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Frame

A Frame Element that contains other Elements. Encloses with a line around elements and a text label.

Frame(
    title,
    layout,
    title_color = None,
    background_color = None,
    title_location = None,
    relief = 0,
    element_justification = "left",
    size = (None, None),
    font = None,
    pad = None,
    border_width = None,
    key = None,
    tooltip = None
)

Parameter Descriptions

Name Type Default Description
background_color str None background color of the Frame
border_width int None width of border around element in pixels
element_justification str left All elements inside the Frame will have this justification 'left', 'right', 'center' are valid values
font (str or (str, int[, str]) or None) None specifies the font family, size, etc. for the TITLE. Tuple or Single string format 'name size styles'. Styles: italic * roman bold normal underline overstrike
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[Elements]] The layout to put inside the Frame
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)
relief enum 0 relief style. Values are same as other elements with reliefs. Choices include RELIEF_RAISED RELIEF_SUNKEN RELIEF_FLAT RELIEF_RIDGE RELIEF_GROOVE RELIEF_SOLID
size (int, int) (None, None) (width, height) Sets an initial hard-coded size for the Frame. This used to be a problem, but was fixed in 4.53.0 and works better than Columns when using the size paramter
title str text that is displayed as the Frame's "label" or title
title_color str None color of the title text
title_location enum None location to place the text title. Choices include: TITLE_LOCATION_TOP TITLE_LOCATION_BOTTOM TITLE_LOCATION_LEFT TITLE_LOCATION_RIGHT TITLE_LOCATION_TOP_LEFT TITLE_LOCATION_TOP_RIGHT TITLE_LOCATION_BOTTOM_LEFT TITLE_LOCATION_BOTTOM_RIGHT
tooltip str None text, that will appear when mouse hovers over the element

Class Properties

This class has no public properties

Class Methods

 def layout
 def update

layout

Can use like the Window.Layout method, but it's better to use the layout parameter when creating

layout(
    rows
)

Parameter Descriptions

Name Type Default Description
rows List[List[Element]] The rows of Elements

update

Updates the element

update(
    widget,
    background_color = None,
    text_color = None,
    font = None,
    visible = None,
    disabled = None,
    tooltip = None
)

Parameter Descriptions

Name Type Default Description
background_color str None color of background. Can be in #RRGGBB format or a color name "black"
disabled bool None Is the element disabled
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
text_color None Text color
tooltip None Tooltip to be shown
visible bool None Is the element visible
widget The widget to be updated