The PySliders module for Python 3

A sliders add-on for PyGame

Made by Skyla

Notice:

This module is now deprecated and no longer worked on. There are many GUI alternatives for PyGame out there that include this feature with cleaner and better code.

This was also made for an old 2019 build of PyGame so chances are this wont work well in the newer builds.

Installation:

Module is no longer available on PyPi

Install from source:

python setup.py install

Using in your code:

Import the module and pygame:

import pygame
import PySliders

Make a new window object with a clock:

windowSize = [640, 480] # 640 wide and 480 high window
gameWindow = pygame.display.set_mode(windowSize, 0, 32, pygame.DOUBLEBUF)

clock = pygame.time.Clock()

Make a new horizontal slider object:

myNewSlider = PySlider.HorizontalSlider(lowest_number=0, # Lowest value the slider ranges in
                                        highest_number=100, # Highest value the slider ranges in
                                        current_number=50, # The starting value the slider will be set to
                                        low_x=50, # The left end of the slider will be at x = 50
                                        high_x=590) # The right end of the slider will be at x = 590

Game loop using the slider:

gameRunning = True

while gameRunning:
    clock.tick(60) # Run at 60 FPS if device can support it
    
    gameWindow.fill((40, 40, 40)) # Fill screen with dark gray
    
    myNewSlider.render(window=gameWindow, y=20) # Render slider onto gameWindow at y = 20
    
    pygame.display.update() # Update screen to show changes
    
    myNewSlider.update(mouse_position=pygame.mouse.get_pos(), # Uses the mouse position and its button status
                       mouse_status=pygame.mouse.get_pressed()) # to update the slider accordingly
    
    for event in pygame.event.get():
        if event.type == pygame.QUIT: # If close button pressed
            gameRunning = False # Break the loop
            pygame.quit() # Close game window

Retrieving the current selection on the slider:

value = myNewSlider.get_current_value()

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