Required arguments shown as optional

[ATran31]

I see you fixed this years ago in #78 but for some reason I am having this problem still. I'm using Gooey 1.0.2 on Python 3.6.8, Windows 7. I initially installed from pip and then tried to correct the issue by cloning the repo. Same result both cases.
My argument definitions:

[elad-eyal]

Here is code to reproduce:

from gooey import Gooey, GooeyParser
@Gooey
def main():
    p=GooeyParser()
    p.add_argument('-s',required=True, widget='FileChooser')
    p.add_argument('-l',widget='DirChooser')
    p.parse_args()
if __name__=='__main__':
    main()

It still exists on 1.0.3-release as well.

However, note that the arguments are not treated as optional; it's only the title "optional argument" which bothers you.

As a workaround, you can create a single argument_group (optionally name it.)

like this:

from gooey import Gooey, GooeyParser
@Gooey
def main():
    p=GooeyParser()
    g=p.add_argument_group()
    g.add_argument('-s',required=True, widget='FileChooser')
    g.add_argument('-l',widget='DirChooser')
    p.parse_args()
if __name__=='__main__':
    main()

[ATran31]

Thanks. I have created required and optional group as a workaround.

[chriskiehl]

Yeah, this comes up a lot. I need to add a FAQ and update the README. short answer: this is by design. Longer answer on this issue: #368

Summary version: The original required/optional split in Gooey was a bad choice and doesn't make sense now that there are first class argument groups. Meaning, there isn't necessarily a top level 'required' group into which you can reliably put everything marked as required while still honoring argument groups. They're exclusive ideas.