Add an about tab which is shown when the program is started.

nw/__init__.py

@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ __date__       = "2018"
 __maintainer__ = "Veronica Berglyd Olsen"
 __email__      = "code@vkbo.net"
 __status__     = "Development"
+__website__    = "https://github.com/vkbo/novelWriter"
 
 #
 #  Logging
@@ -75,8 +76,9 @@ logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 CONFIG = Config()
 
 # Constants
-DOCTYPE_DOC     = 0
-DOCTYPE_PROJECT = 1
+DOCTYPE_ABOUT   = 0
+DOCTYPE_DOC     = 1
+DOCTYPE_PROJECT = 2
 
 def main(sysArgs):
     """

nw/gui/aboutview.py

@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*
+"""novelWriter GUI About View
+
+ novelWriter – GUI About View
+==============================
+ Class holding the tab viewing the about information
+
+ File History:
+ Created: 2018-10-02 [0.1.0]
+
+"""
+
+import logging
+import nw
+
+from os              import path
+from PyQt5.QtWidgets import QWidget, QHBoxLayout, QVBoxLayout, QLabel
+from PyQt5.QtSvg     import QSvgWidget
+from PyQt5.QtCore    import Qt, QSize
+from PyQt5.QtGui     import QFont
+
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+class GuiAboutView(QWidget):
+
+    def __init__(self):
+        QWidget.__init__(self)
+
+        logger.debug("Initialising AboutView ...")
+        self.mainConf = nw.CONFIG
+        self.innerBox = QHBoxLayout()
+        self.outerBox = QVBoxLayout()
+
+        logoPath = path.abspath(path.join(self.mainConf.appPath,"..","novelWriter.svg"))
+        logger.vverbose("Loading image: %s" % logoPath)
+        nwLogo = QSvgWidget(logoPath)
+        nwLogo.setFixedSize(QSize(300,300))
+
+        nwName = QLabel()
+        nwName.setText(nw.__package__)
+        nwName.setAlignment(Qt.AlignCenter)
+        fnName = QFont()
+        fnName.setPointSize(22)
+        fnName.setBold(True)
+        nwName.setFont(fnName)
+
+        nwVersion = QLabel()
+        nwVersion.setText("Version %s" % nw.__version__)
+        nwVersion.setAlignment(Qt.AlignCenter)
+
+        nwCredits = QLabel()
+        nwCredits.setText("Created By: %s" % ",".join(nw.__credits__))
+        nwCredits.setAlignment(Qt.AlignCenter)
+
+        nwWebsite = QLabel()
+        nwWebsite.setText("<a href='%s'>%s</a>" % (nw.__website__,nw.__website__))
+        nwWebsite.setOpenExternalLinks(True)
+        nwWebsite.setAlignment(Qt.AlignCenter)
+
+        self.outerBox.addStretch(1)
+        self.innerBox.addStretch(1)
+        self.innerBox.addWidget(nwLogo)
+        self.innerBox.addStretch(1)
+        self.outerBox.addLayout(self.innerBox)
+        self.outerBox.addWidget(nwName)
+        self.outerBox.addWidget(nwVersion)
+        self.outerBox.addWidget(nwCredits)
+        self.outerBox.addWidget(nwWebsite)
+        self.outerBox.addStretch(1)
+
+        self.setLayout(self.outerBox)
+
+        logger.debug("AboutView initialisation complete")
+
+        return
+
+# END Class GuiAboutView

nw/gui/doceditor.py

@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@
 import logging
 import nw
 
-from os              import path
 from PyQt5.QtWidgets import QWidget, QTextEdit, QVBoxLayout, QFrame, QSplitter, QToolBar, QAction
 from PyQt5.QtCore    import Qt, QSize
 from PyQt5.QtGui     import QIcon

nw/gui/doctabs.py

@@ -13,12 +13,12 @@
 import logging
 import nw
 
-from os                   import path
 from PyQt5.QtCore         import Qt
 from PyQt5.QtWidgets      import QTabWidget, QWidget, QVBoxLayout
 
 from nw.gui.doceditor     import GuiDocEditor
 from nw.gui.projecteditor import GuiProjectEditor
+from nw.gui.aboutview     import GuiAboutView
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
@@ -32,13 +32,21 @@ class GuiDocTabs(QTabWidget):
         self.tabList  = []
 
         self.resize(900,500)
+        self.setTabsClosable(True)
+
+        self.tabBar().tabCloseRequested.connect(self._doCloseTab)
+
+        self.createTab(None,nw.DOCTYPE_ABOUT)
 
         logger.debug("DocTabs initialisation complete")
 
         return
 
     def createTab(self, theName=None, tabType=None):
-        if tabType == nw.DOCTYPE_DOC:
+        if tabType == nw.DOCTYPE_ABOUT:
+            self._createTabAbout()
+            return True
+        elif tabType == nw.DOCTYPE_DOC:
             self._createTabDoc(theName)
             return True
         elif tabType == nw.DOCTYPE_PROJECT:
@@ -50,6 +58,12 @@ class GuiDocTabs(QTabWidget):
     #  Internal Functions
     #
 
+    def _createTabAbout(self):
+        thisTab = GuiAboutView()
+        self.tabList.append(thisTab)
+        self.addTab(self.tabList[-1],"About")
+        return True
+
     def _createTabDoc(self, docName=None):
         if docName is None:
             tabName = "New Document"
@@ -70,4 +84,12 @@ class GuiDocTabs(QTabWidget):
         self.addTab(self.tabList[-1],tabName)
         return True
 
+    #
+    #  Signals
+    #
+
+    def _doCloseTab(self, tabIdx):
+        logger.verbose("User requested tab %d to be closed." % tabIdx)
+        return
+
 # END Class GuiDocTabs