Wait Indicator

The Indicator class provides a simple way to add wait indicator animations to terminal output for long-running operations.

Introduced in FalconPy v1.5.1.

Indicator types

Style	Preview	Description
moon	🌕🌖🌗🌘🌑🌒🌓🌔	Moon phase cycle (default)
clock	🕛🕐🕑🕒🕓🕔🕧🕖🕗🕘🕙🕚	Rotating clock faces
thinking	🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔	Thinking face with slow blink
cylon	ooooooooOooooooooOooooooooOooooooooOooooooooOooooooooOooooooooOooooooooOoooooooo	Bright scan through dim field
kitt	········o·······Oo······oOo······oOo······oOo······oOo······oOo······oOo······oO·······o········	Comet sweep with trail

Properties

Property	Data Type	Mutable	Description
indicator	List of strings	No	Current indicator frames.
position	Integer	Yes	Current position within the indicator list.

Usage

The default indicator is moon. Change it using the style keyword argument.

Moon (default)

from time import sleep
from falconpy import Indicator

wait = Indicator()
for x in range(0, 30):
    print(f" {wait}", end="\r")
    sleep(.25)

Clock

from time import sleep
from falconpy import Indicator

wait = Indicator(style="clock")
for x in range(0, 30):
    print(f" {wait}", end="\r")
    sleep(.25)