Python urwid.Button() Examples

def playlistitems(title):
	global listitems
	bt_sv = urwid.Button("Save")
	urwid.connect_signal(bt_sv, 'click', showmenu)
	bt_ca = urwid.Button("Cancel")
	urwid.connect_signal(bt_ca, 'click', showmenu)
	bt_sa = urwid.Button("Select all")
	urwid.connect_signal(bt_sa, 'click', select_all)
	bt_da = urwid.Button("Deselect all")
	urwid.connect_signal(bt_da, 'click', deselect_all)
	footer = urwid.Columns([bt_sv, bt_sa, bt_da, bt_ca], 1)
	items = []
	for item in playlist_names:
		items.append(urwid.CheckBox(item['name'], is_selected(item['id']), on_state_change=checkbox_callback, user_data=item['id']))
	start.original_widget = TabFrame(urwid.ListBox(urwid.SimpleListWalker(items)), header=urwid.Text("Select Playlists"), footer=footer, focus_part='body')

# main menu button handler 

def buildFrame(self, board):
        '''returns the board widget'''

        threadButtonList = []

        for threadNumber, threadInfo in self.threadsDict.items():
            title = str(threadInfo[0]).replace('-', ' ')
            if self.uFilter:
                if re.search(self.uFilter.lower(), title.lower()):
                    threadButton = urwid.Button(str(threadNumber), self.changeFrameThread)
                    threadInfo = urwid.Text(self.info_text.format(str(threadInfo[1]),str(threadInfo[2])))
                    threadList = [threadButton, urwid.Divider('-'), urwid.Divider(), urwid.Text(title), urwid.Divider(), urwid.Divider('-'), threadInfo]
                    threadButtonList.append(urwid.LineBox(urwid.Pile(threadList)))
            else:
                threadButton = urwid.Button(str(threadNumber), self.changeFrameThread)
                threadInfo = urwid.Text(self.info_text.format(str(threadInfo[1]), str(threadInfo[2])))
                threadList = [threadButton, urwid.Divider('-'), urwid.Divider(), urwid.Text(title), urwid.Divider(), urwid.Divider('-'), threadInfo]
                threadButtonList.append(urwid.LineBox(urwid.Pile(threadList)))

        self.parsedItems = len(threadButtonList)
        catalogueButtons = urwid.GridFlow(threadButtonList, 30, 2, 2, 'center')
        listbox = urwid.ListBox(urwid.SimpleListWalker([catalogueButtons]))

        self.uvm.itemCount = len(threadButtonList)
        return urwid.Pile([listbox]) 

def buildFrame(self):
        boardButtons = []
        for subreddit in self.subredditList:
            subreddit = '/r/' + subreddit if not subreddit.startswith('/r/') else subreddit
            if self.uFilter:
                if self.uFilter.lower() in subreddit.lower():
                    boardButtons.append(urwid.LineBox(urwid.AttrWrap(urwid.Button(subreddit, self.changeFrameBoard), 'center')))
            else:
                boardButtons.append(urwid.LineBox(urwid.AttrWrap(urwid.Button(subreddit, self.changeFrameBoard), 'center')))

        self.parsedItems = len(boardButtons)
        width = len(max(self.subredditList, key=len))
        buttonGrid = urwid.GridFlow(boardButtons, width + 9, 2, 2, 'center') # add 9 to width to account for widget padding
        listbox_content = [buttonGrid]

        return urwid.ListBox(urwid.SimpleListWalker(listbox_content)) 

def __init__(self, key=None, value=('', '')):
        self.trigger = key
        self.yn = value[0]
        self.yn_but = MyButton([('attention', 'Use proxy: '), self.yn], self.on_change)
        self.input_addr = urwid.Edit(('attention', u' \N{BULLET} Address  : '), edit_text=value[1], wrap='clip')
        self.input_port = urwid.IntEdit(('attention', u' \N{BULLET} Port     : '), default=value[2])
        self.input_port.set_wrap_mode('clip')
        exit_but = urwid.Padding(urwid.Button('OKay'.center(8), self.item_callback), 'center', 12)

        widgets = [self.yn_but] \
                  + [urwid.AttrMap(wid, None, 'popbgs') for wid in (self.input_addr, self.input_port, exit_but)]

        self.pile = urwid.Pile(widgets)
        fill = urwid.LineBox(urwid.Filler(self.pile))
        self.__super.__init__(urwid.AttrWrap(fill, 'popbg'))

