Widget Classes¶

Widget Base Classes¶

Widget¶

class urwid.Widget¶

Widget base class

__metaclass__ = urwid.WidgetMeta¶: See urwid.WidgetMeta definition

_selectable = False¶: The default selectable() method returns this value.

_sizing = frozenset(['flow', 'box', 'fixed'])¶: The default sizing() method returns this value.

_command_map = urwid.command_map¶: A shared CommandMap instance. May be redefined in subclasses or widget instances.

render(size, focus=False)¶

Note

This method is not implemented in Widget but must be implemented by any concrete subclass

Parameters:

size (widget size) –
One of the following, maxcol and maxrow are integers > 0:

(maxcol, maxrow)

for box sizing – the parent chooses the exact size of this widget

(maxcol,)

for flow sizing – the parent chooses only the number of columns for this widget

()

for fixed sizing – this widget is a fixed size which can’t be adjusted by the parent
focus (bool) – set to True if this widget or one of its children is in focus

Returns:

A Canvas subclass instance containing the rendered content of this widget

Text widgets return a TextCanvas (arbitrary text and display attributes), SolidFill widgets return a SolidCanvas (a single character repeated across the whole surface) and container widgets return a CompositeCanvas (one or more other canvases arranged arbitrarily).

If focus is False, the returned canvas may not have a cursor position set.

There is some metaclass magic defined in the Widget metaclass WidgetMeta that causes the result of this method to be cached by CanvasCache. Later calls will automatically look up the value in the cache first.

As a small optimization the class variable ignore_focus may be defined and set to True if this widget renders the same canvas regardless of the value of the focus parameter.

Any time the content of a widget changes it should call _invalidate() to remove any cached canvases, or the widget may render the cached canvas instead of creating a new one.

rows(size, focus=False)¶

Note

This method is not implemented in Widget but must be implemented by any flow widget. See sizing().

See Widget.render() for parameter details.

Returns:	The number of rows required for this widget given a number of columns in size

This is the method flow widgets use to communicate their size to other widgets without having to render a canvas. This should be a quick calculation as this function may be called a number of times in normal operation. If your implementation may take a long time you should add your own caching here.

There is some metaclass magic defined in the Widget metaclass WidgetMeta that causes the result of this function to be retrieved from any canvas cached by CanvasCache, so if your widget has been rendered you may not receive calls to this function. The class variable ignore_focus may be defined and set to True if this widget renders the same size regardless of the value of the focus parameter.

keypress(size, key)¶

Note

This method is not implemented in Widget but must be implemented by any selectable widget. See selectable().

Parameters:	size (widget size) – See `Widget.render()` for details key (bytes or unicode) – a single keystroke value; see Keyboard Input
Returns:	`None` if key was handled by this widget or key (the same value passed) if key was not handled by this widget

Container widgets will typically call the keypress() method on whichever of their children is set as the focus.

The standard widgets use _command_map to determine what action should be performed for a given key. You may modify these values to your liking globally, at some level in the widget hierarchy or on individual widgets. See CommandMap for the defaults.

In your own widgets you may use whatever logic you like: filtering or translating keys, selectively passing along events etc.

mouse_event(size, event, button, col, row, focus)¶

Note

This method is not implemented in Widget but may be implemented by a subclass. Not implementing this method is equivalent to having a method that always returns False.

Parameters:

size (widget size) – See Widget.render() for details.
event (mouse event) – Values such as 'mouse press', 'ctrl mouse press', 'mouse release', 'meta mouse release', 'mouse drag'; see Mouse Input
button (int) – 1 through 5 for press events, often 0 for release events (which button was released is often not known)
col (int) – Column of the event, 0 is the left edge of this widget
row (int) – Row of the event, 0 it the top row of this widget
focus (bool) – Set to True if this widget or one of its children is in focus

Returns:

True if the event was handled by this widget, False otherwise

Container widgets will typically call the mouse_event() method on whichever of their children is at the position (col, row).

get_cursor_coords(size)¶

Note

This method is not implemented in Widget but must be implemented by any widget that may return cursor coordinates as part of the canvas that render() returns.

Parameters:	size (widget size) – See `Widget.render()` for details.
Returns:	(col, row) if this widget has a cursor, `None` otherwise

Return the cursor coordinates (col, row) of a cursor that will appear as part of the canvas rendered by this widget when in focus, or None if no cursor is displayed.

The ListBox widget uses this method to make sure a cursor in the focus widget is not scrolled out of view. It is a separate method to avoid having to render the whole widget while calculating layout.

Container widgets will typically call the get_cursor_coords() method on their focus widget.

get_pref_col(size)¶

Note

This method is not implemented in Widget but may be implemented by a subclass.

Parameters:	size (widget size) – See `Widget.render()` for details.
Returns:	a column number or `'left'` for the leftmost available column or `'right'` for the rightmost available column

Return the preferred column for the cursor to be displayed in this widget. This value might not be the same as the column returned from get_cursor_coords().

The ListBox and Pile widgets call this method on a widget losing focus and use the value returned to call move_cursor_to_coords() on the widget becoming the focus. This allows the focus to move up and down through widgets while keeping the cursor in approximately the same column on screen.

move_cursor_to_coords(size, col, row)¶

Note

This method is not implemented in Widget but may be implemented by a subclass. Not implementing this method is equivalent to having a method that always returns False.

Parameters:	size (widget size) – See `Widget.render()` for details. col (int) – new column for the cursor, 0 is the left edge of this widget row (int) – new row for the cursor, 0 it the top row of this widget
Returns:	`True` if the position was set successfully anywhere on row, `False` otherwise

_emit(name, *args)¶: Convenience function to emit signals with self as first argument.

_invalidate()¶: Mark cached canvases rendered by this widget as dirty so that they will not be used again.

base_widget¶: Read-only property that steps through decoration widgets and returns the one at the base. This default implementation returns self.

focus¶: Read-only property returning the child widget in focus for container widgets. This default implementation always returns None, indicating that this widget has no children.

focus_position¶: Property for reading and setting the focus position for container widgets. This default implementation raises IndexError, making normal widgets fail the same way accessing focus_position on an empty container widget would.

pack(size, focus=False)¶

See Widget.render() for parameter details.

Returns:	A “packed” size (maxcol, maxrow) for this widget

Calculate and return a minimum size where all content could still be displayed. Fixed widgets must implement this method and return their size when () is passed as the size parameter.

This default implementation returns the size passed, or the maxcol passed and the value of rows() as the maxrow when (maxcol,) is passed as the size parameter.

Note

This is a new method that hasn’t been fully implemented across the standard widget types. In particular it has not yet been implemented for container widgets.

Text widgets have implemented this method. You can use Text.pack() to calculate the minumum columns and rows required to display a text widget without wrapping, or call it iteratively to calculate the minimum number of columns required to display the text wrapped into a target number of rows.

selectable()¶

Returns:	`True` if this is a widget that is designed to take the focus, i.e. it contains something the user might want to interact with, `False` otherwise,

This default implementation returns _selectable. Subclasses may leave these is if the are not selectable, or if they are always selectable they may set the _selectable class variable to True.

If this method returns True then the keypress() method must be implemented.

Returning False does not guarantee that this widget will never be in focus, only that this widget will usually be skipped over when changing focus. It is still possible for non selectable widgets to have the focus (typically when there are no other selectable widgets visible).

sizing()¶

Returns:	A frozenset including one or more of `'box'`, `'flow'` and `'fixed'`. Default implementation returns the value of `_sizing`, which for this class includes all three.

The sizing modes returned indicate the modes that may be supported by this widget, but is not sufficient to know that using that sizing mode will work. Subclasses should make an effort to remove sizing modes they know will not work given the state of the widget, but many do not yet do this.

If a sizing mode is missing from the set then the widget should fail when used in that mode.

If 'flow' is among the values returned then the other methods in this widget must be able to accept a single-element tuple (maxcol,) to their size parameter, and the rows() method must be defined.

If 'box' is among the values returned then the other methods must be able to accept a two-element tuple (maxcol, maxrow) to their size paramter.

