okay, not my workstation, but home button works now
#!/usr/bin/env python
#
# [SNIPPET_NAME: Webkit Browser]
# [SNIPPET_CATEGORIES: Webkit, PyGTK]
# [SNIPPET_DESCRIPTION: Create a simple browser using the webkit API]
# [SNIPPET_AUTHOR: Andy Breiner <breinera@gmail.com>]
# [SNIPPET_LICENSE: GPL]
# [SNIPPET_DOCS: http://ardoris.wordpress.com/2009/04/26/a-browser-in-14-lines-using-python-and-webkit, http://www.aclevername.com/articles/python-webgui]
import pygtk
pygtk.require('2.0')
import gtk
#you need to import webkit and gobject, gobject is needed for threads
import webkit
import gobject
name = "PCLinuxOS Hammer"
class Browser:
default_site = "http://www.pclinuxos.com"
def delete_event(self, widget, event, data=None):
return False
def destroy(self, widget, data=None):
gtk.main_quit()
def __init__(self):
gobject.threads_init()
self.window = gtk.Window(gtk.WINDOW_TOPLEVEL)
self.window.set_resizable(True)
self.window.set_default_size(1100, 950)
self.window.connect("delete_event", self.delete_event)
self.window.connect("destroy", self.destroy)
#webkit.WebView allows us to embed a webkit browser
#it takes care of going backwards/fowards/reloading
#it even handles flash
self.web_view = webkit.WebView()
self.web_view.open(self.default_site)
self.window.set_title('%s' % name)
toolbar = gtk.Toolbar()
#create the back button and connect the action to
#allow us to go backwards using webkit
self.back_button = gtk.ToolButton(gtk.STOCK_GO_BACK)
self.back_button.connect("clicked", self.go_back)
#same idea for forward button
self.forward_button = gtk.ToolButton(gtk.STOCK_GO_FORWARD)
self.forward_button.connect("clicked", self.go_forward)
#again for refresh
refresh_button = gtk.ToolButton(gtk.STOCK_REFRESH)
refresh_button.connect("clicked", self.refresh)
#again for home
home_button = gtk.ToolButton(gtk.STOCK_HOME)
home_button.connect("clicked", self.go_home)
#entry bar for typing in and display URLs, when they type in a site
#and hit enter the on_active function is called
self.url_bar = gtk.Entry()
self.url_bar.connect("activate", self.on_active)
entry_tool = gtk.ToolItem()
entry_tool.set_expand(True)
entry_tool.add(self.url_bar)
self.url_bar.show()
#anytime a site is loaded the update_buttons will be called
self.web_view.connect("load_committed", self.update_buttons)
scroll_window = gtk.ScrolledWindow(None, None)
scroll_window.add(self.web_view)
#add the buttons to the toolbar
toolbar.add(self.back_button)
toolbar.add(self.forward_button)
toolbar.add(refresh_button)
toolbar.add(home_button)
toolbar.add(entry_tool)
vbox = gtk.VBox(False, 0)
vbox.pack_start(toolbar, False, True, 0)
vbox.pack_start(self.url_bar, False, True, 0)
vbox.add(scroll_window)
self.window.add(vbox)
self.window.show_all()
def on_active(self, widge, data=None):
'''When the user enters an address in the bar, we check to make
sure they added the http://, if not we add it for them. Once
the url is correct, we just ask webkit to open that site.'''
url = self.url_bar.get_text()
try:
url.index("://")
except:
url = "http://"+url
self.url_bar.set_text(url)
self.web_view.open(url)
def go_back(self, widget, data=None):
'''Webkit will remember the links and this will allow us to go
backwards.'''
self.web_view.go_back()
def go_forward(self, widget, data=None):
'''Webkit will remember the links and this will allow us to go
forwards.'''
self.web_view.go_forward()
def refresh(self, widget, data=None):
'''Simple makes webkit reload the current back.'''
self.web_view.reload()
def go_home(self, widget, data=None):
'''Returns to default site, Homepage'''
self.web_view.open(self.default_site)
def update_buttons(self, widget, data=None):
'''Gets the current url entry and puts that into the url bar.
It then checks to see if we can go back, if we can it makes the
back button clickable. Then it does the same for the foward
button.'''
self.url_bar.set_text( widget.get_main_frame().get_uri() )
self.back_button.set_sensitive(self.web_view.can_go_back())
self.forward_button.set_sensitive(self.web_view.can_go_forward())
self.go_home.set_sensitive(self.web_view.can_default_site())
def main(self):
gtk.main()
if __name__ == "__main__":
browser = Browser()
browser.main()
Have fun
