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Pyzedv1.9.0

Effects

Effects are style properties, so they work with style(), pz.Style and named styles. Several of them are also animatable properties, so an animation can change them over time.

Over a colorful gradient: a card blurring and sharpening, one tilting, one glowing, one fading, and a glass panel sliding over colored circles

Property What it does Animatable
opacity 0 to 1. Fades the widget and everything inside it. Yes
rotate Degrees clockwise (or "0.25turn", "1rad"): draws the widget turned around its center. Yes
blur Pixels: blurs the widget and everything inside it. Yes
backdrop_blur Pixels: blurs what is behind the box, inside its rounded corners. No
glow A soft halo around the box: a color, a size (accent color) or (color, size). Yes (glow and glow_color)
bloom Light that spills from the bright parts of the widget: a color or (color, intensity) with an intensity from 0 to 1. No
glass A translucent panel that blurs what is behind it, with a light edge: True, a tint color or {"tint": ..., "strength": 0.08, "blur": 20}. No (move it with x, y)
translate (x, y) in pixels or "50%": draws the widget moved, without changing the layout. Yes (as x, y)
scale Draws the widget bigger or smaller around its center. Yes 
pz.container(card).style(glass=True, radius=12, padding=16)
ui.button("Go", self.go).style(glow=("#22d3ee", 18))
badge.style(bloom=("accent", 0.8), opacity=0.9)
sticker.style(rotate=-8)

Rotation, glass, bloom and blur over a gradient

How they’re drawn

Section titled “How they’re drawn”

Rotation, blur, backdrop blur and bloom are drawn by the renderer: the widget is drawn on its own layer, which is then turned, blurred or lit before it lands on the window.

  • On a box (a widget with a background or glass), bloom also adds a soft halo and a lit edge; on a bare text or icon it only glows.
  • Glass adds a tinted gradient, a border and a shadow; any of those you set yourself win. It shows best over a colorful background (a gradient or an image).
  • The glow, bloom, glow_pulse and glow_flash presets animate glow and glow_color.