ui¶

class guerilla.ui¶

Bases: object

A package of functions dedicated to managing UI

static border(name, parent)¶

Create a Border window

Parameters:	name (str or number or None) – The name of the window parent (`Window`) – The parent window
Returns:	The new border
Return type:	`Border`

static control(parent, plug, desc)¶

Create a dedicated Window that can control a Plug or a list of Plugs

Ex:

LUA{local ctrl = ui.control (myparentwindow, Document:getpreferences ().ShutterOpen, types.float {slidermin=0,slidermax=0.4})}

param parent: The parent window

type parent: Window

param plug: The Plug to connect to the created window, or the list of Plugs

type plug: Plug or {Plug}

param desc: A substitute type to be used if the Plug type is to be overriden

type desc: type

return: The new control

rtype: Window

static disableupdates()¶: Globally disables UI updates

static droplist(name, parent)¶

Create an DropList window

Parameters:	name (str or number or None) – The name of the `DropList` window parent (`Window`) – The parent window to create in
Returns:	The new edit
Return type:	`DropList`

static dyntext(name, parent)¶

Create a static Text window

Parameters:	name (str or number or None) – The name of the window parent (`Window`) – The parent window
Returns:	The new text
Return type:	`Text`

static edit(name, parent)¶

Create an Edit window

Parameters:	name (str or number or None) – The name of the `Edit` window parent (`Window`) – The parent window to create in
Returns:	The new edit
Return type:	`Edit`

static editbox(name, parent)¶

Create an EditBox window

Parameters:	name (str or number or None) – The name of the `EditBox` window parent (`Window`) – The parent window to create in
Returns:	The new edit box
Return type:	`EditBox`

static editnode(node, focus, view)¶

Set the ui to edit a node

Parameters:	node (`Node`) – The node to edit focus (`Node`) – The optional child to set edit focus on view (`Window`) – The optional view to set edit to

static enableupdates()¶: Globally enables UI updates

static focusview(viewtype)¶

Focus the first view of the given type, or create a new one in the active tab if none found

This function focuses the first view that matches the given type anywhere in the window layout.

In the event such a window can’t be found, a new window of that type is created in the current active tab. Available view types are:

Library

Linking

NodeList

Passes

RenderView

Browser

Viewport

param viewtype: The view type

type viewtype: str

static getactiveview()¶

Return the current active view (the one with the orange frame)

Returns:	The current active view or None
Return type:	`Window`

static getactiveviewpath()¶

Return the path to the node edited in the current active view

Returns:	The path to the node edited
Return type:	`Window`

static getthemepath()¶

Get the current theme path

Returns:	The path of the current theme
Return type:	types.string

static linker(name, parent, mode, invert)¶

Open a Linker with preselected mode

Parameters:	name (str or number or None) – The window name parent (`Window`) – The parent window mode (types.string or table) – The preselected linker mode, see also <a href=’Packages_linker_linker.connect.html’>linker.connect</a> for more information on custom modes invert (types.bool) – Open the linker with swapped left and right classes
Returns:	The created linker window
Return type:	`Window`

static linkerbox(name, parent, mode, invert)¶

Open a Linker within a TitleWindow with preselected mode

Parameters:	name (str or number or None) – The window name parent (`Window`) – The parent window mode (types.string or table) – The preselected linker mode, see also <a href=’Packages_linker_linker.connect.html’>linker.connect</a> for more information on custom modes invert (types.bool) – Open the linker with swapped left and right classes
Returns:	The created linker window
Return type:	`Window`

static loadlayout(file)¶

Load a window layout file, replace the current layout

Parameters:	file (str) – The file path to load

static loadtheme(filename)¶

Load a theme file

Parameters:	filename (str) – The file to load, or nil to load the current theme file

static propertybox(selection=None)¶

Open a property box window

Parameters:	selection (table) – A list of objects to preselect
Returns:	The propertybox window
Return type:	Window

static quad(name, parent)¶

Create a Quad window

Parameters:	name (str or number or None) – The name of the window parent (`Window`) – The parent window
Returns:	The new quad
Return type:	`Quad`

static savelayout(file)¶

Save the current window layout into a file

Parameters:	file (str) – The file path to save

static savetheme(filename)¶

Save a theme file

Parameters:	filename (str) – The file to save, or nil to save the current theme file

static setactiveviewpath(path)¶

Set the active view to edit a node

Parameters:	path (str) – The path of the node to edit in the active view

static setmousebuttonhandler(windowclass, button, mod, event, handler)¶

Binds the provided handler to the window event

Parameters:

windowclass (class) – The window class to bind
button (str) – The button to be handled, either “left”, “middle” or “right”
mod (number or None) – The modifier combination to be associated to the handler, a combination of modifiers.Shift, modifiers.Control, modifiers.Alt
event (str) – The kind of event to bind, either “down”, “up, “drag”, “dragend” or “click”
handler (the) – callback function (window, x, y) to handle the event

static text(name, parent)¶

Create a static Text window

Parameters:	name (str or number or None) – The name of the window parent (`Window`) – The parent window
Returns:	The new text
Return type:	`Text`

static textbutton(name, parent, text)¶

Create a TextButton

Parameters:	name (str or number or None) – The name of the `EditBox` window parent (`Window`) – The parent window to create in text (str) – The button label
Returns:	The new text button
Return type:	`TextButton`

static titlewindow(name, parent)¶

Create an TitleWindow. You must call the show method to make the window visible.

Parameters:	name (str or number or None) – The name of the `TitleWindow` window parent (`Window`) – The parent window to create in
Returns:	The new title frame
Return type:	`TitleWindow`

static tree(name, parent)¶

Create an Tree

Parameters:	name (str or number or None) – The name of the `Tree` window parent (`Window`) – The parent window to create in
Returns:	The new tree
Return type:	`Tree`

static treeex(name, parent)¶

Create a TreeEx

Parameters:	name (str or number or None) – The name of the `Tree` window parent (`Window`) – The parent window to create in
Returns:	The new tree
Return type:	`Tree`

static window(name, parent)¶

Create a simple Window

Parameters:	name (str or number or None) – The name of the window parent (`Window`) – The parent window
Returns:	The new window
Return type:	`Window`