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navigate.controller.sub_controllers.keystrokes.KeystrokeController

class navigate.controller.sub_controllers.keystrokes.KeystrokeController(main_view: MainApp, parent_controller: Any)

Bases: GUIController

Keystroke controller

__init__(main_view: MainApp, parent_controller: Any) → None

Initialize the keystroke controller

Parameters:
  • main_view (MainApp) – Main view

  • parent_controller (Any) – Main controller

Methods

__init__(main_view, parent_controller)

Initialize the keystroke controller

camera_controller_mouse_wheel_enter(event)

Mouse wheel binding for camera view

camera_controller_mouse_wheel_leave(event)

Mouse wheel binding for camera view

execute(command, *args)

This function is called when a command is passed from a child process.

initialize()

This function is called when the controller is initialized

mip_controller_mouse_wheel_enter(event)

Mouse wheel binding for MIP view

mip_controller_mouse_wheel_leave(event)

Mouse wheel binding for MIP view

register_event_listener(event_name, ...)

Register event listener in the parent_controller

set_experiment_values()

Sets values of widgets based on experiment setting

show_verbose_info(*info)

Prints verbose information to the console

switch_tab(event)

Switches between tabs

update_experiment_values(*args)

Collects all the values of widgets

widget_redo(event)

Redo widget changes

widget_undo(event)

Undo widget changes

Attributes

custom_events

Custom events for the controller

main_tabs

Settings Notebook

camera_controller

Camera View Controller

mip_controller

MIP Setting Controller

multi_controller

Multiposition Table Controller

stage_controller

Keystrokes for Main View

main_view

Main view

camera_view

Camera View

mip_view

MIP View

multi_table

Multiposition Table

camera_controller_mouse_wheel_enter(event: Event) → None

Mouse wheel binding for camera view

Parameters:

event (tkinter.Event) – Mouse wheel event

camera_controller_mouse_wheel_leave(event: Event) → None

Mouse wheel binding for camera view

Parameters:

event (tKinter.Event) – Mouse wheel event

execute(command, *args)

This function is called when a command is passed from a child process.

Parameters:
  • command (str) – command name

  • args (tuple) – command arguments

initialize()

This function is called when the controller is initialized

This function initializes GUI based on configuration setting parameter: configuration_controller set range value for entry or spinbox widgets; add values to combobox get other necessary information for configuration.yml

mip_controller_mouse_wheel_enter(event: Event) → None

Mouse wheel binding for MIP view

Parameters:

event (tkinter.Event) – Mouse wheel event

mip_controller_mouse_wheel_leave(event: Event) → None

Mouse wheel binding for MIP view

Parameters:

event (tkinter.Event) – Mouse wheel event

register_event_listener(event_name, event_handler)

Register event listener in the parent_controller

Parameters:
  • event_name (str) – event name

  • event_handler (function) – event handler

set_experiment_values()

Sets values of widgets based on experiment setting

setting_dict is a dictionary

show_verbose_info(*info)

Prints verbose information to the console

Parameters:

info (tuple) – information to be printed

switch_tab(event: Event) → None

Switches between tabs

Parameters:

event (tkinter.Event) – Tab key event

update_experiment_values(*args)

Collects all the values of widgets

setting_dict is a reference of experiment dictionary update the dictionary directly

widget_redo(event: Event) → None

Redo widget changes

Parameters:

event (tkinter.Event) – Redo key event

widget_undo(event: Event) → None

Undo widget changes

Parameters:

event (tkinter.Event) – Undo key event

camera_controller

Camera View Controller

Type:

CameraViewController

camera_view

Camera View

Type:

CameraTab

property custom_events

Custom events for the controller

main_tabs

Settings Notebook

Type:

SettingsNotebook

main_view

Main view

Type:

tk.Tk

mip_controller

MIP Setting Controller

Type:

MIPViewController

mip_view

MIP View

Type:

MIPTab

multi_controller

Multiposition Table Controller

Type:

MultiPositionController

multi_table

Multiposition Table

Type:

MultipositionTable

parent_controller

parent controller

Type:

Controller

stage_controller

Keystrokes for Main View

view

GUI view

Type:

tkinter.Tk

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