If 'fixed' is among the values returned then the other methods must be able to accept an empty tuple () to their size parameter, and the pack() method must be defined.

WidgetWrap¶

class urwid.WidgetWrap(w)¶

w – widget to wrap, stored as self._w

This object will pass the functions defined in Widget interface definition to self._w.

The purpose of this widget is to provide a base class for widgets that compose other widgets for their display and behaviour. The details of that composition should not affect users of the subclass. The subclass may decide to expose some of the wrapped widgets by behaving like a ContainerWidget or WidgetDecoration, or it may hide them from outside access.

WidgetDecoration¶

class urwid.WidgetDecoration(original_widget)¶

original_widget – the widget being decorated

This is a base class for decoration widgets, widgets that contain one or more widgets and only ever have a single focus. This type of widget will affect the display or behaviour of the original_widget but it is not part of determining a chain of focus.

Don’t actually do this – use a WidgetDecoration subclass instead, these are not real widgets:

>>> WidgetDecoration(Text(u"hi"))
<WidgetDecoration flow widget <Text flow widget 'hi'>>

base_widget¶

Return the widget without decorations. If there is only one Decoration then this is the same as original_widget.

>>> t = Text('hello')
>>> wd1 = WidgetDecoration(t)
>>> wd2 = WidgetDecoration(wd1)
>>> wd3 = WidgetDecoration(wd2)
>>> wd3.original_widget is wd2
True
>>> wd3.base_widget is t
True

WidgetContainerMixin¶

class urwid.WidgetContainerMixin¶

Mixin class for widget containers implementing common container methods

get_focus_path()¶: Return the .focus_position values starting from this container and proceeding along each child widget until reaching a leaf (non-container) widget.

get_focus_widgets()¶

Return the .focus values starting from this container and proceeding along each child widget until reaching a leaf (non-container) widget.

Note that the list does not contain the topmost container widget (i.e, on which this method is called), but does include the lowest leaf widget.

set_focus_path(positions)¶

Set the .focus_position property starting from this container widget and proceeding along newly focused child widgets. Any failed assignment due do incompatible position types or invalid positions will raise an IndexError.

This method may be used to restore a particular widget to the focus by passing in the value returned from an earlier call to get_focus_path().

positions – sequence of positions

Basic Widget Classes¶

Text¶

class urwid.Text(markup, align='left', wrap='space', layout=None)¶

a horizontally resizeable text widget

Parameters:

markup (Text Markup) –
content of text widget, one of:

bytes or unicode

text to be displayed

(display attribute, text markup)

text markup with display attribute applied to all parts of text markup with no display attribute already applied

[text markup, text markup, ... ]

all text markup in the list joined together
align (text alignment mode) – typically 'left', 'center' or 'right'
wrap (text wrapping mode) – typically 'space', 'any' or 'clip'
layout (text layout instance) – defaults to a shared StandardTextLayout instance

>>> Text(u"Hello")
<Text flow widget 'Hello'>
>>> t = Text(('bold', u"stuff"), 'right', 'any')
>>> t
<Text flow widget 'stuff' align='right' wrap='any'>
>>> print t.text
stuff
>>> t.attrib
[('bold', 5)]

attrib¶: Read-only property returning the run-length encoded display attributes of this widget

get_line_translation(maxcol, ta=None)¶

Return layout structure used to map self.text to a canvas. This method is used internally, but may be useful for debugging custom layout classes.

Parameters:	maxcol (int) – columns available for display ta (text and display attributes) – `None` or the (text, display attributes) tuple returned from `get_text()`

get_text()¶

Returns:	(text, display attributes) text complete bytes/unicode content of text widget display attributes run length encoded display attributes for text, eg. `[('attr1', 10), ('attr2', 5)]`

>>> Text(u"Hello").get_text() # ... = u in Python 2
(...'Hello', [])
>>> Text(('bright', u"Headline")).get_text()
(...'Headline', [('bright', 8)])
>>> Text([('a', u"one"), u"two", ('b', u"three")]).get_text()
(...'onetwothree', [('a', 3), (None, 3), ('b', 5)])

pack(size=None, focus=False)¶

Return the number of screen columns and rows required for this Text widget to be displayed without wrapping or clipping, as a single element tuple.

Parameters:	size (widget size) – `None` for unlimited screen columns or (maxcol,) to specify a maximum column size

>>> Text(u"important things").pack()
(16, 1)
>>> Text(u"important things").pack((15,))
(9, 2)
>>> Text(u"important things").pack((8,))
(8, 2)

render(size, focus=False)¶

Render contents with wrapping and alignment. Return canvas.

See Widget.render() for parameter details.

>>> Text(u"important things").render((18,)).text # ... = b in Python 3
[...'important things  ']
>>> Text(u"important things").render((11,)).text
[...'important  ', ...'things     ']

rows(size, focus=False)¶

Return the number of rows the rendered text requires.

See Widget.rows() for parameter details.

>>> Text(u"important things").rows((18,))
1
>>> Text(u"important things").rows((11,))
2

set_align_mode(mode)¶

Set text alignment mode. Supported modes depend on text layout object in use but defaults to a StandardTextLayout instance

Parameters:	mode (text alignment mode) – typically `'left'`, `'center'` or `'right'`

>>> t = Text(u"word")
>>> t.set_align_mode('right')
>>> t.align
'right'
>>> t.render((10,)).text # ... = b in Python 3
[...'      word']
>>> t.align = 'center'
>>> t.render((10,)).text
[...'   word   ']
>>> t.align = 'somewhere'
Traceback (most recent call last):
TextError: Alignment mode 'somewhere' not supported.

set_layout(align, wrap, layout=None)¶

Set the text layout object, alignment and wrapping modes at the same time.

Parameters:	wrap (text wrapping mode) – typically ‘space’, ‘any’ or ‘clip’ layout (text layout instance) – defaults to a shared `StandardTextLayout` instance

>>> t = Text(u"hi")
>>> t.set_layout('right', 'clip')
>>> t
<Text flow widget 'hi' align='right' wrap='clip'>

set_text(markup)¶

Set content of text widget.

Parameters:	markup (text markup) – see `Text` for description.

>>> t = Text(u"foo")
>>> print t.text
foo
>>> t.set_text(u"bar")
>>> print t.text
bar
>>> t.text = u"baz"  # not supported because text stores text but set_text() takes markup
Traceback (most recent call last):
AttributeError: can't set attribute

set_wrap_mode(mode)¶

Set text wrapping mode. Supported modes depend on text layout object in use but defaults to a StandardTextLayout instance

Parameters:	mode (text wrapping mode) – typically `'space'`, `'any'` or `'clip'`

>>> t = Text(u"some words")
>>> t.render((6,)).text # ... = b in Python 3
[...'some  ', ...'words ']
>>> t.set_wrap_mode('clip')
>>> t.wrap
'clip'
>>> t.render((6,)).text
[...'some w']
>>> t.wrap = 'any'  # Urwid 0.9.9 or later
>>> t.render((6,)).text
[...'some w', ...'ords  ']
>>> t.wrap = 'somehow'
Traceback (most recent call last):
TextError: Wrap mode 'somehow' not supported.

text¶: Read-only property returning the complete bytes/unicode content of this widget

Edit¶

class urwid.Edit(caption=u'', edit_text=u'', multiline=False, align='left', wrap='space', allow_tab=False, edit_pos=None, layout=None, mask=None)¶

Text editing widget implements cursor movement, text insertion and deletion. A caption may prefix the editing area. Uses text class for text layout.

Users of this class to listen for "change" events sent when the value of edit_text changes. See :func:connect_signal.

