Pysimplegui: DrawText not displaying on python2.7

[EvanMaltby]

Type of Issues (Enhancement, Error, Bug, Question)

Bug

Operating System

Windows 7

Python version

Python 2.7.12

PySimpleGUI Port and Version

2.0

Code or partial code causing the problem

import PySimpleGUI27 as pSG

width = 100
height = 60
font = ("Courier New", 10)

layout = [
    [pSG.Text("Testing0")],
    [pSG.Graph((width, height), graph_bottom_left=(0, height), graph_top_right=(width, 0),
               key="graph", pad=(0, 0))]
]

window = pSG.Window("test", layout, margins=(0, 0))
graph = window.Finalize().Element("graph")
graph.DrawText("Im not here!", (0, 0), font=font)


while True:
    event, values = window.Read()
    if event is None or event == 'Exit':
        break
window.Close()``

This returns only the text "Testing0" and the graph object is present but no text whatsoever. I can however draw lines and other drawing functions.

[MikeTheWatchGuy]

I'm afraid that 2.7 support severely lags the Python 3 version., I have a problem at the moment with the built-in debugger blocking me from creating a 2.7 version. It's why the version number hasn't been bumped to 3.0.

However, DrawText should work.

Don't pass in a font. Simplify as much as possible. Set as FEW options as you can in your entire program.

Try moving around the location you're drawing.

[MikeTheWatchGuy]

OK, I've had some time to setup an environment and try it. Yea, I see now what you mean. There is something seriously wrong.

[MikeTheWatchGuy]

Don't use the PySimpleGUI27 that's in GitHub. It's clearly got trouble.

There are some large problems with the 27 port at the moment and I must have checked in bad code.

I would use pip installed code.

If you use a pip installed version of PySimpleGUI27, then you'll need to change your code as the layout is not inside of the Window call in that version. Your code is:

import PySimpleGUI27 as pSG

width = 100
height = 60
font = ("Courier New", 10)

layout = [
    [pSG.Text("Testing0")],
    [pSG.Graph((width, height), graph_bottom_left=(0, height), graph_top_right=(width, 0),
               key="graph", pad=(0, 0))]
]

window = pSG.Window("test123").Layout(layout)
graph = window.Finalize().FindElement("graph")
graph.DrawText("Im not here!", (0, 0), font=font)


while True:
    event, values = window.Read()
    if event is None or event == 'Exit':
        break
window.Close()

It produces a window that looks like this:

Can I inquire as to what is stopping your migration to Python3?

[EvanMaltby]

Honestly I've just been writing python 2.7 code out of being comfortable with it for years. Maybe I needed an excuse to switch and this seems to be it. I'll migrate my project to Python 3 if this library is far more stable on it

Cheers for your response!

[MikeTheWatchGuy]

It is indeed more stable, better supported, and as warned in the docs, the 2.7 version will be _deleted_ from the GitHub Dec 31.

I REALLY appreciate you taking this step. It's something that 2.7 users often resist. I promise it's not a difficult transition. Honest. Super-honest. 👍

[MikeTheWatchGuy]

I recommend 3.6. 3.7.4 has some tkinter problems so if you go with 3.7, use a slightly lower version number.

[EvanMaltby]

Got it, Just got my project running under Python 3 perfectly in under 15 minutes, just changed the print functions and not requiring decoding unicode strings and done

[MikeTheWatchGuy]

NICE!

I'm saving your post for other Python 2 users!

[MikeTheWatchGuy]

I'm going to close this, assuming your 15 minute success included running your PySimpleGUI program. If not, feel free to re-open it!

[MikeTheWatchGuy]

Hey Evan... is everything going OK?

Don't want to sound overly weird about this, but I'm really glad you jumped. It sets an excellent example. It not now, when? Right? 😏 I just hope it's continued to be OK.