import urwid from concurrent.futures import ThreadPoolExecutor class Items(urwid.ListBox): def __init__(self, items): super().__init__(self) walker = urwid.SimpleListWalker([urwid.AttrMap(item, None, 'reveal focus') for item in items]) self.body = walker def keypress(self, size, key): if key in ("j", "down"): item_size = len(self.body) focus_widget, idx = self.get_focus() if idx < item_size - 1: idx = idx + 1 self.set_focus(idx) return elif key in ("k", "up"): focus_widget, idx = self.get_focus() if idx > 0: idx = idx - 1 self.set_focus(idx) return return super().keypress(size, key) class TUI(urwid.Frame): @classmethod def create(cls): tui = cls() palette = [('header', 'white', 'black'), ('reveal focus', 'black', 'dark cyan', 'standout')] loop = urwid.MainLoop( tui, palette, event_loop=urwid.AsyncioEventLoop(), unhandled_input=tui.unhandled_input, ) tui.loop = loop return tui def __init__(self): self.executor = ThreadPoolExecutor(max_workers=1) self.loop = None self.feedItems = [urwid.Text("Feed# " + str(i)) for i in range(0, 15)] self.articleItems = [urwid.Text("Article# " + str(i)) for i in range(0, 10)] self.feeds = Items(self.feedItems) self.articles = Items(self.articleItems) self.container = urwid.Columns([urwid.LineBox(self.feeds, title="Feeds"), urwid.LineBox(self.articles, title="Articles")]) self.body = self.container super().__init__(self.body) def run(self): self.loop.run() self.executor.shutdown(wait=False) def unhandled_input(self, key): if key == "tab": self.container.set_focus(1) elif key == "q": raise urwid.ExitMainLoop() tui = TUI.create() tui.run()