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Abstract GUI

abstract_gui is a modular Python library designed to streamline the development of cross-platform GUI applications using PyQt5 and PyQt6. It provides reusable components, factories, utilities for logging, threading, state management, and more, making it easier to build responsive, feature-rich interfaces without boilerplate code. The library emphasizes modularity, backward compatibility between PyQt versions, and integration with other "abstract" ecosystem tools (e.g., abstract_paths, abstract_utilities).

This library is particularly useful for:

• Rapid prototyping of desktop tools (e.g., file explorers, consoles, data viewers).
• Managing complex UIs with collapsible sections, shared state across tabs, and background workers.
• Handling common tasks like table rendering, signal connections, and robust logging.

Features

• PyQt5/PyQt6 Compatibility: Seamless support for both versions with shims for enums and APIs.
• Widget Factories: Quick creation of buttons, combos, checkboxes, tables with auto-wiring (signals, properties).
• Logging Integration: Thread-safe logging bridged to Qt widgets (e.g., QTextEdit), with file rotation and Qt message handling.
• Threading Utilities: Background workers (e.g., QThread for file scanning, API requests) with progress signals.
• State Management: Shared bus for syncing data across tabs/widgets (e.g., filters in multi-tab consoles).
• UI Enhancements: Collapsible panels, resizable windows, screen-aware sizing, and visibility managers.
• Request Handling: Built-in QThread for HTTP GET/POST with timeouts and error handling.
• Console Tools: Base classes for tabbed consoles with shared state, results lists, and input forms.
• Dynamic Imports: Auto-discovery and attachment of functions from functions/ directories for modular code.

The library is lightweight (no external GUI frameworks beyond PyQt) and integrates well with Python's standard library and tools like subprocess, logging, and pathlib.

Installation

Install via pip:

pip install abstract-gui

Requirements

• Python >= 3.6
• PyQt5 or PyQt6 (one is sufficient; the library handles compatibility)
• Dependencies (auto-installed):
  • abstract_apis (for HTTP utilities)
  • abstract_paths (file/path helpers)
  • abstract_utilities (general utilities)
  • clipboard (for copy-paste)
  • dataclasses (Python 3.7+ standard)
  • importlib, inspect, pathlib, shlex (standard library)

For development:

pip install -e .[dev]  # If cloning the repo

Optional Extras

• For advanced logging: RotatingFileHandler (standard).
• For HTTP: requests (via abstract_apis).

Quick Start

Basic Window Creation

from abstract_gui.QT6.widgets import createButton, getQHBoxLayout
from abstract_gui.QT6.utils.console_utils.startConsole import startConsole
from PyQt6.QtWidgets import QApplication, QMainWindow, QVBoxLayout

class MyWindow(QMainWindow):
    def __init__(self):
        super().__init__()
        self.setWindowTitle("Abstract GUI Example")
        central = QWidget()
        self.setCentralWidget(central)
        layout = QVBoxLayout(central)

        # Add a button using the factory
        btn = createButton(
            parent=central,
            layout=layout,
            label="Click Me!",
            connect=lambda: print("Button clicked!"),
            props={"minimumWidth": 150}  # Apply properties
        )

        # Add a horizontal layout with label
        row = getQHBoxLayout(label="Status:")
        layout.addLayout(row)

if __name__ == "__main__":
    app = startConsole(MyWindow)  # Handles app creation, logging, and exec()

This creates a resizable window with a button and status row, auto-wires the click signal, and sets up basic logging.

Running the App

The startConsole utility:

• Ensures QApplication exists.
• Wires logging to a collapsible panel.
• Handles graceful shutdown for threads.
• Runs app.exec() and returns the exit code.

Output:

[INFO] Starting console application
[INFO] Button clicked!

Adding a Table

from abstract_gui.QT6.widgets import createTable

# In your window init:
data = [
    {"Name": "Alice", "Age": 30},
    {"Name": "Bob", "Age": 25}
]
headers_config = {
    "Name": {"horizontalHeader": "Stretch"},
    "Age": {"ColumnWidth": 80}
}

table = createTable(
    parent=central,
    layout=layout,
    data=data,
    headers_config=headers_config,
    connect={"signals": ["itemSelectionChanged"], "callbacks": self.on_row_select},
    props={"alternatingRowColors": True}
)

def on_row_select(self):
    print("Row selected!")

This auto-populates the table, configures columns, and connects selection signals.

