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+[![Downloads](http://pepy.tech/badge/pysimpleguiqt)](http://pepy.tech/project/pysimplegui)      
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+# PySimpleGUIQt      
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+## The Pre-Alpha Release   
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+[Announcements of Latest Developments](https://github.com/MikeTheWatchGuy/PySimpleGUI/issues/142)      
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+  -----      
+## Getting Started with PySimpleGUIQt
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+Welcome to the Pre-Alpha Release of PySimpleGUI for Qt!
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+You can use the exact same code that you are running on the older, tkinter, version of PySimpleGUI.  
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+PySimpleGUIQt uses **PySide2** for access to Qt.
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+### Differences between PySimpleGUI and PySimpleGUIQt
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+#### Sizes
+IMPORTANT NOTE if you are porting from tkinter to Qt - You will need to make one important change to your code.... **You must change your size parameters to be in PIXELS instead of CHARACTERS**. 
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+#### Fonts
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+Fonts should be in the format (font family, size).  The original PySimpleGUI also allowed a font string 'Family Size' but that option is not available (yet) in the Qt version.  I'll add it though so the code ports straight over.
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+### Installing PySimpleGUIQt for  Python 3      
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+    pip install --upgrade PySimpleGUIQt
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+On some systems you need to run pip3.      
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+    pip3 install --upgrade PySimpleGUIQt     
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+### Installing PySide2 for Python 3
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+```pip install PySide2```
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+## Testing your installation      
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+Once you have installed, or copied the .py file to your app folder, you can test the installation using python.  At the command prompt start up Python.      
+```      
+python3      
+>>> import PySimpleGUIQt    
+>>> PySimpleGUIQt.main()      
+```      
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+You will see a sample window in the center of your screen.  If it's not installed correctly you are likely to get an error message during one of those commands      
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+Here is the window you should see:      
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+![sample window](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/13696193/46097669-79efa500-c190-11e8-885c-e5d4d5d09ea6.jpg)      
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+## Prerequisites      
+Python 3      
+PySide2   
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+## Using  - Python 3      
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+To use in your code, simply import....      
+ `import PySimpleGUIQt as sg`      
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+Then use the exact same code as any other PySimpleGUI program that runs on tkinter.  
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+## Status
+
+### Functioning features
+Features are being added daily to this Qt port of PySimpleGUI.  
+These Elements are "complete" (a relative term... more are more complete than others):
+* Text
+* Input single line
+* Input multiline
+* Output multiline (new)
+* Dial (new)
+* Output - reroute stdout
+* Spinner
+* Sliders
+* Buttons - RButtons, CButtons, Short-cut Buttons
+* Checkbox
+* Radio Buttons
+* Listbox
+* ComboBox
+* Labeled Frames
+* Columns - enables you to make pretty much any layout!
+* Alpha channel for windows
+* No Title Bar setting
+* Enter submits for multiline
+* Fonts
+* Colors for text and background
+* Timeouts for Read calls
+* Change Submits parametes for most Elements
+* Table
+   * Basic display
+   * Read selected rows
+   * change_submits events
+   * Updates
+* Image as a background (new feature)
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+## Missing Features
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+Notable MISSING features at the moment include:
+* Graphs Element
+* Image Element
+* Tree Element - the more complex Elements have not yet been ported.  Stay tuned, new ones being added daily!
+* Tab & tab group Elements
+* Menus
+* Change submits - for radio buttons
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+## Design      
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+## Author      
+MikeTheWatchGuy      
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+## Demo Code Contributors      
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+## License      
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+GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL 3) +      
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+## Acknowledgments      
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