[tshirtman] [Kivy] android-like pulldown menu

So, here is the code. first the kv part:

FloatLayout:
    FloatLayout:
        # placeholder for the "normal screen"
        Label:
            center: root.center
            text: 'test content'
            size_hint: None, None
            size: self.texture_size

    ScrollView:
        # container for the "notifications"
        y: dg.top # let's stick it to the top
        x: root.x # and to the left
        size_hint_y: None
        do_scroll_x: False # only vertical scrolling
        do_scroll_y: True
        
        # most of the magic is there, auto adjust size to follow the draggable label
        height: root.top - dg.y

        # let's put a nearly opaque black background
        canvas:
            Color:
                rgba: 0, 0, 0, .8
            Rectangle:
                pos: self.pos
                size: self.size
        
        # the actual notification container, with placeholder content
        BoxLayout:
            size_hint_y: None
            height: 1000
            orientation: 'vertical'
            Label:
                text: 'test'
            Label:
                text: 'test'
            Label:
                text: 'test'
            Label:
                text: 'test'
            Label:
                text: 'test'
            Label:
                text: 'test'
            Label:
                text: 'test'
            Label:
                text: 'test'
            Label:
                text: 'test'

    # the draggable label, which behaviour is defined in python file
    DraggableLabel:
        # some decoration behind the text
        canvas.before:
            Color:
                rgba: 0, 0, 0, 1
            Rectangle:
                pos: self.pos
                size: self.size
            Color:
                rgba: .5, .5, .5, 1
            Rectangle:
                pos: self.pos
                size: self.width, 1

        size_hint_y: None
        top: root.top
        id: dg # assign its id to "dg" so we can reference it elsewhere
        height: '20pt'
        text: 'drag me'

then the python part

from kivy.app import App 
from kivy.uix.label import Label
from kivy.animation import Animation


class DraggableLabel(Label):
    '''A label you can drag upside-down'''
    def on_touch_down(self, touch):
        if self.collide_point(*touch.pos):
            # assure ourselves we will get the updates of this motion
            touch.grab(self)
            return True

        return super(DraggableLabel, self).on_touch_down(touch)

    def on_touch_move(self, touch):
        if touch.grab_current is self:
            # really straightforward...
            self.y = touch.y
            return True

        return super(DraggableLabel, self).on_touch_move(touch)

    def on_touch_up(self, touch):
        if touch.grab_current is self:
            # check if the movement direction was up or down
            if touch.dy < 0:
                a = Animation(y=0) # down? put the bar all the way down
            else:
                a = Animation(top=self.parent.top) # up? put it at the top

            a.start(self) # actually start the animation
            return True

        return super(DraggableLabel, self).on_touch_up(touch)


class TabApp(App):
    pass


TabApp().run()

I think it doesn’t really need more explanations, the DraggableLabel is looking for touch events that are for it, first if they are on it, then if they are grabbed by itself, and move accordingly, and the kv auto adjust the size of the ScrollView to take all the distance between top of the screen and top of the DraggableLabel.

Of course, if things are not clear, feel free to ask questions :)