        self.chosen = value 

def __init__(self, controller: Any, question: Any,
                 success_callback: Callable[[], bool]):
        self.controller = controller
        self.success_callback = success_callback
        yes = urwid.Button('Yes', self.exit_popup_yes)
        no = urwid.Button('No', self.exit_popup_no)
        yes._w = urwid.AttrMap(urwid.SelectableIcon(
            'Yes', 4), None, 'selected')
        no._w = urwid.AttrMap(urwid.SelectableIcon(
            'No', 4), None, 'selected')
        display_widget = urwid.GridFlow([yes, no], 3, 5, 1, 'center')
        wrapped_widget = urwid.WidgetWrap(display_widget)
        prompt = urwid.LineBox(
            urwid.ListBox(
                urwid.SimpleFocusListWalker(
                    [question, urwid.Divider(), wrapped_widget]
                )))
        urwid.Overlay.__init__(self, prompt, self.controller.view,
                               align="left", valign="top",
                               width=self.controller.view.LEFT_WIDTH + 1,
                               height=8) 

def _add_item(self, name, func):
        """
        Add an item to the list with a divider.

        Args:
           name (str): The name of the option
           func: The function to call afterwards
        """
        self.options.append(
            urwid.AttrWrap(
                urwid.Divider(u'\u2500'),
                'panel_divider',
                'panel_divider_focus'))

        self.options.append(
            urwid.AttrWrap(
                urwid.Button(name, on_press=func),
                'panel',
                'panel_focus')) 

def buildFrame(self, board):
        '''returns the board widget'''

        threadButtonList = []

        for title, l, s, c, t  in self.titles.items():
            if self.uFilter:
                if re.search(self.uFilter.lower(), title.lower()):
                    threadButton = urwid.Button(str(l), self.changeFrameThread)
                    threadInfo = urwid.Text(self.info_text.format(str(s),str(c)))
                    threadList = [threadButton, urwid.Divider('-'), urwid.Divider(), urwid.Text(title), urwid.Divider(), urwid.Divider('-'), threadInfo]
                    threadButtonList.append(urwid.LineBox(urwid.Pile(threadList)))
            else:
                threadButton = urwid.Button(str(l), self.changeFrameThread)
                threadInfo = urwid.Text(self.info_text.format(str(s),str(c)))
                threadList = [threadButton, urwid.Divider('-'), urwid.Divider(), urwid.Text(title), urwid.Divider(), urwid.Divider('-'), threadInfo]
                threadButtonList.append(urwid.LineBox(urwid.Pile(threadList)))

        self.parsedItems = len(threadButtonList)
        catalogueButtons = urwid.GridFlow(threadButtonList, 30, 2, 2, 'center')
        listbox = urwid.ListBox(urwid.SimpleListWalker([catalogueButtons]))

        self.uvm.itemCount = len(threadButtonList)
        return [listbox] 

def open_confirm_prompt(self, callback, title="", content="",
                            yestxt="Yes", notxt="No", align="center"):
        def create_cb(bool):
            def res(*k, **a):
                callback(bool)
                self.close_pop_up()
            return res
        self.open_pop_up(
            urwid.Filler(urwid.Text(content, align=align)),
            header=urwid.Text(
                title, align='center'),
            footer=urwid.Columns([
                (urwid.Button(yestxt, create_cb(True))),
                (urwid.Button(notxt, create_cb(False))),
            ]),
            height=6,
            width=50)
        self._pop_up.set_focus("footer")
        logger.debug("Confirm prompt text: " + str(content)) 

def buildThread(self):
        watcherWidgetList = []
        self.uvm.watcherUpdate(None, None)
        for wT, wTDict in self.uvm.watched.items():
            if 'isArchived' in wTDict:
                wInfo = urwid.Text(f"Board: {wTDict['board']} -- {wTDict['op']} | THREAD ARCHIVED")
            else:
                wInfo = urwid.Text(f"Board: {wTDict['board']} -- {wTDict['op']} | Unread: {wTDict['numReplies']}")

            wButton = urwid.Button(f'View thread: {wT}', self.viewThread)
            dButton = urwid.Button(f'Unwatch thread: {wT}', self.unwatchThread)
            watcherWidgetList.append(urwid.LineBox(urwid.Pile([wInfo, urwid.Divider('-'), wButton, dButton])))

        self.parsedItems = len(watcherWidgetList)

        listbox_content = watcherWidgetList
        listbox = urwid.ListBox(urwid.SimpleListWalker(listbox_content))

        return listbox 

def buildThread(self):
        historyWidgetList = []
        for h in self.uvm.history:
            frame = h[0]
            factory = h[1]
            args = h[2]

            if self.uFilter:
                if self.uFilter in args:
                    hInfo = urwid.Text(f'Frame: {frame}, Info: {args}')
                    hButton = urwid.Button(f'{self.uvm.history.index(h)}: Restore', self.restore)
                    historyWidgetList.append(urwid.LineBox(urwid.Pile([hInfo, urwid.Divider('-'), hButton])))
            else:
                hInfo = urwid.Text(f'Frame: {frame}, Info: {args}')
                hButton = urwid.Button(f'{self.uvm.history.index(h)}: Restore', self.restore)
                historyWidgetList.append(urwid.LineBox(urwid.Pile([hInfo, urwid.Divider('-'), hButton])))

        self.parsedItems = len(historyWidgetList)

        listbox_content = historyWidgetList
        listbox = urwid.ListBox(urwid.SimpleListWalker(listbox_content))

        return listbox 

def build(self):
        wlist = []
        addnew = urwid.Button("Add")
        urwid.connect_signal(addnew, 'click', self._add_new_option)
        addnew = urwid.AttrWrap(addnew, 'selectable', 'butfocus')
        wlist.append(addnew)
        for attrib in getattr(self.row, self.metadata.colname): # list-like attribute
            entry = ListEntry(urwid.Columns(
                    [(30, urwid.Text(str(attrib.type))),
                     urwid.Text(unicode(attrib.value).encode("utf-8"))]))
            entry.attrname = attrib.type.name
            urwid.connect_signal(entry, 'activate', self._edit_option)
            urwid.connect_signal(entry, 'delete', self._delete)
            wlist.append(entry)
        listbox = urwid.ListBox(urwid.SimpleFocusListWalker(wlist))
        return urwid.BoxAdapter(urwid.LineBox(listbox), max(7, len(wlist)+2)) 

def __init__(self, urwidViewManager):
        uvm = urwidViewManager
        close_button = urwid.Button("that's pretty cool")
        urwid.connect_signal(close_button, 'click',
            lambda button:self._emit("close"))

        historyButtonList = []
        for i in uvm.history:
            historyButtonList.append(urwid.Button(str(i), uvm.displayThread))

        pile = urwid.Pile(historyButtonList)
        # pile = urwid.Pile([urwid.Text(
        #     "^^  I'm attached to the widget that opened me. "
        #     "Try resizing the window!\n"), close_button])
        fill = urwid.Filler(pile)
        self.__super.__init__(urwid.AttrWrap(fill, 'popbg')) 

def build(self):
        addnew = urwid.Button("Add")
        urwid.connect_signal(addnew, 'click', self._add_new_testequipment)
        addnew = urwid.AttrWrap(addnew, 'selectable', 'butfocus')
        wlist = [addnew]
        for te in getattr(self.environmentrow, self.metadata.colname): # list-like attribute
            entry = ListEntry( urwid.Text(self._stringify_te(te)))
            urwid.connect_signal(entry, 'activate', self._edit_testequipment)
            urwid.connect_signal(entry, 'delete', self._delete_testequipment)
            entry.testequipment = te
            if te.UUT:
                wlist.insert(1, entry)
            else:
                wlist.append(entry)
        listbox = urwid.ListBox(urwid.SimpleFocusListWalker(wlist))
        return urwid.BoxAdapter(urwid.LineBox(listbox), max(7, len(wlist)+2)) 

def edit(title):
    try:
        text, verify = wiki.init_edit(title)
        wiki.login()

        newtext = runEditor(text)
        if newtext == text:
            ex.notify('Edit Canceled: No Change')
            return

        def submit(button):
            closeOverlay()
            wiki.commit_edit(newtext, summary.edit_text,
                             minor.get_state(), verify)
            openPage(title)
        def cancel(button):
            closeOverlay()
        summary = urwid.Edit('Summary: ')
        minor = urwid.CheckBox('Minor Edit')
        cancel_button = urwid.Button('Cancel', cancel)
        submit_button = urwid.Button('Submit', submit)
        pile = urwid.Pile([summary, minor, cancel_button, submit_button])
        openOverlay(pile, 'Edit', 'pack')
    except WikiError as e:
        ex.notify('Error: ' + str(e)) 

def __init__(self, return_fn):

        self.return_fn = return_fn

        self.help_message = HELP_MESSAGE

        self.time_out_ctrl = urwid.Text(self.help_message)

        cancel_button = urwid.Button(('Exit'), on_press=self.on_cancel)
        cancel_button._label.align = 'center'

        if_buttons = urwid.Columns([cancel_button])

        title = urwid.Text(('bold text', u"  Help Menu  \n"), 'center')

        self.titles = [title,
                       self.time_out_ctrl,
                       if_buttons]

        self.main_window = urwid.LineBox(ViListBox(self.titles)) 

def show_login(self):
        un = self.client.config.get('username')
        pw = self.client.config.get('password')
        if un and pw:
            asyncio.wait_for(
                    asyncio.ensure_future(self.handle_login({'username':un, 'password':pw}), loop=self.loop),
                    60.0, loop=self.loop)
        else:
            un_field = FormField(caption='username: ', name='username')
            pw_field = FormField(caption='password: ', name='password', mask='~')
            submit_btn = urwid.Button('login! >')
            login_form = Form([un_field, pw_field], submit_btn)

            def wait_for_login(_):
                asyncio.wait_for(
                    asyncio.ensure_future(self.handle_login(login_form.data), loop=self.loop),
                    60.0, loop=self.loop)

            urwid.connect_signal(submit_btn, 'click', wait_for_login)

            self.open_box(urwid.Filler(login_form)) 

def __init__(self, return_fn):

        self.return_fn = return_fn

        self.about_message = ABOUT_MESSAGE

        self.time_out_ctrl = urwid.Text(self.about_message)

        cancel_button = urwid.Button('Exit', on_press=self.on_cancel)
        cancel_button._label.align = 'center'

        if_buttons = urwid.Columns([cancel_button])

        title = urwid.Text(('bold text', u"  About Menu  \n"), 'center')

        self.titles = [title,
                       self.time_out_ctrl,
                       if_buttons]

        self.main_window = urwid.LineBox(ViListBox(self.titles)) 

def get_form_buttons(self, defaultdata=None, create=False):
        ok = urwid.Button("OK")
        urwid.connect_signal(ok, 'click', self._ok, defaultdata)
        ok = AM(ok, 'selectable', 'butfocus')
        cancel = urwid.Button("Cancel")
        urwid.connect_signal(cancel, 'click', self._cancel)
        cancel = AM(cancel, 'selectable', 'butfocus')
        l = [ok, cancel]
        if create:
            ok_edit = urwid.Button("OK and Edit")
            urwid.connect_signal(ok_edit, 'click', self._ok_and_edit, defaultdata)
            ok_edit = AM(ok_edit, 'selectable', 'butfocus')
            l = [ok, ok_edit, cancel]
        else:
            l = [ok, cancel]
        butgrid = urwid.GridFlow(l, 15, 3, 1, 'center')
        return urwid.Pile([urwid.Divider(), butgrid ], focus_item=1) 

def build(self):
        # buttons
        done = urwid.Button("Done")
        urwid.connect_signal(done, 'click', self._done_multiselect)
        done = urwid.AttrWrap(done, 'selectable', 'butfocus')
        add = urwid.Button("Add New")
        urwid.connect_signal(add, 'click', self._add_new)
        add = urwid.AttrWrap(add, 'selectable', 'butfocus')
        cancel = urwid.Button("Cancel")
        urwid.connect_signal(cancel, 'click', self._cancel)
        cancel = urwid.AttrWrap(cancel, 'selectable', 'butfocus')
        # footer and header
        header = urwid.GridFlow([done, add, cancel], 15, 3, 1, 'center')
        footer = urwid.Padding(urwid.Text(
            ("popup", "Tab to button box to select buttons. Arrow keys transfer selection.")))
        body = self._build_body()
        return urwid.Frame(body, header=header, footer=footer, focus_part="body") 

def build(self):
        # buttons
        done = urwid.Button("Done")
        urwid.connect_signal(done, 'click', self._done_multiselect)
        done = urwid.AttrWrap(done, 'selectable', 'butfocus')
        add = urwid.Button("Add New")
        urwid.connect_signal(add, 'click', self._add_new)
        add = urwid.AttrWrap(add, 'selectable', 'butfocus')
        cancel = urwid.Button("Cancel")
        urwid.connect_signal(cancel, 'click', self._cancel)
        cancel = urwid.AttrWrap(cancel, 'selectable', 'butfocus')
        # footer and header
        footer = urwid.GridFlow([done, add, cancel], 15, 3, 1, 'center')
        header = urwid.Padding(urwid.Text(
            ("popup", "Select multiple items. Tab to button box to select buttons. Arrow keys move selection.")))
        listbox = self._build_list()
        return urwid.Frame(listbox, header=header, footer=footer, focus_part="body") 

def start_screen(self):
        #Ovrlay top screen at start
        txt1_1=urwid.Button("New playlist [Enter URL]")
        urwid.connect_signal(txt1_1, 'click', self.input_screen)
        txt1 = urwid.AttrMap(txt1_1,None,focus_map='reversed')
        txt2_2=urwid.Button("Load saved playlist")
        urwid.connect_signal(txt2_2, 'click', self.load_list_screen)
        txt2 = urwid.AttrMap(txt2_2,None,focus_map='reversed')
        start_list=urwid.SimpleFocusListWalker([txt1,txt2])
        box=urwid.ListBox(start_list)
        selection=urwid.LineBox(
                                box, title='', title_align='center',
                                tlcorner='┌', tline='─', lline='│',
                                trcorner='┐', blcorner='└', rline='│',
                                bline='─', brcorner='┘'
                                )
        selection_with_padding=urwid.Padding(selection,left=2,right=2)
        return selection_with_padding 

def input_screen(self,button):
        #overlay second screen after start case1
        txt=urwid.Text("Enter the URL below: ")
        url_field=urwid.Edit(caption='', edit_text='', multiline=False,
                            align='left', wrap='space', allow_tab=False,
                            edit_pos=None, layout=None, mask=None)
        btn=urwid.Button("OK",user_data=None)
        url_button = urwid.AttrMap(btn,None,focus_map='reversed')
        urwid.connect_signal(btn, 'click', self.input_url,url_field)
        wid=urwid.Pile([txt,url_field,url_button])
        new=urwid.Filler(urwid.AttrMap(wid, None, focus_map=''))
        ok_screen_box=urwid.LineBox(
                                    new, title='', title_align='center',
                                    tlcorner='┌', tline='─', lline='│',
                                    trcorner='┐', blcorner='└', rline='│',
                                    bline='─', brcorner='┘'
                                    )
        self.top.original_widget=ok_screen_box 

def load_list_screen(self,button):
        #overlay second screen after start case2
        txt=urwid.Text("Choose from the following:- ")
        _list=self.player_object.get_saved_lists()
        saved_list=[]
        for every_list in _list:
            b=urwid.Button(str(every_list).rstrip(),user_data=None)
            urwid.connect_signal(b, 'click', self.list_load)
            saved_list.append(urwid.AttrMap(b,None,focus_map='reversed'))
        box=urwid.ListBox(urwid.SimpleFocusListWalker(saved_list))
        list_box=urwid.LineBox(
                                box, title='', title_align='center',
                                tlcorner='┌', tline='─', lline='│',
                                trcorner='┐', blcorner='└', rline='│',
                                bline='─', brcorner='┘'
                                )
        list_box_padding=urwid.Padding(list_box,right=0,left=0)
        self.top.original_widget=list_box_padding 

def _create_relation_input(self):
        choices = dict(models.get_choices(self.session, self.modelclass, self.metadata.colname, None))
        addnew = urwid.Button("Add New")
        urwid.connect_signal(addnew, 'click', self._add_new_related)
        # Cancel
        canc = urwid.Button("Cancel")
        urwid.connect_signal(canc, 'click', self._cancel)
        butcol = urwid.Columns([AM(addnew, "buttn", "buttnf"), AM(canc, "buttn", "buttnf")])
        wlist = [butcol]
        if self.metadata.nullable:
            entry = ListEntry(urwid.Text("None (remove)"))
            urwid.connect_signal(entry, 'activate', self._single_select)
            wlist.append(entry)
        for pk, cname in choices.items():
            entry = ListEntry(urwid.Text(cname))
            urwid.connect_signal(entry, 'activate', self._single_select, pk)
            wlist.append(entry)
        listbox = urwid.ListBox(urwid.SimpleListWalker(wlist))
        return urwid.BoxAdapter(urwid.LineBox(listbox), 9) 

