Form Objects

Form objects (returned by fl.make_form() above) have the following methods. Each method corresponds to a C function whose name is prefixed with `fl_'; and whose first argument is a form pointer; please refer to the official FORMS documentation for descriptions.

All the `add_...' functions return a Python object representing the FORMS object. Methods of FORMS objects are described below. Most kinds of FORMS object also have some methods specific to that kind; these methods are listed here.

show_form (placement, bordertype, name): Show the form.

hide_form (): Hide the form.

redraw_form (): Redraw the form.

set_form_position (x, y): Set the form's position.

freeze_form (): Freeze the form.

unfreeze_form (): Unfreeze the form.

activate_form (): Activate the form.

deactivate_form (): Deactivate the form.

bgn_group (): Begin a new group of objects; return a group object.

end_group (): End the current group of objects.

find_first (): Find the first object in the form.

find_last (): Find the last object in the form.

add_box (type, x, y, w, h, name): Add a box object to the form. No extra methods.

add_text (type, x, y, w, h, name): Add a text object to the form. No extra methods.

add_clock (type, x, y, w, h, name): Add a clock object to the form.
Method: get_clock.

add_button (type, x, y, w, h, name): Add a button object to the form.
Methods: get_button, set_button.

add_lightbutton (type, x, y, w, h, name): Add a lightbutton object to the form.
Methods: get_button, set_button.

add_roundbutton (type, x, y, w, h, name): Add a roundbutton object to the form.
Methods: get_button, set_button.

add_slider (type, x, y, w, h, name): Add a slider object to the form.
Methods: set_slider_value, get_slider_value, set_slider_bounds, get_slider_bounds, set_slider_return, set_slider_size, set_slider_precision, set_slider_step.

add_valslider (type, x, y, w, h, name): Add a valslider object to the form.
Methods: set_slider_value, get_slider_value, set_slider_bounds, get_slider_bounds, set_slider_return, set_slider_size, set_slider_precision, set_slider_step.

add_dial (type, x, y, w, h, name): Add a dial object to the form.
Methods: set_dial_value, get_dial_value, set_dial_bounds, get_dial_bounds.

add_positioner (type, x, y, w, h, name): Add a positioner object to the form.
Methods: set_positioner_xvalue, set_positioner_yvalue, set_positioner_xbounds, set_positioner_ybounds, get_positioner_xvalue, get_positioner_yvalue, get_positioner_xbounds, get_positioner_ybounds.

add_counter (type, x, y, w, h, name): Add a counter object to the form.
Methods: set_counter_value, get_counter_value, set_counter_bounds, set_counter_step, set_counter_precision, set_counter_return.

add_input (type, x, y, w, h, name): Add a input object to the form.
Methods: set_input, get_input, set_input_color, set_input_return.

add_menu (type, x, y, w, h, name): Add a menu object to the form.
Methods: set_menu, get_menu, addto_menu.

add_choice (type, x, y, w, h, name): Add a choice object to the form.
Methods: set_choice, get_choice, clear_choice, addto_choice, replace_choice, delete_choice, get_choice_text, set_choice_fontsize, set_choice_fontstyle.

add_browser (type, x, y, w, h, name): Add a browser object to the form.
Methods: set_browser_topline, clear_browser, add_browser_line, addto_browser, insert_browser_line, delete_browser_line, replace_browser_line, get_browser_line, load_browser, get_browser_maxline, select_browser_line, deselect_browser_line, deselect_browser, isselected_browser_line, get_browser, set_browser_fontsize, set_browser_fontstyle, set_browser_specialkey.

add_timer (type, x, y, w, h, name): Add a timer object to the form.
Methods: set_timer, get_timer.

Name	Type	Meaning
`window`	int (read-only)	GL window id
`w`	float	form width
`h`	float	form height
`x`	float	form x origin
`y`	float	form y origin
`deactivated`	int	nonzero if form is deactivated
`visible`	int	nonzero if form is visible
`frozen`	int	nonzero if form is frozen
`doublebuf`	int	nonzero if double buffering on