pymodaq 3.6.13__py3-none-any.whl → 4.0.1__py3-none-any.whl

pymodaq/daq_utils/parameter/oldpymodaq_ptypes.py

@@ -1,1626 +0,0 @@
-# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-"""
-Created on Mon Dec  4 10:59:53 2017
-
-@author: Weber
-
-"""
-import sys
-from qtpy import QtWidgets, QtGui
-from qtpy.QtCore import Slot, Signal, Qt, QDate, QDateTime, QTime, QByteArray, QSize
-from pyqtgraph.widgets import ColorButton, SpinBox
-import pyqtgraph.parametertree.parameterTypes as pTypes
-from pyqtgraph.parametertree import Parameter, ParameterItem
-from pyqtgraph.parametertree.Parameter import registerParameterType
-from pyqtgraph import functions as fn
-from pyqtgraph.colormap import ColorMap
-from pymodaq.daq_utils.daq_utils import scroll_log, scroll_linear
-from collections import OrderedDict
-from decimal import Decimal as D
-
-from pymodaq.daq_utils.gui_utils.widgets import QLED
-
-from pathlib import Path
-import numpy as np
-import os
-
-
-class GroupParameterItemCustom(pTypes.GroupParameterItem):
-    """
-        | Group parameters are used mainly as a generic parent item that holds (and groups!) a set of child parameters. It also provides a simple mechanism for displaying a button or combo that can be used to add new parameters to the group.
-        |
-        | This customization is made in order to respond to the visible options.
-        | Overwrite the optsChanged method from GroupParameterItem class.
-
-    """
-
-    def __init__(self, param, depth):
-        pTypes.GroupParameterItem.__init__(self, param, depth)
-
-    def optsChanged(self, param, changed):
-        if 'addList' in changed:
-            self.updateAddList()
-        elif 'visible' in changed:
-            self.setHidden(not changed['visible'])
-
-
-class GroupParameterCustom(pTypes.GroupParameter):
-    """
-        |
-        | Group parameters are used mainly as a generic parent item that holds (and groups!) a set of child parameters.
-        |
-        | It also provides a simple mechanism for displaying a button or combo that can be used to add new parameters to the group.
-        |
-        | To enable this, the group  must be initialized with the 'addText' option (the text will be displayed on a button which, when clicked, will cause addNew() to be called).
-        |
-        | If the 'addList' option is specified as well, then a dropdown-list of addable items will be displayed instead of a button.
-        |
-
-        ============== ========================================
-        **Attributes**    **Type**
-        itemClass         instance of GroupParameterItemCustom
-        ============== ========================================
-    """
-    itemClass = GroupParameterItemCustom
-
-
-registerParameterType('group', GroupParameterCustom, override=True)
-
-
-class SpinBoxCustom(SpinBox.SpinBox):
-    def __init__(self, parent=None, value=0.0, **kwargs):
-        super().__init__(parent, value, **kwargs)
-
-    def setOpts(self, **opts):
-        """
-            Overriden class to add the field visible in the options.
-
-            =============== =========== ======================
-            **Parameters**    **Type**     **Description**
-            *opts*            string       the vararg options
-            =============== =========== ======================
-        """
-        # print opts
-        for k in opts:
-            if k == 'bounds' or k == 'limits':
-                self.setMinimum(opts[k][0], update=False)
-                self.setMaximum(opts[k][1], update=False)
-            elif k == 'min':
-                self.setMinimum(opts[k], update=False)
-            elif k == 'max':
-                self.setMaximum(opts[k], update=False)
-            elif k in ['step', 'minStep']:
-                self.opts[k] = D(str(opts[k]))
-            elif k == 'value':
-                pass  # # don't set value until bounds have been set
-            elif k == 'visible':
-                self.setVisible(opts[k])
-            elif k == 'readonly':
-                self.setReadOnly(opts[k])
-            elif k == 'enabled':
-                self.setEnabled(opts[k])
-            elif k == 'format':
-                self.opts[k] = opts[k]
-            elif k in self.opts:
-                self.opts[k] = opts[k]
-            elif 'tip' in k:
-                self.opts[k] = opts[k]
-                self.setToolTip(opts[k])
-        if 'value' in opts:
-            self.setValue(opts['value'])
-
-        # # If bounds have changed, update value to match
-        if 'bounds' in opts and 'value' not in opts:
-            self.setValue()
-
-        # # sanity checks:
-        if self.opts['int']:
-            if 'step' in opts:
-                step = opts['step']
-                # # not necessary..
-                # if int(step) != step:
-                # raise Exception('Integer SpinBox must have integer step size.')
-            else:
-                self.opts['step'] = int(self.opts['step'])
-
-            if 'minStep' in opts:
-                step = opts['minStep']
-                if int(step) != step:
-                    raise Exception('Integer SpinBox must have integer minStep size.')
-            else:
-                ms = int(self.opts.get('minStep', 1))
-                if ms < 1:
-                    ms = 1
-                self.opts['minStep'] = ms
-
-        if 'delay' in opts:
-            self.proxy.setDelay(opts['delay'])
-
-        self.updateText()
-
-
-class Pixmap_check(QtWidgets.QWidget):
-    """ value of this parameter is a dict with checked, data for the pixmap and optionally path in h5 node
-    """
-
-    # valuechanged=Signal(dict)
-
-    def __init__(self):
-
-        super().__init__()
-        self.path = ''
-        self.data = None
-        self.checked = False
-        self.initUI()
-
-    def initUI(self):
-        """
-            Init the User Interface.
-        """
-        self.ver_layout = QtWidgets.QVBoxLayout()
-        self.label = QtWidgets.QLabel()
-        self.checkbox = QtWidgets.QCheckBox('Show/Hide')
-        self.info = QtWidgets.QLineEdit()
-        self.info.setReadOnly(True)
-        self.checkbox.setChecked(False)
-        self.ver_layout.addWidget(self.label)
-        self.ver_layout.addWidget(self.info)
-        self.ver_layout.addWidget(self.checkbox)
-        self.ver_layout.setSpacing(0)
-        self.ver_layout.setContentsMargins(0, 0, 0, 0)
-        self.setLayout(self.ver_layout)
-
-    def setValue(self, dic):
-        if 'data' in dic:
-            if not isinstance(dic['data'], QtGui.QPixmap):
-                self.data = QByteArray(dic['data'])
-                im = QtGui.QImage.fromData(self.data)
-                a = QtGui.QPixmap.fromImage(im)
-            else:
-                a = dic['data']
-        else:
-            a = dic['pixmap']
-        if 'path' in dic:
-            self.path = dic['path']
-        else:
-            self.path = ''
-        if 'info' in dic:
-            info = dic['info']
-        else:
-            info = ''
-        self.label.setPixmap(a)
-        self.checkbox.setChecked(dic['checked'])
-        self.info.setText(info)
-        # self.valuechanged.emit(dic)
-
-    def value(self):
-        return dict(pixmap=self.label.pixmap(), checked=self.checkbox.isChecked(), path=self.path)
-
-
-class QTimeCustom(QtWidgets.QTimeEdit):
-    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
-        super(QTimeCustom, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
-        self.minutes_increment = 1
-        self.timeChanged.connect(self.updateTime)
-
-    def setTime(self, time):
-        hours = time.hour()
-        minutes = time.minute()
-
-        minutes = int(np.round(minutes / self.minutes_increment) * self.minutes_increment)
-        if minutes == 60:
-            minutes = 0
-            hours += 1
-
-        time.setHMS(hours, minutes, 0)
-
-        return super(QTimeCustom, self).setTime(time)
-
-    def setMinuteIncrement(self, minutes_increment):
-        self.minutes_increment = minutes_increment
-        self.updateTime(self.time())
-
-    @Slot(QTime)
-    def updateTime(self, time):
-        self.setTime(time)
-
-
-class SliderSpinBox(QtWidgets.QWidget):
-
-    def __init__(self, *args, subtype='lin', **kwargs):
-
-        super().__init__()
-        self.subtype = subtype
-        self.initUI(*args, **kwargs)
-
-        self.valueChanged = self.spinbox.valueChanged  # (value)  for compatibility with QSpinBox
-        self.sigValueChanged = self.spinbox.sigValueChanged  # (self)
-        self.sigValueChanging = self.spinbox.sigValueChanging  # (self, value)  sent immediately; no delay.