Key Modules

QT6/Factories

Core builders for widgets with auto-configuration:

• signal_registry.py: Discovers and ranks Qt signals (e.g., textChanged, clicked).
• auto_signals.py: Connects callbacks to signals (e.g., connect_signals(widget, callback)).
• tableFactory.py / table_factory_headers_config.py: Creates QTableWidget with data, headers, resizing, and signals.
• properties_resolver.py: Applies dict of properties (e.g., {"readOnly": True}) with type coercion.
• abstract_visibility.py: VisibilityMgr for collapsible sections with animation and persistence.

Example:

from abstract_gui.QT6.factories import createTable, connect_signals

table = createTable(parent=self, data=my_data, connect=self.on_table_event)

QT6/Utils/Console_Utils

Tools for console-like apps:

• consoleBase.py: Base QWidget with shared state bus (SharedStateBus).
• startConsole.py: Runner that sets up app, logging, and collapsible panels.
• ensure_resizable.py: Caps window size to screen, handles multi-monitor drags.
• worker_scans.py: DirScanWorker for background file scanning with progress.
• collapsable_log_panel.py: Expandable log panel that resizes the window dynamically.

QT6/Utils/Log_Utils

Robust logging:

• robustLogger/log_utils.py: Bridges Python logging to QTextEdit with queueing and tailing.
• attach_textedit_to_logs(widget): Streams logs to a widget, filters by logger name.
• Handles exceptions, Qt messages, and file rotation (RotatingFileHandler).

Example:

from abstract_gui.QT6.utils.log_utils import attach_textedit_to_logs, get_log_file_path

log_widget = QTextEdit()
attach_textedit_to_logs(log_widget, tail_file=get_log_file_path())

QT6/Utils/Request_Utils

Async HTTP:

• RequestThread: QThread for GET/POST with timeouts, JSON handling, and API prefix detection.

Example:

from abstract_gui.QT6.utils.request_utils import requestThread

thread = requestThread("GET", "https://api.example.com/data")
thread.response_signal.connect(self.on_response)
thread.start()

QT6/Utils/Share_Utils

Shared components for multi-tab UIs:

• shared/inputs.py: Common input forms (dirs, filters, checkboxes) with state syncing.
• shared/states/: Read/write state dicts for bus syncing.
• shared/results/: QListWidget for results with double-click open.
• shared/visibility/: Collapsible managers.

Widgets

High-level creators:

• createButton, createCheckBox, createCombo, createTable: Factories with props, connects, and layout helpers.
• addWidget, getQHBoxLayout: Layout utilities.

SIMPLEGUI

Legacy/simple mode:

• initFuncGen.py: Auto-generates __init__.py and initFuncs for dynamic function attachment from functions/ dirs.

Examples

Multi-Tab Console with Shared Filters

See runApiGui.py in the repo for a full example. It creates tabs with shared search filters, results lists, and logging.

Background File Search

from abstract_gui.QT6.utils.console_utils.worker_scans import DirScanWorker, wire_dir_scan

def on_progress(self, paths):
    for p in paths:
        self.results.addItem(p)  # Update UI

th, worker = wire_dir_scan(self, "/path/to/dir", {".py"}, on_progress=on_progress, on_done=self.on_done)

API Request with Logging

import logging
logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)

thread = requestThread("POST", url, {"key": "value"})
thread.error_signal.connect(lambda msg: logger.error(msg))
thread.start()

API Reference

Core Functions

• createTable(...): Builds configurable tables (see factories).
• connect_signals(widget, callbacks, signals=...): Auto-connects ranked signals.
• apply_properties(widget, props_dict): Sets properties with coercion (e.g., enums, size policies).
• attach_textedit_to_logs(widget): Streams logs to UI.
• VisibilityMgr.register(name, container): Collapsible animated sections.

Classes

• SharedStateBus: Emits state changes across components.
• requestThread: Threaded HTTP client.
• DirScanWorker: File scanner with chunks.
• CollapsibleLogPanel: Resizable log view.

For full docs, see inline docstrings or generate with Sphinx.

Contributing

1. Fork the repo.
2. Install dev deps: pip install -e .[dev].
3. Add tests in tests/.
4. Run pytest and black . for formatting.
5. Submit PRs to main.

Report issues on GitHub.

License

MIT License. See LICENSE for details.

Related Projects

• abstract_paths: File/path utilities.
• abstract_utilities: General helpers.
• abstract_apis: API/HTTP tools.

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