Title + padding

Author: C-Earl

bindsnet/rendering/app.py

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 
 class Application():
   def __init__(self, network: GUINetwork, width=1400, height=900, title="BindsNET GUI",
+               header: str | None = None,
                step_rate: int | str = 500, draw_fps: float | None = None):
     self.width, self.height = width, height
     self.network = network
@@ -32,7 +33,21 @@ def __init__(self, network: GUINetwork, width=1400, height=900, title="BindsNET
       size=(self.width, self.height),
       show=True,
     )
-    self.grid = self.canvas.central_widget.add_grid(margin=10)
+    # Top-level layout: an optional centered title spanning the full width, above
+    # the grid of plotting widgets. When there's no title we still reserve a small
+    # spacer row so the topmost axis tick labels aren't clipped by the canvas edge.
+    self.layout = self.canvas.central_widget.add_grid(margin=0)
+    next_row = 0
+    if header is not None:
+      self.title_label = scene.Label(header, color='white', font_size=20, bold=True)
+      self.title_label.height_max = 48
+      self.layout.add_widget(self.title_label, row=next_row, col=0)
+    else:
+      self.title_label = None
+      self.layout.add_widget(row=next_row, col=0).height_max = 12   # top padding
+    next_row += 1
+
+    self.grid = self.layout.add_grid(row=next_row, col=0, margin=10)
 
     # Migrate network tensors to shared OpenGL buffers
     network.migrate()

examples/rendering/main.py

@@ -26,7 +26,8 @@
   INH_TO_EXC_CONNECTIVITY,
   EXC_TO_INH_CONNECTIVITY,
 )
-app = Application(network, 1400, 900, step_rate=99999999999, draw_fps=DRAW_FPS)
+app = Application(network, 1400, 900, header="BindsNET Network Activity",
+                  step_rate=99999999999, draw_fps=DRAW_FPS)
 inputs = {"I": torch.rand(SIM_TIME, BATCH_SIZE, IN_SIZE, device=DEVICE) > 0.90}
 app.add_widget(
   RasterPlot(layer_name="EXC_LIF", max_timesteps=500),