-
-    @property
-    def opts(self):
-        return self.spinbox.opts
-
-    @opts.setter
-    def opts(self, **opts):
-        self.setOpts(**opts)
-
-    def setOpts(self, **opts):
-        self.spinbox.setOpts(**opts)
-        if 'visible' in opts:
-            self.slider.setVisible(opts['visible'])
-
-    def insert_widget(self,widget, row=0):
-        self.vlayout.insertWidget(row, widget)
-
-    def initUI(self, *args, **kwargs):
-        """
-            Init the User Interface.
-        """
-        self.vlayout = QtWidgets.QVBoxLayout()
-        self.slider = QtWidgets.QSlider(Qt.Horizontal)
-        self.slider.setMinimumWidth(50)
-        self.slider.setMinimum(0)
-        self.slider.setMaximum(100)
-        if 'value' in kwargs:
-            value = kwargs.pop('value')
-        else:
-            if 'bounds' in kwargs:
-                value = kwargs['bounds'][0]
-            else:
-                value = 1
-        self.spinbox = SpinBoxCustom(parent=None, value=value, **kwargs)
-
-        self.vlayout.addWidget(self.slider)
-        self.vlayout.addWidget(self.spinbox)
-        self.vlayout.setSpacing(0)
-        self.vlayout.setContentsMargins(0, 0, 0, 0)
-        self.setLayout(self.vlayout)
-
-        self.slider.valueChanged.connect(self.update_spinbox)
-        self.spinbox.valueChanged.connect(self.update_slide)
-
-    def update_spinbox(self, val):
-        """
-        val is a percentage [0-100] used in order to set the spinbox value between its min and max
-        """
-        min_val = float(self.opts['bounds'][0])
-        max_val = float(self.opts['bounds'][1])
-        if self.subtype == 'log':
-            val_out = scroll_log(val, min_val, max_val)
-        else:
-            val_out = scroll_linear(val, min_val, max_val)
-        try:
-            self.slider.valueChanged.disconnect(self.update_spinbox)
-            self.spinbox.valueChanged.disconnect(self.update_slide)
-        except Exception:
-            pass
-        self.spinbox.setValue(val_out)
-
-        self.slider.valueChanged.connect(self.update_spinbox)
-        self.spinbox.valueChanged.connect(self.update_slide)
-
-    def update_slide(self, val):
-        """
-        val is the spinbox value between its min and max
-        """
-        min_val = float(self.opts['bounds'][0])
-        max_val = float(self.opts['bounds'][1])
-
-        try:
-            self.slider.valueChanged.disconnect(self.update_spinbox)
-            self.spinbox.valueChanged.disconnect(self.update_slide)
-        except Exception:
-            pass
-        self.slider.setValue(int((val - min_val) / (max_val - min_val) * 100))
-        self.slider.valueChanged.connect(self.update_spinbox)
-        self.spinbox.valueChanged.connect(self.update_slide)
-
-    def setValue(self, val):
-        self.spinbox.setValue(val)
-
-    def value(self):
-        return self.spinbox.value()
-
-
-class WidgetParameterItem(pTypes.WidgetParameterItem):
-    """
-        This is a subclass of widget parameteritem in order to deal with the visiblily of the spinbox when parameter visibility os toggled.
-    """
-
-    def __init__(self, param, depth):
-        pTypes.WidgetParameterItem.__init__(self, param, depth)
-        if 'enabled' in self.param.opts:
-            self.displayLabel.setEnabled(self.param.opts['enabled'])
-
-    def makeWidget(self):
-        """
-            | Return a single widget that should be placed in the second tree column.
-            | The widget must be given three attributes:
-
-            ==========  ============================================================
-            sigChanged  a signal that is emitted when the widget's value is changed
-            value       a function that returns the value
-            setValue    a function that sets the value
-            ==========  ============================================================
-
-            | This is a good function to override in subclasses.
