deafrica_tools.app.widgetconstructors

Functions for easily defining widgets in the context of DE Africa notebooks.

These are largely customised wrappers around existing widgets.

Functions

create_boundedfloattext(value, min_val, ...)

Create a BoundedFloatText widget

create_checkbox(value[, description, layout])

Create a Checkbox widget

create_datepicker([description, value, layout])

Create a DatePicker widget

create_dea_wms_layer(product, date)

Create a Digital Earth Africa WMS layer to add to a map

create_drawcontrol([draw_controls, ...])

Create a draw control widget to add to ipyleaflet maps

create_dropdown(options, value[, ...])

Create a Dropdown widget

create_html(value)

Create a HTML widget

create_inputtext(value, placeholder[, ...])

Create a Text widget

create_map([map_center, zoom_level, ...])

Create an interactive ipyleaflet map

deafrica_tools.app.widgetconstructors.create_boundedfloattext(value, min_val, max_val, step_val, description='', layout={'width': '85%'})

Create a BoundedFloatText widget

Last modified: October 2021

Parameters
  • value (float) – initial value of the widget

  • min_val (float) – minimum allowed value for the float

  • max_val (float) – maximum allowed value for the float

  • step_val (float) – allowed increment for the float

  • description (string) – descirption label to attach

  • layout (dictionary) – any layout commands for the widget

Returns

float_text

Return type

ipywidgets.widgets.widget_float.BoundedFloatText

deafrica_tools.app.widgetconstructors.create_checkbox(value, description='', layout={'width': '85%'})

Create a Checkbox widget

Last modified: July 2022

Parameters
  • value (string) – initial value of the widget; True or False

  • description (string) – description label to attach

  • layout (dictionary) – any layout commands for the widget

Returns

dropdown

Return type

ipywidgets.widgets.widget_selection.Dropdown

deafrica_tools.app.widgetconstructors.create_datepicker(description='', value=None, layout={'width': '85%'})

Create a DatePicker widget

Last modified: July 2022

Parameters
  • description (string) – descirption label to attach

  • layout (dictionary) – any layout commands for the widget

Returns

date_picker

Return type

ipywidgets.widgets.widget_date.DatePicker

deafrica_tools.app.widgetconstructors.create_dea_wms_layer(product, date)

Create a Digital Earth Africa WMS layer to add to a map

Last modified: October 2021

Parameters
  • product (string) – The Digital Earth Africa product to load (e.g. ‘gm_s2_annual’)

  • date (string (yyyy-mm-dd format)) – The date to load the product for

Returns

time_wms

Return type

ipyleaflet WMS layer

deafrica_tools.app.widgetconstructors.create_drawcontrol(draw_controls=['rectangle', 'polygon', 'circle', 'polyline', 'marker', 'circlemarker'], rectangle_options={}, polygon_options={}, circle_options={}, polyline_options={}, marker_options={}, circlemarker_options={})

Create a draw control widget to add to ipyleaflet maps

Last modified: October 2021

Parameters
  • draw_controls (list) – List of draw controls to add to the map. Defaults to adding all Viable options are ‘rectangle’, ‘polygon’, ‘circle’, ‘polyline’, ‘marker’, ‘circlemarker’

  • rectangle_options (dict) – Options to customise the appearence of the relevant shape User can supply, or leave blank to get default DE Africa appearence

  • polygon_options (dict) – Options to customise the appearence of the relevant shape User can supply, or leave blank to get default DE Africa appearence

  • circle_options (dict) – Options to customise the appearence of the relevant shape User can supply, or leave blank to get default DE Africa appearence

  • polyline_options (dict) – Options to customise the appearence of the relevant shape User can supply, or leave blank to get default DE Africa appearence

  • marker_options (dict) – Options to customise the appearence of the relevant shape User can supply, or leave blank to get default DE Africa appearence

  • circlemarker_options (dict) – Options to customise the appearence of the relevant shape User can supply, or leave blank to get default DE Africa appearence

Returns

draw_control

Return type

ipyleaflet.leaflet.DrawControl

deafrica_tools.app.widgetconstructors.create_dropdown(options, value, description='', layout={'width': '85%'})

Create a Dropdown widget

Last modified: October 2021

Parameters
  • options (list) – a list of options for the user to select from

  • value (string) – initial value of the widget

  • description (string) – descirption label to attach

  • layout (dictionary) – any layout commands for the widget

Returns

dropdown

Return type

ipywidgets.widgets.widget_selection.Dropdown

deafrica_tools.app.widgetconstructors.create_html(value)

Create a HTML widget

Last modified: October 2021

Parameters

value (string) – HTML text to display

Returns

html

Return type

ipywidgets.widgets.widget_string.HTML

deafrica_tools.app.widgetconstructors.create_inputtext(value, placeholder, description='', layout={'width': '85%'})

Create a Text widget

Last modified: October 2021

Parameters
  • value (string) – initial value of the widget

  • placeholder (string) – placeholder text to display to the user before intput

  • description (string) – descirption label to attach

  • layout (dictionary) – any layout commands for the widget

Returns

input_text

Return type

ipywidgets.widgets.widget_string.Text

deafrica_tools.app.widgetconstructors.create_map(map_center=(4, 20), zoom_level=3, basemap=ipyleaflet.basemaps.OpenStreetMap.Mapnik, basemap_name='Open Street Map')

Create an interactive ipyleaflet map

Last modified: October 2021

Parameters
  • map_center (tuple) – A tuple containing the latitude and longitude to focus on. Defaults to center of Africa, (4, 20)

  • zoom_level (integer) – Zoom level for the map Defaults to 3 to view all of Africa

  • basemap (ipyleaflet basemap (dict)) – Basemap to use, can be any from https://ipyleaflet.readthedocs.io/en/latest/api_reference/basemaps.html Defaults to Open Street Map (basemaps.OpenStreetMap.Mapnik)

  • basemap_name (string) – Layer name for the basemap

Returns

m – interactive ipyleaflet map

Return type

ipyleaflet.leaflet.Map