Source code for libqtile.widget.textbox

from .. import bar
from . import base


class TextBox(base._TextBox):
    """
        A flexible textbox that can be updated from bound keys, scripts and
        qsh.
    """
    defaults = [
        ("font", "Arial", "Text font"),
        ("fontsize", None, "Font pixel size. Calculated if None."),
        ("fontshadow", None, "font shadow color, default is None(no shadow)"),
        ("padding", None, "Padding left and right. Calculated if None."),
        ("foreground", "#ffffff", "Foreground colour."),
    ]

    def __init__(self, text=" ", width=bar.CALCULATED, **config):
        base._TextBox.__init__(self, text=text, width=width, **config)

    def update(self, text):
        self.text = text
        self.bar.draw()

    def cmd_update(self, text):
        """
            Update the text in a TextBox widget.
        """
        self.update(text)

    def cmd_get(self):
        """
            Retrieve the text in a TextBox widget.
        """
        return self.text