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. Normally (horizontal pixels, vertical pixels) but can be split apart further into ((horizontal left, horizontal right), (vertical above, vertical below)). If int is given, then converted to tuple (int, int) with the value provided duplicated
password_char	char		Password character if this is a password field (Default value = '')
readonly	bool	False	If True tkinter state set to 'readonly'. Use this in place of use_readonly_for_disable as another way of achieving readonly. Note cannot set BOTH readonly and disabled as tkinter only supplies a single flag
right_click_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.
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
selected_background_color	str	None	Color of background when it is selected (using mouse or control+A, etc)
selected_text_color	str	None	Color of text when it is selected (using mouse or control+A, etc)
setting	Any	None	If not None, then this element will be saved in a settings file using the key for the element
size	(int, int) or (int, None) or int	(None, None)	w=characters-wide, h=rows-high. If an int is supplied rather than a tuple, then a tuple is created width=int supplied and heigh=1
text_color	str	None	color of the text
tooltip	str	None	text, that will appear when mouse hovers over the element
use_readonly_for_disable	bool	True	If True (the default) tkinter state set to 'readonly'. Otherwise state set to 'disabled'
visible	bool	True	set visibility state of the element (Default = True)

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 expand
def get
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_ibeam_color
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

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

Read and return the current value of the input element. Must call Window.Read or Window.Finalize prior

get()

Parameter Descriptions

Name	Type	Default	Description
RETURN	str		current value of Input field or '' if error encountered

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_ibeam_color

Sets the color of the I-Beam that is used to "insert" characters. This is oftens called a "Cursor" by many users. To keep from being confused with tkinter's definition of cursor (the mouse pointer), the term ibeam is used in this case.

set_ibeam_color(
    ibeam_color = None
)

Parameter Descriptions

Name	Type	Default	Description
ibeam_color	str	None	color to set the "I-Beam" used to indicate where characters will be inserted

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 Input 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(
    value = None,
    disabled = None,
    select = None,
    visible = None,
    text_color = None,
    background_color = None,
    font = None,
    move_cursor_to = "end",
    password_char = None,
    paste = None,
    readonly = None
)

Parameter Descriptions

Name	Type	Default	Description
background_color	str	None	change color of the background
disabled	bool	None	disable or enable state of the element (sets Entry Widget to readonly or normal)
font	(str or (str, int[, str]) or None)	None	specifies the font family, size. Tuple or Single string format 'name size styles'. Styles: italic * roman bold normal underline overstrike
move_cursor_to	int or str	end	Moves the cursor to a particular offset. Defaults to 'end'
password_char	str	None	Password character if this is a password field
paste	bool	None	If True "Pastes" the value into the element rather than replacing the entire element. If anything is selected it is replaced. The text is inserted at the current cursor location.
readonly	bool	None	if True make element readonly (user cannot change any choices). Enables the element if either choice are made.
select	bool	None	if True, then the text will be selected
text_color	str	None	change color of text being typed
value	str	None	new text to display as default text in Input field
visible	bool	None	change visibility of element