Parameters:

caption (text markup) – markup for caption preceeding edit_text, see Text for description of text markup.
edit_text (bytes or unicode) – initial text for editing, type (bytes or unicode) must match the text in the caption
multiline (bool) – True: ‘enter’ inserts newline False: return it
align (text alignment mode) – typically ‘left’, ‘center’ or ‘right’
wrap (text wrapping mode) – typically ‘space’, ‘any’ or ‘clip’
allow_tab (bool) – True: ‘tab’ inserts 1-8 spaces False: return it
edit_pos (int) – initial position for cursor, None:end of edit_text
layout (text layout instance) – defaults to a shared StandardTextLayout instance
mask (bytes or unicode) – hide text entered with this character, None:disable mask

>>> Edit()
<Edit selectable flow widget '' edit_pos=0>
>>> Edit(u"Y/n? ", u"yes")
<Edit selectable flow widget 'yes' caption='Y/n? ' edit_pos=3>
>>> Edit(u"Name ", u"Smith", edit_pos=1)
<Edit selectable flow widget 'Smith' caption='Name ' edit_pos=1>
>>> Edit(u"", u"3.14", align='right')
<Edit selectable flow widget '3.14' align='right' edit_pos=4>

edit_text¶: Read-only property returning the edit text for this widget.

get_cursor_coords(size)¶

Return the (x, y) coordinates of cursor within widget.

>>> Edit("? ","yes").get_cursor_coords((10,))
(5, 0)

get_edit_text()¶

Return the edit text for this widget.

>>> e = Edit(u"What? ", u"oh, nothing.")
>>> print e.get_edit_text()
oh, nothing.
>>> print e.edit_text
oh, nothing.

get_pref_col(size)¶

Return the preferred column for the cursor, or the current cursor x value. May also return 'left' or 'right' to indicate the leftmost or rightmost column available.

This method is used internally and by other widgets when moving the cursor up or down between widgets so that the column selected is one that the user would expect.

>>> size = (10,)
>>> Edit().get_pref_col(size)
0
>>> e = Edit(u"", u"word")
>>> e.get_pref_col(size)
4
>>> e.keypress(size, 'left')
>>> e.get_pref_col(size)
3
>>> e.keypress(size, 'end')
>>> e.get_pref_col(size)
'right'
>>> e = Edit(u"", u"2\nwords")
>>> e.keypress(size, 'left')
>>> e.keypress(size, 'up')
>>> e.get_pref_col(size)
4
>>> e.keypress(size, 'left')
>>> e.get_pref_col(size)
0

get_text()¶

Returns (text, display attributes). See Text.get_text() for details.

Text returned includes the caption and edit_text, possibly masked.

>>> Edit(u"What? ","oh, nothing.").get_text() # ... = u in Python 2
(...'What? oh, nothing.', [])
>>> Edit(('bright',u"user@host:~$ "),"ls").get_text()
(...'user@host:~$ ls', [('bright', 13)])
>>> Edit(u"password:", u"seekrit", mask=u"*").get_text()
(...'password:*******', [])

insert_text(text)¶

Insert text at the cursor position and update cursor. This method is used by the keypress() method when inserting one or more characters into edit_text.

Parameters:	text (bytes or unicode) – text for inserting, type (bytes or unicode) must match the text in the caption

>>> e = Edit(u"", u"42")
>>> e.insert_text(u".5")
>>> e
<Edit selectable flow widget '42.5' edit_pos=4>
>>> e.set_edit_pos(2)
>>> e.insert_text(u"a")
>>> print e.edit_text
42a.5

insert_text_result(text)¶

Return result of insert_text(text) without actually performing the insertion. Handy for pre-validation.

Parameters:	text (bytes or unicode) – text for inserting, type (bytes or unicode) must match the text in the caption

keypress(size, key)¶

Handle editing keystrokes, return others.

>>> e, size = Edit(), (20,)
>>> e.keypress(size, 'x')
>>> e.keypress(size, 'left')
>>> e.keypress(size, '1')
>>> print e.edit_text
1x
>>> e.keypress(size, 'backspace')
>>> e.keypress(size, 'end')
>>> e.keypress(size, '2')
>>> print e.edit_text
x2
>>> e.keypress(size, 'shift f1')
'shift f1'

mouse_event(size, event, button, x, y, focus)¶

Move the cursor to the location clicked for button 1.

>>> size = (20,)
>>> e = Edit("","words here")
>>> e.mouse_event(size, 'mouse press', 1, 2, 0, True)
True
>>> e.edit_pos
2

move_cursor_to_coords(size, x, y)¶

Set the cursor position with (x,y) coordinates. Returns True if move succeeded, False otherwise.

>>> size = (10,)
>>> e = Edit("","edit\ntext")
>>> e.move_cursor_to_coords(size, 5, 0)
True
>>> e.edit_pos
4
>>> e.move_cursor_to_coords(size, 5, 3)
False
>>> e.move_cursor_to_coords(size, 0, 1)
True
>>> e.edit_pos
5

position_coords(maxcol, pos)¶: Return (x, y) coordinates for an offset into self.edit_text.

render(size, focus=False)¶

Render edit widget and return canvas. Include cursor when in focus.

>>> c = Edit("? ","yes").render((10,), focus=True)
>>> c.text # ... = b in Python 3
[...'? yes     ']
>>> c.cursor
(5, 0)

set_caption(caption)¶

Set the caption markup for this widget.

Parameters:	caption – markup for caption preceeding edit_text, see `Text.__init__()` for description of text markup.

>>> e = Edit("")
>>> e.set_caption("cap1")
>>> print e.caption
cap1
>>> e.set_caption(('bold', "cap2"))
>>> print e.caption
cap2
>>> e.attrib
[('bold', 4)]
>>> e.caption = "cap3"  # not supported because caption stores text but set_caption() takes markup
Traceback (most recent call last):
AttributeError: can't set attribute

set_edit_pos(pos)¶

Set the cursor position with a self.edit_text offset. Clips pos to [0, len(edit_text)].

Parameters:	pos (int) – cursor position

>>> e = Edit(u"", u"word")
>>> e.edit_pos
4
>>> e.set_edit_pos(2)
>>> e.edit_pos
2
>>> e.edit_pos = -1  # Urwid 0.9.9 or later
>>> e.edit_pos
0
>>> e.edit_pos = 20
>>> e.edit_pos
4

set_edit_text(text)¶

Set the edit text for this widget.

Parameters:	text (bytes or unicode) – text for editing, type (bytes or unicode) must match the text in the caption

>>> e = Edit()
>>> e.set_edit_text(u"yes")
>>> print e.edit_text
yes
>>> e
<Edit selectable flow widget 'yes' edit_pos=0>
>>> e.edit_text = u"no"  # Urwid 0.9.9 or later
>>> print e.edit_text
no

set_mask(mask)¶

Set the character for masking text away.

Parameters:	mask (bytes or unicode) – hide text entered with this character, None:disable mask

set_text(markup)¶

Not supported by Edit widget.

>>> Edit().set_text("test")
Traceback (most recent call last):
EditError: set_text() not supported.  Use set_caption() or set_edit_text() instead.

update_text()¶

No longer supported.

>>> Edit().update_text()
Traceback (most recent call last):
EditError: update_text() has been removed.  Use set_caption() or set_edit_text() instead.

valid_char(ch)¶

Filter for text that may be entered into this widget by the user

Parameters:	ch (bytes or unicode) – character to be inserted

This implementation returns True for all printable characters.

IntEdit¶

class urwid.IntEdit(caption='', default=None)¶

Edit widget for integer values

caption – caption markup default – default edit value

>>> IntEdit(u"", 42)
<IntEdit selectable flow widget '42' edit_pos=2>

keypress(size, key)¶

Handle editing keystrokes. Remove leading zeros.

>>> e, size = IntEdit(u"", 5002), (10,)
>>> e.keypress(size, 'home')
>>> e.keypress(size, 'delete')
>>> print e.edit_text
002
>>> e.keypress(size, 'end')
>>> print e.edit_text
2

valid_char(ch)¶: Return true for decimal digits.

value()¶

Return the numeric value of self.edit_text.

