Show Simple Content

The Mycroft GUI Framework has a number of common methods for displaying standard simple content types.

Text

Display simple strings of text.

self.gui.show_text(self, text, title=None, override_idle=None, override_animations=False)

Arguments:

• text (str): Main text content. It will auto-paginate

• title (str): A title to display above the text content.

• override_idle (boolean, int):

  • True: Takes over the resting page indefinitely

  • (int): Delays resting page for the specified number of seconds.

• override_animations (boolean):

  • True: Disables showing all platform skill animations.

  • False: 'Default' always show animations.

Static Image

Display a static image such as a jpeg or png.

self.gui.show_image(self, url, caption=None, title=None, fill=None, override_idle=None, override_animations=False)

Arguments:

• url (str): Pointer to the image

• caption (str): A caption to show under the image

• title (str): A title to display above the image content

• fill (str): Fill type - supports:

  • 'PreserveAspectFit',

  • 'PreserveAspectCrop',

  • 'Stretch'

• override_idle (boolean, int):

  • True: Takes over the resting page indefinitely

  • (int): Delays resting page for the specified number of seconds.

• override_animations (boolean):

  • True: Disables showing all platform skill animations.

  • False: 'Default' always show animations.

Animated Image

Display an animated image such as a gif.

self.gui.show_animated_image(self, url, caption=None, title=None, fill=None, override_idle=None, override_animations=False)

Arguments:

• url (str): Pointer to the .gif image

• caption (str): A caption to show under the image

• title (str): A title to display above the image content

• fill (str): Fill type - supports:

  • 'PreserveAspectFit',

  • 'PreserveAspectCrop',

  • 'Stretch'

• override_idle (boolean, int):

  • True: Takes over the resting page indefinitely

  • (int): Delays resting page for the specified number of seconds.

• override_animations (boolean):

  • True: Disables showing all platform skill animations.

  • False: 'Default' always show animations.

HTML Page

Display a local HTML page.

self.gui.show_html(self, html, resource_url=None, override_idle=None, override_animations=False)

Arguments:

• html (str): HTML text to display

• resource_url (str): Pointer to HTML resources

• override_idle (boolean, int):

  • True: Takes over the resting page indefinitely

  • (int): Delays resting page for the specified number of seconds.

• override_animations (boolean):

  • True: Disables showing all platform skill animations.

  • False: 'Default' always show animations.

Remote URL

Display a webpage.

self.gui.show_url(self, url, override_idle=None, override_animations=False)

Arguments:

• url (str): URL to render

• override_idle (boolean, int):

  • True: Takes over the resting page indefinitely

  • (int): Delays resting page for the specified number of seconds.

• override_animations (boolean):

  • True: Disables showing all platform skill animations.

  • False: 'Default' always show animations.