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Kamaelia.UI.Pygame.Multiclick.Multiclick

For examples and more explanations, see the module level docs.


class Multiclick(Axon.Component.component)

Multiclick(...) -> new Multiclick component.

Create a button widget in pygame, using the Pygame Display service. Sends a message out of its outbox when clicked.

Keyword arguments (all optional):

  • caption -- text (default="Button <component id>")
  • position -- (x,y) position of top left corner in pixels
  • margin -- pixels margin between caption and button edge (default=8)
  • bgcolour -- (r,g,b) fill colour (default=(224,224,224))
  • fgcolour -- (r,g,b) text colour (default=(0,0,0))
  • msg -- sent when clicked (default=("CLICK",self.id)) of msgs is not specified
  • msgs -- list of messages. msgs[x] is sent when button X is clicked (default=None)
  • transparent -- draw background transparent if True (default=False)
  • size -- (width,height) pixels size of the button (default=scaled to fit caption)

Inboxes

  • control : Shutdown messages: shutdownMicroprocess or producerFinished
  • callback : Receive callbacks from Pygame Display
  • inbox : Receive events from Pygame Display

Outboxes

  • outbox : button click events emitted here
  • signal : Shutdown signalling: shutdownMicroprocess or producerFinished
  • display_signal : For sending signals to the Pygame Display

Methods defined here

blitToSurface(self)

Clears the background and renders the text label onto the button surface.

buildCaption(self, text)

Pre-render the text to go on the button label.

main(self)

Main loop.

waitBox(self, boxname)

Generator. yields 1 until data ready on the named inbox.

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