add a single tab browser with updated libraries

Author: bhavyejain

simple_browser.py

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+import gi
+gi.require_version("Gtk", "3.0")		# GUI toolkit
+gi.require_version("WebKit2", "4.0")	# Web content engine
+from gi.repository import Gtk, WebKit2
+
+#main class
+class Window():
+
+	def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
+		# create window
+		self.main_window = Gtk.Window(title = "My Browser")
+		self.main_window.set_icon_from_file('images/icon.png')		# set icon image file
+		self.main_window.connect('destroy', Gtk.main_quit)	# connect the "destroy" trigger to Gtk.main_quit procedure
+		self.main_window.set_default_size(600, 600)		# set window size
+
+		# create navigation bar
+		self.navigation_bar = Gtk.HBox()		# horizontal box navigation bar
+
+		# create UI elements for navigation bar
+		self.button_back = Gtk.ToolButton(Gtk.STOCK_GO_BACK)		# back button widget
+		self.button_forward = Gtk.ToolButton(Gtk.STOCK_GO_FORWARD)	# forward button widget
+		self.button_refresh = Gtk.ToolButton(Gtk.STOCK_REFRESH)		# refresh button widget
+		self.main_address_bar = Gtk.Entry()							# address bar entry widget
+
+		# connect triggers for UI elements with respective procedures
+		self.button_back.connect('clicked', self.go_back)			# trigger:click
+		self.button_forward.connect('clicked', self.go_forward)		# trigger:click
+		self.button_refresh.connect('clicked', self.refresh_page)	# trigger:click
+		self.main_address_bar.connect('activate', self.load_page)	# trigger:enter
+
+		# attach UI elements to navigation bar
+		self.navigation_bar.pack_start(self.button_back, False, False, 0)
+		self.navigation_bar.pack_start(self.button_forward, False, False, 0)
+		self.navigation_bar.pack_start(self.button_refresh, False, False, 0)
+		self.navigation_bar.pack_start(self.main_address_bar, True, True, 0)
+
+		# Create view for webpage
+		self.web_view = WebKit2.WebView()				# initialize webview
+		self.web_view.load_uri('https://google.com')	# default homepage
+		self.web_view.connect('notify::title', self.change_title)	# trigger: title change
+		self.web_view.connect('notify::estimated-load-progress', self.change_url)	# trigger: webpage is loading
+		self.scrolled_window = Gtk.ScrolledWindow()		# scrolling window widget
+		self.scrolled_window.add(self.web_view)
+
+		# Add everything and initialize
+		self.vbox_container = Gtk.VBox()		# vertical box container
+		self.vbox_container.pack_start(self.navigation_bar, False, False, 0)
+		self.vbox_container.pack_start(self.scrolled_window, True, True, 0)
+		
+		self.main_window.add(self.vbox_container)
+		self.main_window.show_all()
+		Gtk.main()
+
+	def load_page(self, widget):
+		url = self.main_address_bar.get_text()
+		if url.startswith("http://") or url.startswith("https://"):
+			self.web_view.load_uri(url)
+		else:
+			url = "https://" + url
+			self.main_address_bar.set_text(url)
+			self.web_view.load_uri(url)
+
+	def change_title(self, widget, frame):
+		self.main_window.set_title("Simple Browser - " + self.web_view.get_title())
+
+	def change_url(self, widget, frame):
+		uri = self.web_view.get_uri()
+		self.main_address_bar.set_text(uri)
+
+	def go_back(self, widget):
+		self.web_view.go_back()
+
+	def go_forward(self, widget):
+		self.web_view.go_forward()
+
+	def refresh_page(self, widget):
+		self.web_view.reload()
+
+main = Window()