[Question] adding elements by x,y location?

ingdariogiacomelli commented 3 months ago

Type of Issue (Enhancement, Error, Bug, Question)

Question

Environment

Operating System

Windows version ('10', '10.0.19041', 'SP0', 'Multiprocessor Free')

PySimpleGUI Port (tkinter, Qt, Wx, Web)

tkinter

Versions

Python version (`sg.sys.version`)

3.10.0 (tags/v3.10.0:b494f59, Oct 4 2021, 18:46:30) [MSC v.1929 32 bit (Intel)]

PySimpleGUI Version (`sg.version`)

5.0.6

GUI Version (tkinter (`sg.tclversion_detailed`), PySide2, WxPython, Remi)

8.6.10

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Years Python programming experience Years Programming experience overall No Have used another Python GUI Framework? (tkinter, Qt, etc) (yes/no is fine)

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Detailed Description

Hey, what about to have a way to put a sg.Frame() not encapsulated in the normal layout, but defined by its x, y location? maybe at runtime : I click a button and the frame appears magically ad x,y coordinates of the screen.

But obviously it should still remain valid the accessibility by window['-my-frame-'].... and values['-my-frame-'] ...

It's only a question. It is difficult to add this features? maybe sg.window( ... , layout , ... , xy_layout=my_other_layout , ... ) ? and clicking the button , I will set window['-my-frame-'].update(visible=True) ... and uala! :-D sometimes, having an alternative way of put a frame into the windows regardless ot actual composition of layout, should be useful...

Many thanks for attention!

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jason990420 commented 3 months ago

IMO, it will be much complex and difficult to add elements to location (x, y) for the layout structure in PySimpleGUI.

What I can do now is to provide tkinter methods as workaround for your question, but no comment about it.

Example Code

import PySimpleGUI as sg

sg.theme("DarkBlue")
sg.set_options(font=("Courier New", 16))
layout = [
    [sg.Text("\nWhat's your name?\n", expand_x=True, pad=(0, 0), key="Question")],
    [sg.Input(key="Answer")],
    [sg.Text()],
    [sg.Push(), sg.Button('Ok'), sg.Button('Cancel')],
    [sg.Text()],
]
window = sg.Window('Hello Example', layout, margins=(0, 0), finalize=True)

root = window.TKroot
x0, y0 = window.current_size_accurate()
base64_image = sg.EMOJI_BASE64_GUESS
image = sg.tk.PhotoImage(data=base64_image)
icon = sg.tk.Label(window.TKroot, text="Widget", image=image, compound=sg.tk.TOP, bg=sg.theme_background_color(), fg="white")
icon.place(x=x0, y=0, anchor=sg.tk.NE)

window.bind("<Button-1>", "Click")
no_action = list(map(lambda x:window[x].widget, ["Answer", "Ok", "Cancel"]))

while True:

    event, values = window.read()

    if event == sg.WIN_CLOSED or event == 'Cancel':
        break

    elif event == "Click":
        e = window.user_bind_event
        widget = e.widget
        if widget in no_action:
            continue
        x = e.x_root - root.winfo_rootx()
        y = e.y_root - root.winfo_rooty()
        icon.place(x=x, y=y, anchor=sg.tk.CENTER)

window.close()

You can also refer https://github.com/jason990420/PySimpleGUI-Solution/issues/231

PySimpleGUI commented 2 months ago

Yea, this one isn't something I'm interesting in adding to the PySimpleGUI SDK. It's a step too far outside the overall design direction. As Jason's shown, it's possible with tkinter calls. X,Y positioning and using other Element placement designs is a step away from the "Simple" part of PySimpleGUI just a tad.

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