we have nice looing gui now

src/view/gui.py

@@ -1,8 +1,17 @@
 import tkinter as tk
+from typing import Type
+from PIL import ImageTk, Image
+import os
 
 from logic.board import Board
 from logic.move import Move
+from logic.pieces.bishop import Bishop
+from logic.pieces.king import King
+from logic.pieces.knight import Knight
+from logic.pieces.pawn import Pawn
 from logic.pieces.piece import Colour, Piece
+from logic.pieces.queen import Queen
+from logic.pieces.rook import Rook
 from logic.position import Position
 from view.view import View
 
@@ -21,26 +30,55 @@ class GUI(View):
 
         self.canvas.bind("<Button-1>", self._on_canvas_click)
 
+        self._piece_images = self._load_piece_images("res/")
+
+    def _piece_svg(self, root: str, piece: Type[Piece], colour: Colour) -> ImageTk.PhotoImage:
+        piece_name = piece.__name__.lower()
+
+        path = os.path.join(root, f"{"white" if colour == Colour.WHITE else "black"}-{piece_name}.png")
+        img = Image.open(path)
+        size = int(self.tile_size * .85)
+        # img = img.resize((size, size))
+
+        if img.mode == "LA":
+            img = img.convert(mode="RGBA")
+            img.save(path)
+
+        return ImageTk.PhotoImage(img)
+
+    def _load_piece_images(self, root: str) -> dict[Type[Piece], dict[Colour, ImageTk.PhotoImage]]:
+        ret = {}
+        for piece in [Pawn, Rook, Knight, Bishop, Queen, King]:
+            if piece not in ret:
+                ret[piece] = {}
+            ret[piece][Colour.WHITE] = self._piece_svg(root, piece, Colour.WHITE)
+            ret[piece][Colour.BLACK] = self._piece_svg(root, piece, Colour.BLACK)
+
+        return ret
+
     def _on_canvas_click(self, event):
         x, y = event.x // self.tile_size, event.y // self.tile_size
         y = 7 - y
 
         self._controller.on_tile_selected(x, y)
 
+
     def update_board(self, board: Board, selected_piece: Piece, legal_moves: list[Move]) -> None:
         self.canvas.delete("all")
         self._draw_chess_board(board, selected_piece, legal_moves)
 
-    def _draw_chess_board(self, board, selected_piece = None, legal_moves = []):
+
-        colours = ["#F0D9B5", "#B58863"]  # Light and dark squares
+    def _draw_chess_board(self, board: Board, selected_piece = None, legal_moves = []):
+        colours = ["#EDD6B0", "#B88762"]  # Light and dark squares
+        alt_colours = ["#F6EB72", "#DCC34B"]  # Light and dark squares, when selected
+        circle_colours = ["#CCB897", "#9E7454"] # circles to show legal moves
 
         for y in range(8):
             for x in range(8):
                 colour = colours[(x + y) % 2]
-                if selected_piece is not None:
+                pos = Position(x, 7-y)
-                    possible_positions = [move.pos for move in legal_moves] 
+                if selected_piece is not None and pos == selected_piece.pos:
-                    if Position(x, 7-y) in possible_positions:
+                    colour = alt_colours[(x + y) % 2]
-                        colour = "#ADD8E6"  # Highlight legal moves
 
                 self.canvas.create_rectangle(
                     x * self.tile_size, 
@@ -51,16 +89,29 @@ class GUI(View):
                     outline=colour,
                 )
 
+                if selected_piece is not None:
+                    possible_positions = [move.pos for move in legal_moves] 
+                    if pos in possible_positions:
+                        radius = .15 * self.tile_size
+                        colour = circle_colours[(x + y) % 2]
+                        self.canvas.create_oval(
+                            (x + .5) * self.tile_size - radius,
+                            (y + .5) * self.tile_size - radius,
+                            (x + .5) * self.tile_size + radius,
+                            (y + .5) * self.tile_size + radius,
+                            fill=colour,
+                            outline=colour,
+                        )
+
+
                 piece = board.piece_at(x, 7-y)
 
                 if piece:
-                    text_colour = "white" if piece.colour == Colour.WHITE else "black"
+                    self.canvas.create_image(
-                    self.canvas.create_text(
                         (x + 0.5) * self.tile_size, 
-                        (y + 0.5) * self.tile_size, 
+                        (y + 0.9) * self.tile_size, 
-                        text=piece.__class__.__name__[0], 
+                        image=self._piece_images[type(piece)][piece.colour],
-                        fill=text_colour, 
+                        anchor=tk.S,
-                        font=("Arial", 32, "bold")
                     )
 
                 # Cell annotations
@@ -68,19 +119,19 @@ class GUI(View):
 
                 if x == 0: # numbers in the top left of the first column
                     self.canvas.create_text(
-                        (x + 0.15) * self.tile_size, 
+                        (x + .15) * self.tile_size, 
-                        (y + 0.15) * self.tile_size, 
+                        (y + .15) * self.tile_size, 
                         text=8-y, 
                         fill=text_colour, 
-                        font=("Arial", 10, "bold")
+                        font=("Arial", 12, "bold")
                     )
                 if y == 7: # numbers in the top left of the first column
                     self.canvas.create_text(
-                        (x + 0.85) * self.tile_size, 
+                        (x + .85) * self.tile_size, 
-                        (y + 0.85) * self.tile_size, 
+                        (y + .85) * self.tile_size, 
                         text="abcdefgh"[x], 
                         fill=text_colour, 
-                        font=("Arial", 10, "bold")
+                        font=("Arial", 12, "bold")
                     )
 
     def show(self) -> None: