Kivy is a platform independent GUI tool in Python. As it can be run on Android, IOS, linux and Windows etc. It is basically used to develop the Android application, but it does not mean that it can not be used on Desktops applications.
AnchorLayout:
The AnchorLayout aligns its children to a border (top, bottom, left, right) or center. The class given below is used to implement the anchor layout.
kivy.uix.anchorlayout.AnchorLayout
AnchorLayout can be initialized with parameters:
anchor_x Parameters can be passed: “left”, “right” and “center”. anchor_y Parameters can be passed:“top”, “bottom” and “center”.
to select the place where the widgets are placed in the parent container.
There are 9 different layout regions where the Anchorlayout can be placed for effect:
Top-left, top-center, top-right, center-left, center-center, center-right, bottom-left, bottom-center and bottom-right.
Basic Approach: 1) import kivy 2) import kivyApp 3) import gridlayout(not necessary according to requirement) 4) import Anchorlayout 5) Set minimum version(optional) 6) create Layout class 7) create App class 8) Set up .kv file 9) Return the instance of layout class 10) Run an instance of the Appclass
In the below example code, we have used a GridLayout as our root widget class. The GridLayout, will be the parent of 9 AnchorLayouts. The 9 AnchorLayouts will be anchored at the 9 different anchoring positions i.e we are using all the 9 Anchorlayout positions in a single program with the help of 9 Buttons.
Implementation of the Approach:
# Sample Python application demonstrating the # working of AnchorLayout in Kivy using .kv file ################################################### # base Class of your App inherits from the App class. # app:always refers to the instance of your application from kivy.app import App # GridLayout arranges children in a matrix. # It takes the available space and # divides it into columns and rows, # then adds widgets to the resulting “cells”. from kivy.uix.gridlayout import GridLayout # to change the kivy default settings # we use this module config from kivy.config import Config # 0 being off 1 being on as in true / false # you can use 0 or 1 && True or False Config.set('graphics', 'resizable', True) # creating the root widget used in .kv file class Anchor_Layout(GridLayout): pass # class in which name .kv file must be named Anchor_Layout.kv class Anchor_LayoutApp(App): def build(self): # returning the instance of root class return Anchor_Layout() # run the app if __name__=='__main__': Anchor_LayoutApp().run() |
.kv file –
# Implementation of .kv file of Anchor layout ################################################ # creating the features of Button <MyButton@Button>: size_hint: [None, None] size: [100, 100] # creating the root of .kv <Anchor_Layout>: # Assigning grids rows: 3 # Anchor Layout 1 AnchorLayout: # position of Anchor Layout anchor_x: 'left' anchor_y: 'top' # creating Canvas canvas: Color: rgb: [.5, .324, .384] Rectangle: pos: self.pos size: self.size # creating Button MyButton: text: 'B1' # Anchor Layout 2 AnchorLayout: anchor_x: 'center' anchor_y: 'top' canvas: Color: rgb: [.5, .692, .498] Rectangle: pos: self.pos size: self.size MyButton: text: 'B2' # Anchor Layout 3 AnchorLayout: anchor_x: 'right' anchor_y: 'top' canvas: Color: rgb: [.5, .692, 1] Rectangle: pos: self.pos size: self.size MyButton: text: 'B3' # Anchor Layout 4 AnchorLayout: anchor_x: 'left' anchor_y: 'center' canvas: Color: rgb: [.789, .5, .699] Rectangle: pos: self.pos size: self.size MyButton: text: 'B4' # Anchor Layout 5 AnchorLayout: anchor_x: 'center' anchor_y: 'center' canvas: Color: rgb: [.333, .5, .673] Rectangle: pos: self.pos size: self.size MyButton: text: 'B5' # Anchor Layout 6 AnchorLayout: anchor_x: 'right' anchor_y: 'center' canvas: Color: rgb: [.180, .5, .310] Rectangle: pos: self.pos size: self.size MyButton: text: 'B6' # Anchor Layout 7 AnchorLayout: anchor_x: 'left' anchor_y: 'bottom' canvas: Color: rgb: [.180, .398, .5] Rectangle: pos: self.pos size: self.size MyButton: text: 'B7' # Anchor Layout 8 AnchorLayout: anchor_x: 'center' anchor_y: 'bottom' canvas: Color: rgb: [.438, .329, .5] Rectangle: pos: self.pos size: self.size MyButton: text: 'B8' # Anchor Layout 9 AnchorLayout: anchor_x: 'right' anchor_y: 'bottom' canvas: Color: rgb: [.611, .021, .5] Rectangle: pos: self.pos size: self.size MyButton: text: 'B9' |
Output:
