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.
TextInput:
The TextInput widget provides a box for editable plain text. Unicode, multiline, cursor navigation, selection and clipboard features are supported.
The TextInput uses two different coordinate systems:
- (x, y) – coordinates in pixels, mostly used for rendering on screen.
- (row, col) – cursor index in characters / lines, used for selection and cursor movement.
Basic Approach:
1) import kivy
2) import kivyApp
3) import widget
4) import Relativelayout
5) import textinput
6) Set minimum version(optional)
7) Create Widget class
8) Create App class
9) create .kv file (name same as the app class):
1) create textinput
10) return Layout/widget/Class(according to requirement)
11) Run an instance of the class
Implementation of the Approach
# main.py file
Python3
# Program to Show how to use textinput # (UX widget) in kivy using .kv file # import kivy module import kivy # base Class of your App inherits from the App class. # app:always refers to the instance of your application from kivy.app import App # this restrict the kivy version i.e # below this kivy version you cannot # use the app or software kivy.require('1.9.0') # Widgets are elements# of a graphical user interface# that form part of the User Experience.from kivy.uix.widget import Widget # The TextInput widget provides a# box for editable plain textfrom kivy.uix.textinput import TextInput # This layout allows you to set relative coordinates for children. from kivy.uix.relativelayout import RelativeLayout # Create the widget classclass textinp(Widget): pass # Create the app classclass MainApp(App): # Building text input def build(self): return textinp() # Arranging that what you write will be shown to you # in IDLE def process(self): text = self.root.ids.input.text print(text) # Run the Appif __name__ == "__main__": MainApp().run() |
# main.kv file
Python3
# .kv file implementation of the code <textinp>: title: 'InputDialog' auto_dismiss: False id: test1 # Using relative layout to arrange properly RelativeLayout: orientation: 'vertical' pos: self.pos size: root.size id: test2 # Defining text input in .kv # And giving it the look . pos and features TextInput: id: input hint_text:'Enter text' pos_hint: {'center_x': 0.5, 'center_y': 0.705} size_hint: 0.95, 0.5 on_text: app.process() |
Output:
When you run the App you will see:
After some input you will see:
