docs: add tutorial on how to add StartScan Button

2026-04-09 10:10:55 +02:00 · 2024-06-14 14:30:40 +02:00
315 changed files with 6610 additions and 16179 deletions
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -43,20 +43,13 @@ stages:
  - export QTWEBENGINE_DISABLE_SANDBOX=1

 .clone-repos: &clone-repos
-  - echo -e "\033[35;1m Using branch $BEC_CORE_BRANCH of BEC CORE \033[0;m";
  - git clone --branch $BEC_CORE_BRANCH https://gitlab.psi.ch/bec/bec.git
-  - echo -e "\033[35;1m Using branch $OPHYD_DEVICES_BRANCH of OPHYD_DEVICES \033[0;m";
  - git clone --branch $OPHYD_DEVICES_BRANCH https://gitlab.psi.ch/bec/ophyd_devices.git
  - export OHPYD_DEVICES_PATH=$PWD/ophyd_devices

-.install-repos: &install-repos
-  - pip install -e ./ophyd_devices
-  - pip install -e ./bec/bec_lib[dev]
-  - pip install -e ./bec/bec_ipython_client
-
 .install-os-packages: &install-os-packages
  - apt-get update
-  - apt-get install -y libgl1-mesa-glx libegl1-mesa x11-utils libxkbcommon-x11-0 libdbus-1-3 xvfb
+  - apt-get install -y libgl1-mesa-glx libegl1-mesa x11-utils libxkbcommon-x11-0 libdbus-1-3
  - *install-qt-webengine-deps

 before_script:
@@ -138,7 +131,8 @@ tests:
  script:
    - *clone-repos
    - *install-os-packages
-    - *install-repos
+    - pip install -e ./bec/bec_lib[dev]
+    - pip install -e ./bec/bec_ipython_client
    - pip install -e .[dev,pyqt6]
    - coverage run --source=./bec_widgets -m pytest -v --junitxml=report.xml --random-order --full-trace ./tests/unit_tests
    - coverage report
@@ -150,9 +144,6 @@ tests:
      coverage_report:
        coverage_format: cobertura
        path: coverage.xml
-    paths:
-      - tests/reference_failures/
-    when: always

 test-matrix:
  parallel:
@@ -163,6 +154,7 @@ test-matrix:
          - "3.12"
        QT_PCKG:
          - "pyside6"
+          - "pyqt5"
          - "pyqt6"

  stage: AdditionalTests
@@ -175,7 +167,8 @@ test-matrix:
  script:
    - *clone-repos
    - *install-os-packages
-    - *install-repos
+    - pip install -e ./bec/bec_lib[dev]
+    - pip install -e ./bec/bec_ipython_client
    - pip install -e .[dev,$QT_PCKG]
    - pytest -v --junitxml=report.xml --random-order ./tests/unit_tests
  allow_failure: true
@@ -200,9 +193,10 @@ end-2-end-conda:

    - cd ./bec
    - source ./bin/install_bec_dev.sh -t
-    - cd ../
-    - pip install -e ./ophyd_devices

+    - pip install -e ./bec_lib[dev]
+    - pip install -e ./bec_ipython_client[dev]
+    - cd ../
    - pip install -e .[dev,pyqt6]
    - cd ./tests/end-2-end
    - pytest -v --start-servers --flush-redis --random-order
--- a/.pylintrc
+++ b/.pylintrc
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # A comma-separated list of package or module names from where C extensions may
 # be loaded. Extensions are loading into the active Python interpreter and may
 # run arbitrary code.
-extension-pkg-allow-list=PyQt6, PySide6, pyqtgraph
+extension-pkg-allow-list=PyQt5, pyqtgraph

 # A comma-separated list of package or module names from where C extensions may
 # be loaded. Extensions are loading into the active Python interpreter and may
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,147 +1,176 @@
 # CHANGELOG

-## v0.92.2 (2024-07-28)
+
+
+## v0.63.2 (2024-06-14)

 ### Fix

-* fix(widgets): fixed import for tictactoe example ([`995a795`](https://gitlab.psi.ch/bec/bec_widgets/-/commit/995a795060bebe25c17108d80ae0fa30463f03b1))
+* fix: do not import &#34;server&#34; in client, prevents from having trouble with QApplication creation order

-## v0.92.1 (2024-07-28)
-
-### Build
-
-* build(ci): install ophyd_devices in editable mode for pipelines ([`06205e0`](https://gitlab.psi.ch/bec/bec_widgets/-/commit/06205e07903d93accf40abab153f440059f236ed))
-
-### Fix
-
-* fix: use SafeSlot instead of Slot ([`bc1e239`](https://gitlab.psi.ch/bec/bec_widgets/-/commit/bc1e23944cc0e5a861e3d0b4dc5b4ac6292d5269))
-
-* fix: linting ([`a3fe205`](https://gitlab.psi.ch/bec/bec_widgets/-/commit/a3fe20500ae2ac03dcde07432f7e21ce5262ce46))
-
-* fix: always add a QApplication for tests ([`61a4e32`](https://gitlab.psi.ch/bec/bec_widgets/-/commit/61a4e32deb337ed27f2f43358b88b7266413b58e))
-
-* fix: add xvfb to draw offscreen ([`3d681f7`](https://gitlab.psi.ch/bec/bec_widgets/-/commit/3d681f77e144e74138fc5fa65630004d7c166878))
-
-* fix: reset ErrorPopup singleton between tests ([`5a9ccfd`](https://gitlab.psi.ch/bec/bec_widgets/-/commit/5a9ccfd1f6d2aacd5d86c1a34f74163b272d1ae4))
-
-* fix: metaclass + QObject segfaults PyQt(cpp bindings) ([`fc57b7a`](https://gitlab.psi.ch/bec/bec_widgets/-/commit/fc57b7a1262031a2df9e6a99493db87e766b779a))
-
-### Refactor
-
-* refactor: renamed DeviceMonitor2DMessage ([`4be6fd6`](https://gitlab.psi.ch/bec/bec_widgets/-/commit/4be6fd6b83ea1048f16310f7d2bbe777b13b245e))
-
-* refactor: rename device_monitor to device_monitor_2d ([`714e1e1`](https://gitlab.psi.ch/bec/bec_widgets/-/commit/714e1e139e0033d2725fefb636c419ca137a68c6))
-
-## v0.92.0 (2024-07-24)
-
-### Feature
-
-* feat(dock): dock style sheets updated ([`8ca60d5`](https://gitlab.psi.ch/bec/bec_widgets/-/commit/8ca60d54b3cfa621172ce097fc1ba514c47ebac7))
-
-* feat(general_gui): general gui added ([`5696c99`](https://gitlab.psi.ch/bec/bec_widgets/-/commit/5696c993dc1c0da40ff3e99f754c246cc017ea32))
-
-### Fix
-
-* fix(dock): custom label can be created closable ([`4457ef2`](https://gitlab.psi.ch/bec/bec_widgets/-/commit/4457ef2147e21b856c9dcaf63c81ba98002dcaf1))
-
-* fix(device_combobox): set minimum size to 125px ([`1206e15`](https://gitlab.psi.ch/bec/bec_widgets/-/commit/1206e153094cd8505badf69a1461572a76b4c5ad))
-
-## v0.91.0 (2024-07-23)
-
-### Feature
-
-* feat(dock_area): plugin added ([`a16b87a`](https://gitlab.psi.ch/bec/bec_widgets/-/commit/a16b87ac28d164230dd2e8020f50ff3a63cd407e))
-
-* feat(dock_area): Added toolbar to dock area to add widgets without CLI interactions ([`cce1367`](https://gitlab.psi.ch/bec/bec_widgets/-/commit/cce1367a72fca7206d351894bd1831b7bbfa7ec6))
-
-* feat(toolbar): expandable menu actions ([`28f26e9`](https://gitlab.psi.ch/bec/bec_widgets/-/commit/28f26e92a46063db1a194be552156a5d3b2c43e7))
-
-### Fix
-
-* fix(status_item): icons changed to material design ([`1b9c55a`](https://gitlab.psi.ch/bec/bec_widgets/-/commit/1b9c55a46a0dfd8678c8e95ff64dd6e8cfb9233e))
-
-* fix(plugins): Qt Designer plugins icons adjusted ([`f4844d2`](https://gitlab.psi.ch/bec/bec_widgets/-/commit/f4844d2e067ce75dc64b89b230d7932b308ddfc2))
-
-### Test
-
-* test(dock_area): tests extended ([`06fab0e`](https://gitlab.psi.ch/bec/bec_widgets/-/commit/06fab0eab926cef5677d4988fd1fce09da342dd8))
-
-## v0.90.0 (2024-07-23)
-
-### Feature
-
-* feat(image_widget): plugin added ([`4371168`](https://gitlab.psi.ch/bec/bec_widgets/-/commit/43711680ba253f81fb0ffe764bcaae701b02bb49))
-
-* feat(image_widget): all toolbar actions added ([`501eb92`](https://gitlab.psi.ch/bec/bec_widgets/-/commit/501eb923f12fa6aaa93f5428ca78e57694edfbc0))
-
-* feat(image_widget): image_widget added ([`6a9317f`](https://gitlab.psi.ch/bec/bec_widgets/-/commit/6a9317facda896ee784c7fc1db0cd3d68cdfcf73))
-
-### Fix
-
-* fix(axis_setting): fix compatibility for issue with horizontal line for PyQt6 ([`1cf6e32`](https://gitlab.psi.ch/bec/bec_widgets/-/commit/1cf6e32303f82bc7c3f3391d0e96a88bc31f29fc))
-
-* fix(image_widget): image_widget autorange fixed ([`7f49893`](https://gitlab.psi.ch/bec/bec_widgets/-/commit/7f49893d2ce3b9d02efa764f7f10442ed6ab8f3c))
-
-* fix(image_widget): image widget adjusted ([`3d2ca48`](https://gitlab.psi.ch/bec/bec_widgets/-/commit/3d2ca4855c36fe0af59a4b540caa3c8023a81773))
-
-* fix(image): only single monitor image is allowed ([`fe7e542`](https://gitlab.psi.ch/bec/bec_widgets/-/commit/fe7e542b19dc5b401523501acb74ac03edf62ad4))
-
-* fix(image): raw data are saved in image item to always have precise processing ([`c15035b`](https://gitlab.psi.ch/bec/bec_widgets/-/commit/c15035b6b769a96780a16da9e7f75af3b823654c))
-
-### Refactor
-
-* refactor(jupyter_console_example): added examples of standalone widgets ([`ba0d1ea`](https://gitlab.psi.ch/bec/bec_widgets/-/commit/ba0d1ea9031b4ae2e2e73bf269fbfad973b924a5))
-
-### Test
-
-* test(image_widget): tests added ([`70fb276`](https://gitlab.psi.ch/bec/bec_widgets/-/commit/70fb276fdf31dffc105435d3dfe7c5caea0b10ce))
-
-## v0.89.0 (2024-07-22)
-
-### Feature
-
-* feat(themes): moved themes to bec_qthemes ([`3798714`](https://gitlab.psi.ch/bec/bec_widgets/-/commit/3798714369adf4023f833b7749d2f46a0ec74eee))
+Like with QtWebEngine ([`6f96498`](https://gitlab.psi.ch/bec/bec_widgets/-/commit/6f96498de66358b89f3a2035627eed2e02dde5a1))

 ### Unknown

-* Revert &#34;feat(themes): moved themes to bec_qthemes&#34;
+* Reapply &#34;feat: implement non-polling, interruptible waiting of gui instruction response with timeout&#34;

-This reverts commit 3798714369adf4023f833b7749d2f46a0ec74eee ([`fd6ae91`](https://gitlab.psi.ch/bec/bec_widgets/-/commit/fd6ae91993a23a7b8dbb2cf3c4b7c3eda6d2b0f6))
+This reverts commit fe04dd80e59a0e74f7fdea603e0642707ecc7c2a. ([`836b6e6`](https://gitlab.psi.ch/bec/bec_widgets/-/commit/836b6e64f694916d6b6f909dedf11a4a6d2c86a4))

-## v0.88.1 (2024-07-22)
+
+## v0.63.1 (2024-06-13)
+
+### Fix
+
+* fix: just terminate the remote process in close() instead of communicating
+
+The proper finalization sequence will be executed by the remote process
+on SIGTERM ([`9263f8e`](https://gitlab.psi.ch/bec/bec_widgets/-/commit/9263f8ef5c17ae7a007a1a564baf787b39061756))
+
+
+## v0.63.0 (2024-06-13)

 ### Documentation

-* docs: readthedocs icon path fixed ([`2bcaa42`](https://gitlab.psi.ch/bec/bec_widgets/-/commit/2bcaa4256d6daaefacb3ead8c72458d7b1498e29))
-
-### Fix
-
-* fix(plot_base): set_xy autorange moved to plotbase from waveform ([`a3dff7d`](https://gitlab.psi.ch/bec/bec_widgets/-/commit/a3dff7decc16115c12dc6b4ef1572552368da309))
-
-### Refactor
-
-* refactor(toolbar): generalizations of the ToolBarAction ([`ad112d1`](https://gitlab.psi.ch/bec/bec_widgets/-/commit/ad112d1f08157f6987edd48a0bacf9f669ef1997))
-
-## v0.88.0 (2024-07-19)
+* docs: add documentation ([`bc709c4`](https://gitlab.psi.ch/bec/bec_widgets/-/commit/bc709c4184c985d4e721f9ea7d1b3dad5e9153a7))

 ### Feature

-* feat(waveform_widget): designer plugin added ([`1f8ef52`](https://gitlab.psi.ch/bec/bec_widgets/-/commit/1f8ef52b606283038052640849094f515a463403))
+* feat: add textbox widget ([`d9d4e3c`](https://gitlab.psi.ch/bec/bec_widgets/-/commit/d9d4e3c9bf73ab2a5629c2867b50fc91e69489ec))

-* feat(waveform_widget): switch between drag and rectangle mode ([`2be009c`](https://gitlab.psi.ch/bec/bec_widgets/-/commit/2be009c6477ba26c5cfb4d827534c5d5eb428999))
+### Refactor

-* feat(waveform_widget): autorange button ([`8df6b00`](https://gitlab.psi.ch/bec/bec_widgets/-/commit/8df6b003e5c6a942fa2e875d9790e492c087bf26))
-
-### Fix
-
-* fix(waveform_widget): plot API unified with BECFigure ([`2c8764a`](https://gitlab.psi.ch/bec/bec_widgets/-/commit/2c8764a27de89b39b717032b58465e120ec57fbc))
-
-* fix(colormap_selector): compatibility for PyQt6 when using designer fixed ([`50135b5`](https://gitlab.psi.ch/bec/bec_widgets/-/commit/50135b5fe90a88618291e9357f180cb19251dace))
-
-* fix(waveform_widget): adapted for BECWidget base class ([`6eb313f`](https://gitlab.psi.ch/bec/bec_widgets/-/commit/6eb313fa76e559d62ecd8fa8849142b83817e47c))
-
-* fix(waveform_widget): temporary disabled save/load config ([`7089cf3`](https://gitlab.psi.ch/bec/bec_widgets/-/commit/7089cf356a43d805241d5621952e544d690e65e0))
+* refactor: add pydantic config, add change_theme ([`6b8432f`](https://gitlab.psi.ch/bec/bec_widgets/-/commit/6b8432f5b20a71175a3537b5f6832b76e3b67d73))