-
-        """
-        opts = self.param.opts
-        t = opts['type']
-        if t in ('int', 'float', 'slide'):
-            defs = {
-                'value': 0, 'min': None, 'max': None,
-                'step': 1.0, 'dec': False,
-                'siPrefix': False, 'suffix': '', 'decimals': 12,
-            }
-            if t == 'int':
-                defs['int'] = True
-                defs['minStep'] = 1.0
-            for k in defs:
-                if k in opts:
-                    defs[k] = opts[k]
-            if 'limits' in opts:
-                defs['bounds'] = opts['limits']
-            if t in ('int', 'float'):
-                w = SpinBoxCustom()
-            else:
-                if 'subtype' not in opts:
-                    opts['subtype'] = 'linear'
-                if 'limits' not in opts:
-                    defs['bounds'] = (0., self.param.value())  #max value set to default value when no max given
-                else:
-                    defs['bounds'] = opts['limits']
-
-                w = SliderSpinBox(subtype=opts['subtype'], bounds=defs['bounds'], value=defs['value'])
-                self.setSizeHint(1, QSize(50, 50))
-
-
-            w.setOpts(**defs)
-            w.sigChanged = w.sigValueChanged
-            w.sigChanging = w.sigValueChanging
-
-        elif t == 'bool':
-            w = QtWidgets.QCheckBox()
-            w.sigChanged = w.toggled
-            w.value = w.isChecked
-            w.setValue = w.setChecked
-            w.setEnabled(not opts.get('readonly', False))
-            self.hideWidget = False
-        elif t == 'bool_push':
-            w = QtWidgets.QPushButton()
-            if 'label' in opts:
-                w.setText(opts['label'])
-            elif 'title' in opts:
-                w.setText(opts['title'])
-            else:
-                w.setText(opts['name'])
-            # w.setMaximumWidth(50)
-            w.setCheckable(True)
-            w.sigChanged = w.toggled
-            w.value = w.isChecked
-            w.setValue = w.setChecked
-            w.setEnabled(not opts.get('readonly', False))
-            self.hideWidget = False
-        elif t == 'led_push':
-            w = QLED()
-            w.clickable = True
-            w.set_as_false()
-            w.sigChanged = w.value_changed
-            w.value = w.get_state
-            w.setValue = w.set_as
-            self.hideWidget = False
-        elif t == 'str':
-            w = QtWidgets.QLineEdit()
-            w.sigChanged = w.editingFinished
-            w.value = lambda: str(w.text())
-            w.setValue = lambda v: w.setText(str(v))
-            w.sigChanging = w.textChanged
-        elif t == 'color':
-            w = ColorButton.ColorButton()
-            w.sigChanged = w.sigColorChanged
-            w.sigChanging = w.sigColorChanging
-            w.value = w.color
-            w.setValue = w.setColor
-            self.hideWidget = False
-            w.setFlat(True)
-            w.setEnabled(not opts.get('readonly', False))
-        elif t == 'colormap':
-            from pyqtgraph.widgets.GradientWidget import GradientWidget  # # need this here to avoid import loop
-            w = GradientWidget(orientation='bottom')
-            w.sigChanged = w.sigGradientChangeFinished
-            w.sigChanging = w.sigGradientChanged
-            w.value = w.colorMap
-            w.setValue = w.setColorMap
-            self.hideWidget = False
-        elif t == 'date_time':
-            w = QtWidgets.QDateTimeEdit(QDateTime(QDate.currentDate(), QTime.currentTime()))
-            w.setCalendarPopup(True)
-            if 'format' in opts:
-                w.setDisplayFormat(opts['format'])
-            else:
-                w.setDisplayFormat('dd/MM/yyyy hh:mm')
-            w.sigChanged = w.dateTimeChanged
-            w.value = w.dateTime
-            w.setValue = w.setDateTime
-        elif t == 'date':
-            w = QtWidgets.QDateEdit(QDate(QDate.currentDate()))
-            w.setCalendarPopup(True)
-            if 'format' in opts:
-                w.setDisplayFormat(opts['format'])
-            else:
-                w.setDisplayFormat('dd/MM/yyyy')
-            w.sigChanged = w.dateChanged
-            w.value = w.date
-            w.setValue = w.setDate
-
-        elif t == 'time':
-            w = QTimeCustom(QTime(QTime.currentTime()))
-            if 'minutes_increment' in opts:
-                w.setMinuteIncrement(opts['minutes_increment'])
-            w.setDisplayFormat('hh:mm')
-            w.sigChanged = w.timeChanged
-            w.value = w.time
-            w.setValue = w.setTime
-
-        elif t == 'led':
-            w = QLED()
-            w.clickable = False
-            w.set_as_false()
-            w.sigChanged = w.value_changed
-            w.value = w.get_state
-            w.setValue = w.set_as
-        elif t == 'pixmap':
-            w = QtWidgets.QLabel()
-            w.sigChanged = None
-            w.value = w.pixmap
-            w.setValue = w.setPixmap
-        elif t == 'pixmap_check':
-            w = Pixmap_check()
-            w.sigChanged = w.checkbox.toggled
-            w.value = w.value
-            w.setValue = w.setValue
-        else:
-            raise Exception("Unknown type '%s'" % str(t))
-        return w
-
-    def limitsChanged(self, param, limits):
-        """Called when the parameter's limits have changed"""
-        ParameterItem.limitsChanged(self, param, limits)
-
-        t = self.param.opts['type']
-        if t == 'int' or t == 'float' or t == 'slide':
-            self.widget.setOpts(bounds=limits)
-        else:
-            return  # don't know what to do with any other types..
-
-    def showEditor(self):
-        """
-            Show the widget attribute.
-        """
-        self.widget.show()
-        self.displayLabel.hide()
-        self.widget.setFocus(Qt.OtherFocusReason)
-        if isinstance(self.widget, SpinBox.SpinBox):
-            self.widget.selectNumber()  # select the numerical portion of the text for quick editing
-
-
-    def hideEditor(self):
-        """
-            Hide the widget attribute.
-        """
-        status = 'led' in self.param.opts['type'] or self.param.opts['type'] == 'pixmap'
-        status = not (status or self.param.opts['type'] == 'pixmap_check')
-        if status:
-            self.widget.hide()
-            self.displayLabel.show()
-
-    def optsChanged(self, param, opts):
-        """
-            | Called when any options are changed that are not name, value, default, or limits.
-            |
-            | If widget is a SpinBox, pass options straight through.
-            | So that only the display label is shown when visible option is toggled.
-
-            =============== ================================== ==============================
-            **Parameters**    **Type**                           **Description**
-            *param*           instance of pyqtgraph parameter    the parameter to check
-            *opts*            string list                        the associated options list
-            =============== ================================== ==============================
-
-            See Also
-            --------
-            optsChanged
-        """
-        # print "opts changed:", opts
-        ParameterItem.optsChanged(self, param, opts)
-
-        if 'readonly' in opts:
-            self.updateDefaultBtn()
-            if isinstance(self.widget, (QtWidgets.QCheckBox, ColorButton.ColorButton)):
-                self.widget.setEnabled(not opts['readonly'])
-
-        if 'minutes_increment' in opts:
-            self.widget.setMinuteIncrement(opts['minutes_increment'])
-
-        if 'tip' in opts:
-            self.displayLabel.setToolTip(opts['tip'])
-
-        # # If widget is a SpinBox, pass options straight through
-        if isinstance(self.widget, SpinBoxCustom) or isinstance(self.widget, SliderSpinBox):
-            if 'visible' in opts:
-                opts.pop('visible')
-                self.widget.hide()  # so that only the display label is shown when visible option is toggled
-            if 'units' in opts and 'suffix' not in opts:
-                opts['suffix'] = opts['units']
-            self.widget.setOpts(**opts)
-            self.updateDisplayLabel()
-
-        if 'title' in opts:
-            self.setText(0, opts['title'])  # void QTreeWidgetItem::setText(int column, const QString &text)
-
-    def valueChanged(self, param, val, force=False):
-        # # called when the parameter's value has changed
-        ParameterItem.valueChanged(self, param, val)
-        if self.widget.sigChanged is not None:
-            self.widget.sigChanged.disconnect(self.widgetValueChanged)
-
-        try:
-            if force or val != self.widget.value():
-                self.widget.setValue(val)
-            self.updateDisplayLabel(val)  # # always make sure label is updated, even if values match!
