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Part 3 of development of a Python urwid app for tracking information during a job search
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| import urwid | |
| class App(): | |
| def __init__(self): | |
| """Main process that splits the main window into tabs and a main body | |
| using a Pile""" | |
| # Builds primary two subdivisions: tab_menu and body_container | |
| self.tab_menu = self.build_tab_menu(['Todo', 'Jobs', 'Companies', 'People']) | |
| self.body_container = urwid.Columns(self.get_body_container_columns()) | |
| # Arrange primary items into a Pile | |
| self.main_pile = urwid.Pile( | |
| [('pack', self.tab_menu), self.body_container]) | |
| self.mainloop = urwid.MainLoop(self.main_pile, | |
| palette=[('reversed', 'standout', '')], | |
| unhandled_input=self.q_for_exit) | |
| self.mainloop.run() | |
| def companies(self): | |
| """Returns a text list of company names, but in the future could contain | |
| an Urwid object like a ListBox of Selectable company names, each of which | |
| could have a callback function that would look up the related company | |
| information and display it in the main body window.""" | |
| company_names = ["Albacore", | |
| "BuyNLarge", | |
| "Caltech", | |
| "Dennys", | |
| "Enron", | |
| "Facebook", | |
| "Google", | |
| ] | |
| return urwid.Text("\n".join(company_names)) | |
| def people(self): | |
| """Returns a text list of people names, but in the future could contain | |
| an Urwid object like a ListBox of Selectable people names, each of which | |
| could have a callback function that would look up the related person | |
| information and display it in the main body window.""" | |
| contact_names = ["Alice Baker", | |
| "Cooper Douglas", | |
| "Eugene Fernando", | |
| "Gretchen Hyacinth", | |
| "Jeannie Kidseth", | |
| "Liz Maroney", | |
| "Norbert Ort", | |
| "Penny Quinn", | |
| ] | |
| return urwid.Text("\n".join(contact_names)) | |
| def jobs(self): | |
| """Returns a text list of job names, but in the future could contain | |
| an Urwid object like a ListBox of Selectable job names, each of which | |
| could have a callback function that would look up the related person | |
| information and display it in the main body window.""" | |
| job_names = ["Software Engineer", | |
| "Engineer in Test", | |
| "Program Manager", | |
| "Product Designer", | |
| "Engineering Manager", | |
| "Junior Software Engineer", | |
| "SDE I", | |
| "Software Engineer - Backend, Finance", | |
| "Manager; Software Engineering", | |
| "Software Engineering and Product Design Specialist", | |
| ] | |
| return urwid.Text("\n".join(job_names)) | |
| def build_body_main_window(self, choice): | |
| """Builds the main window of the body depending on which tab is | |
| currently active. The calling method is a Filler, and this will return | |
| different Text objects to it | |
| """ | |
| main_window_text = urwid.Text( | |
| f"This will be the main window in which {choice} data will appear", | |
| 'center', 'clip') | |
| return urwid.LineBox(urwid.Filler(main_window_text, "top"), | |
| title="Todo Details", title_align="left") | |
| def get_body_container_columns(self, choice="Todo"): | |
| """Builds default main body when app first runs""" | |
| column_1 = urwid.LineBox( | |
| urwid.Filler(urwid.Text("Side bar", 'center', 'clip'), "top"), | |
| title="Todo Details", title_align="left") | |
| column_2 = self.build_body_main_window(choice) | |
| return [("weight", 1, column_1), ("weight", 3, column_2)] | |
| def build_body_container(self, choice="Todo"): | |
| """Builds the body container""" | |
| return urwid.Columns(self.get_body_container_columns()) | |
| def body_picker(self, button, choice): | |