 ### Test

-* test(waveform_widget): test added ([`8d764e2`](https://gitlab.psi.ch/bec/bec_widgets/-/commit/8d764e2d46a1e017dadc3c4630648c1ca708afc2))
+* test: add test for text box ([`b49462a`](https://gitlab.psi.ch/bec/bec_widgets/-/commit/b49462abeb186e56bac79d2ef0b0add1ef28a1a5))
+
+### Unknown
+
+* Revert &#34;feat: implement non-polling, interruptible waiting of gui instruction response with timeout&#34;
+
+This reverts commit abc6caa2d0b6141dfbe1f3d025f78ae14deddcb3 ([`fe04dd8`](https://gitlab.psi.ch/bec/bec_widgets/-/commit/fe04dd80e59a0e74f7fdea603e0642707ecc7c2a))
+
+
+## v0.62.0 (2024-06-12)
+
+### Feature
+
+* feat: implement non-polling, interruptible waiting of gui instruction response with timeout ([`abc6caa`](https://gitlab.psi.ch/bec/bec_widgets/-/commit/abc6caa2d0b6141dfbe1f3d025f78ae14deddcb3))
+
+### Unknown
+
+* doc: add documentation about creating custom GUI applications embedding BEC Widgets ([`17a0068`](https://gitlab.psi.ch/bec/bec_widgets/-/commit/17a00687579f5efab1990cd83862ec0e78198633))
+
+
+## v0.61.0 (2024-06-12)
+
+### Feature
+
+* feat(widgets/stop_button): General stop button added ([`61ba08d`](https://gitlab.psi.ch/bec/bec_widgets/-/commit/61ba08d0b8df9f48f5c54c7c2b4e6d395206e7e6))
+
+### Refactor
+
+* refactor: improve labe of auto_update script ([`40b5688`](https://gitlab.psi.ch/bec/bec_widgets/-/commit/40b568815893cd41af3531bb2e647ca1e2e315f4))
+
+
+## v0.60.0 (2024-06-08)
+
+### Ci
+
+* ci: added git fetch for target branch ([`fc4f4f8`](https://gitlab.psi.ch/bec/bec_widgets/-/commit/fc4f4f81ad1be99cf5112f2188a46c5bed2679ee))
+
+* ci: fixed pylint-check ([`6b1d582`](https://gitlab.psi.ch/bec/bec_widgets/-/commit/6b1d5827d6599f06a3acd316060a8d25f0686d54))
+
+* ci: cleanup ([`11173b9`](https://gitlab.psi.ch/bec/bec_widgets/-/commit/11173b9c0a7dc4b36e35962042e5b86407da49f1))
+
+### Feature
+
+* feat: added isort to bw-generate-cli ([`f0391f5`](https://gitlab.psi.ch/bec/bec_widgets/-/commit/f0391f59c9eb0a51b693fccfe2e399e869d35dda))
+
+* feat: added entry point for bw-generate-cli ([`1c7f491`](https://gitlab.psi.ch/bec/bec_widgets/-/commit/1c7f4912ce5998e666276969bf4af8656d619a91))
+
+* feat(cli): auto-discover rpc-enabled widgets ([`df1be10`](https://gitlab.psi.ch/bec/bec_widgets/-/commit/df1be10057a5e85a3f35bef1c1b27366b6727276))
+
+### Fix
+
+* fix: removed BECConnector from rpc client interface ([`6428e38`](https://gitlab.psi.ch/bec/bec_widgets/-/commit/6428e38ab94c15a2c904e75cc6404bb6d0394e04))
+
+* fix: added bec_ipython_client as dependency; needed for jupyter widget ([`006a089`](https://gitlab.psi.ch/bec/bec_widgets/-/commit/006a0894b85cba3b2773737ed6fe3e92c81cdee0))
+
+* fix(BECFigure): removed duplicated user access for plot ([`954c576`](https://gitlab.psi.ch/bec/bec_widgets/-/commit/954c576131f7deac669ddf9f51eeb1d41b6f92b7))
+
+* fix(bec_connector): field validator should be a classmethod ([`867720a`](https://gitlab.psi.ch/bec/bec_widgets/-/commit/867720a897b6713bd0df9af71ffdd11a6a380f7d))
+
+### Refactor
+
+* refactor: minor cleanup ([`3adf6cf`](https://gitlab.psi.ch/bec/bec_widgets/-/commit/3adf6cfd586355c8b8ce7fdc9722f868e22287c5))
+
+* refactor: disabled pylint for auto-gen client ([`b15816c`](https://gitlab.psi.ch/bec/bec_widgets/-/commit/b15816ca9fd3e4ae87cca5fcfe029b4dfca570ca))
+
+* refactor(isort): added bec_widgets as known first party package ([`9c5a471`](https://gitlab.psi.ch/bec/bec_widgets/-/commit/9c5a471234ed2928e4527b079436db2a807c5f6f))
+
+* refactor(dock): parent_dock_area changed to orig_area (native for pyqtgraph) ([`2b40602`](https://gitlab.psi.ch/bec/bec_widgets/-/commit/2b40602bdc593ece0447ec926c2100414bd5cf67))
+
+### Test
+
+* test: added missing pylint statement to header ([`f662985`](https://gitlab.psi.ch/bec/bec_widgets/-/commit/f6629852ebc2b4ee239fa560cc310a5ae2627cf7))
+
+
+## v0.59.1 (2024-06-07)
+
+### Fix
+
+* fix(curve): set_color_map_z typo fixed in user access ([`e7838b0`](https://gitlab.psi.ch/bec/bec_widgets/-/commit/e7838b0f2fc23b0a232ed7d68fbd7f3493a91b9e))
+
+
+## v0.59.0 (2024-06-07)
+
+### Build
+
+* build: added webengine dependency ([`d56c549`](https://gitlab.psi.ch/bec/bec_widgets/-/commit/d56c5493cd28f379d04a79d90b01c73b0760da1b))
+
+### Ci
+
+* ci: merged additional tests to parallel matrix job ([`178fe4d`](https://gitlab.psi.ch/bec/bec_widgets/-/commit/178fe4d2da3a959f7cd90e7ea0f47314dc1ef4ed))
+
+* ci: added webengine dependencies ([`2d79ef8`](https://gitlab.psi.ch/bec/bec_widgets/-/commit/2d79ef8fe5e52c61f4a78782770377cd6b41958b))
+
+### Documentation
+
+* docs: added website docs ([`cf6e5a4`](https://gitlab.psi.ch/bec/bec_widgets/-/commit/cf6e5a40fc8320e9898a446a5bf14b77e94ef013))
+
+### Feature
+
+* feat(widget): added simple website widget with rpc ([`64abd67`](https://gitlab.psi.ch/bec/bec_widgets/-/commit/64abd67b9b416bff9c89880b248d6e8639aa1e70))
+
+
+## v0.58.1 (2024-06-07)
+
+### Fix
+
+* fix(dock): new dock can be detached upon creation ([`02a2608`](https://gitlab.psi.ch/bec/bec_widgets/-/commit/02a26086c4540127a11c235cba30afc4fd712007))
+
+
+## v0.58.0 (2024-06-07)
+
+### Feature
+
+* feat(utils.colors): general color validators ([`3094632`](https://gitlab.psi.ch/bec/bec_widgets/-/commit/30946321348abc349fb4003dc39d0232dc19606c))
+
+### Fix
+
+* fix: bar colormap dynamic setting ([`67fd5e8`](https://gitlab.psi.ch/bec/bec_widgets/-/commit/67fd5e8581f60fe64027ac57f1f12cefa4d28343))
+
+* fix: formatting isort ([`bf699ec`](https://gitlab.psi.ch/bec/bec_widgets/-/commit/bf699ec1fbe2aacd31854e84fb0438c336840fcf))
+
+* fix(curve): 2D scatter updated if color_map_z is changed ([`6985ff0`](https://gitlab.psi.ch/bec/bec_widgets/-/commit/6985ff0fcef9791b53198206ec8cbccd1d65ef99))
+
+* fix(curve): color_map_z setting works ([`33f7be4`](https://gitlab.psi.ch/bec/bec_widgets/-/commit/33f7be42c512402dab3fdd9781a8234e3ec5f4ba))
+
+### Test
+
+* test(color): validation tests added ([`c0ddece`](https://gitlab.psi.ch/bec/bec_widgets/-/commit/c0ddeceeeabacbf33019a8f24b18821926dc17ac))
+
+
+## v0.57.7 (2024-06-07)
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ cd bec_widgets
 pip install -e .[dev,pyqt6]
 ```

-BEC Widgets currently supports both Pyside6 and PyQt6, however, no default distribution is specified. As a result, users must install one of the supported
+BEC Widgets currently supports both PyQt5 and PyQt6, however, no default distribution is specified. As a result, users must install one of the supported
 Python Qt distributions manually.

 To select a specific Python Qt distribution, install the package with an additional tag:
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ pip install bec_widgets[pyqt6]
 or 