-        finally:
-            if self.widget.sigChanged is not None:
-                self.widget.sigChanged.connect(self.widgetValueChanged)
-        self.updateDefaultBtn()
-
-
-class SimpleParameterCustom(pTypes.SimpleParameter):
-    itemClass = WidgetParameterItem
-
-    def __init__(self, *args, **kargs):
-        pTypes.SimpleParameter.__init__(self, *args, **kargs)
-
-    def _interpretValue(self, v):
-        fn = {
-            'int': int,
-            'float': float,
-            'bool': bool,
-            'bool_push': bool,
-            'str': str,
-            'color': self._interpColor,
-            'colormap': self._interpColormap,
-            'date_time': QDateTime,
-            'date': QDate,
-            'time': QTime,
-            'led': bool,
-            'led_push': bool,
-            'pixmap': QtWidgets.QLabel,
-            'pixmap_check': dict,
-            'slide': float
-        }[self.opts['type']]
-        return fn(v)
-
-    def _interpColor(self, v):
-        return fn.mkColor(v)
-
-    def _interpColormap(self, v):
-        if not isinstance(v, ColorMap):
-            raise TypeError("Cannot set colormap parameter from object %r" % v)
-        return v
-
-    def setLimits(self, limits):
-        """Set limits on the acceptable values for this parameter.
-        The format of limits depends on the type of the parameter and
-        some parameters do not make use of limits at all."""
-        if 'limits' in self.opts and self.opts['limits'] == limits:
-            return
-        self.opts['limits'] = limits
-        self.sigLimitsChanged.emit(self, limits)
-        if self.opts['type'] in ['int', 'float', 'slide']:
-            if self.value() > limits[1]:
-                self.setValue(limits[1])
-            elif self.value() < limits[0]:
-                self.setValue(limits[0])
-        return limits
-
-
-registerParameterType('int', SimpleParameterCustom, override=True)
-registerParameterType('float', SimpleParameterCustom, override=True)
-registerParameterType('bool', SimpleParameterCustom, override=True)
-registerParameterType('bool_push', SimpleParameterCustom, override=True)
-registerParameterType('led_push', SimpleParameterCustom, override=True)
-registerParameterType('date_time', SimpleParameterCustom, override=True)
-registerParameterType('date', SimpleParameterCustom, override=True)
-registerParameterType('time', SimpleParameterCustom, override=True)
-registerParameterType('led', SimpleParameterCustom, override=True)
-registerParameterType('pixmap', SimpleParameterCustom, override=True)
-registerParameterType('pixmap_check', SimpleParameterCustom, override=True)
-registerParameterType('slide', SimpleParameterCustom, override=True)
-
-
-registerParameterType('slide', SimpleParameterCustom , override=True)
-
-class ListParameterItem_custom(pTypes.ListParameterItem):
-    """
-        WidgetParameterItem subclass providing comboBox that lets the user select from a list of options.
-
-    """
-
-    def __init__(self, param, depth):
-        super().__init__(param, depth)
-        if 'tip' in param.opts:
-            self.displayLabel.setToolTip(param.opts['tip'])
-
-    def makeWidget(self):
-        """
-            Make a widget from self parameter options, connected to the buttonClicked function.
-
-            Returns
-            -------
-            w:widget
-                the initialized widget
-
-            See Also
-            --------
-            buttonClicked, limitsChanged,
-        """
-        opts = self.param.opts
-        t = opts['type']
-        w = Combo_pb()
-        w.add_pb.clicked.connect(self.buttonClicked)
-        w.setMaximumHeight(20)  # # set to match height of spin box and line edit
-        if 'show_pb' in opts:
-            w.add_pb.setVisible(opts['show_pb'])
-        else:
-            w.add_pb.setVisible(False)
-        if 'tip' in opts:
-            w.setToolTip(opts['tip'])
-        w.sigChanged = w.combo.currentIndexChanged
-        w.value = self.value
-        w.setValue = self.setValue
-        self.widget = w  # # needs to be set before limits are changed
-        self.limitsChanged(self.param, self.param.opts['limits'])
-        if len(self.forward) > 0:
-            self.setValue(self.param.value())
-        return w
-
-    def value(self):
-        key = str(self.widget.combo.currentText())
-        return self.forward.get(key, None)
-
-    def setValue(self, val):
-        self.targetValue = val
-        if val not in self.reverse[0]:
-            self.widget.combo.setCurrentIndex(0)
-        else:
-            key = self.reverse[1][self.reverse[0].index(val)]
-            ind = self.widget.combo.findText(key)
-            self.widget.combo.setCurrentIndex(ind)
-
-    def limitsChanged(self, param, limits):
-        """
-            Set up forward / reverse mappings for {name:value} limits dictionnary.
-
-            =============== ================================== ========================================
-            **Parameters**    **Type**                          **Description**
-            *param*           instance of pyqtgraph parameter    Not used
-            *limits*          dictionnary                        the limits dictionnary to be mapped
-            =============== ================================== ========================================
-
-        """
-
-        if len(limits) == 0:
-            limits = ['']  # # Can never have an empty list--there is always at least a singhe blank item.
-
-        self.forward, self.reverse = ListParameter_custom.mapping(limits)
-        try:
-            self.widget.blockSignals(True)
-            val = self.targetValue  # asUnicode(self.widget.currentText())
-
-            self.widget.combo.clear()
-            for k in self.forward:
-                self.widget.combo.addItem(k)
-                if k == val:
-                    self.widget.combo.setCurrentIndex(self.widget.count() - 1)
-                    self.updateDisplayLabel()
-        finally:
-            self.widget.blockSignals(False)
-
-    def buttonClicked(self):
-        """
-            |
-            | Append the self limits attributes an added parameter with string value.
-            | Update parameter and call the limitschanged method to map the added parameter.
-
-            See Also
-            --------
-            limitsChanged,
-        """
-        if type(self.param.opts['limits']) == list:
-            text, ok = QtWidgets.QInputDialog.getText(None, "Enter a value to add to the parameter",
-                                                      "String value:", QtWidgets.QLineEdit.Normal)
-            if ok and not (text == ""):
-                self.param.opts['limits'].append(text)
-                self.limitsChanged(self.param, self.param.opts['limits'])
-                self.param.setValue(text)
-
-    def optsChanged(self, param, opts):
-        """
-            Called when any options are changed that are not name, value, default, or limits.
-
-            =============== ================================== =======================================
-            **Parameters**    **Type**                           **Description**
-            *param*           instance of pyqtgraph parameter    The parameter to be checked
-            *opts*            string list                        The option dictionnary to be checked
-            =============== ================================== =======================================
-
-            See Also
-            --------
-            optsChanged
-        """
-        # print "opts changed:", opts
-        ParameterItem.optsChanged(self, param, opts)
-
-        if 'show_pb' in opts:
-            self.widget.add_pb.setVisible(opts['show_pb'])
-        if 'enabled' in opts:
-            self.widget.setEnabled(opts['enabled'])
-
-
-class ListParameter_custom(pTypes.ListParameter):
-    """
-        =============== =======================================
-        **Attributes**    **Type**
-        *itemClass*       instance of ListParameterItem_custom
-        *sigActivated*    instance of pyqt Signal
-        =============== =======================================
-    """
-    itemClass = ListParameterItem_custom
-    sigActivated = Signal(object)
-
-    def __init__(self, **opts):
-        super(ListParameter_custom, self).__init__(**opts)
-
-    def activate(self):
-        """
-            Emit the Activated signal.