| """Function for directly changing the content in body_container""" | |
| if choice == "Todo": | |
| side_bar = urwid.LineBox( | |
| urwid.Filler(urwid.Text("todo items", 'center', 'clip'), "top"), | |
| "Todo Title", "left") | |
| main_body = self.build_body_main_window(choice) | |
| list_of_widgets_to_return = [(side_bar, ("weight", 1, False)), | |
| (main_body, ("weight", 3, False))] | |
| elif choice == "Companies": | |
| side_bar = urwid.LineBox(urwid.Filler(self.companies(), "top"), | |
| title="Company Name", title_align="left") | |
| main_body_top = urwid.LineBox( | |
| urwid.Filler(urwid.Text("Open Jobs", 'center', 'clip'), "top"), | |
| title="Open Jobs", title_align="left") | |
| main_body_mid = urwid.LineBox( | |
| urwid.Filler(urwid.Text("Notes", 'center', 'clip'), "top"), | |
| title="Notes", title_align="left") | |
| main_body_bottom = urwid.LineBox( | |
| urwid.Filler(urwid.Text("People", 'center', 'clip'), "top"), | |
| title="People", title_align="left") | |
| main_body = urwid.Pile( | |
| [main_body_top, main_body_mid, main_body_bottom]) | |
| list_of_widgets_to_return = [(side_bar, ("weight", 1, False)), | |
| (main_body, ("weight", 3, False))] | |
| elif choice == "People": | |
| side_bar = urwid.LineBox(urwid.Filler(self.people(), "top"), | |
| title="Person Name", title_align="left") | |
| main_body_top = urwid.LineBox( | |
| urwid.Filler(urwid.Text("Details", 'center', 'clip'), "top"), | |
| title="Details", title_align="left") | |
| main_body_bottom = urwid.LineBox( | |
| urwid.Filler(urwid.Text("Notes", 'center', 'clip'), "top"), | |
| title="Notes", title_align="left") | |
| main_body = urwid.Pile([main_body_top, main_body_bottom]) | |
| list_of_widgets_to_return = [(side_bar, ("weight", 1, False)), | |
| (main_body, ("weight", 3, False))] | |
| elif choice == "Jobs": | |
| side_bar = urwid.LineBox(urwid.Filler(self.jobs(), "top"), | |
| title="Job Title", title_align="left") | |
| main_body_top = urwid.LineBox(urwid.Filler(urwid.Text( | |
| "Here will be a bunch of options about the job's status", | |
| 'center', 'clip'), "top"), | |
| title="Status", title_align="left") | |
| main_body_mid = urwid.LineBox(urwid.Filler(urwid.Text( | |
| "Here will be a bunch of options about the job's posting details", | |
| 'center', 'clip'), "top"), | |
| title="Posting Details", | |
| title_align="left") | |
| main_body_bottom = urwid.LineBox(urwid.Filler(urwid.Text( | |
| "Here will be a bunch of options about the job's notes", | |
| 'center', 'clip'), "top"), | |
| title="Notes", title_align="left") | |
| main_body = urwid.Pile( | |
| [main_body_top, main_body_mid, main_body_bottom]) | |
| list_of_widgets_to_return = [(side_bar, ("weight", 1, False)), | |
| (main_body, ("weight", 3, False))] | |
| else: | |
| list_of_widgets_to_return = [("pack", urwid.Text( | |
| "There must have been a mistake.", 'left', 'clip'))] | |
| self.body_container.contents = urwid.MonitoredFocusList( | |
| list_of_widgets_to_return) | |
| def build_tab_menu(self, choices): | |
| """Defines and builds tab_menu using list of choices""" | |
| cells = [] | |
| for item in choices: | |
| button = urwid.Button(item) | |
| urwid.connect_signal(button, 'click', self.body_picker, item) | |
| cells.append(urwid.AttrMap(button, None, focus_map='reversed')) | |
| return urwid.GridFlow(cells, 20, 2, 1, "left") | |
| def exit_program(self): | |
| """Exit the main loop and return to the terminal""" | |
| raise urwid.ExitMainLoop() | |
| def q_for_exit(self, key): | |
| """Check for key presses for q and quits""" | |
| if key in ('q', 'Q'): | |
| self.exit_program() | |
| if __name__ == "__main__": | |
| app = App() |
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