 ```bash
-pip install bec_widgets[pyside6]
+pip install bec_widgets[pyqt5]
 ```
 ## Documentation

--- a/bec_widgets/assets/app_icons/BEC-Dark.png
+++ b/bec_widgets/assets/app_icons/BEC-Dark.png
--- a/bec_widgets/assets/app_icons/bec_widgets_icon.png
+++ b/bec_widgets/assets/app_icons/bec_widgets_icon.png
--- a/bec_widgets/assets/designer_icons/code.png
+++ b/bec_widgets/assets/designer_icons/code.png
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-    <path d="M145.09-145.87q-32.51 0-55.87-23.35-23.35-23.36-23.35-55.87v-509.82q0-32.74 23.35-56.26 23.36-23.53 55.87-23.53h669.82q32.74 0 56.26 23.53 23.53 23.52 23.53 56.26v509.82q0 32.51-23.53 55.87-23.52 23.35-56.26 23.35H145.09Zm0-79.22h669.82v-425.82H145.09v425.82ZM300-292l-42-42 103-104-104-104 43-42 146 146-146 146Zm190 4v-60h220v60H490Z"/>
-</svg>
--- a/bec_widgets/assets/toolbar_icons/transform.svg
+++ b/bec_widgets/assets/toolbar_icons/transform.svg
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" height="48px" viewBox="0 -960 960 960" width="48px" fill="#FFFFFF">
-    <path d="M636.17-32.59 480.35-188.41l45.82-46.07 77.13 77.37v-137.32H356.93q-28.1 0-46.8-18.55-18.7-18.54-18.7-46.95V-600.3H74.02v-65.27h217.41v-137.32l-77.36 77.37-45.59-45.83 155.59-155.82 156.06 155.82-46.06 45.83-77.14-77.37v442.96h529.29v65.5H669.04v137.32l77.13-77.37L792-188.41 636.17-32.59ZM603.3-419.93V-600.3H416.93v-65.27H603.3q28.37 0 47.06 18.56 18.68 18.55 18.68 46.71v180.37H603.3Z"/>
-</svg>
--- a/bec_widgets/assets/toolbar_icons/waveform.svg
+++ b/bec_widgets/assets/toolbar_icons/waveform.svg
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" height="48px" viewBox="0 -960 960 960" width="48px" fill="#FFFFFF">
-    <path d="M126-206.43 66.43-266 380-579.57 539.43-419.7l298-335 56.14 54.57-352.44 399.26L380-460.43l-254 254Z"/>
-</svg>
--- a/bec_widgets/cli/client.py
+++ b/bec_widgets/cli/client.py
--- a/bec_widgets/cli/client_utils.py
+++ b/bec_widgets/cli/client_utils.py
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ from __future__ import annotations

 import importlib
 import importlib.metadata as imd
-import json
 import os
 import select
 import subprocess
@@ -14,7 +13,6 @@ from functools import wraps
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING

 from bec_lib.endpoints import MessageEndpoints
-from bec_lib.logger import bec_logger
 from bec_lib.utils.import_utils import isinstance_based_on_class_name, lazy_import, lazy_import_from
 from qtpy.QtCore import QEventLoop, QSocketNotifier, QTimer

@@ -33,8 +31,6 @@ messages = lazy_import("bec_lib.messages")
 MessageObject = lazy_import_from("bec_lib.connector", ("MessageObject",))
 BECDispatcher = lazy_import_from("bec_widgets.utils.bec_dispatcher", ("BECDispatcher",))

-logger = bec_logger.logger
-

 def rpc_call(func):
    """
@@ -67,66 +63,45 @@ def rpc_call(func):
    return wrapper


-def _get_output(process, logger) -> None:
-    log_func = {process.stdout: logger.debug, process.stderr: logger.error}
-    stream_buffer = {process.stdout: [], process.stderr: []}
+def _get_output(process) -> None:
    try:
        os.set_blocking(process.stdout.fileno(), False)
        os.set_blocking(process.stderr.fileno(), False)
        while process.poll() is None:
            readylist, _, _ = select.select([process.stdout, process.stderr], [], [], 1)
-            for stream in (process.stdout, process.stderr):
-                buf = stream_buffer[stream]
-                if stream in readylist:
-                    buf.append(stream.read(4096))
-                output, _, remaining = "".join(buf).rpartition("\n")
+            if process.stdout in readylist:
+                output = process.stdout.read(1024)
                if output:
-                    log_func[stream](output)
-                    buf.clear()
-                    buf.append(remaining)
+                    print(output, end="")
+            if process.stderr in readylist:
+                error_output = process.stderr.read(1024)
+                if error_output:
+                    print(error_output, end="", file=sys.stderr)
    except Exception as e:
        print(f"Error reading process output: {str(e)}")


-def _start_plot_process(gui_id: str, gui_class: type, config: dict | str, logger=None) -> None:
+def _start_plot_process(gui_id, gui_class, config) -> None:
    """
    Start the plot in a new process.
-
-    Logger must be a logger object with "debug" and "error" functions,
-    or it can be left to "None" as default. None means output from the
-    process will not be captured.
    """
    # pylint: disable=subprocess-run-check
-    command = ["bec-gui-server", "--id", gui_id, "--gui_class", gui_class.__name__]
-    if config:
-        if isinstance(config, dict):
-            config = json.dumps(config)
-        command.extend(["--config", config])
-
+    command = [
+        "bec-gui-server",
+        "--id",
+        gui_id,
+        "--config",
+        config,
+        "--gui_class",
+        gui_class.__name__,
+    ]
    env_dict = os.environ.copy()
    env_dict["PYTHONUNBUFFERED"] = "1"
-    if logger is None:
-        stdout_redirect = subprocess.DEVNULL
-        stderr_redirect = subprocess.DEVNULL
-    else:
-        stdout_redirect = subprocess.PIPE
-        stderr_redirect = subprocess.PIPE
-
    process = subprocess.Popen(
-        command,
-        text=True,
-        start_new_session=True,
-        stdout=stdout_redirect,
-        stderr=stderr_redirect,
-        env=env_dict,
+        command, text=True, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE, env=env_dict
    )
-    if logger is None:
-        process_output_processing_thread = None
-    else:
-        process_output_processing_thread = threading.Thread(
-            target=_get_output, args=(process, logger)
-        )
-        process_output_processing_thread.start()
+    process_output_processing_thread = threading.Thread(target=_get_output, args=(process,))
+    process_output_processing_thread.start()
    return process, process_output_processing_thread


@@ -138,16 +113,13 @@ class BECGuiClientMixin:
        self.auto_updates = self._get_update_script()
        self._target_endpoint = MessageEndpoints.scan_status()
        self._selected_device = None
+        self.stderr_output = []

    def _get_update_script(self) -> AutoUpdates | None:
        eps = imd.entry_points(group="bec.widgets.auto_updates")
        for ep in eps:
            if ep.name == "plugin_widgets_update":
                try:
-                    spec = importlib.util.find_spec(ep.module)
-                    # if the module is not found, we skip it
-                    if spec is None:
-                        continue
                    return ep.load()(gui=self)
                except Exception as e:
                    print(f"Error loading auto update script from plugin: {str(e)}")
@@ -193,7 +165,7 @@ class BECGuiClientMixin:
        if self._process is None or self._process.poll() is not None:
            self._start_update_script()
            self._process, self._process_output_processing_thread = _start_plot_process(
-                self._gui_id, self.__class__, self._client._service_config.config
+                self._gui_id, self.__class__, self._client._service_config.redis
            )
        while not self.gui_is_alive():
            print("Waiting for GUI to start...")
@@ -201,19 +173,24 @@ class BECGuiClientMixin:

    def close(self) -> None:
        """
-        Close the gui window.
+        Close the figure.
        """
-        if self._process is None:
-            return
-
        self._client.shutdown()
        if self._process:
            self._process.terminate()
-            if self._process_output_processing_thread:
-                self._process_output_processing_thread.join()
-            self._process.wait()
+            self._process_output_processing_thread.join()
            self._process = None

+    def print_log(self) -> None:
+        """
+        Print the log of the plot process.
+        """
+        if self._process is None:
+            return
+        print("".join(self.stderr_output))
+        # Flush list
+        self.stderr_output.clear()
+

 class RPCResponseTimeoutError(Exception):
    """Exception raised when an RPC response is not received within the expected time."""
--- a/bec_widgets/cli/generate_cli.py
+++ b/bec_widgets/cli/generate_cli.py
@@ -2,15 +2,17 @@
 from __future__ import annotations

 import argparse
+import importlib
 import inspect
 import os
 import sys
+from typing import Literal

 import black
 import isort
+from qtpy.QtWidgets import QGraphicsWidget, QWidget

-from bec_widgets.utils.generate_designer_plugin import DesignerPluginGenerator
-from bec_widgets.utils.plugin_utils import BECClassContainer, get_rpc_classes
+from bec_widgets.utils import BECConnector

 if sys.version_info >= (3, 11):
    from typing import get_overloads
@@ -39,20 +41,17 @@ from bec_widgets.cli.client_utils import RPCBase, rpc_call, BECGuiClientMixin

        self.content = ""

-    def generate_client(self, class_container: BECClassContainer):
+    def generate_client(
+        self, published_classes: dict[Literal["connector_classes", "top_level_classes"], list[type]]
+    ):
        """
        Generate the client for the published classes.

        Args:
-            class_container: The class container with the classes to generate the client for.
+            published_classes(dict): A dictionary with keys "connector_classes" and "top_level_classes" and values as lists of classes.
        """
-        rpc_top_level_classes = class_container.rpc_top_level_classes
-        rpc_top_level_classes.sort(key=lambda x: x.__name__)
-        connector_classes = class_container.connector_classes
-        connector_classes.sort(key=lambda x: x.__name__)
-
-        self.write_client_enum(rpc_top_level_classes)
-        for cls in connector_classes:
+        self.write_client_enum(published_classes["top_level_classes"])
+        for cls in published_classes["connector_classes"]:
            self.content += "\n\n"
            self.generate_content_for_class(cls)

@@ -86,9 +85,6 @@ class {class_name}(RPCBase, BECGuiClientMixin):"""
        else:
            self.content += f"""
 class {class_name}(RPCBase):"""
-        if not cls.USER_ACCESS:
-            self.content += """...
-    """
        for method in cls.USER_ACCESS:
            obj = getattr(cls, method)
            if isinstance(obj, property):
@@ -142,6 +138,50 @@ class {class_name}(RPCBase):"""
        with open(file_name, "w", encoding="utf-8") as file:
            file.write(formatted_content)

+    @staticmethod
+    def get_rpc_classes(
+        repo_name: str,
+    ) -> dict[Literal["connector_classes", "top_level_classes"], list[type]]:
+        """
+        Get all RPC-enabled classes in the specified repository.
+
+        Args:
+            repo_name(str): The name of the repository.
+
+        Returns:
+            dict: A dictionary with keys "connector_classes" and "top_level_classes" and values as lists of classes.
+        """
+        connector_classes = []
+        top_level_classes = []
+        anchor_module = importlib.import_module(f"{repo_name}.widgets")
+        directory = os.path.dirname(anchor_module.__file__)
+        for root, _, files in sorted(os.walk(directory)):
+            for file in files:
+                if not file.endswith(".py") or file.startswith("__"):
+                    continue
+
+                path = os.path.join(root, file)
+                subs = os.path.dirname(os.path.relpath(path, directory)).split("/")
+                if len(subs) == 1 and not subs[0]:
+                    module_name = file.split(".")[0]
+                else:
+                    module_name = ".".join(subs + [file.split(".")[0]])
+
+                module = importlib.import_module(f"{repo_name}.widgets.{module_name}")
+
+                for name in dir(module):
+                    obj = getattr(module, name)
+                    if not hasattr(obj, "__module__") or obj.__module__ != module.__name__:
+                        continue
+                    if isinstance(obj, type) and issubclass(obj, BECConnector):
+                        connector_classes.append(obj)
+                        if len(subs) == 1 and (
+                            issubclass(obj, QWidget) or issubclass(obj, QGraphicsWidget)
+                        ):
+                            top_level_classes.append(obj)
+
+        return {"connector_classes": connector_classes, "top_level_classes": top_level_classes}
+

 def main():
    """
@@ -157,32 +197,13 @@ def main():
        current_path = os.path.dirname(__file__)
        client_path = os.path.join(current_path, "client.py")

-        rpc_classes = get_rpc_classes("bec_widgets")
+        rpc_classes = ClientGenerator.get_rpc_classes("bec_widgets")
+        rpc_classes["connector_classes"].sort(key=lambda x: x.__name__)

        generator = ClientGenerator()
        generator.generate_client(rpc_classes)
        generator.write(client_path)

-        for cls in rpc_classes.plugins:
-            plugin = DesignerPluginGenerator(cls)
-            if not hasattr(plugin, "info"):
-                continue
-
-            # if the class directory already has a register, plugin and pyproject file, skip
-            if os.path.exists(
-                os.path.join(plugin.info.base_path, f"register_{plugin.info.plugin_name_snake}.py")
-            ):
-                continue
-            if os.path.exists(
-                os.path.join(plugin.info.base_path, f"{plugin.info.plugin_name_snake}_plugin.py")
-            ):
-                continue
-            if os.path.exists(
-                os.path.join(plugin.info.base_path, f"{plugin.info.plugin_name_snake}.pyproject")
-            ):
-                continue
-            plugin.run()
-

 if __name__ == "__main__":  # pragma: no cover
    sys.argv = ["generate_cli.py", "--core"]
--- a/bec_widgets/cli/rpc_wigdet_handler.py
+++ b/bec_widgets/cli/rpc_wigdet_handler.py
@@ -1,37 +1,22 @@
 from bec_widgets.utils import BECConnector
+from bec_widgets.widgets.figure import BECFigure
+from bec_widgets.widgets.spiral_progress_bar.spiral_progress_bar import SpiralProgressBar
+from bec_widgets.widgets.text_box.text_box import TextBox
+from bec_widgets.widgets.website.website import WebsiteWidget


 class RPCWidgetHandler:
    """Handler class for creating widgets from RPC messages."""

-    def __init__(self):
-        self._widget_classes = None
+    widget_classes = {
+        "BECFigure": BECFigure,
+        "SpiralProgressBar": SpiralProgressBar,
+        "Website": WebsiteWidget,
+        "TextBox": TextBox,
+    }

-    @property
-    def widget_classes(self):
-        """
-        Get the available widget classes.
-
-        Returns:
-            dict: The available widget classes.
-        """
-        if self._widget_classes is None:
-            self.update_available_widgets()
-        return self._widget_classes
-
-    def update_available_widgets(self):
-        """
-        Update the available widgets.
-
-        Returns:
-            None
-        """
-        from bec_widgets.utils.plugin_utils import get_rpc_classes
-
-        clss = get_rpc_classes("bec_widgets")
-        self._widget_classes = {cls.__name__: cls for cls in clss.top_level_classes}
-
-    def create_widget(self, widget_type, **kwargs) -> BECConnector:
+    @staticmethod
+    def create_widget(widget_type, **kwargs) -> BECConnector:
        """
        Create a widget from an RPC message.

@@ -42,12 +27,7 @@ class RPCWidgetHandler:
        Returns:
            widget(BECConnector): The created widget.
        """
-        if self._widget_classes is None:
-            self.update_available_widgets()
-        widget_class = self._widget_classes.get(widget_type)
+        widget_class = RPCWidgetHandler.widget_classes.get(widget_type)
        if widget_class:
            return widget_class(**kwargs)
        raise ValueError(f"Unknown widget type: {widget_type}")
-
-
-widget_handler = RPCWidgetHandler()
--- a/bec_widgets/cli/server.py
+++ b/bec_widgets/cli/server.py
@@ -1,27 +1,17 @@
-from __future__ import annotations
-
 import inspect
-import json
-import signal
-import sys
-from contextlib import redirect_stderr, redirect_stdout
 from typing import Union

 from bec_lib.endpoints import MessageEndpoints
-from bec_lib.logger import bec_logger
-from bec_lib.service_config import ServiceConfig
 from bec_lib.utils.import_utils import lazy_import
 from qtpy.QtCore import QTimer

 from bec_widgets.cli.rpc_register import RPCRegister
 from bec_widgets.utils import BECDispatcher
 from bec_widgets.utils.bec_connector import BECConnector
-from bec_widgets.utils.bec_dispatcher import QtRedisConnector
 from bec_widgets.widgets.dock.dock_area import BECDockArea
 from bec_widgets.widgets.figure import BECFigure

 messages = lazy_import("bec_lib.messages")
-logger = bec_logger.logger


 class BECWidgetsCLIServer:
@@ -32,7 +22,7 @@ class BECWidgetsCLIServer:
        dispatcher: BECDispatcher = None,
        client=None,
        config=None,
-        gui_class: Union[BECFigure, BECDockArea] = BECFigure,
+        gui_class: Union["BECFigure", "BECDockArea"] = BECFigure,
    ) -> None:
        self.dispatcher = BECDispatcher(config=config) if dispatcher is None else dispatcher
        self.client = self.dispatcher.client if client is None else client
@@ -50,7 +40,7 @@ class BECWidgetsCLIServer:
        self._shutdown_event = False
        self._heartbeat_timer = QTimer()
        self._heartbeat_timer.timeout.connect(self.emit_heartbeat)
-        self._heartbeat_timer.start(200)
+        self._heartbeat_timer.start(200)  # Emit heartbeat every 1 seconds

    def on_rpc_update(self, msg: dict, metadata: dict):
        request_id = metadata.get("request_id")
@@ -115,57 +105,19 @@ class BECWidgetsCLIServer:
            self.client.connector.set(
                MessageEndpoints.gui_heartbeat(self.gui_id),
                messages.StatusMessage(name=self.gui_id, status=1, info={}),
-                expire=1,
+                expire=10,
            )

    def shutdown(self):  # TODO not sure if needed when cleanup is done at level of BECConnector
        self._shutdown_event = True
        self._heartbeat_timer.stop()
-        self.gui.close()
        self.client.shutdown()


-class SimpleFileLikeFromLogOutputFunc:
-    def __init__(self, log_func):
-        self._log_func = log_func
-
-    def write(self, buffer):
-        for line in buffer.rstrip().splitlines():
-            line = line.rstrip()
-            if line:
-                self._log_func(line)
-
-    def flush(self):
-        return
-
-    def close(self):
-        return
-
-
-def _start_server(gui_id: str, gui_class: Union[BECFigure, BECDockArea], config: str | None = None):
-    if config:
-        try:
-            config = json.loads(config)
-            service_config = ServiceConfig(config=config)
-        except (json.JSONDecodeError, TypeError):
-            service_config = ServiceConfig(config_path=config)
-    else:
-        # if no config is provided, use the default config
-        service_config = ServiceConfig()
-
-    bec_logger.configure(
-        service_config.redis,
-        QtRedisConnector,
-        service_name="BECWidgetsCLIServer",
-        service_config=service_config.service_config,
-    )
-    server = BECWidgetsCLIServer(gui_id=gui_id, config=service_config, gui_class=gui_class)
-    return server
-
-
 def main():
    import argparse
    import os
+    import sys

    from qtpy.QtCore import QSize
    from qtpy.QtGui import QIcon
@@ -173,6 +125,16 @@ def main():

    import bec_widgets

+    app = QApplication(sys.argv)
+    app.setApplicationName("BEC Figure")
+    module_path = os.path.dirname(bec_widgets.__file__)
+    icon = QIcon()
+    icon.addFile(os.path.join(module_path, "assets", "bec_widgets_icon.png"), size=QSize(48, 48))
+    app.setWindowIcon(icon)
+
+    win = QMainWindow()
+    win.setWindowTitle("BEC Widgets")
+
    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="BEC Widgets CLI Server")
    parser.add_argument("--id", type=str, help="The id of the server")
    parser.add_argument(
@@ -180,7 +142,7 @@ def main():
        type=str,
        help="Name of the gui class to be rendered. Possible values: \n- BECFigure\n- BECDockArea",
    )
-    parser.add_argument("--config", type=str, help="Config file or config string.")
+    parser.add_argument("--config", type=str, help="Config to connect to redis.")

    args = parser.parse_args()

@@ -195,39 +157,15 @@ def main():
        )
        gui_class = BECFigure

-    with redirect_stdout(SimpleFileLikeFromLogOutputFunc(logger.debug)):
-        with redirect_stderr(SimpleFileLikeFromLogOutputFunc(logger.error)):
-            app = QApplication(sys.argv)
-            app.setApplicationName("BEC Figure")
-            module_path = os.path.dirname(bec_widgets.__file__)
-            icon = QIcon()
-            icon.addFile(
-                os.path.join(module_path, "assets", "app_icons", "bec_widgets_icon.png"),
-                size=QSize(48, 48),
-            )
-            app.setWindowIcon(icon)
+    server = BECWidgetsCLIServer(gui_id=args.id, config=args.config, gui_class=gui_class)

-            win = QMainWindow()
-            win.setWindowTitle("BEC Widgets")
+    gui = server.gui
+    win.setCentralWidget(gui)
+    win.resize(800, 600)
+    win.show()

-            server = _start_server(args.id, gui_class, args.config)
-
-            gui = server.gui
-            win.setCentralWidget(gui)
-            win.resize(800, 600)
-            win.show()
-
-            app.aboutToQuit.connect(server.shutdown)
-
-            def sigint_handler(*args):
-                # display message, for people to let it terminate gracefully
-                print("Caught SIGINT, exiting")
-                app.quit()
-
-            signal.signal(signal.SIGINT, sigint_handler)
-            signal.signal(signal.SIGTERM, sigint_handler)
-
-            sys.exit(app.exec())
+    app.aboutToQuit.connect(server.shutdown)
+    sys.exit(app.exec())


 if __name__ == "__main__":  # pragma: no cover
--- a/bec_widgets/examples/init.py
+++ b/bec_widgets/examples/init.py
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+from .motor_movement import (
+    MotorControlApp,
+    MotorControlMap,
+    MotorControlPanel,
+    MotorControlPanelAbsolute,
+    MotorControlPanelRelative,
+    MotorCoordinateTable,
+    MotorThread,
+)
--- a/bec_widgets/examples/general_app/general_app.py
+++ b/bec_widgets/examples/general_app/general_app.py
@@ -1,92 +0,0 @@
-import os
-import sys
-
-from qtpy.QtCore import QSize
-from qtpy.QtGui import QActionGroup, QIcon
-from qtpy.QtWidgets import QApplication, QMainWindow, QStyle
-
-import bec_widgets
-from bec_widgets.examples.general_app.web_links import BECWebLinksMixin
-from bec_widgets.utils.colors import apply_theme
-from bec_widgets.utils.ui_loader import UILoader
-
-MODULE_PATH = os.path.dirname(bec_widgets.__file__)
-
-
-class BECGeneralApp(QMainWindow):
-    def __init__(self, parent=None):
-        super(BECGeneralApp, self).__init__(parent)
-        ui_file_path = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), "general_app.ui")
-        self.load_ui(ui_file_path)
-
-        self.resize(1280, 720)
-
-        self.ini_ui()
-
-    def ini_ui(self):
-        self._setup_icons()
-        self._hook_menubar_docs()
-        self._hook_theme_bar()
-
-    def load_ui(self, ui_file):
-        loader = UILoader(self)
-        self.ui = loader.loader(ui_file)
-        self.setCentralWidget(self.ui)
-
-    def _hook_menubar_docs(self):
-        # BEC Docs
-        self.ui.action_BEC_docs.triggered.connect(BECWebLinksMixin.open_bec_docs)
-        # BEC Widgets Docs
-        self.ui.action_BEC_widgets_docs.triggered.connect(BECWebLinksMixin.open_bec_widgets_docs)
-        # Bug report
-        self.ui.action_bug_report.triggered.connect(BECWebLinksMixin.open_bec_bug_report)
-
-    def change_theme(self, theme):
-        apply_theme(theme)
-
-    def _setup_icons(self):
-        help_icon = QApplication.style().standardIcon(QStyle.SP_MessageBoxQuestion)
-        bug_icon = QApplication.style().standardIcon(QStyle.SP_MessageBoxInformation)
-        computer_icon = QIcon.fromTheme("computer")
-        widget_icon = QIcon(os.path.join(MODULE_PATH, "assets", "designer_icons", "dock_area.png"))
-
-        self.ui.action_BEC_docs.setIcon(help_icon)
-        self.ui.action_BEC_widgets_docs.setIcon(help_icon)
-        self.ui.action_bug_report.setIcon(bug_icon)
-
-        self.ui.central_tab.setTabIcon(0, widget_icon)
-        self.ui.central_tab.setTabIcon(1, computer_icon)
-
-    def _hook_theme_bar(self):
-        self.ui.action_light.setCheckable(True)
-        self.ui.action_dark.setCheckable(True)
-
-        # Create an action group to make sure only one can be checked at a time
-        theme_group = QActionGroup(self)
-        theme_group.addAction(self.ui.action_light)
-        theme_group.addAction(self.ui.action_dark)
-        theme_group.setExclusive(True)
-
-        # Connect the actions to the theme change method
-
-        self.ui.action_light.triggered.connect(lambda: self.change_theme("light"))
-        self.ui.action_dark.triggered.connect(lambda: self.change_theme("dark"))
-
-        self.ui.action_dark.trigger()
-
-
-def main():  # pragma: no cover
-
-    app = QApplication(sys.argv)
-    icon = QIcon()
-    icon.addFile(
-        os.path.join(MODULE_PATH, "assets", "app_icons", "BEC-Dark.png"), size=QSize(48, 48)
-    )
-    app.setWindowIcon(icon)
-    main_window = BECGeneralApp()
-    main_window.show()
-    sys.exit(app.exec_())
-
-
-if __name__ == "__main__":  # pragma: no cover
-    main()
--- a/bec_widgets/examples/general_app/general_app.ui
+++ b/bec_widgets/examples/general_app/general_app.ui
@@ -1,262 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<ui version="4.0">
-    <class>MainWindow</class>
-    <widget class="QMainWindow" name="MainWindow">
-        <property name="geometry">
-            <rect>
-                <x>0</x>
-                <y>0</y>
-                <width>1718</width>
-                <height>1139</height>
-            </rect>
-        </property>
-        <property name="windowTitle">
-            <string>MainWindow</string>
-        </property>
-        <property name="tabShape">
-            <enum>QTabWidget::TabShape::Rounded</enum>
-        </property>
-        <widget class="QWidget" name="centralwidget">
-            <layout class="QVBoxLayout" name="verticalLayout_3">
-                <item>
-                    <widget class="QTabWidget" name="central_tab">
-                        <property name="currentIndex">
-                            <number>0</number>
-                        </property>
-                        <widget class="QWidget" name="dock_area_tab">
-                            <attribute name="title">
-                                <string>Dock Area</string>
-                            </attribute>
-                            <layout class="QVBoxLayout" name="verticalLayout">
-                                <property name="leftMargin">
-                                    <number>2</number>
-                                </property>
-                                <property name="topMargin">
-                                    <number>1</number>
-                                </property>
-                                <property name="rightMargin">
-                                    <number>2</number>
-                                </property>
-                                <property name="bottomMargin">
-                                    <number>2</number>
-                                </property>
-                                <item>
-                                    <widget class="BECDockArea" name="dock_area"/>
-                                </item>
-                            </layout>
-                        </widget>
-                        <widget class="QWidget" name="vscode_tab">
-                            <attribute name="icon">
-                                <iconset theme="QIcon::ThemeIcon::Computer"/>
-                            </attribute>
-                            <attribute name="title">
-                                <string>Visual Studio Code</string>
-                            </attribute>
-                            <layout class="QVBoxLayout" name="verticalLayout_2">
-                                <property name="leftMargin">
-                                    <number>2</number>
-                                </property>
-                                <property name="topMargin">
-                                    <number>1</number>
-                                </property>
-                                <property name="rightMargin">
-                                    <number>2</number>
-                                </property>
-                                <property name="bottomMargin">
-                                    <number>2</number>
-                                </property>
-                                <item>
-                                    <widget class="VSCodeEditor" name="vscode"/>
-                                </item>
-                            </layout>
-                        </widget>
-                    </widget>
-                </item>
-            </layout>
-        </widget>
-        <widget class="QMenuBar" name="menubar">
-            <property name="geometry">
-                <rect>
-                    <x>0</x>
-                    <y>0</y>
-                    <width>1718</width>
-                    <height>31</height>
-                </rect>
-            </property>
-            <widget class="QMenu" name="menuHelp">
-                <property name="title">
-                    <string>Help</string>
-                </property>
-                <addaction name="action_BEC_docs"/>
-                <addaction name="action_BEC_widgets_docs"/>
-                <addaction name="action_bug_report"/>
-            </widget>
-            <widget class="QMenu" name="menuTheme">
-                <property name="title">
-                    <string>Theme</string>
-                </property>
-                <addaction name="action_light"/>
-                <addaction name="action_dark"/>
-            </widget>
-            <addaction name="menuTheme"/>
-            <addaction name="menuHelp"/>
-        </widget>
-        <widget class="QStatusBar" name="statusbar"/>
-        <widget class="QDockWidget" name="dock_scan_control">
-            <property name="windowTitle">
-                <string>Scan Control</string>
-            </property>
-            <attribute name="dockWidgetArea">
-                <number>2</number>
-            </attribute>
-            <widget class="QWidget" name="dockWidgetContents_2">
-                <layout class="QVBoxLayout" name="verticalLayout_4">
-                    <item>
-                        <widget class="ScanControl" name="scan_control"/>
-                    </item>
-                </layout>
-            </widget>
-        </widget>
-        <widget class="QDockWidget" name="dock_status_2">
-            <property name="windowTitle">
-                <string>BEC Service Status</string>
-            </property>
-            <attribute name="dockWidgetArea">
-                <number>2</number>
-            </attribute>
-            <widget class="QWidget" name="dockWidgetContents_3">
-                <layout class="QVBoxLayout" name="verticalLayout_5">
-                    <property name="leftMargin">
-                        <number>0</number>
-                    </property>
-                    <property name="topMargin">
-                        <number>0</number>
-                    </property>
-                    <property name="rightMargin">
-                        <number>0</number>
-                    </property>
-                    <property name="bottomMargin">
-                        <number>0</number>
-                    </property>
-                    <item>
-                        <widget class="BECStatusBox" name="bec_status_box_2"/>
-                    </item>
-                </layout>
-            </widget>
-        </widget>
-        <widget class="QDockWidget" name="dock_queue">
-            <property name="windowTitle">
-                <string>Scan Queue</string>
-            </property>
-            <attribute name="dockWidgetArea">
-                <number>2</number>
-            </attribute>
-            <widget class="QWidget" name="dockWidgetContents_4">
-                <layout class="QVBoxLayout" name="verticalLayout_6">
-                    <property name="leftMargin">
-                        <number>0</number>
-                    </property>
-                    <property name="topMargin">
-                        <number>0</number>
-                    </property>
-                    <property name="rightMargin">
-                        <number>0</number>
-                    </property>
-                    <property name="bottomMargin">
-                        <number>0</number>
-                    </property>
-                    <item>
-                        <widget class="BECQueue" name="bec_queue">
-                            <row/>
-                            <column/>
-                            <column/>
-                            <column/>
-                            <item row="0" column="0"/>
-                            <item row="0" column="1"/>
-                            <item row="0" column="2"/>
-                        </widget>
-                    </item>
-                </layout>
-            </widget>
-        </widget>
-        <action name="action_BEC_docs">
-            <property name="icon">
-                <iconset theme="QIcon::ThemeIcon::DialogQuestion"/>
-            </property>
-            <property name="text">
-                <string>BEC Docs</string>
-            </property>
-        </action>
-        <action name="action_BEC_widgets_docs">
-            <property name="icon">
-                <iconset theme="QIcon::ThemeIcon::DialogQuestion"/>
-            </property>
-            <property name="text">
-                <string>BEC Widgets Docs</string>
-            </property>
-        </action>
-        <action name="action_bug_report">
-            <property name="icon">
-                <iconset theme="QIcon::ThemeIcon::DialogError"/>
-            </property>
-            <property name="text">
-                <string>Bug Report</string>
-            </property>
-        </action>
-        <action name="action_light">
-            <property name="checkable">
-                <bool>true</bool>
-            </property>
-            <property name="text">
-                <string>Light</string>
-            </property>
-        </action>
-        <action name="action_dark">
-            <property name="checkable">
-                <bool>true</bool>
-            </property>
-            <property name="text">
-                <string>Dark</string>
-            </property>
-        </action>
-    </widget>
-    <customwidgets>
-        <customwidget>
-            <class>WebsiteWidget</class>
-            <extends>QWebEngineView</extends>
-            <header>website_widget</header>
-        </customwidget>
-        <customwidget>
-            <class>BECQueue</class>
-            <extends>QTableWidget</extends>
-            <header>bec_queue</header>
-        </customwidget>
-        <customwidget>
-            <class>ScanControl</class>
-            <extends>QWidget</extends>
-            <header>scan_control</header>
-        </customwidget>
-        <customwidget>
-            <class>VSCodeEditor</class>
-            <extends>WebsiteWidget</extends>
-            <header>vs_code_editor</header>
-        </customwidget>
-        <customwidget>
-            <class>BECStatusBox</class>
-            <extends>QWidget</extends>
-            <header>bec_status_box</header>
-        </customwidget>
-        <customwidget>
-            <class>BECDockArea</class>
-            <extends>QWidget</extends>
-            <header>dock_area</header>
-        </customwidget>
-        <customwidget>
-            <class>QWebEngineView</class>
-            <extends></extends>
-            <header location="global">QtWebEngineWidgets/QWebEngineView</header>
-        </customwidget>
-    </customwidgets>
-    <resources/>
-    <connections/>
-</ui>
--- a/bec_widgets/examples/general_app/web_links.py
+++ b/bec_widgets/examples/general_app/web_links.py
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-import webbrowser
-
-
-class BECWebLinksMixin:
-    @staticmethod
-    def open_bec_docs():
-        webbrowser.open("https://beamline-experiment-control.readthedocs.io/en/latest/")
-
-    @staticmethod
-    def open_bec_widgets_docs():
-        webbrowser.open("https://bec.readthedocs.io/projects/bec-widgets/en/latest/")
-
-    @staticmethod
-    def open_bec_bug_report():
-        webbrowser.open("https://gitlab.psi.ch/groups/bec/-/issues/")
--- a/bec_widgets/examples/jupyter_console/jupyter_console_window.py
+++ b/bec_widgets/examples/jupyter_console/jupyter_console_window.py
@@ -2,24 +2,33 @@ import os

 import numpy as np
 import pyqtgraph as pg
+import qdarktheme
+from qtconsole.inprocess import QtInProcessKernelManager
+from qtconsole.rich_jupyter_widget import RichJupyterWidget
 from qtpy.QtCore import QSize
 from qtpy.QtGui import QIcon
-from qtpy.QtWidgets import (
-    QApplication,
-    QGroupBox,
-    QHBoxLayout,
-    QSplitter,
-    QTabWidget,
-    QVBoxLayout,
-    QWidget,
-)
+from qtpy.QtWidgets import QApplication, QVBoxLayout, QWidget

-from bec_widgets.utils import BECDispatcher
-from bec_widgets.utils.colors import apply_theme
+from bec_widgets.utils import BECDispatcher, UILoader
+from bec_widgets.widgets import BECFigure
 from bec_widgets.widgets.dock.dock_area import BECDockArea
-from bec_widgets.widgets.figure import BECFigure
 from bec_widgets.widgets.jupyter_console.jupyter_console import BECJupyterConsole

+# class JupyterConsoleWidget(RichJupyterWidget):  # pragma: no cover:
+#     def __init__(self):
+#         super().__init__()
+#
+#         self.kernel_manager = QtInProcessKernelManager()
+#         self.kernel_manager.start_kernel(show_banner=False)
+#         self.kernel_client = self.kernel_manager.client()
+#         self.kernel_client.start_channels()
+#
+#         self.kernel_manager.kernel.shell.push({"np": np, "pg": pg})
+#
+#     def shutdown_kernel(self):
+#         self.kernel_client.stop_channels()
+#         self.kernel_manager.shutdown_kernel()
+

 class JupyterConsoleWindow(QWidget):  # pragma: no cover:
    """A widget that contains a Jupyter console linked to BEC Widgets with full API access (contains Qt and pyqtgraph API)."""
@@ -27,8 +36,14 @@ class JupyterConsoleWindow(QWidget):  # pragma: no cover:
    def __init__(self, parent=None):
        super().__init__(parent)

+        current_path = os.path.dirname(__file__)
+        self.ui = UILoader().load_ui(os.path.join(current_path, "jupyter_console_window.ui"), self)
+
        self._init_ui()

+        self.ui.splitter.setSizes([200, 100])
+        self.safe_close = False
+
        # console push
        if self.console.inprocess is True:
            self.console.kernel_manager.kernel.shell.push(
@@ -40,48 +55,25 @@ class JupyterConsoleWindow(QWidget):  # pragma: no cover:
                    "w1": self.w1,
                    "w2": self.w2,
                    "w3": self.w3,
-                    "w4": self.w4,
-                    "w5": self.w5,
-                    "w6": self.w6,
-                    "w7": self.w7,
-                    "w8": self.w8,
-                    "w9": self.w9,
                    "d0": self.d0,
                    "d1": self.d1,
                    "d2": self.d2,
-                    "wave": self.wf,
-                    # "bar": self.bar,
-                    # "cm": self.colormap,