def __init__(self, label, on_press=None, user_data=None):
        self._label = ButtonLabel("")
        cols = urwid.Columns([
            ('fixed', len(self.button_left), urwid.Text(self.button_left)),
            self._label,
            ('fixed', len(self.button_right), urwid.Text(self.button_right))],
            dividechars=1)

        super(urwid.Button, self).__init__(cols)

        if on_press:
            urwid.connect_signal(self, 'click', on_press, user_data)

        self.set_label(label)
        self._label.align = 'center' 

def show_register(self):
        info = ColorText('register a new account! password must be at least 12 characters long.\n')
        un_field = FormField(caption='username: ', name='username')
        pw_field = FormField(caption='password: ', name='password', mask='~')
        pw_confirm_field = FormField(caption='confirm password: ', name='confirm_password', mask='~')
        submit_btn = urwid.Button('register! >')
        register_form = Form([un_field, pw_field, pw_confirm_field], submit_btn)

        def wait_for_register(_):
            asyncio.wait_for(
                asyncio.ensure_future(self.handle_register(register_form.data), loop=self.loop),
                60.0, loop=self.loop)

        urwid.connect_signal(submit_btn, 'click', wait_for_register)
        self.open_box(urwid.Filler(urwid.Pile([info, register_form]))) 

def show(self, loop):
        # Header
        header_text = urwid.Text('Select Public SSH Key to Copy', align='center')
        header = urwid.AttrMap(header_text, 'dialog')

        cancel_btn = urwid.Button('Cancel', self.on_cancel)
        cancel_btn = urwid.AttrWrap(cancel_btn, 'dialog_button', 'dialog_button_focus')

        footer = urwid.GridFlow([cancel_btn], 12, 1, 1, 'center')

        list_box = urwid.BoxAdapter(SSHListBox(on_enter=self.on_copy, body=self.ssh_keys_walker), 5)

        body = urwid.Filler(
            urwid.Pile([list_box, footer])
        )

        # Layout
        layout = urwid.Frame(
            body=body,
            header=header)

        layout = urwid.AttrWrap(layout, 'dialog')

        w = DialogOverlay(
            on_close=lambda: self.on_close(),
            on_enter=self.on_copy,
            top_w=urwid.AttrMap(urwid.LineBox(layout), "dialog"),
            bottom_w=loop.widget,
            align='center',
            width=40,
            valign='middle',
            height=10
        )

        loop.widget = w 

def show(self, loop):
        # Header
        header_text = urwid.Text('Edit Folder' if self.target.name else "Add Folder", align='center')
        header = urwid.AttrMap(header_text, 'dialog')

        # Footer
        save_btn = urwid.Button('Save', self.on_save)
        save_btn = urwid.AttrWrap(save_btn, 'dialog_button', 'dialog_button_focus')

        cancel_btn = urwid.Button('Cancel', self.on_cancel)
        cancel_btn = urwid.AttrWrap(cancel_btn, 'dialog_button', 'dialog_button_focus')

        footer = urwid.GridFlow([save_btn, cancel_btn], 12, 1, 1, 'center')

        body = urwid.Filler(
            urwid.Pile([self.folder_name, footer])
        )

        # Layout
        layout = urwid.Frame(
            body,
            header=header)

        w = DialogOverlay(
            on_close=lambda: self.on_close(self.target),
            on_enter=self.on_save,
            top_w=urwid.AttrMap(urwid.LineBox(layout), "dialog"),
            bottom_w=loop.widget,
            align='center',
            width=40,
            valign='middle',
            height=10
        )

        loop.widget = w 

def menu_button(caption, callback):
    button = urwid.Button(" "+caption)
    urwid.connect_signal(button, 'click', callback)
    return urwid.AttrMap(button, None, focus_map='reversed') 

def __init__(self):
        body = [urwid.Edit("Target:"), urwid.Edit("Message:"), urwid.Button("Request", self.req_pressed), urwid.Button("Publish", self.pub_pressed)]
        super(MsgEntryListBox, self).__init__(urwid.SimpleFocusListWalker(body))

    #THESE TWO ACTIONS WILL CAUSE ANYMESH TO SEND A MESSAGE - EITHER A PUBLISH OR A REQUEST