Demonstration of PySimpleGUI Python Code – Exploring the ‘right_click_menu’ Parameter in the sg.Window Method (Part 1)

PySimpleGUI is a popular Python GUI library that makes it easy to create graphical user interfaces for desktop applications. One useful feature of PySimpleGUI is the ability to create right-click menus in windows. In this tutorial, we will demonstrate how to use the right_click_menu parameter in the sg.Window method to add a custom right-click menu to a PySimpleGUI window.

To get started, make sure you have PySimpleGUI installed on your system. You can install it using pip:

pip install PySimpleGUI

Next, create a new Python script and import the necessary modules:

import PySimpleGUI as sg

Next, define your window layout. In this example, we will create a simple window with a single button:

layout = [
    [sg.Button('Right-click me')]
]

Now, create a PySimpleGUI window using the sg.Window method and pass in the layout variable we defined earlier. In addition, we will use the right_click_menu parameter to specify a custom right-click menu for the window:

window = sg.Window('Demo of code of Python PySimpleGUI -- parameter right_click_menu in sg.Window method -- part 1', layout, right_click_menu=['Menu Item 1', 'Menu Item 2'])

In this example, we are specifying a right-click menu with two items: ‘Menu Item 1’ and ‘Menu Item 2’. You can add as many menu items as you like by passing in additional strings to the right_click_menu parameter.

Next, create a event loop to handle events in the window. Inside the event loop, check for right-click events using the event == sg.WIN_CLOSED condition:

while True:
    event, values = window.read()
    if event == sg.WIN_CLOSED:
        break

Finally, add logic to display the right-click menu when the user right-clicks on the window. To do this, check for the event == sg.WIN_CLOSED condition and show the menu using the popup method:

    if event == 'Right-click me':
        menu_item = window.popup_get_right_click_target()
        if menu_item == 'Menu Item 1':
            print('You clicked on Menu Item 1')
        elif menu_item == 'Menu Item 2':
            print('You clicked on Menu Item 2')

In this code, we are using the popup_get_right_click_target method to get the item that was clicked in the right-click menu. We then check the value of menu_item and print a message based on which menu item was clicked.

That’s it! You now have a PySimpleGUI window with a custom right-click menu. Experiment with different menu items and logic to customize the behavior of your application. Stay tuned for part 2 of this tutorial where we will explore more advanced features of right-click menus in PySimpleGUI.