-                    "im": self.im,
-                    "mm": self.mm,
+                    "fig0": self.fig0,
+                    "fig1": self.fig1,
+                    "fig2": self.fig2,
+                    "bar": self.bar,
                }
            )

    def _init_ui(self):
-        self.layout = QHBoxLayout(self)
+        # Plotting window
+        self.glw_1_layout = QVBoxLayout(self.ui.glw)  # Create a new QVBoxLayout
+        self.figure = BECFigure(parent=self, gui_id="remote")  # Create a new BECDeviceMonitor
+        self.glw_1_layout.addWidget(self.figure)  # Add BECDeviceMonitor to the layout

-        # Horizontal splitter
-        splitter = QSplitter(self)
-        self.layout.addWidget(splitter)
-
-        tab_widget = QTabWidget(splitter)
-
-        first_tab = QWidget()
-        first_tab_layout = QVBoxLayout(first_tab)
-        self.dock = BECDockArea(gui_id="dock")
-        first_tab_layout.addWidget(self.dock)
-        tab_widget.addTab(first_tab, "Dock Area")
-
-        second_tab = QWidget()
-        second_tab_layout = QVBoxLayout(second_tab)
-        self.figure = BECFigure(parent=self, gui_id="figure")
-        second_tab_layout.addWidget(self.figure)
-        tab_widget.addTab(second_tab, "BEC Figure")
-
-        group_box = QGroupBox("Jupyter Console", splitter)
-        group_box_layout = QVBoxLayout(group_box)
-        self.console = BECJupyterConsole(inprocess=True)
-        group_box_layout.addWidget(self.console)
+        self.dock_layout = QVBoxLayout(self.ui.dock_placeholder)
+        self.dock = BECDockArea(gui_id="remote")
+        self.dock_layout.addWidget(self.dock)

        # add stuff to figure
        self._init_figure()
@@ -89,102 +81,51 @@ class JupyterConsoleWindow(QWidget):  # pragma: no cover:
        # init dock for testing
        self._init_dock()

-        self.setWindowTitle("Jupyter Console Window")
+        self.console_layout = QVBoxLayout(self.ui.widget_console)
+        self.console = BECJupyterConsole(inprocess=True)
+        self.console_layout.addWidget(self.console)

    def _init_figure(self):
-        self.w1 = self.figure.plot(
-            x_name="samx",
-            y_name="bpm4i",
-            # title="Standard Plot with sync device, custom labels - w1",
-            # x_label="Motor Position",
-            # y_label="Intensity (A.U.)",
-            row=0,
-            col=0,
-        )
-        self.w1.set(
-            title="Standard Plot with sync device, custom labels - w1",
-            x_label="Motor Position",
-            y_label="Intensity (A.U.)",
-        )
-        self.w2 = self.figure.motor_map("samx", "samy", row=0, col=1)
-        self.w3 = self.figure.image(
-            "eiger", color_map="viridis", vrange=(0, 100), title="Eiger Image - w3", row=0, col=2
-        )
-        self.w4 = self.figure.plot(
-            x_name="samx",
-            y_name="samy",
-            z_name="bpm4i",
-            color_map_z="magma",
-            new=True,
-            title="2D scatter plot - w4",
-            row=0,
-            col=3,
-        )
-        self.w5 = self.figure.plot(
-            y_name="bpm4i",
-            new=True,
-            title="Best Effort Plot - w5",
-            dap="GaussianModel",
-            row=1,
-            col=0,
-        )
-        self.w6 = self.figure.plot(
-            x_name="timestamp", y_name="bpm4i", new=True, title="Timestamp Plot - w6", row=1, col=1
-        )
-        self.w7 = self.figure.plot(
-            x_name="index", y_name="bpm4i", new=True, title="Index Plot - w7", row=1, col=2
-        )
-        self.w8 = self.figure.plot(
-            y_name="monitor_async", new=True, title="Async Plot - Best Effort - w8", row=2, col=0
-        )
-        self.w9 = self.figure.plot(
-            x_name="timestamp",
-            y_name="monitor_async",
-            new=True,
-            title="Async Plot - timestamp - w9",
-            row=2,
-            col=1,
-        )
-        self.w10 = self.figure.plot(
-            x_name="index",
-            y_name="monitor_async",
-            new=True,
-            title="Async Plot - index - w10",
-            row=2,
-            col=2,
-        )
+        self.figure.plot(x_name="samx", y_name="samy", z_name="bpm4i", color_map_z="cividis")
+        self.figure.motor_map("samx", "samy")
+        self.figure.image("eiger", color_map="viridis", vrange=(0, 100))
+        self.figure.add_plot(x_name="samx", y_name="samy", z_name="bpm4i", color_map_z="magma")
+
+        self.figure.change_layout(2, 2)
+
+        self.w1 = self.figure[0, 0]
+        self.w2 = self.figure[0, 1]
+        self.w3 = self.figure[1, 0]
+
+        # curves for w1
+        self.c1 = self.w1.get_config()

    def _init_dock(self):

        self.d0 = self.dock.add_dock(name="dock_0")
-        self.mm = self.d0.add_widget("BECMotorMapWidget")
-        self.mm.change_motors("samx", "samy")
+        self.fig0 = self.d0.add_widget("BECFigure")
+        data = np.random.rand(10, 2)
+        self.fig0.plot(data, label="2d Data")
+        self.fig0.image("eiger", vrange=(0, 100))

        self.d1 = self.dock.add_dock(name="dock_1", position="right")
-        self.im = self.d1.add_widget("BECImageWidget")
-        self.im.image("eiger")
+        self.fig1 = self.d1.add_widget("BECFigure")
+        self.fig1.plot(x_name="samx", y_name="bpm4i")
+        self.fig1.plot(x_name="samx", y_name="bpm3a")

        self.d2 = self.dock.add_dock(name="dock_2", position="bottom")
-        self.wf = self.d2.add_widget("BECWaveformWidget", row=0, col=0)
-        self.wf.plot(x_name="samx", y_name="bpm3a")
-        self.wf.plot(x_name="samx", y_name="bpm4i", dap="GaussianModel")
-        # self.bar = self.d2.add_widget("RingProgressBar", row=0, col=1)
-        # self.bar.set_diameter(200)
-
-        # self.d3 = self.dock.add_dock(name="dock_3", position="bottom")
-        # self.colormap = pg.GradientWidget()
-        # self.d3.add_widget(self.colormap, row=0, col=0)
+        self.fig2 = self.d2.add_widget("BECFigure", row=0, col=0)
+        self.fig2.plot(x_name="samx", y_name="bpm4i")
+        self.bar = self.d2.add_widget("SpiralProgressBar", row=0, col=1)
+        self.bar.set_diameter(200)

        self.dock.save_state()

    def closeEvent(self, event):
        """Override to handle things when main window is closed."""
        self.dock.cleanup()
-        self.dock.close()
-        self.figure.cleanup()
-        self.figure.close()
-        self.console.close()
-
+        self.figure.clear_all()
+        self.figure.client.shutdown()
        super().closeEvent(event)


@@ -198,11 +139,9 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":  # pragma: no cover
    app = QApplication(sys.argv)
    app.setApplicationName("Jupyter Console")
    app.setApplicationDisplayName("Jupyter Console")
-    apply_theme("dark")
+    qdarktheme.setup_theme("auto")
    icon = QIcon()
-    icon.addFile(
-        os.path.join(module_path, "assets", "app_icons", "terminal_icon.png"), size=QSize(48, 48)
-    )
+    icon.addFile(os.path.join(module_path, "assets", "terminal_icon.png"), size=QSize(48, 48))
    app.setWindowIcon(icon)

    bec_dispatcher = BECDispatcher()
--- a/bec_widgets/examples/jupyter_console/jupyter_console_window.ui
+++ b/bec_widgets/examples/jupyter_console/jupyter_console_window.ui
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<ui version="4.0">
+ <class>Form</class>
+ <widget class="QWidget" name="Form">
+  <property name="geometry">
+   <rect>
+    <x>0</x>
+    <y>0</y>
+    <width>2104</width>
+    <height>966</height>
+   </rect>
+  </property>
+  <property name="windowTitle">
+   <string>Plotting Console</string>
+  </property>
+  <layout class="QVBoxLayout" name="verticalLayout_4">
+   <item>
+    <widget class="QSplitter" name="splitter">
+     <property name="orientation">
+      <enum>Qt::Horizontal</enum>
+     </property>
+     <widget class="QTabWidget" name="tabWidget">
+      <property name="currentIndex">
+       <number>0</number>
+      </property>
+      <widget class="QWidget" name="tab_1">
+       <attribute name="title">
+        <string>BECDock</string>
+       </attribute>
+       <layout class="QVBoxLayout" name="verticalLayout">
+        <item>
+         <widget class="QWidget" name="dock_placeholder" native="true"/>
+        </item>
+       </layout>
+      </widget>
+      <widget class="QWidget" name="tab_2">
+       <attribute name="title">
+        <string>BECFigure</string>
+       </attribute>
+       <layout class="QVBoxLayout" name="verticalLayout_3">
+        <item>
+         <widget class="QWidget" name="glw" native="true"/>
+        </item>
+       </layout>
+      </widget>
+     </widget>
+     <widget class="QWidget" name="widget_console" native="true"/>
+    </widget>
+   </item>
+  </layout>
+ </widget>
+ <resources/>
+ <connections/>
+</ui>
--- a/bec_widgets/examples/motor_movement/init.py
+++ b/bec_widgets/examples/motor_movement/init.py
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+from .motor_control_compilations import (
+    MotorControlApp,
+    MotorControlMap,
+    MotorControlPanel,
+    MotorControlPanelAbsolute,
+    MotorControlPanelRelative,
+    MotorCoordinateTable,
+    MotorThread,
+)
--- a/bec_widgets/examples/motor_movement/motor_control_compilations.py
+++ b/bec_widgets/examples/motor_movement/motor_control_compilations.py
@@ -0,0 +1,250 @@
+# pylint: disable = no-name-in-module,missing-class-docstring, missing-module-docstring
+
+import qdarktheme
+from qtpy.QtCore import Qt
+from qtpy.QtWidgets import QApplication, QSplitter, QVBoxLayout, QWidget
+
+from bec_widgets.utils.bec_dispatcher import BECDispatcher
+from bec_widgets.widgets.motor_control.motor_control import MotorThread
+from bec_widgets.widgets.motor_control.motor_table.motor_table import MotorCoordinateTable
+from bec_widgets.widgets.motor_control.movement_absolute.movement_absolute import (
+    MotorControlAbsolute,
+)
+from bec_widgets.widgets.motor_control.movement_relative.movement_relative import (
+    MotorControlRelative,
+)
+from bec_widgets.widgets.motor_control.selection.selection import MotorControlSelection
+
+CONFIG_DEFAULT = {
+    "motor_control": {
+        "motor_x": "samx",
+        "motor_y": "samy",
+        "step_size_x": 3,
+        "step_size_y": 3,
+        "precision": 4,
+        "step_x_y_same": False,
+        "move_with_arrows": False,
+    },
+    "plot_settings": {
+        "colormap": "Greys",
+        "scatter_size": 5,
+        "max_points": 1000,
+        "num_dim_points": 100,
+        "precision": 2,
+        "num_columns": 1,
+        "background_value": 25,
+    },
+    "motors": [
+        {
+            "plot_name": "Motor Map",
+            "x_label": "Motor X",
+            "y_label": "Motor Y",
+            "signals": {
+                "x": [{"name": "samx", "entry": "samx"}],
+                "y": [{"name": "samy", "entry": "samy"}],
+            },
+        }
+    ],
+}
+
+
+class MotorControlApp(QWidget):
+    def __init__(self, parent=None, client=None, config=None):
+        super().__init__(parent)
+
+        bec_dispatcher = BECDispatcher()
+        self.client = bec_dispatcher.client if client is None else client
+        self.config = config
+
+        # Widgets
+        self.motor_control_panel = MotorControlPanel(client=self.client, config=self.config)
+        # Create MotorMap
+        # self.motion_map = MotorMap(client=self.client, config=self.config)
+        # Create MotorCoordinateTable
+        self.motor_table = MotorCoordinateTable(client=self.client, config=self.config)
+
+        # Create the splitter and add MotorMap and MotorControlPanel
+        splitter = QSplitter(Qt.Horizontal)
+        # splitter.addWidget(self.motion_map)
+        splitter.addWidget(self.motor_control_panel)
+        splitter.addWidget(self.motor_table)
+
+        # Set the main layout
+        layout = QVBoxLayout(self)
+        layout.addWidget(splitter)
+        self.setLayout(layout)
+
+        # Connecting signals and slots
+        # self.motor_control_panel.selection_widget.selected_motors_signal.connect(
+        #     lambda x, y: self.motion_map.change_motors(x, y, 0)
+        # )
+        self.motor_control_panel.absolute_widget.coordinates_signal.connect(
+            self.motor_table.add_coordinate
+        )
+        self.motor_control_panel.relative_widget.precision_signal.connect(
+            self.motor_table.set_precision
+        )
+        self.motor_control_panel.relative_widget.precision_signal.connect(
+            self.motor_control_panel.absolute_widget.set_precision
+        )
+
+        # self.motor_table.plot_coordinates_signal.connect(self.motion_map.plot_saved_coordinates)
+
+
+class MotorControlMap(QWidget):
+    def __init__(self, parent=None, client=None, config=None):
+        super().__init__(parent)
+
+        bec_dispatcher = BECDispatcher()
+        self.client = bec_dispatcher.client if client is None else client
+        self.config = config
+
+        # Widgets
+        self.motor_control_panel = MotorControlPanel(client=self.client, config=self.config)
+        # Create MotorMap
+        # self.motion_map = MotorMap(client=self.client, config=self.config)
+
+        # Create the splitter and add MotorMap and MotorControlPanel
+        splitter = QSplitter(Qt.Horizontal)
+        # splitter.addWidget(self.motion_map)
+        splitter.addWidget(self.motor_control_panel)
+
+        # Set the main layout
+        layout = QVBoxLayout(self)
+        layout.addWidget(splitter)
+        self.setLayout(layout)
+
+        # Connecting signals and slots
+        # self.motor_control_panel.selection_widget.selected_motors_signal.connect(
+        #     lambda x, y: self.motion_map.change_motors(x, y, 0)
+        # )
+
+
+class MotorControlPanel(QWidget):
+    def __init__(self, parent=None, client=None, config=None):
+        super().__init__(parent)
+
+        bec_dispatcher = BECDispatcher()
+        self.client = bec_dispatcher.client if client is None else client
+        self.config = config
+
+        self.motor_thread = MotorThread(client=self.client)
+
+        self.selection_widget = MotorControlSelection(
+            client=self.client, config=self.config, motor_thread=self.motor_thread
+        )
+        self.relative_widget = MotorControlRelative(
+            client=self.client, config=self.config, motor_thread=self.motor_thread
+        )
+        self.absolute_widget = MotorControlAbsolute(
+            client=self.client, config=self.config, motor_thread=self.motor_thread
+        )
+
+        layout = QVBoxLayout(self)
+
+        layout.addWidget(self.selection_widget)
+        layout.addWidget(self.relative_widget)
+        layout.addWidget(self.absolute_widget)
+
+        # Connecting signals and slots
+        self.selection_widget.selected_motors_signal.connect(self.relative_widget.change_motors)
+        self.selection_widget.selected_motors_signal.connect(self.absolute_widget.change_motors)
+
+        # Set the window to a fixed size based on its contents
+        # self.layout().setSizeConstraint(layout.SetFixedSize)
+
+
+class MotorControlPanelAbsolute(QWidget):
+    def __init__(self, parent=None, client=None, config=None):
+        super().__init__(parent)
+
+        bec_dispatcher = BECDispatcher()
+        self.client = bec_dispatcher.client if client is None else client
+        self.config = config
+
+        self.motor_thread = MotorThread(client=self.client)
+
+        self.selection_widget = MotorControlSelection(
+            client=client, config=config, motor_thread=self.motor_thread
+        )
+        self.absolute_widget = MotorControlAbsolute(
+            client=client, config=config, motor_thread=self.motor_thread
+        )
+
+        layout = QVBoxLayout(self)
+        layout.addWidget(self.selection_widget)
+        layout.addWidget(self.absolute_widget)
+
+        # Connecting signals and slots
+        self.selection_widget.selected_motors_signal.connect(self.absolute_widget.change_motors)
+
+
+class MotorControlPanelRelative(QWidget):
+    def __init__(self, parent=None, client=None, config=None):
+        super().__init__(parent)
+
+        bec_dispatcher = BECDispatcher()
+        self.client = bec_dispatcher.client if client is None else client
+        self.config = config
+
+        self.motor_thread = MotorThread(client=self.client)
+
+        self.selection_widget = MotorControlSelection(
+            client=client, config=config, motor_thread=self.motor_thread
+        )
+        self.relative_widget = MotorControlRelative(
+            client=client, config=config, motor_thread=self.motor_thread
+        )
+
+        layout = QVBoxLayout(self)
+        layout.addWidget(self.selection_widget)
+        layout.addWidget(self.relative_widget)
+
+        # Connecting signals and slots
+        self.selection_widget.selected_motors_signal.connect(self.relative_widget.change_motors)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":  # pragma: no cover
+    import argparse
+    import sys
+
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="Run various Motor Control Widgets compositions.")
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "-v",
+        "--variant",
+        type=str,
+        choices=["app", "map", "panel", "panel_abs", "panel_rel"],
+        help="Select the variant of the motor control to run. "
+        "'app' for the full application, "
+        "'map' for MotorMap, "
+        "'panel' for the MotorControlPanel, "
+        "'panel_abs' for MotorControlPanel with absolute control, "
+        "'panel_rel' for MotorControlPanel with relative control.",
+    )
+
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+
+    bec_dispatcher = BECDispatcher()
+    client = bec_dispatcher.client
+    client.start()
+
+    app = QApplication([])
+    qdarktheme.setup_theme("auto")
+
+    if args.variant == "app":
+        window = MotorControlApp(client=client)  # , config=CONFIG_DEFAULT)
+    elif args.variant == "map":
+        window = MotorControlMap(client=client)  # , config=CONFIG_DEFAULT)
+    elif args.variant == "panel":
+        window = MotorControlPanel(client=client)  # , config=CONFIG_DEFAULT)
+    elif args.variant == "panel_abs":
+        window = MotorControlPanelAbsolute(client=client)  # , config=CONFIG_DEFAULT)
+    elif args.variant == "panel_rel":
+        window = MotorControlPanelRelative(client=client)  # , config=CONFIG_DEFAULT)
+    else:
+        print("Please specify a valid variant to run. Use -h for help.")
+        print("Running the full application by default.")
+        window = MotorControlApp(client=client)  # , config=CONFIG_DEFAULT)
+
+    window.show()
+    sys.exit(app.exec())
--- a/bec_widgets/examples/motor_movement/motor_controller.ui
+++ b/bec_widgets/examples/motor_movement/motor_controller.ui
@@ -0,0 +1,926 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<ui version="4.0">
+ <class>Form</class>
+ <widget class="QWidget" name="Form">
+  <property name="geometry">
+   <rect>
+    <x>0</x>
+    <y>0</y>
+    <width>1561</width>
+    <height>748</height>
+   </rect>
+  </property>
+  <property name="minimumSize">
+   <size>
+    <width>1409</width>
+    <height>748</height>
+   </size>
+  </property>
+  <property name="windowTitle">
+   <string>Motor Controller</string>
+  </property>
+  <layout class="QHBoxLayout" name="horizontalLayout" stretch="8,5,8">
+   <item>
+    <widget class="GraphicsLayoutWidget" name="glw">
+     <property name="enabled">
+      <bool>true</bool>
+     </property>
+    </widget>
+   </item>
+   <item>
+    <widget class="QFrame" name="Controls">
+     <property name="minimumSize">
+      <size>
+       <width>221</width>
+       <height>471</height>
+      </size>
+     </property>
+     <layout class="QVBoxLayout" name="verticalLayout_6" stretch="1,1,1,0,1">
+      <property name="spacing">
+       <number>1</number>
+      </property>
+      <property name="sizeConstraint">
+       <enum>QLayout::SetMinimumSize</enum>
+      </property>
+      <item>
