I need an example of overlapping curses windows using panels in python

Question

I'm looking for an example on how to use curses.panel to maintain overlapping windows.

Looks like you already found some demos, but the py2.7 source had some [nice curses demos](http://hg.python.org/cpython/file/2.7/Demo/curses/). Particularly [this one](http://hg.python.org/cpython/file/61b6accbca9f/Demo/curses/ncurses.py) for panel manipulation. — kalhartt, Jan 18 '14 at 15:42

score 12 · Accepted Answer · edited Apr 01 '15 at 00:06

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I found this one here https://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-list/2001-April/105015.html . It moves one panel around the screen, below another panel.

from time import sleep
import curses, curses.panel

def make_panel(h,l, y,x, str):
 win = curses.newwin(h,l, y,x)
 win.erase()
 win.box()
 win.addstr(2, 2, str)

 panel = curses.panel.new_panel(win)
 return win, panel

def test(stdscr):
 try:
  curses.curs_set(0)
 except:
  pass
 stdscr.box()
 stdscr.addstr(2, 2, "panels everywhere")
 win1, panel1 = make_panel(10,12, 5,5, "Panel 1")
 win2, panel2 = make_panel(10,12, 8,8, "Panel 2")
 curses.panel.update_panels(); stdscr.refresh()
 sleep(1)

 panel1.top(); curses.panel.update_panels(); stdscr.refresh()
 sleep(1)

 for i in range(20):
  panel2.move(8, 8+i)
  curses.panel.update_panels(); stdscr.refresh()
  sleep(0.1)

 sleep(1)

if __name__ == '__main__':
 curses.wrapper(test)

edited Apr 01 '15 at 00:06

Thomas Dickey

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answered Jan 16 '14 at 20:22

Mark Lakata

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It would be nice if you credited the author or web site where you found this code. – Robᵩ Jan 16 '14 at 20:45
Umm why did you put a link to the web archived version? It's avaliable normally. – carefulnow1 Dec 16 '16 at 23:06
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That's where I found it. If you have a better link, please share it. – Mark Lakata Dec 16 '16 at 23:59

I need an example of overlapping curses windows using panels in python

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