Minimal example handling click in the terminal with Urwid

urwid_click_example.py

#!/usr/bin/env python
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-

from __future__ import print_function, absolute_import, division
import urwid


PALETTE = [
    ('bold', 'bold', ''),
]


def show_or_exit(key):
    if key in ('q', 'Q', 'esc'):
        raise urwid.ExitMainLoop()


class ClickableTextWidget(urwid.WidgetWrap):
    def __init__(self):
        self.text_widget = urwid.Text('[ Click me ]')
        self.count = 0
        super(ClickableTextWidget, self).__init__(self.text_widget)

    def mouse_event(self, size, event, button, col, row, focus):
        if event == 'mouse press':
            self.text_widget.set_text('[ You clicked me %d times ]' % self.count)
            self.count += 1


if __name__ == '__main__':
    header = urwid.Text('Header')
    footer = urwid.Text('Footer')
    widget = urwid.Pile([
        header,
        ClickableTextWidget(),
        footer,
    ])
    widget = urwid.Filler(widget, 'top')
    loop = urwid.MainLoop(widget, PALETTE, unhandled_input=show_or_exit)
    loop.run()