+       <widget class="QGroupBox" name="motorSelection">
+        <property name="minimumSize">
+         <size>
+          <width>261</width>
+          <height>145</height>
+         </size>
+        </property>
+        <property name="title">
+         <string>Motor Selection</string>
+        </property>
+        <layout class="QGridLayout" name="gridLayout_4">
+         <item row="2" column="0">
+          <widget class="QLabel" name="label_8">
+           <property name="text">
+            <string>Motor Y</string>
+           </property>
+          </widget>
+         </item>
+         <item row="1" column="1">
+          <widget class="QComboBox" name="comboBox_motor_x"/>
+         </item>
+         <item row="2" column="1">
+          <widget class="QComboBox" name="comboBox_motor_y"/>
+         </item>
+         <item row="1" column="0">
+          <widget class="QLabel" name="label_5">
+           <property name="text">
+            <string>Motor X</string>
+           </property>
+          </widget>
+         </item>
+         <item row="3" column="0" colspan="2">
+          <widget class="QPushButton" name="pushButton_connecMotors">
+           <property name="text">
+            <string>Connect Motors</string>
+           </property>
+          </widget>
+         </item>
+        </layout>
+       </widget>
+      </item>
+      <item>
+       <spacer name="verticalSpacer_3">
+        <property name="orientation">
+         <enum>Qt::Vertical</enum>
+        </property>
+        <property name="sizeType">
+         <enum>QSizePolicy::Minimum</enum>
+        </property>
+        <property name="sizeHint" stdset="0">
+         <size>
+          <width>20</width>
+          <height>18</height>
+         </size>
+        </property>
+       </spacer>
+      </item>
+      <item>
+       <widget class="QGroupBox" name="motorControl">
+        <property name="minimumSize">
+         <size>
+          <width>261</width>
+          <height>339</height>
+         </size>
+        </property>
+        <property name="title">
+         <string>Motor Relative</string>
+        </property>
+        <layout class="QVBoxLayout" name="verticalLayout_5">
+         <item>
+          <widget class="QCheckBox" name="checkBox_enableArrows">
+           <property name="text">
+            <string>Move with arrow keys</string>
+           </property>
+          </widget>
+         </item>
+         <item>
+          <widget class="QCheckBox" name="checkBox_same_xy">
+           <property name="text">
+            <string>Step [X] = Step [Y]</string>
+           </property>
+          </widget>
+         </item>
+         <item>
+          <layout class="QGridLayout" name="step_grid">
+           <item row="2" column="0">
+            <widget class="QLabel" name="label_step_y">
+             <property name="minimumSize">
+              <size>
+               <width>111</width>
+               <height>19</height>
+              </size>
+             </property>
+             <property name="text">
+              <string>Step [Y]</string>
+             </property>
+            </widget>
+           </item>
+           <item row="0" column="0">
+            <widget class="QLabel" name="label_2">
+             <property name="minimumSize">
+              <size>
+               <width>111</width>
+               <height>19</height>
+              </size>
+             </property>
+             <property name="text">
+              <string>Decimal</string>
+             </property>
+            </widget>
+           </item>
+           <item row="1" column="1">
+            <widget class="QDoubleSpinBox" name="spinBox_step_x">
+             <property name="minimumSize">
+              <size>
+               <width>110</width>
+               <height>19</height>
+              </size>
+             </property>
+             <property name="alignment">
+              <set>Qt::AlignCenter</set>
+             </property>
+             <property name="minimum">
+              <double>0.000000000000000</double>
+             </property>
+             <property name="maximum">
+              <double>99.000000000000000</double>
+             </property>
+             <property name="singleStep">
+              <double>0.100000000000000</double>
+             </property>
+             <property name="value">
+              <double>1.000000000000000</double>
+             </property>
+            </widget>
+           </item>
+           <item row="1" column="0">
+            <widget class="QLabel" name="label_step_x">
+             <property name="minimumSize">
+              <size>
+               <width>111</width>
+               <height>19</height>
+              </size>
+             </property>
+             <property name="text">
+              <string>Step [X]</string>
+             </property>
+            </widget>
+           </item>
+           <item row="2" column="1">
+            <widget class="QDoubleSpinBox" name="spinBox_step_y">
+             <property name="minimumSize">
+              <size>
+               <width>110</width>
+               <height>19</height>
+              </size>
+             </property>
+             <property name="alignment">
+              <set>Qt::AlignCenter</set>
+             </property>
+             <property name="minimum">
+              <double>0.000000000000000</double>
+             </property>
+             <property name="maximum">
+              <double>99.000000000000000</double>
+             </property>
+             <property name="singleStep">
+              <double>0.100000000000000</double>
+             </property>
+             <property name="value">
+              <double>1.000000000000000</double>
+             </property>
+            </widget>
+           </item>
+           <item row="0" column="1">
+            <widget class="QSpinBox" name="spinBox_precision">
+             <property name="minimumSize">
+              <size>
+               <width>110</width>
+               <height>19</height>
+              </size>
+             </property>
+             <property name="alignment">
+              <set>Qt::AlignCenter</set>
+             </property>
+             <property name="maximum">
+              <number>8</number>
+             </property>
+             <property name="value">
+              <number>2</number>
+             </property>
+            </widget>
+           </item>
+          </layout>
+         </item>
+         <item>
+          <layout class="QGridLayout" name="direction_grid">
+           <property name="sizeConstraint">
+            <enum>QLayout::SetDefaultConstraint</enum>
+           </property>
+           <item row="1" column="2" alignment="Qt::AlignHCenter|Qt::AlignVCenter">
+            <widget class="QToolButton" name="toolButton_up">
+             <property name="minimumSize">
+              <size>
+               <width>26</width>
+               <height>26</height>
+              </size>
+             </property>
+             <property name="text">
+              <string>...</string>
+             </property>
+             <property name="arrowType">
+              <enum>Qt::UpArrow</enum>
+             </property>
+            </widget>
+           </item>
+           <item row="2" column="4">
+            <spacer name="horizontalSpacer_2">
+             <property name="orientation">
+              <enum>Qt::Horizontal</enum>
+             </property>
+             <property name="sizeHint" stdset="0">
+              <size>
+               <width>40</width>
+               <height>20</height>
+              </size>
+             </property>
+            </spacer>
+           </item>
+           <item row="3" column="2" alignment="Qt::AlignHCenter|Qt::AlignVCenter">
+            <widget class="QToolButton" name="toolButton_down">
+             <property name="minimumSize">
+              <size>
+               <width>26</width>
+               <height>26</height>
+              </size>
+             </property>
+             <property name="text">
+              <string>...</string>
+             </property>
+             <property name="arrowType">
+              <enum>Qt::DownArrow</enum>
+             </property>
+            </widget>
+           </item>
+           <item row="2" column="1">
+            <widget class="QToolButton" name="toolButton_left">
+             <property name="minimumSize">
+              <size>
+               <width>26</width>
+               <height>26</height>
+              </size>
+             </property>
+             <property name="text">
+              <string>...</string>
+             </property>
+             <property name="arrowType">
+              <enum>Qt::LeftArrow</enum>
+             </property>
+            </widget>
+           </item>
+           <item row="0" column="2">
+            <spacer name="verticalSpacer">
+             <property name="orientation">
+              <enum>Qt::Vertical</enum>
+             </property>
+             <property name="sizeHint" stdset="0">
+              <size>
+               <width>20</width>
+               <height>40</height>
+              </size>
+             </property>
+            </spacer>
+           </item>
+           <item row="2" column="3">
+            <widget class="QToolButton" name="toolButton_right">
+             <property name="minimumSize">
+              <size>
+               <width>26</width>
+               <height>26</height>
+              </size>
+             </property>
+             <property name="text">
+              <string>...</string>
+             </property>
+             <property name="arrowType">
+              <enum>Qt::RightArrow</enum>
+             </property>
+            </widget>
+           </item>
+           <item row="2" column="0">
+            <spacer name="horizontalSpacer">
+             <property name="orientation">
+              <enum>Qt::Horizontal</enum>
+             </property>
+             <property name="sizeHint" stdset="0">
+              <size>
+               <width>40</width>
+               <height>20</height>
+              </size>
+             </property>
+            </spacer>
+           </item>
+           <item row="4" column="2">
+            <spacer name="verticalSpacer_2">
+             <property name="orientation">
+              <enum>Qt::Vertical</enum>
+             </property>
+             <property name="sizeHint" stdset="0">
+              <size>
+               <width>20</width>
+               <height>40</height>
+              </size>
+             </property>
+            </spacer>
+           </item>
+          </layout>
+         </item>
+        </layout>
+       </widget>
+      </item>
+      <item>
+       <spacer name="verticalSpacer_4">
+        <property name="orientation">
+         <enum>Qt::Vertical</enum>
+        </property>
+        <property name="sizeType">
+         <enum>QSizePolicy::Minimum</enum>
+        </property>
+        <property name="sizeHint" stdset="0">
+         <size>
+          <width>20</width>
+          <height>18</height>
+         </size>
+        </property>
+       </spacer>
+      </item>
+      <item>
+       <widget class="QGroupBox" name="motorControl_absolute">
+        <property name="minimumSize">
+         <size>
+          <width>261</width>
+          <height>195</height>
+         </size>
+        </property>
+        <property name="title">
+         <string>Move Absolute</string>
+        </property>
+        <layout class="QVBoxLayout" name="verticalLayout">
+         <item>
+          <widget class="QCheckBox" name="checkBox_save_with_go">
+           <property name="text">
+            <string>Save position with Go</string>
+           </property>
+          </widget>
+         </item>
+         <item>
+          <layout class="QGridLayout" name="gridLayout_3">
+           <item row="1" column="1">
+            <widget class="QDoubleSpinBox" name="spinBox_absolute_y">
+             <property name="alignment">
+              <set>Qt::AlignCenter</set>
+             </property>
+             <property name="minimum">
+              <double>-500.000000000000000</double>
+             </property>
+             <property name="maximum">
+              <double>500.000000000000000</double>
+             </property>
+             <property name="singleStep">
+              <double>0.100000000000000</double>
+             </property>
+            </widget>
+           </item>
+           <item row="1" column="0">
+            <widget class="QDoubleSpinBox" name="spinBox_absolute_x">
+             <property name="alignment">
+              <set>Qt::AlignCenter</set>
+             </property>
+             <property name="minimum">
+              <double>-500.000000000000000</double>
+             </property>
+             <property name="maximum">
+              <double>500.000000000000000</double>
+             </property>
+             <property name="singleStep">
+              <double>0.100000000000000</double>
+             </property>
+            </widget>
+           </item>
+           <item row="0" column="1">
+            <widget class="QLabel" name="label_7">
+             <property name="text">
+              <string>Y</string>
+             </property>
+             <property name="alignment">
+              <set>Qt::AlignCenter</set>
+             </property>
+            </widget>
+           </item>
+           <item row="0" column="0">
+            <widget class="QLabel" name="label_6">
+             <property name="text">
+              <string>X</string>
+             </property>
+             <property name="alignment">
+              <set>Qt::AlignCenter</set>
+             </property>
+            </widget>
+           </item>
+          </layout>
+         </item>
+         <item>
+          <layout class="QHBoxLayout" name="horizontalLayout_2">
+           <item>
+            <widget class="QPushButton" name="pushButton_save">
+             <property name="text">
+              <string>Save</string>
+             </property>
+            </widget>
+           </item>
+           <item>
+            <widget class="QPushButton" name="pushButton_set">
+             <property name="text">
+              <string>Set</string>
+             </property>
+            </widget>
+           </item>
+           <item>
+            <widget class="QPushButton" name="pushButton_go_absolute">
+             <property name="text">
+              <string>Go</string>
+             </property>
+            </widget>
+           </item>
+          </layout>
+         </item>
+         <item>
+          <widget class="QPushButton" name="pushButton_stop">
+           <property name="text">
+            <string>Stop Movement</string>
+           </property>
+          </widget>
+         </item>
+        </layout>
+       </widget>
+      </item>
+     </layout>
+    </widget>
+   </item>
+   <item>
+    <widget class="QTabWidget" name="tabWidget_tables">
+     <property name="enabled">
+      <bool>true</bool>
+     </property>
+     <property name="currentIndex">
+      <number>0</number>
+     </property>
+     <widget class="QWidget" name="tab_coordinates">
+      <attribute name="title">
+       <string>Coordinates</string>
+      </attribute>
+      <layout class="QVBoxLayout" name="verticalLayout_3">
+       <item>
+        <layout class="QHBoxLayout" name="horizontalLayout_3">
+         <item>
+          <spacer name="horizontalSpacer_3">
+           <property name="orientation">
+            <enum>Qt::Horizontal</enum>
+           </property>
+           <property name="sizeHint" stdset="0">
+            <size>
+             <width>40</width>
+             <height>20</height>
+            </size>
+           </property>
+          </spacer>
+         </item>
+         <item>
+          <widget class="QLabel" name="label">
+           <property name="text">
+            <string>Entries Mode:</string>
+           </property>
+          </widget>
+         </item>
+         <item>
+          <widget class="QComboBox" name="comboBox_mode">
+           <item>
+            <property name="text">
+             <string>Individual</string>
+            </property>
+           </item>
+           <item>
+            <property name="text">
+             <string>Start/Stop</string>
+            </property>
+           </item>
+          </widget>
+         </item>
+        </layout>
+       </item>
+       <item>
+        <widget class="QTableWidget" name="tableWidget_coordinates">
+         <property name="selectionMode">
+          <enum>QAbstractItemView::MultiSelection</enum>
+         </property>
+         <property name="selectionBehavior">
+          <enum>QAbstractItemView::SelectRows</enum>
+         </property>
+         <column>
+          <property name="text">
+           <string>Show</string>
+          </property>
+         </column>
+         <column>
+          <property name="text">
+           <string>Move</string>
+          </property>
+         </column>
+         <column>
+          <property name="text">
+           <string>Tag</string>
+          </property>
+         </column>
+         <column>
+          <property name="text">
+           <string>X</string>
+          </property>
+         </column>
+         <column>
+          <property name="text">
+           <string>Y</string>
+          </property>
+         </column>
+        </widget>
+       </item>
+       <item>
+        <layout class="QGridLayout" name="gridLayout">
+         <item row="1" column="1">
+          <widget class="QPushButton" name="pushButton_resize_table">
+           <property name="text">
+            <string>Resize Table</string>
+           </property>
+          </widget>
+         </item>
+         <item row="0" column="1">
+          <widget class="QCheckBox" name="checkBox_resize_auto">
+           <property name="text">
+            <string>Resize Auto</string>
+           </property>
+           <property name="checked">
+            <bool>true</bool>
+           </property>
+          </widget>
+         </item>
+         <item row="1" column="0">
+          <widget class="QPushButton" name="pushButton_importCSV">
+           <property name="text">
+            <string>Import CSV</string>
+           </property>
+          </widget>
+         </item>
+         <item row="0" column="0">
+          <widget class="QPushButton" name="pushButton_exportCSV">
+           <property name="text">
+            <string>Export CSV</string>
+           </property>
+          </widget>
+         </item>
+         <item row="2" column="0">
+          <widget class="QPushButton" name="pushButton_help">
+           <property name="text">
+            <string>Help</string>
+           </property>
+          </widget>
+         </item>
+         <item row="2" column="1">
+          <widget class="QPushButton" name="pushButton_duplicate">
+           <property name="text">
+            <string>Duplicate Last Entry</string>
+           </property>
+          </widget>
+         </item>
+        </layout>
+       </item>
+      </layout>
+     </widget>
+     <widget class="QWidget" name="tab_settings">
+      <attribute name="title">
+       <string>Settings</string>
+      </attribute>
+      <layout class="QVBoxLayout" name="verticalLayout_4">
+       <item>
+        <widget class="QGroupBox" name="motorLimits">
+         <property name="enabled">
+          <bool>false</bool>
+         </property>
+         <property name="title">
+          <string>Motor Limits</string>
+         </property>
+         <layout class="QGridLayout" name="gridLayout_2">
+          <item row="2" column="1">
+           <widget class="QPushButton" name="pushButton_updateLimits">
+            <property name="text">
+             <string>Update</string>
+            </property>
+           </widget>
+          </item>
+          <item row="0" column="1">
+           <widget class="QLabel" name="label_Y_max">
+            <property name="text">
+             <string>+ Y</string>
