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PyGTK HTML WYSIWYG Editor
import os
import gi
gi.require_version("Gtk", "3.0")
gi.require_version('WebKit2', '4.0')
from gi.repository import Gtk, Gdk, WebKit2
class HtmlEditor(Gtk.Window):
def __init__(self):
super().__init__()
self.set_title("Html Editor")
self.connect("destroy", Gtk.main_quit)
self.resize(500, 500)
self.filename = None
self.editor = WebKit2.WebView()
self.editor.set_editable(True)
self.editor.load_html("This is a test", "file:///")
scroll = Gtk.ScrolledWindow()
scroll.add(self.editor)
scroll.set_policy(Gtk.PolicyType.AUTOMATIC, Gtk.PolicyType.AUTOMATIC)
self.ui = self.generate_ui()
self.add_accel_group(self.ui.get_accel_group())
self.toolbar1 = self.ui.get_widget("/toolbar_main")
self.toolbar2 = self.ui.get_widget("/toolbar_format")
self.menubar = self.ui.get_widget("/menubar_main")
self.layout = Gtk.VBox()
self.layout.pack_start(self.menubar, False, False, 0)
self.layout.pack_start(self.toolbar1, False, False, 0)
self.layout.pack_start(self.toolbar2, False, False, 0)
self.layout.pack_start(scroll, True, True, 0)
self.add(self.layout)
def generate_ui(self):
ui_def = """
<ui>
<menubar name="menubar_main">
<menu action="menuFile">
<menuitem action="new" />
<menuitem action="open" />
<menuitem action="save" />
</menu>
<menu action="menuEdit">
<menuitem action="cut" />
<menuitem action="copy" />
<menuitem action="paste" />
</menu>
<menu action="menuInsert">
<menuitem action="insertimage" />
</menu>
<menu action="menuFormat">
<menuitem action="bold" />
<menuitem action="italic" />
<menuitem action="underline" />
<menuitem action="strikethrough" />
<separator />
<menuitem action="font" />
<menuitem action="color" />
<separator />
<menuitem action="justifyleft" />
<menuitem action="justifyright" />
<menuitem action="justifycenter" />
<menuitem action="justifyfull" />
</menu>
</menubar>
<toolbar name="toolbar_main">
<toolitem action="new" />
<toolitem action="open" />
<toolitem action="save" />
<separator />
<toolitem action="undo" />
<toolitem action="redo" />
<separator />
<toolitem action="cut" />
<toolitem action="copy" />
<toolitem action="paste" />
</toolbar>
<toolbar name="toolbar_format">
<toolitem action="bold" />
<toolitem action="italic" />
<toolitem action="underline" />
<toolitem action="strikethrough" />
<separator />
<toolitem action="font" />
<toolitem action="color" />
<separator />
<toolitem action="justifyleft" />
<toolitem action="justifyright" />
<toolitem action="justifycenter" />
<toolitem action="justifyfull" />
<separator />
<toolitem action="insertimage" />
<toolitem action="insertlink" />
</toolbar>
</ui>
"""
actions = Gtk.ActionGroup("Actions")
actions.add_actions([
("menuFile", None, "_File"),
("menuEdit", None, "_Edit"),
("menuInsert", None, "_Insert"),
("menuFormat", None, "_Format"),
("new", Gtk.STOCK_NEW, "_New", None, None, self.on_new),
("open", Gtk.STOCK_OPEN, "_Open", None, None, self.on_open),
("save", Gtk.STOCK_SAVE, "_Save", None, None, self.on_save),
("undo", Gtk.STOCK_UNDO, "_Undo", None, None, self.on_action),
("redo", Gtk.STOCK_REDO, "_Redo", None, None, self.on_action),
("cut", Gtk.STOCK_CUT, "_Cut", None, None, self.on_action),
("copy", Gtk.STOCK_COPY, "_Copy", None, None, self.on_action),
("paste", Gtk.STOCK_PASTE, "_Paste", None, None, self.on_paste),
("bold", Gtk.STOCK_BOLD, "_Bold", "<ctrl>B", None, self.on_action),
("italic", Gtk.STOCK_ITALIC, "_Italic", "<ctrl>I", None, self.on_action),
("underline", Gtk.STOCK_UNDERLINE, "_Underline", "<ctrl>U", None, self.on_action),
("strikethrough", Gtk.STOCK_STRIKETHROUGH, "_Strike", "<ctrl>T", None, self.on_action),
("font", Gtk.STOCK_SELECT_FONT, "Select _Font", "<ctrl>F", None, self.on_select_font),
("color", Gtk.STOCK_SELECT_COLOR, "Select _Color", None, None, self.on_select_color),
("justifyleft", Gtk.STOCK_JUSTIFY_LEFT, "Justify _Left", None, None, self.on_action),
("justifyright", Gtk.STOCK_JUSTIFY_RIGHT, "Justify _Right", None, None, self.on_action),
