GlueApplication

class glue.app.qt.application.GlueApplication(data_collection=None, session=None)

Bases: glue.core.application_base.Application, PyQt4.QtGui.QMainWindow

The main GUI application for the Qt frontend

Attributes Summary

current_tab
tab_bar
tab_count	The number of open tabs
tab_names	The name of each tab
tab_widget
viewers	A list of lists of open Data Viewers.

Methods Summary

add_widget(new_widget[, label, tab, ...])	Add a widget to one of the tabs.
choose_new_data_viewer([data])	Create a new visualization window in the current tab
close_tab(index)	Close a tab window and all associated data viewers
dragEnterEvent(event)
dropEvent(event)
exec_([size, position])	Show the GUI and start the application.
gather_current_tab()	Arrange windows in current tab via tiling
has_terminal()	Returns True if the IPython terminal is present.
keyPressEvent(event)	Hold down modifier keys to temporarily set edit mode
keyReleaseEvent(event)	Unset any temporary edit mode
new_data_viewer(*args, **kwargs)	Create a new data viewer, add it to the UI,
new_tab()	Spawn a new tab page
plugin_manager()
report_error(message, detail)	Display an error in a modal
restore_session(path[, show])	Reload a previously-saved session
set_setting(key, value)	Update a persistent setting in the application.
start([size, position])	Show the GUI and start the application.
tab([index])

Attributes Documentation

current_tab

tab_bar

tab_count

The number of open tabs

tab_names

The name of each tab

A list of strings

tab_widget

viewers

A list of lists of open Data Viewers.

Each inner list contains the viewers open on a particular tab.

Methods Documentation

add_widget(new_widget, label=None, tab=None, hold_position=False)

Add a widget to one of the tabs.

Returns the window that this widget is wrapped in.

Parameters:

• new_widget – new QtGui.QWidget to add
• label (str) – label for the new window. Optional
• tab (int) – Tab to add to. Optional (default: current tab)
• hold_position (bool) – If True, then override Qt’s default placement and retain the original position of new_widget

choose_new_data_viewer(data=None)

Create a new visualization window in the current tab

close_tab(index)

Close a tab window and all associated data viewers

dragEnterEvent(event)

dropEvent(event)

exec_(size=None, position=None)

Show the GUI and start the application.

Parameters:

size : (int, int) Optional

The default width/height of the application. If not provided, uses the full screen

position : (int, int) Optional

The default position of the application

gather_current_tab()

Arrange windows in current tab via tiling

has_terminal()

Returns True if the IPython terminal is present.

keyPressEvent(event)

Hold down modifier keys to temporarily set edit mode

keyReleaseEvent(event)

Unset any temporary edit mode

new_data_viewer(*args, **kwargs)

Create a new data viewer, add it to the UI, and populate with data

new_tab()

Spawn a new tab page

plugin_manager()

report_error(message, detail)

Display an error in a modal

Parameters:

• message (str) – A short description of the error
• detail (str) – A longer description

static restore_session(path, show=True)

Reload a previously-saved session

Parameters:

path : str

Path to the file to load

show : bool, optional

If True (the default), immediately show the widget

Returns:

app : glue.app.qt.application.GlueApplication

The loaded application

set_setting(key, value)

Update a persistent setting in the application.

Parameters:

• key (str) – Name of a setting in the settings registry
• value (str) – New value for the setting

start(size=None, position=None)

Show the GUI and start the application.

Parameters:

size : (int, int) Optional

The default width/height of the application. If not provided, uses the full screen

position : (int, int) Optional

The default position of the application

tab(index=None)