+            </property>
+            <property name="alignment">
+             <set>Qt::AlignCenter</set>
+            </property>
+           </widget>
+          </item>
+          <item row="4" column="1">
+           <widget class="QLabel" name="label_Y_min">
+            <property name="text">
+             <string>- Y</string>
+            </property>
+            <property name="alignment">
+             <set>Qt::AlignCenter</set>
+            </property>
+           </widget>
+          </item>
+          <item row="1" column="0">
+           <widget class="QLabel" name="label_X_min">
+            <property name="text">
+             <string>- X</string>
+            </property>
+            <property name="alignment">
+             <set>Qt::AlignCenter</set>
+            </property>
+           </widget>
+          </item>
+          <item row="1" column="2">
+           <widget class="QLabel" name="label_X_max">
+            <property name="text">
+             <string>+ X</string>
+            </property>
+            <property name="alignment">
+             <set>Qt::AlignCenter</set>
+            </property>
+           </widget>
+          </item>
+          <item row="1" column="1">
+           <widget class="QDoubleSpinBox" name="spinBox_y_max">
+            <property name="alignment">
+             <set>Qt::AlignCenter</set>
+            </property>
+            <property name="minimum">
+             <double>-1000.000000000000000</double>
+            </property>
+            <property name="maximum">
+             <double>1000.000000000000000</double>
+            </property>
+           </widget>
+          </item>
+          <item row="3" column="1">
+           <widget class="QDoubleSpinBox" name="spinBox_y_min">
+            <property name="alignment">
+             <set>Qt::AlignCenter</set>
+            </property>
+            <property name="minimum">
+             <double>-1000.000000000000000</double>
+            </property>
+            <property name="maximum">
+             <double>1000.000000000000000</double>
+            </property>
+           </widget>
+          </item>
+          <item row="2" column="0">
+           <widget class="QDoubleSpinBox" name="spinBox_x_min">
+            <property name="alignment">
+             <set>Qt::AlignCenter</set>
+            </property>
+            <property name="minimum">
+             <double>-1000.000000000000000</double>
+            </property>
+            <property name="maximum">
+             <double>1000.000000000000000</double>
+            </property>
+           </widget>
+          </item>
+          <item row="2" column="2">
+           <widget class="QDoubleSpinBox" name="spinBox_x_max">
+            <property name="alignment">
+             <set>Qt::AlignCenter</set>
+            </property>
+            <property name="minimum">
+             <double>-1000.000000000000000</double>
+            </property>
+            <property name="maximum">
+             <double>1000.000000000000000</double>
+            </property>
+           </widget>
+          </item>
+         </layout>
+        </widget>
+       </item>
+       <item>
+        <widget class="QGroupBox" name="groupBox_2">
+         <property name="title">
+          <string>Plotting Options</string>
+         </property>
+         <layout class="QGridLayout" name="gridLayout_5">
+          <item row="0" column="1" colspan="2">
+           <widget class="QSpinBox" name="spinBox_max_points">
+            <property name="alignment">
+             <set>Qt::AlignCenter</set>
+            </property>
+            <property name="minimum">
+             <number>100</number>
+            </property>
+            <property name="maximum">
+             <number>10000</number>
+            </property>
+            <property name="singleStep">
+             <number>100</number>
+            </property>
+            <property name="value">
+             <number>5000</number>
+            </property>
+           </widget>
+          </item>
+          <item row="0" column="0">
+           <widget class="QLabel" name="label_15">
+            <property name="text">
+             <string>Max Points</string>
+            </property>
+           </widget>
+          </item>
+          <item row="2" column="1" colspan="2">
+           <widget class="QSpinBox" name="spinBox_scatter_size">
+            <property name="alignment">
+             <set>Qt::AlignCenter</set>
+            </property>
+            <property name="minimum">
+             <number>1</number>
+            </property>
+            <property name="maximum">
+             <number>15</number>
+            </property>
+            <property name="value">
+             <number>5</number>
+            </property>
+           </widget>
+          </item>
+          <item row="2" column="0">
+           <widget class="QLabel" name="label_11">
+            <property name="text">
+             <string>Scatter Size</string>
+            </property>
+           </widget>
+          </item>
+          <item row="3" column="0" colspan="3">
+           <widget class="QPushButton" name="pushButton_update_config">
+            <property name="text">
+             <string>Update Settings</string>
+            </property>
+           </widget>
+          </item>
+          <item row="1" column="1" colspan="2">
+           <widget class="QSpinBox" name="spinBox_num_dim_points">
+            <property name="alignment">
+             <set>Qt::AlignCenter</set>
+            </property>
+            <property name="minimum">
+             <number>10</number>
+            </property>
+            <property name="maximum">
+             <number>1000</number>
+            </property>
+            <property name="singleStep">
+             <number>10</number>
+            </property>
+            <property name="value">
+             <number>100</number>
+            </property>
+           </widget>
+          </item>
+          <item row="1" column="0">
+           <widget class="QLabel" name="label_16">
+            <property name="text">
+             <string>N dim</string>
+            </property>
+           </widget>
+          </item>
+          <item row="4" column="0" colspan="3">
+           <widget class="QPushButton" name="pushButton_enableGUI">
+            <property name="text">
+             <string>Enable Control GUI</string>
+            </property>
+           </widget>
+          </item>
+         </layout>
+        </widget>
+       </item>
+      </layout>
+     </widget>
+     <widget class="QWidget" name="tab_queue">
+      <attribute name="title">
+       <string>Queue</string>
+      </attribute>
+      <layout class="QVBoxLayout" name="verticalLayout_2">
+       <item>
+        <widget class="QLabel" name="label_3">
+         <property name="text">
+          <string>Work in progress</string>
+         </property>
+         <property name="alignment">
+          <set>Qt::AlignCenter</set>
+         </property>
+        </widget>
+       </item>
+       <item>
+        <widget class="QPushButton" name="pushButton_5">
+         <property name="enabled">
+          <bool>false</bool>
+         </property>
+         <property name="text">
+          <string>Reset Queue</string>
+         </property>
+        </widget>
+       </item>
+       <item>
+        <widget class="QTableWidget" name="tableWidget_2">
+         <property name="enabled">
+          <bool>false</bool>
+         </property>
+         <column>
+          <property name="text">
+           <string>queueID</string>
+          </property>
+         </column>
+         <column>
+          <property name="text">
+           <string>scan_id</string>
+          </property>
+         </column>
+         <column>
+          <property name="text">
+           <string>is_scan</string>
+          </property>
+         </column>
+         <column>
+          <property name="text">
+           <string>type</string>
+          </property>
+         </column>
+         <column>
+          <property name="text">
+           <string>scan_number</string>
+          </property>
+         </column>
+         <column>
+          <property name="text">
+           <string>IQ status</string>
+          </property>
+         </column>
+        </widget>
+       </item>
+      </layout>
+     </widget>
+    </widget>
+   </item>
+  </layout>
+ </widget>
+ <customwidgets>
+  <customwidget>
+   <class>GraphicsLayoutWidget</class>
+   <extends>QGraphicsView</extends>
+   <header>pyqtgraph.h</header>
+  </customwidget>
+ </customwidgets>
+ <resources/>
+ <connections/>
+</ui>
--- a/bec_widgets/examples/plugin_example_pyside/main.py
+++ b/bec_widgets/examples/plugin_example_pyside/main.py
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright (C) 2022 The Qt Company Ltd.
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: LicenseRef-Qt-Commercial OR BSD-3-Clause
-
-"""PySide6 port of the Qt Designer taskmenuextension example from Qt v6.x"""
-
-import sys
-
-from bec_ipython_client.main import BECIPythonClient
-from qtpy.QtWidgets import QApplication
-
-from bec_widgets.examples.plugin_example_pyside.tictactoe import TicTacToe
-
-if __name__ == "__main__":  # pragma: no cover
-    app = QApplication(sys.argv)
-    window = TicTacToe()
-    window.state = "-X-XO----"
-    window.show()
-    sys.exit(app.exec())
--- a/bec_widgets/examples/plugin_example_pyside/registertictactoe.py
+++ b/bec_widgets/examples/plugin_example_pyside/registertictactoe.py
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright (C) 2022 The Qt Company Ltd.
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: LicenseRef-Qt-Commercial OR BSD-3-Clause
-
-from qtpy.QtDesigner import QPyDesignerCustomWidgetCollection
-
-from bec_widgets.examples.plugin_example_pyside.tictactoe import TicTacToe
-from bec_widgets.examples.plugin_example_pyside.tictactoeplugin import TicTacToePlugin
-
-# Set PYSIDE_DESIGNER_PLUGINS to point to this directory and load the plugin
-
-
-if __name__ == "__main__":  # pragma: no cover
-    QPyDesignerCustomWidgetCollection.addCustomWidget(TicTacToePlugin())
--- a/bec_widgets/examples/plugin_example_pyside/taskmenuextension.pyproject
+++ b/bec_widgets/examples/plugin_example_pyside/taskmenuextension.pyproject
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-{
-    "files": ["tictactoe.py", "main.py", "registertictactoe.py", "tictactoeplugin.py",
-    "tictactoetaskmenu.py"]
-}
--- a/bec_widgets/examples/plugin_example_pyside/tictactoe.py
+++ b/bec_widgets/examples/plugin_example_pyside/tictactoe.py
@@ -1,136 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright (C) 2022 The Qt Company Ltd.
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: LicenseRef-Qt-Commercial OR BSD-3-Clause
-
-from qtpy.QtCore import Property, QPoint, QRect, QSize, Qt, Slot
-from qtpy.QtGui import QPainter, QPen
-from qtpy.QtWidgets import QWidget
-
-EMPTY = "-"
-CROSS = "X"
-NOUGHT = "O"
-DEFAULT_STATE = "---------"
-
-
-class TicTacToe(QWidget):  # pragma: no cover
-    def __init__(self, parent=None):
-        super().__init__(parent)
-        self._state = DEFAULT_STATE
-        self._turn_number = 0
-        print("TicTac HERE !!!!!!")
-
-    def minimumSizeHint(self):
-        return QSize(200, 200)
-
-    def sizeHint(self):
-        return QSize(200, 200)
-
-    def setState(self, new_state):
-        self._turn_number = 0
-        self._state = DEFAULT_STATE
-        for position in range(min(9, len(new_state))):
-            mark = new_state[position]
-            if mark == CROSS or mark == NOUGHT:
-                self._turn_number += 1
-                self._change_state_at(position, mark)
-            position += 1
-        self.update()
-
-    def state(self):
-        return self._state
-
-    @Slot()
-    def clear_board(self):
-        self._state = DEFAULT_STATE
-        self._turn_number = 0
-        self.update()
-
-    def _change_state_at(self, pos, new_state):
-        self._state = self._state[:pos] + new_state + self._state[pos + 1 :]
-
-    def mousePressEvent(self, event):
-        if self._turn_number == 9:
-            self.clear_board()
-            return
-        for position in range(9):
-            cell = self._cell_rect(position)
-            if cell.contains(event.position().toPoint()):
-                if self._state[position] == EMPTY:
-                    new_state = CROSS if self._turn_number % 2 == 0 else NOUGHT
-                    self._change_state_at(position, new_state)
-                    self._turn_number += 1
-                    self.update()
-
-    def paintEvent(self, event):
-        with QPainter(self) as painter:
-            painter.setRenderHint(QPainter.Antialiasing)
-
-            painter.setPen(QPen(Qt.darkGreen, 1))
-            painter.drawLine(self._cell_width(), 0, self._cell_width(), self.height())
-            painter.drawLine(2 * self._cell_width(), 0, 2 * self._cell_width(), self.height())
-            painter.drawLine(0, self._cell_height(), self.width(), self._cell_height())
-            painter.drawLine(0, 2 * self._cell_height(), self.width(), 2 * self._cell_height())
-
-            painter.setPen(QPen(Qt.darkBlue, 2))
-
-            for position in range(9):
-                cell = self._cell_rect(position)
-                if self._state[position] == CROSS:
-                    painter.drawLine(cell.topLeft(), cell.bottomRight())
-                    painter.drawLine(cell.topRight(), cell.bottomLeft())
-                elif self._state[position] == NOUGHT:
-                    painter.drawEllipse(cell)
-
-            painter.setPen(QPen(Qt.yellow, 3))
-
-            for position in range(0, 8, 3):
-                if (
-                    self._state[position] != EMPTY
-                    and self._state[position + 1] == self._state[position]
-                    and self._state[position + 2] == self._state[position]
-                ):
-                    y = self._cell_rect(position).center().y()
-                    painter.drawLine(0, y, self.width(), y)
-                    self._turn_number = 9
-
-            for position in range(3):
-                if (
-                    self._state[position] != EMPTY
-                    and self._state[position + 3] == self._state[position]
-                    and self._state[position + 6] == self._state[position]
-                ):
-                    x = self._cell_rect(position).center().x()
-                    painter.drawLine(x, 0, x, self.height())
-                    self._turn_number = 9
-
-            if (
-                self._state[0] != EMPTY
-                and self._state[4] == self._state[0]
-                and self._state[8] == self._state[0]
-            ):
-                painter.drawLine(0, 0, self.width(), self.height())
-                self._turn_number = 9
-
-            if (
-                self._state[2] != EMPTY
-                and self._state[4] == self._state[2]
-                and self._state[6] == self._state[2]
-            ):
-                painter.drawLine(0, self.height(), self.width(), 0)
-                self._turn_number = 9
-
-    def _cell_rect(self, position):
-        h_margin = self.width() / 30
-        v_margin = self.height() / 30
-        row = int(position / 3)
-        column = position - 3 * row
-        pos = QPoint(column * self._cell_width() + h_margin, row * self._cell_height() + v_margin)
-        size = QSize(self._cell_width() - 2 * h_margin, self._cell_height() - 2 * v_margin)
-        return QRect(pos, size)
-
-    def _cell_width(self):
-        return self.width() / 3
-
-    def _cell_height(self):
-        return self.height() / 3
-
-    state = Property(str, state, setState)
--- a/bec_widgets/examples/plugin_example_pyside/tictactoeplugin.py
+++ b/bec_widgets/examples/plugin_example_pyside/tictactoeplugin.py
@@ -1,74 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright (C) 2022 The Qt Company Ltd.
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: LicenseRef-Qt-Commercial OR BSD-3-Clause
-import os
-
-from qtpy.QtDesigner import QDesignerCustomWidgetInterface
-from qtpy.QtGui import QIcon
-
-import bec_widgets
-from bec_widgets.examples.plugin_example_pyside.tictactoe import TicTacToe
-from bec_widgets.examples.plugin_example_pyside.tictactoetaskmenu import TicTacToeTaskMenuFactory
-
-DOM_XML = """
-<ui language='c++'>
-    <widget class='TicTacToe' name='ticTacToe'>
-        <property name='geometry'>
-            <rect>
-                <x>0</x>
-                <y>0</y>
-                <width>200</width>
-                <height>200</height>
-            </rect>
-        </property>
-        <property name='state'>
-            <string>-X-XO----</string>
-        </property>
-    </widget>
-</ui>
-"""
-
-MODULE_PATH = os.path.dirname(bec_widgets.__file__)
-
-
-class TicTacToePlugin(QDesignerCustomWidgetInterface):  # pragma: no cover
-    def __init__(self):
-        super().__init__()
-        self._form_editor = None
-
-    def createWidget(self, parent):
-        t = TicTacToe(parent)
-        return t
-
-    def domXml(self):
-        return DOM_XML
-
-    def group(self):
-        return "Games"
-
-    def icon(self):
-        icon_path = os.path.join(MODULE_PATH, "assets", "designer_icons", "games.png")
-        return QIcon(icon_path)
-
-    def includeFile(self):
-        return "tictactoe"
-
-    def initialize(self, form_editor):
-        self._form_editor = form_editor
-        manager = form_editor.extensionManager()
-        iid = TicTacToeTaskMenuFactory.task_menu_iid()
-        manager.registerExtensions(TicTacToeTaskMenuFactory(manager), iid)
-
-    def isContainer(self):
-        return False
-
-    def isInitialized(self):
-        return self._form_editor is not None
-
-    def name(self):
-        return "TicTacToe"
-
-    def toolTip(self):
-        return "Tic Tac Toe Example, demonstrating class QDesignerTaskMenuExtension (Python)"
-
-    def whatsThis(self):
-        return self.toolTip()
--- a/bec_widgets/examples/plugin_example_pyside/tictactoetaskmenu.py
+++ b/bec_widgets/examples/plugin_example_pyside/tictactoetaskmenu.py
@@ -1,68 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright (C) 2022 The Qt Company Ltd.
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: LicenseRef-Qt-Commercial OR BSD-3-Clause
-
-from qtpy.QtDesigner import QExtensionFactory, QPyDesignerTaskMenuExtension
-from qtpy.QtGui import QAction
-from qtpy.QtWidgets import QDialog, QDialogButtonBox, QVBoxLayout
-
-from bec_widgets.examples.plugin_example_pyside.tictactoe import TicTacToe
-from bec_widgets.qt_utils.error_popups import SafeSlot as Slot
-
-
-class TicTacToeDialog(QDialog):  # pragma: no cover
-    def __init__(self, parent):
-        super().__init__(parent)
-        layout = QVBoxLayout(self)
-        self._ticTacToe = TicTacToe(self)
-        layout.addWidget(self._ticTacToe)
-        button_box = QDialogButtonBox(
-            QDialogButtonBox.Ok | QDialogButtonBox.Cancel | QDialogButtonBox.Reset
-        )
-        button_box.accepted.connect(self.accept)
-        button_box.rejected.connect(self.reject)
-        reset_button = button_box.button(QDialogButtonBox.Reset)
-        reset_button.clicked.connect(self._ticTacToe.clear_board)
-        layout.addWidget(button_box)
-
-    def set_state(self, new_state):
-        self._ticTacToe.setState(new_state)
-
-    def state(self):
-        return self._ticTacToe.state
-
-
-class TicTacToeTaskMenu(QPyDesignerTaskMenuExtension):
-    def __init__(self, ticTacToe, parent):
-        super().__init__(parent)
-        self._ticTacToe = ticTacToe
-        self._edit_state_action = QAction("Edit State...", None)
-        self._edit_state_action.triggered.connect(self._edit_state)
-
-    def taskActions(self):
-        return [self._edit_state_action]
-
-    def preferredEditAction(self):
-        return self._edit_state_action
-
-    @Slot()
-    def _edit_state(self):
-        dialog = TicTacToeDialog(self._ticTacToe)