>>> e, size = IntEdit(), (10,)
>>> e.keypress(size, '5')
>>> e.keypress(size, '1')
>>> e.value() == 51
True

Button¶

class urwid.Button(label, on_press=None, user_data=None)¶

Parameters:	label – markup for button label on_press – shorthand for connect_signal() function call for a single callback user_data – user_data for on_press

Signals supported: 'click'

Register signal handler with:

urwid.connect_signal(button, 'click', callback, user_data)

where callback is callback(button [,user_data]) Unregister signal handlers with:

urwid.disconnect_signal(button, 'click', callback, user_data)

>>> Button(u"Ok")
<Button selectable flow widget 'Ok'>
>>> b = Button("Cancel")
>>> b.render((15,), focus=True).text # ... = b in Python 3
[...'< Cancel      >']

get_label()¶

Return label text.

>>> b = Button(u"Ok")
>>> print b.get_label()
Ok
>>> print b.label
Ok

keypress(size, key)¶

Send ‘click’ signal on ‘activate’ command.

>>> assert Button._command_map[' '] == 'activate'
>>> assert Button._command_map['enter'] == 'activate'
>>> size = (15,)
>>> b = Button(u"Cancel")
>>> clicked_buttons = []
>>> def handle_click(button):
...     clicked_buttons.append(button.label)
>>> key = connect_signal(b, 'click', handle_click)
>>> b.keypress(size, 'enter')
>>> b.keypress(size, ' ')
>>> clicked_buttons # ... = u in Python 2
[...'Cancel', ...'Cancel']

label¶

Return label text.

>>> b = Button(u"Ok")
>>> print b.get_label()
Ok
>>> print b.label
Ok

mouse_event(size, event, button, x, y, focus)¶

Send ‘click’ signal on button 1 press.

>>> size = (15,)
>>> b = Button(u"Ok")
>>> clicked_buttons = []
>>> def handle_click(button):
...     clicked_buttons.append(button.label)
>>> key = connect_signal(b, 'click', handle_click)
>>> b.mouse_event(size, 'mouse press', 1, 4, 0, True)
True
>>> b.mouse_event(size, 'mouse press', 2, 4, 0, True) # ignored
False
>>> clicked_buttons # ... = u in Python 2
[...'Ok']

set_label(label)¶

Change the button label.

label – markup for button label

>>> b = Button("Ok")
>>> b.set_label(u"Yup yup")
>>> b
<Button selectable flow widget 'Yup yup'>

CheckBox¶

class urwid.CheckBox(label, state=False, has_mixed=False, on_state_change=None, user_data=None)¶

Parameters:	label – markup for check box label state – False, True or “mixed” has_mixed – True if “mixed” is a state to cycle through on_state_change – shorthand for connect_signal() function call for a single callback user_data – user_data for on_state_change

Signals supported: 'change'

Register signal handler with:

urwid.connect_signal(check_box, 'change', callback, user_data)

where callback is callback(check_box, new_state [,user_data]) Unregister signal handlers with:

urwid.disconnect_signal(check_box, 'change', callback, user_data)

>>> CheckBox(u"Confirm")
<CheckBox selectable flow widget 'Confirm' state=False>
>>> CheckBox(u"Yogourt", "mixed", True)
<CheckBox selectable flow widget 'Yogourt' state='mixed'>
>>> cb = CheckBox(u"Extra onions", True)
>>> cb
<CheckBox selectable flow widget 'Extra onions' state=True>
>>> cb.render((20,), focus=True).text # ... = b in Python 3
[...'[X] Extra onions    ']

get_label()¶

Return label text.

>>> cb = CheckBox(u"Seriously")
>>> print cb.get_label()
Seriously
>>> print cb.label
Seriously
>>> cb.set_label([('bright_attr', u"flashy"), u" normal"])
>>> print cb.label  #  only text is returned
flashy normal

get_state()¶: Return the state of the checkbox.

keypress(size, key)¶

Toggle state on ‘activate’ command.

>>> assert CheckBox._command_map[' '] == 'activate'
>>> assert CheckBox._command_map['enter'] == 'activate'
>>> size = (10,)
>>> cb = CheckBox('press me')
>>> cb.state
False
>>> cb.keypress(size, ' ')
>>> cb.state
True
>>> cb.keypress(size, ' ')
>>> cb.state
False

label¶

Return label text.

>>> cb = CheckBox(u"Seriously")
>>> print cb.get_label()
Seriously
>>> print cb.label
Seriously
>>> cb.set_label([('bright_attr', u"flashy"), u" normal"])
>>> print cb.label  #  only text is returned
flashy normal

mouse_event(size, event, button, x, y, focus)¶

Toggle state on button 1 press.

>>> size = (20,)
>>> cb = CheckBox("clickme")
>>> cb.state
False
>>> cb.mouse_event(size, 'mouse press', 1, 2, 0, True)
True
>>> cb.state
True

set_label(label)¶

Change the check box label.

label – markup for label. See Text widget for description of text markup.

>>> cb = CheckBox(u"foo")
>>> cb
<CheckBox selectable flow widget 'foo' state=False>
>>> cb.set_label(('bright_attr', u"bar"))
>>> cb
<CheckBox selectable flow widget 'bar' state=False>

set_state(state, do_callback=True)¶

Set the CheckBox state.

state – True, False or “mixed” do_callback – False to supress signal from this change

>>> changes = []
>>> def callback_a(cb, state, user_data):
...     changes.append("A %r %r" % (state, user_data))
>>> def callback_b(cb, state):
...     changes.append("B %r" % state)
>>> cb = CheckBox('test', False, False)
>>> key1 = connect_signal(cb, 'change', callback_a, "user_a")
>>> key2 = connect_signal(cb, 'change', callback_b)
>>> cb.set_state(True) # both callbacks will be triggered
>>> cb.state
True
>>> disconnect_signal(cb, 'change', callback_a, "user_a")
>>> cb.state = False
>>> cb.state
False
>>> cb.set_state(True)
>>> cb.state
True
>>> cb.set_state(False, False) # don't send signal
>>> changes
["A True 'user_a'", 'B True', 'B False', 'B True']

state¶: Return the state of the checkbox.

toggle_state()¶

Cycle to the next valid state.

>>> cb = CheckBox("3-state", has_mixed=True)
>>> cb.state
False
>>> cb.toggle_state()
>>> cb.state
True
>>> cb.toggle_state()
>>> cb.state
'mixed'
>>> cb.toggle_state()
>>> cb.state
False

RadioButton¶

class urwid.RadioButton(group, label, state='first True', on_state_change=None, user_data=None)¶

Parameters:	group – list for radio buttons in same group label – markup for radio button label state – False, True, “mixed” or “first True” on_state_change – shorthand for connect_signal() function call for a single ‘change’ callback user_data – user_data for on_state_change

This function will append the new radio button to group. “first True” will set to True if group is empty.

Signals supported: 'change'

Register signal handler with:

urwid.connect_signal(radio_button, 'change', callback, user_data)

where callback is callback(radio_button, new_state [,user_data]) Unregister signal handlers with:

urwid.disconnect_signal(radio_button, 'change', callback, user_data)

>>> bgroup = [] # button group
>>> b1 = RadioButton(bgroup, u"Agree")
>>> b2 = RadioButton(bgroup, u"Disagree")
>>> len(bgroup)
2
>>> b1
<RadioButton selectable flow widget 'Agree' state=True>
>>> b2
<RadioButton selectable flow widget 'Disagree' state=False>
>>> b2.render((15,), focus=True).text # ... = b in Python 3
[...'( ) Disagree   ']

set_state(state, do_callback=True)¶

Set the RadioButton state.

state – True, False or “mixed”

do_callback – False to supress signal from this change

If state is True all other radio buttons in the same button group will be set to False.

>>> bgroup = [] # button group
>>> b1 = RadioButton(bgroup, u"Agree")
>>> b2 = RadioButton(bgroup, u"Disagree")
>>> b3 = RadioButton(bgroup, u"Unsure")
>>> b1.state, b2.state, b3.state
(True, False, False)
>>> b2.set_state(True)
>>> b1.state, b2.state, b3.state
(False, True, False)
>>> def relabel_button(radio_button, new_state):
...     radio_button.set_label(u"Think Harder!")
>>> key = connect_signal(b3, 'change', relabel_button)
>>> b3
<RadioButton selectable flow widget 'Unsure' state=False>
>>> b3.set_state(True) # this will trigger the callback
>>> b3
<RadioButton selectable flow widget 'Think Harder!' state=True>

toggle_state()¶

Set state to True.

>>> bgroup = [] # button group
>>> b1 = RadioButton(bgroup, "Agree")
>>> b2 = RadioButton(bgroup, "Disagree")
>>> b1.state, b2.state
(True, False)
>>> b2.toggle_state()
>>> b1.state, b2.state
(False, True)
>>> b2.toggle_state()
>>> b1.state, b2.state
(False, True)

TreeWidget¶

class urwid.TreeWidget(node)¶

A widget representing something in a nested tree display.

first_child()¶: Return first child if expanded.

keypress(size, key)¶: Handle expand & collapse requests (non-leaf nodes)

last_child()¶: Return last child if expanded.

next_inorder()¶: Return the next TreeWidget depth first from this one.

prev_inorder()¶: Return the previous TreeWidget depth first from this one.

selectable()¶: Allow selection of non-leaf nodes so children may be (un)expanded

update_expanded_icon()¶: Update display widget text for parent widgets

SelectableIcon¶

class urwid.SelectableIcon(text, cursor_position=1)¶

Parameters:	text – markup for this widget; see `Text` for description of text markup cursor_position – position the cursor will appear in the text when this widget is in focus

This is a text widget that is selectable. A cursor displayed at a fixed location in the text when in focus. This widget has no special handling of keyboard or mouse input.

get_cursor_coords(size)¶: Return the position of the cursor if visible. This method is required for widgets that display a cursor.

keypress(size, key)¶: No keys are handled by this widget. This method is required for selectable widgets.

render(size, focus=False)¶

Render the text content of this widget with a cursor when in focus.

>>> si = SelectableIcon(u"[!]")
>>> si
<SelectableIcon selectable flow widget '[!]'>
>>> si.render((4,), focus=True).cursor
(1, 0)
>>> si = SelectableIcon("((*))", 2)
>>> si.render((8,), focus=True).cursor
(2, 0)
>>> si.render((2,), focus=True).cursor
(0, 1)

Decoration Widget Classes¶

AttrMap¶

class urwid.AttrMap(w, attr_map, focus_map=None)¶

AttrMap is a decoration that maps one set of attributes to another. This object will pass all function calls and variable references to the wrapped widget.

Parameters:	w (widget) – widget to wrap (stored as self.original_widget) attr_map (display attribute or dict) – attribute to apply to w, or dict of old display attribute: new display attribute mappings focus_map (display attribute or dict) – attribute to apply when in focus or dict of old display attribute: new display attribute mappings; if `None` use attr

>>> AttrMap(Divider(u"!"), 'bright')
<AttrMap flow widget <Divider flow widget '!'> attr_map={None: 'bright'}>
>>> AttrMap(Edit(), 'notfocus', 'focus')
<AttrMap selectable flow widget <Edit selectable flow widget '' edit_pos=0> attr_map={None: 'notfocus'} focus_map={None: 'focus'}>
>>> size = (5,)
>>> am = AttrMap(Text(u"hi"), 'greeting', 'fgreet')
>>> am.render(size, focus=False).content().next() # ... = b in Python 3
[('greeting', None, ...'hi   ')]
>>> am.render(size, focus=True).content().next()
[('fgreet', None, ...'hi   ')]
>>> am2 = AttrMap(Text(('word', u"hi")), {'word':'greeting', None:'bg'})
>>> am2
<AttrMap flow widget <Text flow widget 'hi'> attr_map={'word': 'greeting', None: 'bg'}>
>>> am2.render(size).content().next()
[('greeting', None, ...'hi'), ('bg', None, ...'   ')]

render(size, focus=False)¶: Render wrapped widget and apply attribute. Return canvas.

set_attr_map(attr_map)¶

Set the attribute mapping dictionary {from_attr: to_attr, ...}

Note this function does not accept a single attribute the way the constructor does. You must specify {None: attribute} instead.

>>> w = AttrMap(Text(u"hi"), None)
>>> w.set_attr_map({'a':'b'})
>>> w
<AttrMap flow widget <Text flow widget 'hi'> attr_map={'a': 'b'}>

set_focus_map(focus_map)¶

Set the focus attribute mapping dictionary {from_attr: to_attr, ...}

If None this widget will use the attr mapping instead (no change when in focus).

Note this function does not accept a single attribute the way the constructor does. You must specify {None: attribute} instead.

>>> w = AttrMap(Text(u"hi"), {})
>>> w.set_focus_map({'a':'b'})
>>> w
<AttrMap flow widget <Text flow widget 'hi'> attr_map={} focus_map={'a': 'b'}>
>>> w.set_focus_map(None)
>>> w
<AttrMap flow widget <Text flow widget 'hi'> attr_map={}>

Padding¶

class urwid.Padding(w, align='left', width=('relative', 100), min_width=None, left=0, right=0)¶

Parameters:

w (Widget) – a box, flow or fixed widget to pad on the left and/or right this widget is stored as self.original_widget
align – one of: 'left', 'center', 'right' ('relative', percentage 0=left 100=right)
width –
one of:

given width

integer number of columns for self.original_widget

'pack'

try to pack self.original_widget to its ideal size

('relative', percentage of total width)

make width depend on the container’s width

'clip'

to enable clipping mode for a fixed widget
min_width (int) – the minimum number of columns for self.original_widget or None
left (int) – a fixed number of columns to pad on the left
right (int) – a fixed number of columns to pad on the right

Clipping Mode: (width= 'clip') In clipping mode this padding widget will behave as a flow widget and self.original_widget will be treated as a fixed widget. self.original_widget will will be clipped to fit the available number of columns. For example if align is 'left' then self.original_widget may be clipped on the right.

>>> size = (7,)
>>> def pr(w):
...     for t in w.render(size).text:
...         print "|%s|" % (t.decode('ascii'),)
>>> pr(Padding(Text(u"Head"), ('relative', 20), 'pack'))
| Head  |
>>> pr(Padding(Divider(u"-"), left=2, right=1))
|  ---- |
>>> pr(Padding(Divider(u"*"), 'center', 3))
|  ***  |
>>> p=Padding(Text(u"1234"), 'left', 2, None, 1, 1)
>>> p
<Padding flow widget <Text flow widget '1234'> left=1 right=1 width=2>
>>> pr(p)   # align against left
| 12    |
| 34    |
>>> p.align = 'right'
>>> pr(p)   # align against right
|    12 |
|    34 |
>>> pr(Padding(Text(u"hi\nthere"), 'right', 'pack')) # pack text first
|  hi   |
|  there|

align¶: Return the padding alignment setting.

get_cursor_coords(size)¶: Return the (x,y) coordinates of cursor within self._original_widget.

get_pref_col(size)¶: Return the preferred column from self._original_widget, or None.

keypress(size, key)¶: Pass keypress to self._original_widget.

mouse_event(size, event, button, x, y, focus)¶: Send mouse event if position is within self._original_widget.

move_cursor_to_coords(size, x, y)¶

Set the cursor position with (x,y) coordinates of self._original_widget.

Returns True if move succeeded, False otherwise.

padding_values(size, focus)¶

Return the number of columns to pad on the left and right.

Override this method to define custom padding behaviour.

rows(size, focus=False)¶: Return the rows needed for self.original_widget.

width¶: Return the padding width.

Filler¶

class urwid.Filler(body, valign='middle', height='pack', min_height=None, top=0, bottom=0)¶

Parameters:

body (Widget) – a flow widget or box widget to be filled around (stored as self.original_widget)
valign – one of: 'top', 'middle', 'bottom', ('relative', percentage 0=top 100=bottom)
height –
one of:

'pack'

if body is a flow widget

given height

integer number of rows for self.original_widget

('relative', percentage of total height)

make height depend on container’s height
min_height –
one of:

None

if no minimum or if body is a flow widget

minimum height

integer number of rows for the widget when height not fixed
top (int) – a fixed number of rows to fill at the top
bottom (int) – a fixed number of rows to fill at the bottom

If body is a flow widget then height must be 'flow' and min_height will be ignored.

