Objects¶

Objects are the building blocks of your GUI. Each object has a different set of uses, attributes, and functions.

Button¶

A button is a clickable object.

Example syntax:

make Button b.
make Button b with text "Hello".
make Button b with text "Hello", position 100 25.
set b action close.

Attribute	Description	Possible Values	Default Value
text	Words on button	A plaintext string	“Untitled Button”
position	location of button on window	position keyword integer pixels, separated by space	center
size	size of button	size keyword width and height pixel integers, separated by a space	medium
action	Effect when button clicked	name of Python or Gooey function	none
hidden	Determines if button visible (false) or invisible (true)	true false	false

Window¶

A window is the frame on which you create your GUI. The window is always the first object you make.

Example syntax:

make Window w with size 500 500, color green.
set w title "My favorite GUI".

Attributes:

Attribute	Description	Possible Values	Default Value
title	The name as displayed in the top bar of the window.	A plaintext string	“Untitled Window”
size	The width and height of the window	size keyword width and height pixel integers, separated by a space	medium
color	The color of the window background	color keyword rgb value, separated by spaces (0 - 255) #hexvalue	white
action	The effect from interacting with a window.	name of Python of Gooey function	none
font	The font for all text used in the window	String name of available font	Times New Roman
fontSize	Size of text	Integer	12
textColor	Color of text	color keyword rgb value, separated by spaces	black

Checkboxes¶

Checkboxes are square boxes the user can click on to select any number of options. If you create a Checkboxes object without the options attribute, it will have three default checkboxes labeled “Option 1”, “Option 2”, and “Option 3”. Placing an asterisk before any of the attributes will mark that option to be selected by default.

Example syntax:

make Checkboxes c with options "hello" "yellow" "fellow".
set c position 20 20.

Attribute	Description	Possible Values	Default Value
title	text above checkbox set	A plaintext string	“Untitled Checkboxes”
options	The Checkboxes labels.	strings in double quotes, separated by a space string preceded by * to mark default selections	*”Option 1” “Option 2” “Option 3”
position	location of checkbox set in window	integer pixels, separated by by space	center

RadioButtons¶

RadioButtons are circular buttons a user can click to select one option out of many. If you create a RadioButtons object without the options attribute, it will have three default buttons labeled “Option 1”, “Option 2”, and “Option 3”. Placing an asterisk before one of the attributes will make that option to be selected by default.

Example syntax:

make RadioButtons r with options "hello" "mello" "jello".
set r title "Choose one:".

Attribute	Description	Possible Values	Default Value
title	text above RadioButtons set	A plaintext string	“Untitled RadioButtons”
options	The RadioButtons labels.	strings in double quotes, separated by a space string preceded by * to mark default selected	*”Option 1” “Option 2” “Option 3”
position	location of RadioButtons set in window	position keyword integer pixels, separated by by space	center

Text¶

Text is a simple text region the user cannot interact with.

Example syntax:

make Text t with text "Welcome to Gooey! Please leave your shoes at the door."
set t color blue.

Attribute	Description	Possible Values	Default Value
text	unmutable words in a window	A plaintext string	“Text”
position	location of text in window	position keyword integer pixels, separated by by space	center
size	size of text	size keyword width and height integers, separated by space	medium
color	color of text	color keyword rgb value, separated by spaces (0 - 255) #hexvalue	black
hidden	Determines if text visible (false) or invisible (true)	true false	false

TextBox¶

TextBox objects create a space where users can type. When you create a TextBox with a text attribute, the value entered will appear as default text within the text box.

When setting the size of the TextBox using integers for width and height, the integers will set the width and height by character count. For example, size 15 10 will create a TextBox 15 characters across, with ten lines of height.

Example syntax:

make TextBox tb with text "Write your answer here".
set tb size large.

Attribute	Description	Possible Values	Default Value
text	mutable words within the TextBox	A plaintext string	“Type Here”
position	location of TextBox in window	position keyword integer pixels, separated by by space	center
size	size of TextBox	size keyword width and height pixel integers, separated by space	medium
hidden	Determines if TextBox visible (false) or invisible (true)	true false	false

Menu¶

Menus are a list of actions. Menu’s are created with Menu Items. When creating a Menu, the menuoption attribute points to the MenuItems to be included in the Menu. First, in double quotation marks list the name of the menu as you want it to appear across the top, a colon, and then the name of the MenuItem that will handle the drop down menu from that top level. A Menu must include MenuItems.

Example syntax:

make Menu m with menuoption "File":file "Edit":edit.

Attribute	Description	Possible Values	Default Value
menuoptions	The top level menu labels	list of MenuItem objects separated by spaces	menuItem1 menuItem2 menuItem3

MenuItem¶

MenuItems are the terminal actions in a Menu. The variable name of the MenuItem must match the name of the correlating option listed in the Menu object. With the options attribute, MenuItems have two parts. First the text the user will select, then a colon, followed by the action or function.

Example syntax:

make MenuItem file with menuoption "Save":save "Quit":close.

Attribute	Description	Possible Values	Default Value
title	name visible in menu	A plaintext string	“Untitled MenuItem”
menuoptions	The selections within the menu	a MenuItem object a terminal in the format “name”:action	“Option1” “Option2” “Option3”

Image¶

Images are pictures you can add your your Gooey. The image must be in .gif format although the movement will not be maintained.

Example syntax:

make Image i with title "Apple", text "This is my most favorite apple", source "images/apple.gif".

Attribute	Description	Possible Values	Default Value
hidden	Determines if Image visible (false) or invisible (true)	true false	false
source	path or filename of Image	image file in .gif format	defaultIcon

FormattedText¶

FormattedText is an object that stores values for a text with different formatting options. It is first created by the user with attributes of their choice and then can be used in button text, checkboxes/radiobutton titles, and text objects.

Example syntax:

make FormattedText t with text "Hello World!", font "Arial", size 15, color blue, bold true, italic true, underline true.
make Button b with text t.
make Checkboxes c with title t, options "Yay" "Nay", position 50 50, size medium.

Attribute	Description	Possible Values	Default Value
text	text to be stored in object	A plaintext string	“Untitled Text”
font	font of text	A plaintext string: “Times”, “Arial”/”Helvetica”, “Courier” “Comic Sans MS”, “MS Sans Serif” “MS Serif”, “Verdana”	“Times”
color	color of text	color keyword rgb value, separated by spaces (0 - 255) #hexvalue	black
size	size of text	integer (pt size)	12
bold	Determines if the text is bold (true) or not (false)	true false	false
italic	Determines if the text is italicized (true) or not (false)	true false	false
underline	Determines if the text is underlined (true) or not (false)	true false	false