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Generic Operating System Services</a> »</li> </ul> </div> <div class="document"> <div class="documentwrapper"> <div class="bodywrapper"> <div class="body"> <div class="section" id="module-curses.panel"> <h1>15.12. <tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">curses.panel</span></tt> — A panel stack extension for curses<a class="headerlink" href="#module-curses.panel" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h1> <p>Panels are windows with the added feature of depth, so they can be stacked on top of each other, and only the visible portions of each window will be displayed. Panels can be added, moved up or down in the stack, and removed.</p> <div class="section" id="functions"> <span id="cursespanel-functions"></span><h2>15.12.1. Functions<a class="headerlink" href="#functions" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2> <p>The module <tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">curses.panel</span></tt> defines the following functions:</p> <dl class="function"> <dt id="curses.panel.bottom_panel"> <tt class="descclassname">curses.panel.</tt><tt class="descname">bottom_panel</tt><big>(</big><big>)</big><a class="headerlink" href="#curses.panel.bottom_panel" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd>Returns the bottom panel in the panel stack.</dd></dl> <dl class="function"> <dt id="curses.panel.new_panel"> <tt class="descclassname">curses.panel.</tt><tt class="descname">new_panel</tt><big>(</big><em>win</em><big>)</big><a class="headerlink" href="#curses.panel.new_panel" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd>Returns a panel object, associating it with the given window <em>win</em>. Be aware that you need to keep the returned panel object referenced explicitly. If you don’t, the panel object is garbage collected and removed from the panel stack.</dd></dl> <dl class="function"> <dt id="curses.panel.top_panel"> <tt class="descclassname">curses.panel.</tt><tt class="descname">top_panel</tt><big>(</big><big>)</big><a class="headerlink" href="#curses.panel.top_panel" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd>Returns the top panel in the panel stack.</dd></dl> <dl class="function"> <dt id="curses.panel.update_panels"> <tt class="descclassname">curses.panel.</tt><tt class="descname">update_panels</tt><big>(</big><big>)</big><a class="headerlink" href="#curses.panel.update_panels" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd>Updates the virtual screen after changes in the panel stack. This does not call <a title="curses.doupdate" class="reference external" href="curses.html#curses.doupdate"><tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">curses.doupdate()</span></tt></a>, so you’ll have to do this yourself.</dd></dl> </div> <div class="section" id="panel-objects"> <span id="curses-panel-objects"></span><h2>15.12.2. Panel Objects<a class="headerlink" href="#panel-objects" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2> <p>Panel objects, as returned by <a title="curses.panel.new_panel" class="reference internal" href="#curses.panel.new_panel"><tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">new_panel()</span></tt></a> above, are windows with a stacking order. There’s always a window associated with a panel which determines the content, while the panel methods are responsible for the window’s depth in the panel stack.</p> <p>Panel objects have the following methods:</p> <dl class="method"> <dt id="curses.panel.Panel.above"> <tt class="descclassname">Panel.</tt><tt class="descname">above</tt><big>(</big><big>)</big><a class="headerlink" href="#curses.panel.Panel.above" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd>Returns the panel above the current panel.</dd></dl> <dl class="method"> <dt id="curses.panel.Panel.below"> <tt class="descclassname">Panel.</tt><tt class="descname">below</tt><big>(</big><big>)</big><a class="headerlink" href="#curses.panel.Panel.below" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd>Returns the panel below the current panel.</dd></dl> <dl class="method"> <dt id="curses.panel.Panel.bottom"> <tt class="descclassname">Panel.</tt><tt class="descname">bottom</tt><big>(</big><big>)</big><a class="headerlink" href="#curses.panel.Panel.bottom" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd>Push the panel to the bottom of the stack.</dd></dl> <dl class="method"> <dt id="curses.panel.Panel.hidden"> <tt class="descclassname">Panel.</tt><tt class="descname">hidden</tt><big>(</big><big>)</big><a class="headerlink" href="#curses.panel.Panel.hidden" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd>Returns true if the panel is hidden (not visible), false otherwise.</dd></dl> <dl class="method"> <dt id="curses.panel.Panel.hide"> <tt class="descclassname">Panel.</tt><tt class="descname">hide</tt><big>(</big><big>)</big><a class="headerlink" href="#curses.panel.Panel.hide" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd>Hide the panel. This does not delete the object, it just makes the window on screen invisible.</dd></dl> <dl class="method"> <dt id="curses.panel.Panel.move"> <tt class="descclassname">Panel.</tt><tt class="descname">move</tt><big>(</big><em>y</em>, <em>x</em><big>)</big><a class="headerlink" href="#curses.panel.Panel.move" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd>Move the panel to the screen coordinates <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">(y,</span> <span class="pre">x)</span></tt>.</dd></dl> <dl class="method"> <dt id="curses.panel.Panel.replace"> <tt class="descclassname">Panel.</tt><tt class="descname">replace</tt><big>(</big><em>win</em><big>)</big><a class="headerlink" href="#curses.panel.Panel.replace" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd>Change the window associated with the panel to the window <em>win</em>.</dd></dl> <dl class="method"> <dt id="curses.panel.Panel.set_userptr"> <tt class="descclassname">Panel.</tt><tt class="descname">set_userptr</tt><big>(</big><em>obj</em><big>)</big><a class="headerlink" href="#curses.panel.Panel.set_userptr" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd>Set the panel’s user pointer to <em>obj</em>. This is used to associate an arbitrary piece of data with the panel, and can be any Python object.</dd></dl> <dl class="method"> <dt id="curses.panel.Panel.show"> <tt class="descclassname">Panel.</tt><tt class="descname">show</tt><big>(</big><big>)</big><a class="headerlink" href="#curses.panel.Panel.show" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd>Display the panel (which might have been hidden).</dd></dl> <dl class="method"> <dt id="curses.panel.Panel.top"> <tt class="descclassname">Panel.</tt><tt class="descname">top</tt><big>(</big><big>)</big><a class="headerlink" href="#curses.panel.Panel.top" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd>Push panel to the top of the stack.</dd></dl> <dl class="method"> <dt id="curses.panel.Panel.userptr"> <tt class="descclassname">Panel.</tt><tt class="descname">userptr</tt><big>(</big><big>)</big><a class="headerlink" href="#curses.panel.Panel.userptr" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd>Returns the user pointer for the panel. This might be any Python object.</dd></dl> <dl class="method"> <dt id="curses.panel.Panel.window"> <tt class="descclassname">Panel.</tt><tt class="descname">window</tt><big>(</big><big>)</big><a class="headerlink" href="#curses.panel.Panel.window" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd>Returns the window object associated with the panel.</dd></dl> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="sphinxsidebar"> <div class="sphinxsidebarwrapper"> <h3><a href="../contents.html">Table Of Contents</a></h3> <ul> <li><a class="reference external" href="#">15.12. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">curses.panel</span></tt> — A panel stack extension for curses</a><ul> <li><a class="reference external" href="#functions">15.12.1. Functions</a></li> <li><a class="reference external" href="#panel-objects">15.12.2. 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