-        """
-        self.sigActivated.emit(self)
-        self.emitStateChanged('activated', None)
-
-
-registerParameterType('list', ListParameter_custom, override=True)
-
-
-class Combo_pb(QtWidgets.QWidget):
-
-    def __init__(self, items=[]):
-
-        super(Combo_pb, self).__init__()
-        self.items = items
-        self.initUI()
-        self.count = self.combo.count
-
-    def initUI(self):
-        """
-            Init the User Interface.
-        """
-        self.hor_layout = QtWidgets.QHBoxLayout()
-        self.combo = QtWidgets.QComboBox()
-        self.combo.addItems(self.items)
-        self.add_pb = QtWidgets.QPushButton()
-        self.add_pb.setText("")
-        icon3 = QtGui.QIcon()
-        icon3.addPixmap(QtGui.QPixmap(":/icons/Icon_Library/Add2.png"), QtGui.QIcon.Normal, QtGui.QIcon.Off)
-        self.add_pb.setIcon(icon3)
-        self.hor_layout.addWidget(self.combo)
-        self.hor_layout.addWidget(self.add_pb)
-        self.hor_layout.setSpacing(0)
-        self.hor_layout.setContentsMargins(0, 0, 0, 0)
-        self.add_pb.setMaximumWidth(25)
-        self.setLayout(self.hor_layout)
-        self.currentText = self.combo.currentText
-
-
-class TableParameterItem(WidgetParameterItem):
-
-    def __init__(self, param, depth):
-        pTypes.WidgetParameterItem.__init__(self, param, depth)
-        self.hideWidget = False
-        self.subItem = QtWidgets.QTreeWidgetItem()
-        self.addChild(self.subItem)
-
-    def treeWidgetChanged(self):
-        """
-            Check for changement in the Widget tree.
-        """
-        # # TODO: fix so that superclass method can be called
-        # # (WidgetParameter should just natively support this style)
-        # WidgetParameterItem.treeWidgetChanged(self)
-        self.treeWidget().setFirstItemColumnSpanned(self.subItem, True)
-        self.treeWidget().setItemWidget(self.subItem, 0, self.widget)
-
-        # for now, these are copied from ParameterItem.treeWidgetChanged
-        self.setHidden(not self.param.opts.get('visible', True))
-        self.setExpanded(self.param.opts.get('expanded', True))
-
-    def makeWidget(self):
-        """
-            Make and initialize an instance of Table_custom.
-
-            Returns
-            -------
-            table : instance of Table_custom.
-                The initialized table.
-
-            See Also
-            --------
-            Table_custom
-        """
-        opts = self.param.opts
-        w = Table_custom()
-        if 'tip' in opts:
-            w.setToolTip(opts['tip'])
-        w.setColumnCount(2)
-        if 'header' in opts:
-            w.setHorizontalHeaderLabels(self.param.opts['header'])
-        if 'height' not in opts:
-            opts['height'] = 200
-        w.setMaximumHeight(opts['height'])
-        # self.table.setReadOnly(self.param.opts.get('readonly', False))
-        w.value = w.get_table_value
-        w.setValue = w.set_table_value
-        w.sigChanged = w.itemChanged
-        return w
-
-
-class Table_custom(QtWidgets.QTableWidget):
-    """
-        ============== ===========================
-        *Attributes**    **Type**
-        *valuechanged*   instance of pyqt Signal
-        *QtWidgets*      instance of QTableWidget
-        ============== ===========================
-    """
-
-    valuechanged = Signal(OrderedDict)
-
-    def __init__(self):
-        QtWidgets.QTableWidget.__init__(self)
-
-    def get_table_value(self):
-        """
-            Get the contents of the self coursed table.
-
-            Returns
-            -------
-            data : ordered dictionnary
-                The getted values dictionnary.
-        """
-        data = OrderedDict([])
-        for ind in range(self.rowCount()):
-            item0 = self.item(ind, 0)
-            item1 = self.item(ind, 1)
-            if item0 is not None and item1 is not None:
-                try:
-                    data[item0.text()] = float(item1.text())
-                except Exception:
-                    data[item0.text()] = item1.text()
-        return data
-
-    def set_table_value(self, data_dict):
-        """
-            Set the data values dictionnary to the custom table.
-
-            =============== ====================== ================================================
-            **Parameters**    **Type**               **Description**
-            *data_dict*       ordered dictionnary    the contents to be stored in the custom table
-            =============== ====================== ================================================
-        """
-        try:
-            self.setRowCount(len(data_dict))
-            self.setColumnCount(2)
-            for ind, (key, value) in enumerate(data_dict.items()):
-                item0 = QtWidgets.QTableWidgetItem(key)
-                item0.setFlags(item0.flags() ^ Qt.ItemIsEditable)
-                if isinstance(value, float):
-                    item1 = QtWidgets.QTableWidgetItem('{:.6e}'.format(value))
-                else:
-                    item1 = QtWidgets.QTableWidgetItem(str(value))
-                item1.setFlags(item1.flags() ^ Qt.ItemIsEditable)
-                self.setItem(ind, 0, item0)
-                self.setItem(ind, 1, item1)
-            # self.valuechanged.emit(data_dict)
-
-        except Exception as e:
-            pass
-
-
-class TableParameter(Parameter):
-    """
-        =============== =================================
-        **Attributes**    **Type**
-        *itemClass*       instance of TableParameterItem
-        *Parameter*       instance of pyqtgraph parameter
-        =============== =================================
-    """
-    itemClass = TableParameterItem
-    """Editable string; displayed as large text box in the tree."""
-
-    # def __init(self):
-    #     super(TableParameter,self).__init__()
-
-    def setValue(self, value):
-        self.opts['value'] = value
-        self.sigValueChanged.emit(self, value)
-
-
-registerParameterType('table', TableParameter, override=True)
-
-
-class TableViewParameterItem(WidgetParameterItem):
-    def __init__(self, param, depth):
-        pTypes.WidgetParameterItem.__init__(self, param, depth)
-        self.hideWidget = False
-        self.subItem = QtWidgets.QTreeWidgetItem()
-        self.addChild(self.subItem)
-
-    def treeWidgetChanged(self):
-        """
-            Check for changement in the Widget tree.
-        """
-        self.treeWidget().setFirstItemColumnSpanned(self.subItem, True)
-        self.treeWidget().setItemWidget(self.subItem, 0, self.widget)
-
-        # for now, these are copied from ParameterItem.treeWidgetChanged
-        self.setHidden(not self.param.opts.get('visible', True))
-        self.setExpanded(self.param.opts.get('expanded', True))
-
-    def makeWidget(self):
-        """
-            Make and initialize an instance of Table_custom.
-
-            Returns
-            -------
-            table : instance of Table_custom.
