Python object browser implemented in Qt.

Shows an object in a tree view so that you can examine its attributes recursively (e.g. browse through a list of dictionaries).

From the View menu you can select some extra columns, for instance the object ID column.

The details pane at the bottom shows object properties that do not fit on one line, such as the docstrings and the output of various functions of the inspect module from the Python standard library.

1. Install PySide: http://qt-project.org/wiki/Category:LanguageBindings::PySide

2. Run the installer:

   %> sudo python setup.py install
   

To examine a dictionary (or any other Python object):

from objbrowser import browse
d = {'hello': 'hallo', 'world': 'wereld'} 
browse(d, obj_name='d')

If you omit the obj_name parameter, the path column will not start with the object name but with the item names.

To pause program execution and examine all local variables:

from objbrowser import browse
from datetime import datetime

def my_fun():
    now = datetime.utcnow()
    browse(locals())

my_fun()

To open two object browser windows simultaneously:

from objbrowser import create_object_browser, execute

# Make sure to keep the (loc_browser and glb_browser) references until
# execute() has finished. Otherwise the windows will be garbage-collected.
loc_browser = create_object_browser(locals(), obj_name = 'locals()')
glb_browser = create_object_browser(globals(), obj_name = 'globals()')
execute()

If the show_special_methods parameter is False, the objects special methods, i.e. methods with a name that starts and ends with two underscores, will be hidden.

If the show_root_node parameter is False (the default), the attributes of the object will be placed as top level items in the tree. Otherwise, the a single node with of the object will be the top level item.

If the width and height parameters are given, the window will be resized.

from objbrowser import browse

browse(range(0, 10), obj_name='list', 
       show_special_methods = False,
       show_root_node = True, 
       width = 1000, height = 600)