In this section of PySimpleGUI tutorial we will discuss and learn to use themes, Text, Input, Multiline and Button.
Theme
You can choose from a range of themes to pick for your form’s look and feel. theme() function can be called with the package instance to set the look. It is called as below
import PsSimpleGUI as psg
psg.theme(“name of the theme”)
To know which theme you wish to apply, run theme_previewer()command (in Python command window) and see the complete palette of the options available each identified by a name. Node the name of your preferred theme and write it as the string argument in theme() function.
Just take a look at your options you have got!!!

It’s not like that once you choose a theme you are stuck with the font styles and font provided by your chosen theme. You can customize the form’s look with these mentioned attributes and set their values according to the need of your GUI.
Attributes to be set for Text-Based elements
You can use the following attributes in all the text based elements of your layout or form or window. These are to be added as attribute=value pair separated by commas within the parentheses of the element you wish to customize.
Size
Change size of the text element by setting the width and height value pair for the element. It is defined in number of characters.
Size=(int width,int height)
Font
Customize the font of the text based element by setting the argument as string specifying the name of the font.
Font=string font-family
Background Color
Set the background color of the element by specifying the name from the allowed Python colors for the background_color property. It is given as a string
background_color= string color-name
Text Color
Modify the text color of the text based element by specifying the name from the allowed Python colors after the text_color property. It is given as a string
text_color= string color-name
Text Justify
You can justify the text within an element using justification attribute. It is given as a string and allowed values are left, right and center
justification= string justify-value
PySimpleGUI Elements – Text, Input, Multiline and Button
Text
The Text element allows you to print text on your Python program GUI. It can be used to print information for the user or display output. The syntax is
psg.Text(“text to display”, attribute-name=value, attribute-name=value…)
Input
To read a value from the user an input is used. It is usually associated with a text element and written as input() in the element list of the layout list for a window. You can modify the appearance of an input element by using previously discussed attributes.
[psg.Text(“text to display”, attribute-name=value, attribute-name=value…), Input(default text, attribute-name=value,…….)]
Multiline
For longer data like address, titles, remarks you may need to get the text from users in multiple lines so that users can view large text at the same time. Input displays only one line by default, so it is better to use the multiline element for such user input.
[psg.Text(“text to display”, attribute-name=value, attribute-name=value…), Multiline ()]
Button
Buttons are the elements which allow users to click for final submission of data or doing some other decision-like actions. If you want to create a set of buttons in a single row in your input form, declare all of them in single square parentheses separated by commas in the layout declaration. This is because [] defines a list element of the layout list which is displayed in the next line in a window.
[psg.Button("Text of the Button" attribute-name=value, attribute-name=value…),….]
Code Example
Here is an example that uses all the above mentioned PySimpleGUI elements. It’s a funny looking input and output, but the only reason of doing it in this way is that you get a clear idea of defining the elements and setting their attributes. In this example the user enters some input in one window and it is displayed as output in another window after closing the first (input) window.
import PySimpleGUI as psg #set the theme for the screen/window psg.theme("LightPurple") #define layout layout=[[psg.Text("Name",size=(15, 1), font='Lucida',justification='right'),psg.Input()], [psg.Text("Date of Birth",size=(15, 1), font=("Verdana",11),text_color='Black',background_color='Yellow', justification='right'),psg.Input()], [psg.Text("Class",size=(15, 1), font=("Verdana",11),text_color='Red',justification='right'),psg.Input('M.Sc', background_color='Yellow')], [psg.Text("Address",size=(15, 1), font=("Arial",11),text_color='Green',justification='right'),psg.Multiline()], [psg.Button("SAVE", font=("Times New Roman",12)),psg.Button("CANCEL", font=("Times New Roman",12))]] #Define Window win =psg.Window("Data Entry",layout) #Read values entered by user e,v=win.read() #close first window win.close() #define layout for second windows to display data entered by user in first window layout1=[[psg.Text("The data you entered is :", size=(20,1), font='Lucida', text_color='Magenta')], [psg.Text("Name :"+v[0], size=(20,1), font='Lucida', text_color='Blue')], [psg.Text("DOB :"+v[1], size=(20,1), font='Lucida', text_color='Lime')], [psg.Text("Class :"+v[2], size=(len(v[2])+10,1), font='Lucida', text_color='Yellow')], [psg.Text("Address :"+v[3], size=(int(len(v[3])/4),4), font='Lucida', text_color='Brown', justification='center')]] #Define Window and display the layout to print output win1=psg.Window("Output Screen",layout1) e,v=win1.read() #close second window win1.close()
Input Screen

Output Screen

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