-                The initialized table.
-
-            See Also
-            --------
-            Table_custom
-        """
-        menu = False
-        opts = self.param.opts
-        if 'menu' in opts:
-            menu = opts['menu']
-        w = TableViewCustom(menu=menu)
-
-        if 'tip' in opts:
-            w.setToolTip(opts['tip'])
-
-        w.setMaximumHeight(200)
-        # self.table.setReadOnly(self.param.opts.get('readonly', False))
-        w.value = w.get_table_value
-        w.setValue = w.set_table_value
-        w.sigChanged = w.valueChanged
-        return w
-
-    def optsChanged(self, param, opts):
-        """
-            | Called when any options are changed that are not name, value, default, or limits.
-            |
-            | If widget is a SpinBox, pass options straight through.
-            | So that only the display label is shown when visible option is toggled.
-
-            =============== ================================== ==============================
-            **Parameters**    **Type**                           **Description**
-            *param*           instance of pyqtgraph parameter    the parameter to check
-            *opts*            string list                        the associated options list
-            =============== ================================== ==============================
-
-            See Also
-            --------
-            optsChanged
-        """
-        # print "opts changed:", opts
-        ParameterItem.optsChanged(self, param, opts)
-
-        if 'readonly' in opts:
-            self.updateDefaultBtn()
-            if isinstance(self.widget, (QtWidgets.QCheckBox, ColorButton.ColorButton)):
-                self.widget.setEnabled(not opts['readonly'])
-
-        if 'delegate' in opts:
-            styledItemDelegate = QtWidgets.QStyledItemDelegate()
-            styledItemDelegate.setItemEditorFactory(opts['delegate']())
-            self.widget.setItemDelegate(styledItemDelegate)
-
-        if 'menu' in opts:
-            self.widget.setmenu(opts['menu'])
-
-
-class TableViewCustom(QtWidgets.QTableView):
-    """
-        ============== ===========================
-        *Attributes**    **Type**
-        *valuechanged*   instance of pyqt Signal
-        *QtWidgets*      instance of QTableWidget
-        ============== ===========================
-    """
-
-    valueChanged = Signal(list)
-    add_data_signal = Signal(int)
-    remove_row_signal = Signal(int)
-    load_data_signal = Signal()
-    save_data_signal = Signal()
-
-    def __init__(self, menu=False):
-        super().__init__()
-        self.setmenu(menu)
-
-    def setmenu(self, status):
-        if status:
-            self.menu = QtWidgets.QMenu()
-            self.menu.addAction('Add new', self.add)
-            self.menu.addAction('Remove selected row', self.remove)
-            self.menu.addAction('Clear all', self.clear)
-            self.menu.addSeparator()
-            self.menu.addAction('Load as txt', lambda: self.load_data_signal.emit())
-            self.menu.addAction('Save as txt', lambda: self.save_data_signal.emit())
-        else:
-            self.menu = None
-
-    def clear(self):
-        self.model().clear()
-
-    def add(self):
-        self.add_data_signal.emit(self.currentIndex().row())
-
-    def remove(self):
-        self.remove_row_signal.emit(self.currentIndex().row())
-
-    def data_has_changed(self, topleft, bottomright, roles):
-        self.valueChanged.emit([topleft, bottomright, roles])
-
-    def get_table_value(self):
-        """
-
-        """
-        return self.model()
-
-    def set_table_value(self, data_model):
-        """
-
-        """
-        try:
-            self.setModel(data_model)
-            self.model().dataChanged.connect(self.data_has_changed)
-        except Exception as e:
-            pass
-
-    def contextMenuEvent(self, event):
-        if self.menu is not None:
-            self.menu.exec(event.globalPos())
-
-
-class TableViewParameter(Parameter):
-    """
-        =============== =================================
-        **Attributes**    **Type**
-        *itemClass*       instance of TableParameterItem
-        *Parameter*       instance of pyqtgraph parameter
-        =============== =================================
-    """
-    itemClass = TableViewParameterItem
-
-    def setValue(self, value):
-        self.opts['value'] = value
-        self.sigValueChanged.emit(self, value)
-
-
-registerParameterType('table_view', TableViewParameter, override=True)
-
-
-class ItemSelectParameterItem(WidgetParameterItem):
-
-    def __init__(self, param, depth):
-        pTypes.WidgetParameterItem.__init__(self, param, depth)
-        self.hideWidget = False
-        self.subItem = QtWidgets.QTreeWidgetItem()
-        self.addChild(self.subItem)
-
-    def treeWidgetChanged(self):
-        """
-
-        """
-        # # TODO: fix so that superclass method can be called
-        # # (WidgetParameter should just natively support this style)
-        # WidgetParameterItem.treeWidgetChanged(self)
-        self.treeWidget().setFirstItemColumnSpanned(self.subItem, True)
-        self.treeWidget().setItemWidget(self.subItem, 0, self.widget)
-
-        # for now, these are copied from ParameterItem.treeWidgetChanged
-        self.setHidden(not self.param.opts.get('visible', True))
-        self.setExpanded(self.param.opts.get('expanded', True))
-
-    def makeWidget(self):
-        """
-            | Make and initialize an instance of ItemSelect_pb with itemselect value.
-            | Connect the created object with the buttonClicked function.
-
-        """
-        opts = self.param.opts
-        w = ItemSelect_pb()
-        w.itemselect.setSelectionMode(QtWidgets.QAbstractItemView.ExtendedSelection)
-        if 'height' in opts:
-            w.itemselect.setMaximumHeight(opts['height'])
-        else:
-            w.itemselect.setMaximumHeight(70)
-        # w.setReadOnly(self.param.opts.get('readonly', False))
-        if 'show_pb' in opts:
-            w.add_pb.setVisible(opts['show_pb'])
-        else:
-            w.add_pb.setVisible(False)
-        if 'tip' in opts:
-            w.setToolTip(opts['tip'])
-        w.value = w.itemselect.get_value
-        w.setValue = w.itemselect.set_value
-        w.sigChanged = w.itemselect.itemSelectionChanged
-        w.add_pb.clicked.connect(self.buttonClicked)
-        return w
-
-    def buttonClicked(self):
-        """
-           Append to the param attribute the dictionnary obtained from the QtWidget add parameter procedure.
-        """
-
-        text, ok = QtWidgets.QInputDialog.getText(None, "Enter a value to add to the parameter",
-                                                  "String value:", QtWidgets.QLineEdit.Normal)
-        if ok and not (text == ""):
-            all = self.param.value()['all_items']
-            all.append(text)
-            sel = self.param.value()['selected']
-            sel.append(text)
-            val = dict(all_items=all, selected=sel)
-            self.param.setValue(val)
-            self.param.sigValueChanged.emit(self.param, val)
-
-    def optsChanged(self, param, opts):
-        """
-            Called when any options are changed that are not name, value, default, or limits.
-
-            See Also
-            --------
-            optsChanged
-        """
-        # print "opts changed:", opts
-        ParameterItem.optsChanged(self, param, opts)
-
-        if 'show_pb' in opts:
-            self.widget.add_pb.setVisible(opts['show_pb'])
-
-
-class ItemSelect_pb(QtWidgets.QWidget):
-    def __init__(self):
-
-        super(ItemSelect_pb, self).__init__()
-        self.initUI()
-
-    def initUI(self):
-        self.hor_layout = QtWidgets.QHBoxLayout()
-        self.itemselect = ItemSelect()
-        self.add_pb = QtWidgets.QPushButton()
-        self.add_pb.setText("")
-        icon3 = QtGui.QIcon()
-        icon3.addPixmap(QtGui.QPixmap(":/icons/Icon_Library/Add2.png"), QtGui.QIcon.Normal, QtGui.QIcon.Off)
-        self.add_pb.setIcon(icon3)
-        self.hor_layout.addWidget(self.itemselect)
-        self.hor_layout.addWidget(self.add_pb)
-        self.hor_layout.setSpacing(0)
-
-        self.setLayout(self.hor_layout)
-
-
-class ItemSelect(QtWidgets.QListWidget):
-    def __init__(self):
-        QtWidgets.QListWidget.__init__(self)
-
-    def get_value(self):
-        """
-            Get the dictionnary of values contained in the QtWidget attribute.
-
-            Returns
-            -------
-            dictionnary
-                The dictionnary of all_items compared to the slelectedItems.
-        """
-        selitems = [item.text() for item in self.selectedItems()]
-        allitems = [item.text() for item in self.all_items()]
-        return dict(all_items=allitems, selected=selitems)
-
-    def all_items(self):
-        """
-            Get the all_items list from the self QtWidget attribute.
-
-            Returns
-            -------
-            list
-                The item list.
-        """
-        return [self.item(ind) for ind in range(self.count())]
-
-    def set_value(self, values):
-        """
-            Set values to the all_items attributes filtering values by the 'selected' key.
-
-            =============== ============== =======================================
-            **Parameters**    **Type**       **Description**
-            *values*          dictionnary    the values dictionnary to be setted.
-            =============== ============== =======================================
-        """
-        allitems = [item.text() for item in self.all_items()]
-        if allitems != values['all_items']:
-            self.clear()
-            self.addItems(values['all_items'])
-            QtWidgets.QApplication.processEvents()
-        for item in self.all_items():
-            if item.text() in values['selected']:
-                item.setSelected(True)
-
-
-class ItemSelectParameter(Parameter):
-    """
-        Editable string; displayed as large text box in the tree.
-
-        =============== ======================================
-        **Attributes**    **Type**
-        *itemClass*       instance of ItemSelectParameterItem
-        *sigActivated*    instance of pyqt Signal
-        =============== ======================================
-    """
-    itemClass = ItemSelectParameterItem
-    sigActivated = Signal(object)
-
-    def activate(self):
-        """
-            Activate the "Activated" signal attribute0
-        """
-        self.sigActivated.emit(self)
-        self.emitStateChanged('activated', None)
-
-
-registerParameterType('itemselect', ItemSelectParameter, override=True)
-
-
-class ActionParameterItem(pTypes.ActionParameterItem):
-    def __init__(self, param, depth):
-        super().__init__(param, depth)
-
-        if 'title' in param.opts:
-            name = param.opts['title']
-        else:
-            name = param.name()
-        self.button.setText(name)
-
-
-class ActionParameter(pTypes.ActionParameter):
-    """Used for displaying a button within the tree."""
-    itemClass = ActionParameterItem
-
-
-registerParameterType('action', ActionParameter, override=True)
-
-
-class file_browserParameterItem(WidgetParameterItem):
-
-    def __init__(self, param, depth):
-        self.filetype = False
-        super().__init__(param, depth)
-        self.hideWidget = False
-        self.subItem = QtWidgets.QTreeWidgetItem()
-        self.addChild(self.subItem)
-
-    def treeWidgetChanged(self):
-        # # TODO: fix so that superclass method can be called
-        # # (WidgetParameter should just natively support this style)
-        # WidgetParameterItem.treeWidgetChanged(self)
-        self.treeWidget().setFirstItemColumnSpanned(self.subItem, True)
-        self.treeWidget().setItemWidget(self.subItem, 0, self.w)
-
-        # for now, these are copied from ParameterItem.treeWidgetChanged
-        self.setHidden(not self.param.opts.get('visible', True))
-        self.setExpanded(self.param.opts.get('expanded', True))
-
-    def makeWidget(self):
-        """
-            Make an initialized file_browser object with parameter options dictionnary ('readonly' key)0
-
-            Returns
-            -------
-            w : filebrowser
-                The initialized file browser.
-
-            See Also
-            --------
-            file_browser
-        """
-        if 'filetype' in self.param.opts:
-            self.filetype = self.param.opts['filetype']
-        else:
-            self.filetype = True
-
-        self.w = file_browser(self.param.value(), file_type=self.filetype)
-        if 'tip' in self.param.opts:
-            self.w.setToolTip(self.param.opts['tip'])
-        # self.file_browser.setMaximumHeight(100)
-        self.w.base_path_edit.setReadOnly(self.param.opts['readonly'])
-        self.w.value = self.w.get_value
-        self.w.setValue = self.w.set_path
-        self.w.sigChanged = self.w.value_changed
-        return self.w
-
-
-class file_browser(QtWidgets.QWidget):
-    """
-        ================ =========================
-        **Attributes**    **Type**
-        *value_changed*   instance of pyqt Signal
-        *path*            string
-        ================ =========================
-
-        See Also
-        --------
-        browse_path
-    """
-    value_changed = Signal(str)
-
-    def __init__(self, init_path='D:/Data', file_type=False):
-
-        super(file_browser, self).__init__()
-        self.filetype = file_type
-        self.path = init_path
-        self.initUI()
-
-        self.base_path_browse_pb.clicked.connect(self.browse_path)
-
-    def browse_path(self):
-        """
-            Browse the path attribute if exist.
-
-            See Also
-            --------
-            set_path
-        """
-        if self.filetype is True:
-            folder_name = QtWidgets.QFileDialog.getOpenFileName(None, 'Choose File', os.path.split(self.path)[0])[0]
-        elif self.filetype is False:
-            folder_name = QtWidgets.QFileDialog.getExistingDirectory(None, 'Choose Folder', self.path)
-
-        elif self.filetype == "save":
-            folder_name = QtWidgets.QFileDialog.getSaveFileName(None, 'Enter a Filename', os.path.split(self.path)[0])[
-                0]
-
-        if not (not (folder_name)):  # execute if the user didn't cancel the file selection
-            self.set_path(folder_name)
-            self.value_changed.emit(folder_name)
-
-    def set_path(self, path_file):
-        """
-            Set the base path attribute with the given path_file.
