When using KiCAD’s Python API for pcbnew
, you can show a dialog by using the following snippet
# Show info dialog dlg = wx.MessageDialog(None, "Please select one or multiple footprints!\n...or use Ctrl+A to select everything.", "No footprints selected", wx.OK | wx.ICON_ERROR) dlg.ShowModal() dlg.Destroy()
Note that you need to
import wx
at the top of your plugin.
This code will show the following dialog:
Complete plugin example:
#!/usr/bin/env python import pcbnew import wx class DialogExamplePlugin(pcbnew.ActionPlugin): def defaults(self): self.name = "Show dialog example" self.category = "A descriptive category name" self.description = "A description of the plugin and what it does" self.show_toolbar_button = False # Optional, defaults to False def Run(self): dlg = wx.MessageDialog(None, "Please select one or multiple footprints!\n...or use Ctrl+A to select everything.", "No footprints selected", wx.OK | wx.ICON_ERROR) dlg.ShowModal() dlg.Destroy() DialogExamplePlugin().register() # Instantiate and register to Pcbnew
You can place this plugin, for example, in
~/.local/share/kicad/7.0/scripting/plugins/DialogExamplePlugin.py
Don’t forget to refresh the plugins from the pcbnew menu.