Checkbox

Checkbox Element - Displays a checkbox and text next to it

Checkbox(
    text,
    default = False,
    size = (None, None),
    auto_size_text = None,
    font = None,
    background_color = None,
    text_color = None,
    change_submits = False,
    enable_events = False,
    disabled = False,
    key = None,
    pad = None,
    tooltip = None,
    visible = True,
    size_px = (None, None)
)

Parameter Descriptions

Name	Type	Default	Description
auto_size_text	bool	None	if True will size the element to match the length of the text
background_color	str	None	color of background. Can be in #RRGGBB format or a color name "black"
change_submits	bool	False	DO NOT USE. Only listed for backwards compat - Use enable_events instead
default	bool	False	Set to True if you want this checkbox initially checked
disabled	bool	False	set disable state
enable_events	bool	False	Turns on the element specific events. Checkbox events happen when an item changes
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
key	str or int or tuple or object	None	Used with window.find_element and with return values to uniquely identify this element
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)
size	(int, int) or (None, None)	(None, None)	(w, h) w=characters-wide, h=rows-high
size_px	(int, int) or (None, None)	(None, None)	w=pixels-wide, h=pixels-high
text	str		Text to display next to checkbox
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

This class has no public properties

Class Methods

 def get
 def update

get

Return the current state of this checkbox

get()

Parameter Descriptions

Name	Type	Default	Description
RETURN	bool		Current state of checkbox

update

Changes some of the settings for the Checkbox 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.

update(
    value = None,
    disabled = None
)

Parameter Descriptions

Name	Type	Default	Description
disabled	bool	None	disable or enable element
value	bool	None	if True checks the checkbox, False clears it