-
-            =============== =========== ===========================
-            **Parameters**    **Type**    **Description**
-            *path_file*       string      the pathname of the file
-            =============== =========== ===========================
-        """
-        if isinstance(path_file, Path):
-            path_file = str(path_file)
-        self.base_path_edit.setPlainText(path_file)
-        self.path = path_file
-
-    def get_value(self):
-        """
-            Get the value of the base_path_edit attribute.
-
-            Returns
-            -------
-            string
-                the path name
-        """
-        return self.base_path_edit.toPlainText()
-
-    def initUI(self):
-        """
-            Init the User Interface.
-        """
-
-        self.hor_layout = QtWidgets.QHBoxLayout()
-        self.base_path_edit = QtWidgets.QPlainTextEdit(self.path)
-        self.base_path_edit.setMaximumHeight(50)
-        self.base_path_browse_pb = QtWidgets.QPushButton()
-        self.base_path_browse_pb.setText("")
-        icon3 = QtGui.QIcon()
-        icon3.addPixmap(QtGui.QPixmap(":/icons/Icon_Library/Browse_Dir_Path.png"), QtGui.QIcon.Normal, QtGui.QIcon.Off)
-        self.base_path_browse_pb.setIcon(icon3)
-        self.hor_layout.addWidget(self.base_path_edit)
-
-        verlayout = QtWidgets.QVBoxLayout()
-        verlayout.addWidget(self.base_path_browse_pb)
-        verlayout.addStretch()
-        self.hor_layout.addLayout(verlayout)
-        self.hor_layout.setSpacing(0)
-        self.setLayout(self.hor_layout)
-
-
-class file_browserParameter(Parameter):
-    """
-        Editable string; displayed as large text box in the tree.
-        See Also
-        --------
-        file_browserParameterItem
-    """
-    itemClass = file_browserParameterItem
-
-
-registerParameterType('browsepath', file_browserParameter, override=True)
-
-
-class Plain_text_pbParameterItem(pTypes.WidgetParameterItem):
-
-    def __init__(self, param, depth):
-        pTypes.WidgetParameterItem.__init__(self, param, depth)
-        self.hideWidget = False
-        self.subItem = QtWidgets.QTreeWidgetItem()
-        self.addChild(self.subItem)
-
-    def treeWidgetChanged(self):
-        # # TODO: fix so that superclass method can be called
-        # # (WidgetParameter should just natively support this style)
-        # WidgetParameterItem.treeWidgetChanged(self)
-        self.treeWidget().setFirstItemColumnSpanned(self.subItem, True)
-        self.treeWidget().setItemWidget(self.subItem, 0, self.w)
-
-        # for now, these are copied from ParameterItem.treeWidgetChanged
-        self.setHidden(not self.param.opts.get('visible', True))
-        self.setExpanded(self.param.opts.get('expanded', True))
-
-    def makeWidget(self):
-        """
-            Make and initialize an instance of Plain_text_pb object from parameter options dictionnary (using 'readonly' key).
-
-            Returns
-            -------
-            Plain_text_pb object
-                The initialized object.
-
-            See Also
-            --------
-            Plain_text_pb, buttonClicked
-        """
-        self.w = Plain_text_pb()
-        self.w.text_edit.setReadOnly(self.param.opts.get('readonly', False))
-        self.w.value = self.w.get_value
-        self.w.setValue = self.w.set_value
-        self.w.sigChanged = self.w.value_changed
-        self.w.add_pb.clicked.connect(self.buttonClicked)
-        return self.w
-
-    def buttonClicked(self):
-        text, ok = QtWidgets.QInputDialog.getText(None, "Enter a value to add to the parameter",
-                                                  "String value:", QtWidgets.QLineEdit.Normal)
-        if ok and not (text == ""):
-            self.param.setValue(self.param.value() + '\n' + text)
-
-
-class Plain_text_pb(QtWidgets.QWidget):
-    """
-        ================ ========================
-        **Attributes**    **Type**
-        *value_changed*   instance of pyqt Signal
-        ================ ========================
-
-        See Also
-        --------
-        initUI, emitsignal
-    """
-    value_changed = Signal(str)
-
-    def __init__(self):
-
-        super(Plain_text_pb, self).__init__()
-
-        self.initUI()
-        self.text_edit.textChanged.connect(self.emitsignal)
-
-    def emitsignal(self):
-        """
-            Emit the value changed signal from the text_edit attribute.
-        """
-        text = self.text_edit.toPlainText()
-        self.value_changed.emit(text)
-
-    def set_value(self, txt):
-        """
-            Set the value of the text_edit attribute.
-
-            =============== =========== ================================
-            **Parameters**    **Type**    **Description**
-            *txt*             string      the string value to be setted
-            =============== =========== ================================
-        """
-        self.text_edit.setPlainText(txt)
-
-    def get_value(self):
-        """
-            Get the value of the text_edit attribute.
-
-            Returns
-            -------
-            string
-                The string value of text_edit.
-        """
-        return self.text_edit.toPlainText()
-
-    def initUI(self):
-        """
-            Init the User Interface.
-        """
-
-        self.hor_layout = QtWidgets.QHBoxLayout()
-        self.text_edit = QtWidgets.QPlainTextEdit()
-        self.text_edit.setReadOnly(True)
-        self.text_edit.setMaximumHeight(50)
-
-        self.add_pb = QtWidgets.QPushButton()
-        self.add_pb.setText("")
-        icon3 = QtGui.QIcon()
-        icon3.addPixmap(QtGui.QPixmap(":/icons/Icon_Library/Add2.png"), QtGui.QIcon.Normal, QtGui.QIcon.Off)
-        self.add_pb.setIcon(icon3)
-        self.hor_layout.addWidget(self.text_edit)
-
-        verlayout = QtWidgets.QVBoxLayout()
-        verlayout.addWidget(self.add_pb)
-        verlayout.addStretch()
-        self.hor_layout.addLayout(verlayout)
-        self.hor_layout.setSpacing(0)
-        self.setLayout(self.hor_layout)
-
-
-class Plain_text_pbParameter(Parameter):
-    """Editable string; displayed as large text box in the tree."""
-    itemClass = Plain_text_pbParameterItem
-    sigActivated = Signal(object)
-
-    def activate(self):
-        """
-            Send the Activated signal.
-        """
-        self.sigActivated.emit(self)
-        self.emitStateChanged('activated', None)
-
-
-registerParameterType('text_pb', Plain_text_pbParameter, override=True)
-
-
-class TextParameterItemCustom(pTypes.TextParameterItem):
-    def __init__(self, param, depth):
-        super(TextParameterItemCustom, self).__init__(param, depth)
-
-        self.textBox.setMaximumHeight(50)
-
-
-class TextParameter(Parameter):
-    """Editable string; displayed as large text box in the tree."""
-    itemClass = TextParameterItemCustom
-
-
-registerParameterType('text', TextParameter, override=True)
-
-if __name__ == '__main__':
-    app = QtWidgets.QApplication(sys.argv)
-    ex = QTimeCustom()
-    ex.setMinuteIncrement(30)
-    ex.show()
-    sys.exit(app.exec_())