Filler widgets will try to satisfy height argument first by reducing the valign amount when necessary. If height still cannot be satisfied it will also be reduced.

filler_values(size, focus)¶

Return the number of rows to pad on the top and bottom.

Override this method to define custom padding behaviour.

get_cursor_coords(size)¶: Return cursor coords from self.original_widget if any.

get_pref_col(size)¶: Return pref_col from self.original_widget if any.

keypress(size, key)¶: Pass keypress to self.original_widget.

mouse_event(size, event, button, col, row, focus)¶: Pass to self.original_widget.

move_cursor_to_coords(size, col, row)¶: Pass to self.original_widget.

render(size, focus=False)¶: Render self.original_widget with space above and/or below.

selectable()¶: Return selectable from body.

Divider¶

class urwid.Divider(div_char=u' ', top=0, bottom=0)¶

Horizontal divider widget

Parameters:	div_char (bytes or unicode) – character to repeat across line top (int) – number of blank lines above bottom (int) – number of blank lines below

>>> Divider()
<Divider flow widget>
>>> Divider(u'-')
<Divider flow widget '-'>
>>> Divider(u'x', 1, 2)
<Divider flow widget 'x' bottom=2 top=1>

render(size, focus=False)¶

Render the divider as a canvas and return it.

>>> Divider().render((10,)).text # ... = b in Python 3
[...'          ']
>>> Divider(u'-', top=1).render((10,)).text
[...'          ', ...'----------']
>>> Divider(u'x', bottom=2).render((5,)).text
[...'xxxxx', ...'     ', ...'     ']

rows(size, focus=False)¶

Return the number of lines that will be rendered.

>>> Divider().rows((10,))
1
>>> Divider(u'x', 1, 2).rows((10,))
4

LineBox¶

class urwid.LineBox(original_widget, title='', tlcorner=u'u250c', tline=u'u2500', lline=u'u2502', trcorner=u'u2510', blcorner=u'u2514', rline=u'u2502', bline=u'u2500', brcorner=u'u2518')¶

Draw a line around original_widget.

Use ‘title’ to set an initial title text with will be centered on top of the box.

You can also override the widgets used for the lines/corners:: tline: top line bline: bottom line lline: left line rline: right line tlcorner: top left corner trcorner: top right corner blcorner: bottom left corner brcorner: bottom right corner

SolidFill¶

class urwid.SolidFill(fill_char=' ')¶

A box widget that fills an area with a single character

Parameters:	fill_char (bytes or unicode) – character to fill area with

>>> SolidFill(u'8')
<SolidFill box widget '8'>

render(size, focus=False)¶

Render the Fill as a canvas and return it.

>>> SolidFill().render((4,2)).text # ... = b in Python 3
[...'    ', ...'    ']
>>> SolidFill('#').render((5,3)).text
[...'#####', ...'#####', ...'#####']

PopUpLauncher¶

class urwid.PopUpLauncher(original_widget)¶

create_pop_up()¶: Subclass must override this method and return a widget to be used for the pop-up. This method is called once each time the pop-up is opened.

get_pop_up_parameters()¶

Subclass must override this method and have it return a dict, eg:

{‘left’:0, ‘top’:1, ‘overlay_width’:30, ‘overlay_height’:4}

This method is called each time this widget is rendered.

PopUpTarget¶

class urwid.PopUpTarget(original_widget)¶

WidgetPlaceholder¶

class urwid.WidgetPlaceholder(original_widget)¶

This is a do-nothing decoration widget that can be used for swapping between widgets without modifying the container of this widget.

This can be useful for making an interface with a number of distinct pages or for showing and hiding menu or status bars.

The widget displayed is stored as the self.original_widget property and can be changed by assigning a new widget to it.

WidgetDisable¶

class urwid.WidgetDisable(original_widget)¶: A decoration widget that disables interaction with the widget it wraps. This widget always passes focus=False to the wrapped widget, even if it somehow does become the focus.

Container Widget Classes¶

Frame¶

class urwid.Frame(body, header=None, footer=None, focus_part='body')¶

Frame widget is a box widget with optional header and footer flow widgets placed above and below the box widget.

Note

The main difference between a Frame and a Pile widget defined as: Pile([(‘pack’, header), body, (‘pack’, footer)]) is that the Frame will not automatically change focus up and down in response to keystrokes.

Parameters:	body (Widget) – a box widget for the body of the frame header (Widget) – a flow widget for above the body (or None) footer (Widget) – a flow widget for below the body (or None) focus_part (str) – ‘header’, ‘footer’ or ‘body’

contents¶

a dict-like object similar to:

{
    'body': (body_widget, None),
    'header': (header_widget, None),  # if frame has a header
    'footer': (footer_widget, None) # if frame has a footer
}

This object may be used to read or update the contents of the Frame.

The values are similar to the list-like .contents objects used in other containers with (Widget, options) tuples, but are constrained to keys for each of the three usual parts of a Frame. When other keys are used a KeyError will be raised.

Currently all options are None, but using the options() method to create the options value is recommended for forwards compatibility.

focus¶: child Widget in focus: the body, header or footer widget. This is a read-only property.

focus_position¶: writeable property containing an indicator which part of the frame that is in focus: ‘body’, ‘header’ or ‘footer’.

frame_top_bottom(size, focus)¶

Calculate the number of rows for the header and footer.

Parameters:	size (widget size) – See `Widget.render()` for details focus (bool) – `True` if this widget is in focus
Returns:	(head rows, foot rows),(orig head, orig foot) orig head/foot are from rows() calls.
Return type:	(int, int), (int, int)

get_focus()¶

Return an indicator which part of the frame is in focus

Note

included for backwards compatibility. You should rather use the container property focus_position to get this value.

Returns:	one of ‘header’, ‘footer’ or ‘body’.
Return type:	str

keypress(size, key)¶: Pass keypress to widget in focus.

mouse_event(size, event, button, col, row, focus)¶: Pass mouse event to appropriate part of frame. Focus may be changed on button 1 press.

options()¶

There are currently no options for Frame contents.

Return None as a placeholder for future options.

set_focus(part)¶

Determine which part of the frame is in focus.

Note

included for backwards compatibility. You should rather use the container property focus_position to set this value.

Parameters:	part (str) – ‘header’, ‘footer’ or ‘body’

ListBox¶

class urwid.ListBox(body)¶

a horizontally stacked list of widgets

Parameters:	body (ListWalker) – a ListWalker subclass such as `SimpleFocusListWalker` that contains widgets to be displayed inside the list box

calculate_visible(size, focus=False)¶

Returns the widgets that would be displayed in the ListBox given the current size and focus.

see Widget.render() for parameter details

Returns:	(middle, top, bottom) or (`None`, `None`, `None`)

middle: (row offset*(when +ve) or *inset*(when -ve), *focus widget, focus position, focus rows, cursor coords or None)
top: (# lines to trim off top, list of (widget, position, rows) tuples above focus in order from bottom to top)
bottom: (# lines to trim off bottom, list of (widget, position, rows) tuples below focus in order from top to bottom)

change_focus(size, position, offset_inset=0, coming_from=None, cursor_coords=None, snap_rows=None)¶

Change the current focus widget. This is used internally by methods that know the widget’s size.

