API

Lifecycle

`modern_urwid.lifecycle.controller`
`modern_urwid.lifecycle.manager`

Resource

`modern_urwid.resource.dummies`	Various classes representing unresolved AST attributes
`modern_urwid.resource.registry`	Handles storing Python modules
`modern_urwid.resource.utils`	Various utilities for handling resources

Style

`modern_urwid.style.css_parser`	Utilities to parse CSS rules
`modern_urwid.style.registry`	Handles storing styling rules

Widgets

`modern_urwid.widgets.builder`
`modern_urwid.widgets.generic_builder`
`modern_urwid.widgets.registry`
`modern_urwid.widgets.size_options`

XML

`modern_urwid.xml.ast`
`modern_urwid.xml.parser`

Compiler

class modern_urwid.compiler.LayoutData

Bases: TypedDict

controller: UnresolvedResource | None

on_enter: UnresolvedResource | None

on_exit: UnresolvedResource | None

on_load: UnresolvedResource | None

class modern_urwid.compiler.Metadata

Bases: TypedDict

layout: LayoutData

resources: ResourceData

signals: list[SignalData]

class modern_urwid.compiler.ResourceData

Bases: TypedDict

python: list[dict[str, str]]

stylesheet: list[StylesheetData]

widget: list[dict[str, str]]

class modern_urwid.compiler.SignalData

Bases: TypedDict

callback: UnresolvedResource

name: str

class modern_urwid.compiler.StylesheetData

Bases: TypedDict

path: str

var: list[dict[str, str]]

modern_urwid.compiler.compile_meta_nodes(nodes: list[MetaNode]) → Metadata

modern_urwid.compiler.compile_node(node: LayoutNode, ctx: CompileContext, root_style: dict[str, str] = {'background': '', 'background-adv': '', 'color': '', 'color-adv': '', 'monochrome': ''}, child_class: str | None = None) → tuple[Widget, SizeOptions, Metadata]: Take the AST and CSS rules and create a widget

modern_urwid.compiler.parse_xml_layout(file_path: Path | str, context: CompileContext, name: str | None = None) → tuple[Widget, Metadata]

Context

class modern_urwid.context.CompileContext(base_dir: Path, widget_registry: WidgetRegistry = None, style_registry: StyleRegistry = None, module_registry: ModuleRegistry = None)

Bases: object

Compile context applied to all layouts

Parameters:

base_dir (pathlib.Path) – The root directory for all referenced files
widget_registry (WidgetRegistry, optional) – The widget registery used for all layouts
style_registry (StyleRegistry, optional) – The style registery used for all layouts
module_registry (ModuleRegistry, optional) – The module registery used for all layouts

add_local(name: str): Add a LocalData entry under the given name

get_custom(key: str, default: Any = None): Get a custom data value

get_local(name: str | None = None) → LocalData: Get the LocalData entry under the given name. Defaults to the current_key if no name is provided.

resolve_path(path: str | Path) → Path

Resolve a path under the base directory

Parameters:: path (str | pathlib.Path) – The path to resolve
Returns:: The resolved path
Return type:: pathlib.Path

set_custom(key: str, value: Any): Set a custom data value, accessible by any layout using this context

set_local_key(name: str): Set the default key to use if get_local() is called with no arguments

class modern_urwid.context.LocalData

Bases: object

Local data applied to an individual controller

get(key: str, default: Any = None)

get_widget_by_id(id) → Widget | None

set(key: str, value: Any)

Decorators

modern_urwid.decorators.assign_widget(id: str) → Callable[[Callable[[...], T]], T]

Bind a widget.

This is a decorator to automatically assign a class variable to a widget. The function will be overwritten with the widget instance.

Constants

This module contains all of the constants used in modern_urwid.

Module variables:

XML_NS - XML namespace for modern-urwid
RESOURCE_CHAR - The character used to reference resources from ResourceHandler
DEFAULT_STYLE - The default style for widgets

Exceptions

exception modern_urwid.exceptions.InvalidTemplate: Bases: Exception

exception modern_urwid.exceptions.LayoutNotFound: Bases: Exception

exception modern_urwid.exceptions.LayoutNotSpecified: Bases: Exception

exception modern_urwid.exceptions.UnknownModule: Bases: Exception

exception modern_urwid.exceptions.UnknownTag: Bases: Exception