🚀 Enhance Your Tech Helper Now—More Solutions!

Adding More Problems and Solutions Dynamically to Your Tech Troubleshooting Helper!

Now that you've built a basic version of your Tech Troubleshooting Helper, it's time to level up and make it even more powerful. 🎉

How?

By allowing users (or you!) to add new problems and solutions dynamically, so your app can keep growing and help with even more tech issues.

In this post, I’ll guide you through how to let users add problems and their solutions easily — all while keeping the learning simple, fun, and beginner-friendly!

Step 1: Create a Way to Add New Problems and Solutions

To give users the ability to add more tech problems to your app, we'll create a simple form that lets them input a new problem and a list of possible solutions.

Think of this like a "Troubleshooting Editor"!

We'll add new input fields to the PySimpleGUI layout where users can:

• Enter a problem name (like "My screen is flickering").

• Input solutions (like "Check screen connection", "Update display drivers", etc.).

Here’s how the new layout will look:

layout = [

    [sg.Text('Select a Tech Problem:')],

    [sg.Listbox(values=list(troubleshooting_guide.keys()), size=(30, 6), key='-PROBLEM-', enable_events=True)],

    [sg.Text('Suggested Steps:'), sg.Text('', key='-SOLUTION-')],

    [sg.Button('Next Step'), sg.Button('Restart'), sg.Button('Exit')],

    [sg.Text('Add New Problem Below')],

    [sg.InputText('Problem Name', key='-NEW_PROBLEM-')],

    [sg.Multiline('Enter solutions here, one per line', size=(30, 6), key='-NEW_SOLUTIONS-')],

    [sg.Button('Add Problem')]

]

We’ve added:

• A Text Input field for the new problem.

• A Multiline Input for entering multiple solutions (each on a new line).

• A button to Add Problem to the troubleshooting guide.

Step 2: Handle the New Problem Input

Once users fill out the new problem and solutions, we need to capture this data and update the troubleshooting_guide.

We’ll read the values from the input fields when they press the Add Problem button.

Here’s the code that processes the new problem and adds it to the guide:

def add_new_problem(values):

    new_problem = values['-NEW_PROBLEM-']

    new_solutions = values['-NEW_SOLUTIONS-'].split('\n')

    if new_problem and new_solutions:

        troubleshooting_guide[new_problem] = new_solutions

        window['-PROBLEM-'].update(values=list(troubleshooting_guide.keys()))

        sg.popup(f'Problem "{new_problem}" added successfully!')

What’s Happening Here:

1. Reading the User Input: We get the problem name from values['-NEW_PROBLEM-'] and the solutions by splitting the input text into a list (`.split('\n')`).

2. Updating the Guide: The new problem and its solutions are added to the dictionary troubleshooting_guide.

3. Refreshing the GUI: We update the list of problems so the user can see the newly added problem in the list box.

4. Popup Message: We display a success message to confirm the new problem was added.

Step 3: Integrate This Into the Main Loop

Now, we need to listen for the Add Problem button and call our add_new_problem() function when it's clicked.

Here’s how to modify the event loop:

while True:

    event, values = window.read()

    if event sg.WINDOW_CLOSED or event 'Exit':

        break

    if event == '-PROBLEM-':

        problem = values['-PROBLEM-'][0]

        current_step = 0

        solutions = troubleshooting_guide[problem]

        window['-SOLUTION-'].update(solutions[current_step])

    if event == 'Next Step':

        current_step += 1

        if current_step < len(solutions):

            window['-SOLUTION-'].update(solutions[current_step])

        else:

            window['-SOLUTION-'].update('No more steps. Problem solved?')

    if event == 'Restart':

        current_step = 0

        window['-SOLUTION-'].update(solutions[current_step])

    if event == 'Add Problem':

        add_new_problem(values)

What’s Happening Here:

• We’ve added an event handler for the "Add Problem" button.

• When the button is clicked, we call add_new_problem(values) to update the guide.

Step 4: Test Your App’s New Flexibility!

You’ve just added the ability for users to dynamically add new problems and solutions! 🎉

Here’s what you can do next:

• Try adding a new problem: Enter a common issue, like “Screen not displaying” with a few solutions (“Check power connection”, “Restart monitor”).

• Add more solutions to existing problems: You can also modify the code to allow users to append solutions to an existing problem.

The Full Code:

import PySimpleGUI as sg

# Define the tech problems and their solutions

troubleshooting_guide = {

    'Computer Running Slow': [

        'Close unnecessary background apps',

        'Restart your computer',

        'Clear temporary files and cache',

        'Check for software updates'

    ],

    'Wi-Fi Connection Issues': [

        'Restart your modem and router',

        'Check if you are connected to the correct Wi-Fi network',

        'Move closer to the router',

        'Reset your network settings'

    ],

    'Smartphone Not Charging': [

        'Try a different charging cable or adapter',

        'Clean the charging port carefully',

        'Restart your smartphone',

        'Check the charging settings or try a different power source'

    ]

}

# GUI Layout

layout = [

    [sg.Text('Select a Tech Problem:')],

    [sg.Listbox(values=list(troubleshooting_guide.keys()), size=(30, 6), key='-PROBLEM-', enable_events=True)],

    [sg.Text('Suggested Steps:'), sg.Text('', key='-SOLUTION-')],

    [sg.Button('Next Step'), sg.Button('Restart'), sg.Button('Exit')],

    [sg.Text('Add New Problem Below')],

    [sg.InputText('Problem Name', key='-NEW_PROBLEM-')],

    [sg.Multiline('Enter solutions here, one per line', size=(30, 6), key='-NEW_SOLUTIONS-')],

    [sg.Button('Add Problem')]

]

# Create the window

window = sg.Window('Tech Troubleshooting Helper', layout)

# Troubleshooting logic

def troubleshoot(problem):

    solutions = troubleshooting_guide[problem]

    current_step = 0

    while True:

        event, values = window.read()

        if event sg.WINDOW_CLOSED or event 'Exit':

            break

        if event == '-PROBLEM-':

            problem = values['-PROBLEM-'][0]

            current_step = 0

            solutions = troubleshooting_guide[problem]

            window['-SOLUTION-'].update(solutions[current_step])

        if event == 'Next Step':

            current_step += 1

            if current_step < len(solutions):

                window['-SOLUTION-'].update(solutions[current_step])

            else:

                window['-SOLUTION-'].update('No more steps. Problem solved?')

        if event == 'Restart':

            current_step = 0

            window['-SOLUTION-'].update(solutions[current_step])

        if event == 'Add Problem':

            add_new_problem(values)

def add_new_problem(values):

    new_problem = values['-NEW_PROBLEM-']

    new_solutions = values['-NEW_SOLUTIONS-'].split('\n')

    if new_problem and new_solutions:

        troubleshooting_guide[new_problem] = new_solutions

        window['-PROBLEM-'].update(values=list(troubleshooting_guide.keys()))

        sg.popup(f'Problem "{new_problem}" added successfully!')

# Start troubleshooting

troubleshoot('Computer Running Slow')

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What’s Next? 📅🚀

Your Tech Troubleshooting Helper is now more flexible and user-friendly!

In the next post, we’ll explore how to save and load the troubleshooting guide so users don’t lose their custom problems and solutions when they close the app.

Stay tuned, and happy troubleshooting!

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