TreeListBox¶

class urwid.TreeListBox(body)¶

A ListBox with special handling for navigation and collapsing of TreeWidgets

Parameters:	body (ListWalker) – a ListWalker subclass such as `SimpleFocusListWalker` that contains widgets to be displayed inside the list box

collapse_focus_parent(size)¶: Collapse parent directory.

focus_end(size)¶: Move focus to far bottom.

focus_home(size)¶: Move focus to very top.

move_focus_to_parent(size)¶: Move focus to parent of widget in focus.

unhandled_input(size, input)¶: Handle macro-navigation keys

Columns¶

class urwid.Columns(widget_list, dividechars=0, focus_column=None, min_width=1, box_columns=None)¶

Widgets arranged horizontally in columns from left to right

Parameters:

widget_list – iterable of flow or box widgets
dividechars – number of blank characters between columns
focus_column – index into widget_list of column in focus, if None the first selectable widget will be chosen.
min_width – minimum width for each column which is not calling widget.pack() in widget_list.
box_columns – a list of column indexes containing box widgets whose height is set to the maximum of the rows required by columns not listed in box_columns.

widget_list may also contain tuples such as:

(given_width, widget): make this column given_width screen columns wide, where given_width is an int
('pack', widget): call pack() to calculate the width of this column
('weight', weight, widget)`: give this column a relative weight (number) to calculate its width from the screen columns remaining

Widgets not in a tuple are the same as ('weight', 1, widget)

If the Columns widget is treated as a box widget then all children are treated as box widgets, and box_columns is ignored.

If the Columns widget is treated as a flow widget then the rows are calculated as the largest rows() returned from all columns except the ones listed in box_columns. The box widgets in box_columns will be displayed with this calculated number of rows, filling the full height.

box_columns¶: A list of the indexes of the columns that are to be treated as box widgets when the Columns is treated as a flow widget.

Note

only for backwards compatibility. You should use the new standard container property contents.

column_types¶: A list of the old partial options values for widgets in this Pile, for backwards compatibility only. You should use the new standard container property .contents to modify Pile contents.

column_widths(size, focus=False)¶

Return a list of column widths.

0 values in the list mean hide corresponding column completely

contents¶: The contents of this Columns as a list of (widget, options) tuples. This list may be modified like a normal list and the Columns widget will update automatically.

See also

Create new options tuples with the options() method

focus¶: the child widget in focus or None when Columns is empty

focus_col¶: A property for reading and setting the index of the column in focus.

Note

only for backwards compatibility. You may also use the new standard container property focus_position to get the focus.

focus_position¶: index of child widget in focus. Raises IndexError if read when Columns is empty, or when set to an invalid index.

get_cursor_coords(size)¶: Return the cursor coordinates from the focus widget.

get_focus()¶: Return the widget in focus, for backwards compatibility. You may also use the new standard container property .focus to get the child widget in focus.

get_focus_column()¶: Return the focus column index.

Note

only for backwards compatibility. You may also use the new standard container property focus_position to get the focus.

get_pref_col(size)¶: Return the pref col from the column in focus.

has_flow_type¶: Deprecated since version 1.0: Read values from contents instead.

keypress(size, key)¶

Pass keypress to the focus column.

Parameters:	size (int, int) – (maxcol,) if `widget_list` contains flow widgets or (maxcol, maxrow) if it contains box widgets.

mouse_event(size, event, button, col, row, focus)¶: Send event to appropriate column. May change focus on button 1 press.

move_cursor_to_coords(size, col, row)¶

Choose a selectable column to focus based on the coords.

see Widget.move_cursor_coords() for details

options(width_type='weight', width_amount=1, box_widget=False)¶

Return a new options tuple for use in a Pile’s .contents list.

This sets an entry’s width type: one of the following:

'pack': Call the widget’s Widget.pack() method to determine how wide this column should be. width_amount is ignored.
'given': Make column exactly width_amount screen-columns wide.
'weight': Allocate the remaining space to this column by using width_amount as a weight value.

Parameters:	width_type – `'pack'`, `'given'` or `'weight'` width_amount – `None` for `'pack'`, a number of screen columns for `'given'` or a weight value (number) for `'weight'` box_widget (bool) – set to True if this widget is to be treated as a box widget when the Columns widget itself is treated as a flow widget.

render(size, focus=False)¶

Render columns and return canvas.

Parameters:	size – see `Widget.render()` for details focus (bool) – `True` if this widget is in focus

rows(size, focus=False)¶

Return the number of rows required by the columns. This only makes sense if widget_list contains flow widgets.

see Widget.rows() for details

selectable()¶: Return the selectable value of the focus column.

set_focus(item)¶

Set the item in focus

Note

only for backwards compatibility. You may also use the new standard container property focus_position to get the focus.

Parameters:	item – widget or integer index

set_focus_column(num)¶

Set the column in focus by its index in widget_list.

Parameters:	num (int) – index of focus-to-be entry

Note

only for backwards compatibility. You may also use the new standard container property focus_position to set the focus.

widget_list¶: A list of the widgets in this Columns

Note

only for backwards compatibility. You should use the new standard container property contents.

Pile¶

class urwid.Pile(widget_list, focus_item=None)¶

A pile of widgets stacked vertically from top to bottom

Parameters:	widget_list (iterable) – child widgets focus_item (Widget or int) – child widget that gets the focus initially. Chooses the first selectable widget if unset.

widget_list may also contain tuples such as:

(given_height, widget): always treat widget as a box widget and give it given_height rows, where given_height is an int
('pack', widget): allow widget to calculate its own height by calling its rows() method, ie. treat it as a flow widget.
('weight', weight, widget): if the pile is treated as a box widget then treat widget as a box widget with a height based on its relative weight value, otherwise treat the same as ('pack', widget).

Widgets not in a tuple are the same as ('weight', 1, widget)`

Note

If the Pile is treated as a box widget there must be at least one 'weight' tuple in widget_list.

contents¶

The contents of this Pile as a list of (widget, options) tuples.

options currently may be one of

('pack', None): allow widget to calculate its own height by calling its rows method, i.e. treat it as a flow widget.
('given', n): Always treat widget as a box widget with a given height of n rows.
('weight', w): If the Pile itself is treated as a box widget then the value w will be used as a relative weight for assigning rows to this box widget. If the Pile is being treated as a flow widget then this is the same as ('pack', None) and the w value is ignored.

If the Pile itself is treated as a box widget then at least one widget must have a ('weight', w) options value, or the Pile will not be able to grow to fill the required number of rows.

This list may be modified like a normal list and the Pile widget will updated automatically.

GridFlow¶

class urwid.GridFlow(cells, cell_width, h_sep, v_sep, align)¶

The GridFlow widget is a flow widget that renders all the widgets it contains the same width and it arranges them from left to right and top to bottom.

Parameters:

cells – list of flow widgets to display
cell_width – column width for each cell
h_sep – blank columns between each cell horizontally
v_sep – blank rows between cells vertically (if more than one row is required to display all the cells)
align – horizontal alignment of cells, one of: ‘left’, ‘center’, ‘right’, (‘relative’, percentage 0=left 100=right)

cell_width¶: The width of each cell in the GridFlow. Setting this value affects all cells.

cells¶: A list of the widgets in this GridFlow

Note

only for backwards compatibility. You should use the new use the new standard container property contents to modify GridFlow contents.

contents¶

The contents of this GridFlow as a list of (widget, options) tuples.

options is currently a tuple in the form (‘fixed’, number). number is the number of screen columns to allocate to this cell. ‘fixed’ is the only type accepted at this time.

This list may be modified like a normal list and the GridFlow widget will update automatically.

BoxAdapter¶

class urwid.BoxAdapter(box_widget, height)¶

Adapter for using a box widget where a flow widget would usually go

Create a flow widget that contains a box widget

Parameters:	box_widget (Widget) – box widget to wrap height (int) – number of rows for box widget

>>> BoxAdapter(SolidFill(u"x"), 5) # 5-rows of x's
<BoxAdapter flow widget <SolidFill box widget 'x'> height=5>

rows(size, focus=False)¶

Return the predetermined height (behave like a flow widget)

>>> BoxAdapter(SolidFill(u"x"), 5).rows((20,))
5

Overlay¶

class urwid.Overlay(top_w, bottom_w, align, width, valign, height, min_width=None, min_height=None, left=0, right=0, top=0, bottom=0)¶

Overlay contains two box widgets and renders one on top of the other

Parameters:

top_w (Widget) – a flow, box or fixed widget to overlay “on top”
bottom_w (Widget) – a box widget to appear “below” previous widget
align (str) – alignment, one of 'left', 'center', 'right' or ('relative', percentage 0=left 100=right)
width –
width type, one of:

'pack'

if top_w is a fixed widget

given width

integer number of columns wide

('relative', percentage of total width)

make top_w width related to container width
valign – alignment mode, one of 'top', 'middle', 'bottom' or ('relative', percentage 0=top 100=bottom)
height –
one of:

'pack'

if top_w is a flow or fixed widget

given height

integer number of rows high

('relative', percentage of total height)

make top_w height related to container height
min_width (int) – the minimum number of columns for top_w when width is not fixed
min_height (int) – minimum number of rows for top_w when height is not fixed
left (int) – a fixed number of columns to add on the left
right (int) – a fixed number of columns to add on the right
top (int) – a fixed number of rows to add on the top
bottom (int) – a fixed number of rows to add on the bottom

Overlay widgets behave similarly to Padding and Filler widgets when determining the size and position of top_w. bottom_w is always rendered the full size available “below” top_w.

calculate_padding_filler(size, focus)¶: Return (padding left, right, filler top, bottom).

contents¶

a list-like object similar to:

[(bottom_w, bottom_options)),
 (top_w, top_options)]

This object may be used to read or update top and bottom widgets and top widgets’s options, but no widgets may be added or removed.

top_options takes the form (align_type, align_amount, width_type, width_amount, min_width, left, right, valign_type, valign_amount, height_type, height_amount, min_height, top, bottom)

bottom_options is always (‘left’, None, ‘relative’, 100, None, 0, 0, ‘top’, None, ‘relative’, 100, None, 0, 0) which means that bottom widget always covers the full area of the Overlay. writing a different value for bottom_options raises an OverlayError.

focus¶: the top widget in this overlay is always in focus

focus_position¶: index of child widget in focus, currently always 1

get_cursor_coords(size)¶: Return cursor coords from top_w, if any.

keypress(size, key)¶: Pass keypress to top_w.

mouse_event(size, event, button, col, row, focus)¶: Pass event to top_w, ignore if outside of top_w.

options(align_type, align_amount, width_type, width_amount, valign_type, valign_amount, height_type, height_amount, min_width=None, min_height=None, left=0, right=0, top=0, bottom=0)¶

Return a new options tuple for use in this Overlay’s .contents mapping.

This is the common container API to create options for replacing the top widget of this Overlay. It is provided for completeness but is not necessarily the easiest way to change the overlay parameters. See also set_overlay_parameters()

render(size, focus=False)¶: Render top_w overlayed on bottom_w.

selectable()¶: Return selectable from top_w.

set_overlay_parameters(align, width, valign, height, min_width=None, min_height=None, left=0, right=0, top=0, bottom=0)¶

Adjust the overlay size and position parameters.

See __init__() for a description of the parameters.

top_w_size(size, left, right, top, bottom)¶: Return the size to pass to top_w.

Graphic Widget Classes¶

BarGraph¶

class urwid.BarGraph(attlist, hatt=None, satt=None)¶

Create a bar graph with the passed display characteristics. see set_segment_attributes for a description of the parameters.

calculate_bar_widths(size, bardata)¶

Return a list of bar widths, one for each bar in data.

If self.bar_width is None this implementation will stretch the bars across the available space specified by maxcol.

calculate_display(size)¶: Calculate display data.

hlines_display(disp, top, hlines, maxrow)¶: Add hlines to display structure represented as bar_type tuple values: (bg, 0-5) bg is the segment that has the hline on it 0-5 is the hline graphic to use where 0 is a regular underscore and 1-5 are the UTF-8 horizontal scan line characters.

render(size, focus=False)¶: Render BarGraph.

selectable()¶: Return False.

set_bar_width(width)¶

Set a preferred bar width for calculate_bar_widths to use.

width – width of bar or None for automatic width adjustment

set_data(bardata, top, hlines=None)¶

Store bar data, bargraph top and horizontal line positions.

bardata – a list of bar values. top – maximum value for segments within bardata hlines – None or a bar value marking horizontal line positions

bar values are [ segment1, segment2, ... ] lists where top is the maximal value corresponding to the top of the bar graph and segment1, segment2, ... are the values for the top of each segment of this bar. Simple bar graphs will only have one segment in each bar value.

Eg: if top is 100 and there is a bar value of [ 80, 30 ] then the top of this bar will be at 80% of full height of the graph and it will have a second segment that starts at 30%.

set_segment_attributes(attlist, hatt=None, satt=None)¶

Parameters:

attlist – list containing display attribute or (display attribute, character) tuple for background, first segment, and optionally following segments. ie. len(attlist) == num segments+1 character defaults to ‘ ‘ if not specified.
hatt – list containing attributes for horizontal lines. First element is for lines on background, second is for lines on first segment, third is for lines on second segment etc.
satt –
dictionary containing attributes for smoothed transitions of bars in UTF-8 display mode. The values are in the form:

(fg,bg) : attr

fg and bg are integers where 0 is the graph background, 1 is the first segment, 2 is the second, ... fg > bg in all values. attr is an attribute with a foreground corresponding to fg and a background corresponding to bg.

If satt is not None and the bar graph is being displayed in a terminal using the UTF-8 encoding then the character cell that is shared between the segments specified will be smoothed with using the UTF-8 vertical eighth characters.

eg: set_segment_attributes( [‘no’, (‘unsure’,”?”), ‘yes’] ) will use the attribute ‘no’ for the background (the area from the top of the graph to the top of the bar), question marks with the attribute ‘unsure’ will be used for the topmost segment of the bar, and the attribute ‘yes’ will be used for the bottom segment of the bar.

smooth_display(disp)¶: smooth (col, row*8) display into (col, row) display using UTF vertical eighth characters represented as bar_type tuple values: ( fg, bg, 1-7 ) where fg is the lower segment, bg is the upper segment and 1-7 is the vertical eighth character to use.

GraphVScale¶

class urwid.GraphVScale([(label1 position, label1 markup), ..., ]top)¶

label position – 0 < position < top for the y position label markup – text markup for this label top – top y position

This widget is a vertical scale for the BarGraph widget that can correspond to the BarGraph’s horizontal lines

render(size, focus=False)¶: Render GraphVScale.

selectable()¶: Return False.

set_scale([(label1 position, label1 markup), ..., ]top)¶: label position – 0 < position < top for the y position label markup – text markup for this label top – top y position

ProgressBar¶

class urwid.ProgressBar(normal, complete, current=0, done=100, satt=None)¶

Parameters:

normal – display attribute for incomplete part of progress bar
complete – display attribute for complete part of progress bar
current – current progress
done – progress amount at 100%
satt – display attribute for smoothed part of bar where the foreground of satt corresponds to the normal part and the background corresponds to the complete part. If satt is None then no smoothing will be done.

get_text()¶: Return the progress bar percentage text.

render(size, focus=False)¶: Render the progress bar.

set_completion(current)¶: current – current progress

BigText¶

class urwid.BigText(markup, font)¶

markup – same as Text widget markup font – instance of a Font class

get_text()¶: Returns (text, attributes).

urwid.get_all_fonts()¶: Return a list of (font name, font class) tuples.

Terminal¶

class urwid.Terminal(command, env=None, main_loop=None, escape_sequence=None)¶

A terminal emulator within a widget.

‘command’ is the command to execute inside the terminal, provided as a list of the command followed by its arguments. If ‘command’ is None, the command is the current user’s shell. You can also provide a callable instead of a command, which will be executed in the subprocess.

‘env’ can be used to pass custom environment variables. If omitted, os.environ is used.

‘main_loop’ should be provided, because the canvas state machine needs to act on input from the PTY master device. This object must have watch_file and remove_watch_file methods.

‘escape_sequence’ is the urwid key symbol which should be used to break out of the terminal widget. If it’s not specified, “ctrl a” is used.

change_focus(has_focus)¶: Ignore SIGINT if this widget has focus.

respond(string)¶: Respond to the underlying application with ‘string’.