("justifycenter", Gtk.STOCK_JUSTIFY_CENTER, "Justify _Center", None, None, self.on_action),
("justifyfull", Gtk.STOCK_JUSTIFY_FILL, "Justify _Full", None, None, self.on_action),
("insertimage", "insert-image", "Insert _Image", None, None, self.on_insert_image),
("insertlink", "insert-link", "Insert _Link", None, None, self.on_insert_link),
])
actions.get_action("insertimage").set_property("icon-name", "insert-image")
actions.get_action("insertlink").set_property("icon-name", "insert-link")
ui = Gtk.UIManager()
ui.insert_action_group(actions)
ui.add_ui_from_string(ui_def)
return ui
def on_action(self, action):
self.editor.run_javascript("document.execCommand('%s', false, false);" % action.get_name())
def on_paste(self, action):
self.editor.execute_editing_command(WebKit2.EDITING_COMMAND_PASTE)
def on_new(self, action):
self.editor.load_html("", "file:///")
def on_select_font(self, action):
dialog = Gtk.FontChooserDialog("Select a font")
if dialog.run() == Gtk.ResponseType.OK:
fname = dialog.get_font_desc().get_family()
fsize = dialog.get_font_desc().get_size()
self.editor.run_javascript("document.execCommand('fontname', null, '%s');" % fname)
self.editor.run_javascript("document.execCommand('fontsize', null, '%s');" % fsize)
dialog.destroy()
def on_select_color(self, action):
dialog = Gtk.ColorChooserDialog("Select Color")
if dialog.run() == Gtk.ResponseType.OK:
(r, g, b, a) = dialog.get_rgba()
color = "#%0.2x%0.2x%0.2x%0.2x" % (
int(r * 255),
int(g * 255),
int(b * 255),
int(a * 255))
self.editor.run_javascript("document.execCommand('forecolor', null, '%s');" % color)
dialog.destroy()
def on_insert_link(self, action):
dialog = Gtk.Dialog("Enter a URL:", self, 0,
(Gtk.STOCK_CANCEL, Gtk.ResponseType.CANCEL, Gtk.STOCK_OK, Gtk.ResponseType.OK))
entry = Gtk.Entry()
dialog.vbox.pack_start(entry, False, False, 0)
dialog.show_all()
if dialog.run() == Gtk.ResponseType.OK:
self.editor.run_javascript(
"document.execCommand('createLink', true, '%s');" % entry.get_text())
dialog.destroy()
def on_insert_image(self, action):
dialog = Gtk.FileChooserDialog("Select an image file", self, Gtk.FileChooserAction.OPEN,
(Gtk.STOCK_CANCEL, Gtk.ResponseType.CANCEL, Gtk.STOCK_OPEN, Gtk.ResponseType.OK))
if dialog.run() == Gtk.ResponseType.OK:
fn = dialog.get_filename()
if os.path.exists(fn):
self.editor.run_javascript(
"document.execCommand('insertImage', null, '%s');" % fn)
dialog.destroy()
def on_open(self, action):
dialog = Gtk.FileChooserDialog("Select an HTML file", self, Gtk.FileChooserAction.OPEN,
(Gtk.STOCK_CANCEL, Gtk.ResponseType.CANCEL, Gtk.STOCK_OPEN, Gtk.ResponseType.OK))
if dialog.run() == Gtk.ResponseType.OK:
fn = dialog.get_filename()
if os.path.exists(fn):
self.filename = fn
with open(fn) as fd:
self.editor.load_html(fd.read(), "file:///")
dialog.destroy()
def on_save(self, action):
def completion(html, user_data):
open_mode = user_data
with open(self.filename, open_mode) as fd:
fd.write(html)
if self.filename:
self.get_html(completion, 'w')
else:
dialog = Gtk.FileChooserDialog("Select an HTML file", self, Gtk.FileChooserAction.SAVE,
(Gtk.STOCK_CANCEL, Gtk.ResponseType.CANCEL, Gtk.STOCK_SAVE, Gtk.ResponseType.OK))
if dialog.run() == Gtk.ResponseType.OK:
self.filename = dialog.get_filename()
self.get_html(completion, "w+")
dialog.destroy()
def get_html(self, completion_function, user_data):
def javascript_completion(obj, result, user_data):
html = self.editor.get_title()
completion_function(html, user_data)
self.editor.run_javascript("document.title=document.documentElement.innerHTML;",
None,
javascript_completion,
user_data)
e = HtmlEditor()
e.show_all()
Gtk.main()
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namannik commented Oct 7, 2020

@orchardguides You're right. I haven't thought about this project in a while. (In fact, I had totally forgotten about it!.) I'm glad to hear someone out there found it and made use of it.

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