-        dialog.set_state(self._ticTacToe.state)
-        if dialog.exec() == QDialog.Accepted:
-            self._ticTacToe.state = dialog.state()
-
-
-class TicTacToeTaskMenuFactory(QExtensionFactory):
-    def __init__(self, extension_manager):
-        super().__init__(extension_manager)
-
-    @staticmethod
-    def task_menu_iid():
-        return "org.qt-project.Qt.Designer.TaskMenu"
-
-    def createExtension(self, object, iid, parent):
-        if iid != TicTacToeTaskMenuFactory.task_menu_iid():
-            return None
-        if object.__class__.__name__ != "TicTacToe":
-            return None
-        return TicTacToeTaskMenu(object, parent)
--- a/bec_widgets/qt_utils/error_popups.py
+++ b/bec_widgets/qt_utils/error_popups.py
@@ -1,214 +0,0 @@
-import functools
-import sys
-import traceback
-
-from qtpy.QtCore import QObject, Qt, Signal, Slot
-from qtpy.QtWidgets import QApplication, QMessageBox, QPushButton, QVBoxLayout, QWidget
-
-
-def SafeSlot(*slot_args, **slot_kwargs):  # pylint: disable=invalid-name
-    """Function with args, acting like a decorator, applying "error_managed" decorator + Qt Slot
-    to the passed function, to display errors instead of potentially raising an exception
-
-    'popup_error' keyword argument can be passed with boolean value if a dialog should pop up,
-    otherwise error display is left to the original exception hook
-    """
-    popup_error = bool(slot_kwargs.pop("popup_error", False))
-
-    def error_managed(method):
-        @Slot(*slot_args, **slot_kwargs)
-        @functools.wraps(method)
-        def wrapper(*args, **kwargs):
-            try:
-                return method(*args, **kwargs)
-            except Exception:
-                ErrorPopupUtility().custom_exception_hook(*sys.exc_info(), popup_error=popup_error)
-
-        return wrapper
-
-    return error_managed
-
-
-class WarningPopupUtility(QObject):
-    """
-    Utility class to show warning popups in the application.
-    """
-
-    @SafeSlot(str, str, str, QWidget)
-    def show_warning_message(self, title, message, detailed_text, widget):
-        msg = QMessageBox(widget)
-        msg.setIcon(QMessageBox.Warning)
-        msg.setWindowTitle(title)
-        msg.setText(message)
-        msg.setStandardButtons(QMessageBox.Ok)
-        msg.setDetailedText(detailed_text)
-        msg.exec_()
-
-    def show_warning(self, title: str, message: str, detailed_text: str, widget: QWidget = None):
-        """
-        Show a warning message with the given title, message, and detailed text.
-
-        Args:
-            title (str): The title of the warning message.
-            message (str): The main text of the warning message.
-            detailed_text (str): The detailed text to show when the user expands the message.
-            widget (QWidget): The parent widget for the message box.
-        """
-        self.show_warning_message(title, message, detailed_text, widget)
-
-
-_popup_utility_instance = None
-
-
-class _ErrorPopupUtility(QObject):
-    """
-    Utility class to manage error popups in the application to show error messages to the users.
-    This class is singleton and the error popup can be enabled or disabled globally or attach to widget methods with decorator @error_managed.
-    """
-
-    error_occurred = Signal(str, str, QWidget)
-
-    def __init__(self, parent=None):
-        super().__init__(parent=parent)
-        self.error_occurred.connect(self.show_error_message)
-        self.enable_error_popup = False
-        self._initialized = True
-        sys.excepthook = self.custom_exception_hook
-
-    @SafeSlot(str, str, QWidget)
-    def show_error_message(self, title, message, widget):
-        detailed_text = self.format_traceback(message)
-        error_message = self.parse_error_message(detailed_text)
-
-        msg = QMessageBox(widget)
-        msg.setIcon(QMessageBox.Critical)
-        msg.setWindowTitle(title)
-        msg.setText(error_message)
-        msg.setStandardButtons(QMessageBox.Ok)
-        msg.setDetailedText(detailed_text)
-        msg.setTextInteractionFlags(Qt.TextSelectableByMouse)
-        msg.setMinimumWidth(600)
-        msg.setMinimumHeight(400)
-        msg.exec_()
-
-    def format_traceback(self, traceback_message: str) -> str:
-        """
-        Format the traceback message to be displayed in the error popup by adding indentation to each line.
-
-        Args:
-            traceback_message(str): The traceback message to be formatted.
-
-        Returns:
-            str: The formatted traceback message.
-        """
-        formatted_lines = []
-        lines = traceback_message.split("\n")
-        for line in lines:
-            formatted_lines.append("    " + line)  # Add indentation to each line
-        return "\n".join(formatted_lines)
-
-    def parse_error_message(self, traceback_message):
-        lines = traceback_message.split("\n")
-        error_message = "Error occurred. See details."
-        capture = False
-        captured_message = []
-
-        for line in lines:
-            if "raise" in line:
-                capture = True
-                continue
-            if capture:
-                if line.strip() and not line.startswith("  File "):
-                    captured_message.append(line.strip())
-                else:
-                    break
-
-        if captured_message:
-            error_message = " ".join(captured_message)
-        return error_message
-
-    def custom_exception_hook(self, exctype, value, tb, popup_error=False):
-        if popup_error or self.enable_error_popup:
-            error_message = traceback.format_exception(exctype, value, tb)
-            self.error_occurred.emit(
-                "Method error" if popup_error else "Application Error",
-                "".join(error_message),
-                self.parent(),
-            )
-        else:
-            sys.__excepthook__(exctype, value, tb)  # Call the original excepthook
-
-    def enable_global_error_popups(self, state: bool):
-        """
-        Enable or disable global error popups for all applications.
-
-        Args:
-            state(bool): True to enable error popups, False to disable error popups.
-        """
-        self.enable_error_popup = bool(state)
-
-
-def ErrorPopupUtility():
-    global _popup_utility_instance
-    if not _popup_utility_instance:
-        _popup_utility_instance = _ErrorPopupUtility()
-    return _popup_utility_instance
-
-
-class ExampleWidget(QWidget):  # pragma: no cover
-    """
-    Example widget to demonstrate error handling with the ErrorPopupUtility.
-
-    Warnings -> This example works properly only with PySide6, PyQt6 has a bug with the error handling.
-    """
-
-    def __init__(self, parent=None):
-        super().__init__(parent=parent)
-        self.init_ui()
-        self.warning_utility = WarningPopupUtility(self)
-
-    def init_ui(self):
-        self.layout = QVBoxLayout(self)
-
-        # Button to trigger method with error handling
-        self.error_button = QPushButton("Trigger Handled Error", self)
-        self.error_button.clicked.connect(self.method_with_error_handling)
-        self.layout.addWidget(self.error_button)
-
-        # Button to trigger method without error handling
-        self.normal_button = QPushButton("Trigger Normal Error", self)
-        self.normal_button.clicked.connect(self.method_without_error_handling)
-        self.layout.addWidget(self.normal_button)
-
-        # Button to trigger warning popup
-        self.warning_button = QPushButton("Trigger Warning", self)
-        self.warning_button.clicked.connect(self.trigger_warning)
-        self.layout.addWidget(self.warning_button)
-
-    @SafeSlot(popup_error=True)
-    def method_with_error_handling(self):
-        """This method raises an error and the exception is handled by the decorator."""
-        raise ValueError("This is a handled error.")
-
-    @SafeSlot()
-    def method_without_error_handling(self):
-        """This method raises an error and the exception is not handled here."""
-        raise ValueError("This is an unhandled error.")
-
-    @SafeSlot()
-    def trigger_warning(self):
-        """Trigger a warning using the WarningPopupUtility."""
-        self.warning_utility.show_warning(
-            title="Warning",
-            message="This is a warning message.",
-            detailed_text="This is the detailed text of the warning message.",
-            widget=self,
-        )
-
-
-if __name__ == "__main__":  # pragma: no cover
-
-    app = QApplication(sys.argv)
-    widget = ExampleWidget()
-    widget.show()
-    sys.exit(app.exec_())
--- a/bec_widgets/qt_utils/settings_dialog.py
+++ b/bec_widgets/qt_utils/settings_dialog.py
@@ -1,108 +0,0 @@
-from qtpy.QtWidgets import QDialog, QDialogButtonBox, QHBoxLayout, QPushButton, QVBoxLayout, QWidget
-
-from bec_widgets.qt_utils.error_popups import SafeSlot as Slot
-
-
-class SettingWidget(QWidget):
-    """
-    Abstract class for a settings widget to enforce the implementation of the accept_changes and display_current_settings.
-    Can be used for toolbar actions to display the settings of a widget.
-
-    Args:
-        target_widget (QWidget): The widget that the settings will be taken from and applied to.
-    """
-
-    def __init__(self, parent=None, *args, **kwargs):
-        super().__init__(parent, *args, **kwargs)
-
-        self.target_widget = None
-
-    def set_target_widget(self, target_widget: QWidget):
-        self.target_widget = target_widget
-
-    @Slot()
-    def accept_changes(self):
-        """
-        Accepts the changes made in the settings widget and applies them to the target widget.
-        """
-        pass
-
-    @Slot(dict)
-    def display_current_settings(self, config_dict: dict):
-        """
-        Displays the current settings of the target widget in the settings widget.
-
-        Args:
-            config_dict(dict): The current settings of the target widget.
-        """
-        pass
-
-
-class SettingsDialog(QDialog):
-    """
-    Dialog to display and edit the settings of a widget with accept and cancel buttons.
-
-    Args:
-        parent (QWidget): The parent widget of the dialog.
-        target_widget (QWidget): The widget that the settings will be taken from and applied to.
-        settings_widget (SettingWidget): The widget that will display the settings.
-    """
-
-    def __init__(
-        self,
-        parent=None,
-        settings_widget: SettingWidget = None,
-        window_title: str = "Settings",
-        config: dict = None,
-        *args,
-        **kwargs,
-    ):
-        super().__init__(parent, *args, **kwargs)
-
-        self.setModal(False)
-
-        self.setWindowTitle(window_title)
-
-        self.widget = settings_widget
-        self.widget.set_target_widget(parent)
-        if config is None:
-            config = parent.get_config()
-
-        self.widget.display_current_settings(config)
-
-        self.button_box = QDialogButtonBox(QDialogButtonBox.Ok | QDialogButtonBox.Cancel)
-
-        self.apply_button = QPushButton("Apply")
-
-        button_layout = QHBoxLayout()
-        button_layout.addWidget(self.button_box.button(QDialogButtonBox.Cancel))
-        button_layout.addWidget(self.apply_button)
-        button_layout.addWidget(self.button_box.button(QDialogButtonBox.Ok))
-
-        self.button_box.accepted.connect(self.accept)
-        self.button_box.rejected.connect(self.reject)
-        self.apply_button.clicked.connect(self.apply_changes)
-
-        self.layout = QVBoxLayout(self)
-        self.layout.setContentsMargins(5, 5, 5, 5)
-        self.layout.addWidget(self.widget)
-        self.layout.addLayout(button_layout)
-
-        ok_button = self.button_box.button(QDialogButtonBox.Ok)
-        ok_button.setDefault(True)
-        ok_button.setAutoDefault(True)
-
-    @Slot()
-    def accept(self):
-        """
-        Accept the changes made in the settings widget and close the dialog.
-        """
-        self.widget.accept_changes()
-        super().accept()
-
-    @Slot()
-    def apply_changes(self):
-        """
-        Apply the changes made in the settings widget without closing the dialog.
-        """
-        self.widget.accept_changes()
--- a/bec_widgets/qt_utils/toolbar.py
+++ b/bec_widgets/qt_utils/toolbar.py
@@ -1,188 +0,0 @@
-# pylint: disable=no-name-in-module
-import os
-from abc import ABC, abstractmethod
-from collections import defaultdict
-
-from qtpy.QtCore import QSize
-from qtpy.QtGui import QAction, QIcon
-from qtpy.QtWidgets import QHBoxLayout, QLabel, QMenu, QToolBar, QToolButton, QWidget
-
-import bec_widgets
-
-MODULE_PATH = os.path.dirname(bec_widgets.__file__)
-
-
-class ToolBarAction(ABC):
-    """
-    Abstract base class for toolbar actions.
-
-    Args:
-        icon_path (str, optional): The name of the icon file from `assets/toolbar_icons`. Defaults to None.
-        tooltip (bool, optional): The tooltip for the action. Defaults to None.
-        checkable (bool, optional): Whether the action is checkable. Defaults to False.
-    """
-
-    def __init__(self, icon_path: str = None, tooltip: str = None, checkable: bool = False):
-        self.icon_path = (
-            os.path.join(MODULE_PATH, "assets", "toolbar_icons", icon_path) if icon_path else None
-        )
-        self.tooltip = tooltip
-        self.checkable = checkable
-        self.action = None
-
-    @abstractmethod
-    def add_to_toolbar(self, toolbar: QToolBar, target: QWidget):
-        """Adds an action or widget to a toolbar.
-
-        Args:
-            toolbar (QToolBar): The toolbar to add the action or widget to.
-            target (QWidget): The target widget for the action.
-        """
-
-
-class SeparatorAction(ToolBarAction):
-    """Separator action for the toolbar."""
-
-    def add_to_toolbar(self, toolbar: QToolBar, target: QWidget):
-        self.separator = QToolButton()
-        self.separator.setFixedSize(2, 22)
-        toolbar.addWidget(self.separator)
-
-
-class IconAction(ToolBarAction):
-    """
-    Action with an icon for the toolbar.
-
-    Args:
-        icon_path (str): The path to the icon file.
-        tooltip (str): The tooltip for the action.
-        checkable (bool, optional): Whether the action is checkable. Defaults to False.
-    """
-
-    def __init__(self, icon_path: str = None, tooltip: str = None, checkable: bool = False):
-        super().__init__(icon_path, tooltip, checkable)
-
-    def add_to_toolbar(self, toolbar: QToolBar, target: QWidget):
-        icon = QIcon()
-        icon.addFile(self.icon_path, size=QSize(20, 20))
-        self.action = QAction(icon, self.tooltip, target)
-        self.action.setCheckable(self.checkable)
-        toolbar.addAction(self.action)
-
-
-class DeviceSelectionAction(ToolBarAction):
-    """
-    Action for selecting a device in a combobox.
-
-    Args:
-        label (str): The label for the combobox.
-        device_combobox (DeviceComboBox): The combobox for selecting the device.
-
-    """
-
-    def __init__(self, label: str, device_combobox):
-        super().__init__()
-        self.label = label
-        self.device_combobox = device_combobox
-        self.device_combobox.currentIndexChanged.connect(lambda: self.set_combobox_style("#ffa700"))
-
-    def add_to_toolbar(self, toolbar, target):
-        widget = QWidget()
-        layout = QHBoxLayout(widget)
-        label = QLabel(f"{self.label}")
-        layout.addWidget(label)
-        layout.addWidget(self.device_combobox)
-        toolbar.addWidget(widget)
-
-    def set_combobox_style(self, color: str):
-        self.device_combobox.setStyleSheet(f"QComboBox {{ background-color: {color}; }}")
-
-
-class ExpandableMenuAction(ToolBarAction):
-    """
-    Action for an expandable menu in the toolbar.
-
-    Args:
-        label (str): The label for the menu.
-        actions (dict): A dictionary of actions to populate the menu.
-        icon_path (str, optional): The path to the icon file. Defaults to None.
-
-    """
-
-    def __init__(self, label: str, actions: dict, icon_path: str = None):
-        super().__init__(icon_path, label)
-        self.actions = actions
-        self.widgets = defaultdict(dict)
-
-    def add_to_toolbar(self, toolbar: QToolBar, target: QWidget):
-        button = QToolButton(toolbar)
-        if self.icon_path:
-            button.setIcon(QIcon(self.icon_path))
-        button.setText(self.tooltip)
-        button.setPopupMode(QToolButton.InstantPopup)
-        button.setStyleSheet(
-            """
-                   QToolButton {
-                       font-size: 14px;
-                   }
-                   QMenu {
-                       font-size: 14px;
-                   }
-               """
-        )
-        menu = QMenu(button)
-        for action_id, action in self.actions.items():
-            sub_action = QAction(action.tooltip, target)
-            if action.icon_path:
-                icon = QIcon()
-                icon.addFile(action.icon_path, size=QSize(20, 20))
-                sub_action.setIcon(icon)
-            sub_action.setCheckable(action.checkable)
-            menu.addAction(sub_action)
-            self.widgets[action_id] = sub_action
-        button.setMenu(menu)
-        toolbar.addWidget(button)
-
-
-class ModularToolBar(QToolBar):
-    """Modular toolbar with optional automatic initialization.
-    Args:
-        parent (QWidget, optional): The parent widget of the toolbar. Defaults to None.
-        actions (list[ToolBarAction], optional): A list of action creators to populate the toolbar. Defaults to None.
-        target_widget (QWidget, optional): The widget that the actions will target. Defaults to None.
-        color (str, optional): The background color of the toolbar. Defaults to "black".
-    """
-
-    def __init__(
-        self,
-        parent=None,
-        actions: dict | None = None,
-        target_widget=None,
-        color: str = "rgba(255, 255, 255, 0)",
-    ):
-        super().__init__(parent)
-
-        self.widgets = defaultdict(dict)
-        self.set_background_color(color)
-
-        if actions is not None and target_widget is not None:
-            self.populate_toolbar(actions, target_widget)
-
-    def populate_toolbar(self, actions: dict, target_widget):
-        """Populates the toolbar with a set of actions.
-
-        Args:
-            actions (list[ToolBarAction]): A list of action creators to populate the toolbar.
-            target_widget (QWidget): The widget that the actions will target.
-        """
-        self.clear()
-        for action_id, action in actions.items():
-            action.add_to_toolbar(self, target_widget)
-            self.widgets[action_id] = action
-
-    def set_background_color(self, color: str):
-        self.setStyleSheet(f"QToolBar {{ background: {color}; }}")
-        self.setIconSize(QSize(20, 20))
-        self.setMovable(False)
-        self.setFloatable(False)
-        self.setContentsMargins(0, 0, 0, 0)
--- a/bec_widgets/utils/init.py
+++ b/bec_widgets/utils/init.py
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-from qtpy.QtWebEngineWidgets import QWebEngineView
-
 from .bec_connector import BECConnector, ConnectionConfig
 from .bec_dispatcher import BECDispatcher
 from .bec_table import BECTable
--- a/bec_widgets/utils/bec_connector.py
+++ b/bec_widgets/utils/bec_connector.py
@@ -1,21 +1,14 @@
 # pylint: disable = no-name-in-module,missing-module-docstring
 from __future__ import annotations

-import os
 import time
-import uuid
-from typing import Optional
+from typing import Optional, Type

-import yaml
-from bec_lib.utils.import_utils import lazy_import_from
+from bec_lib.utils.import_utils import lazy_import, lazy_import_from
 from pydantic import BaseModel, Field, field_validator
-from qtpy.QtCore import QObject, QRunnable, QThreadPool, Signal
-from qtpy.QtWidgets import QApplication
+from qtpy.QtCore import Slot as pyqtSlot

 from bec_widgets.cli.rpc_register import RPCRegister
-from bec_widgets.qt_utils.error_popups import ErrorPopupUtility
-from bec_widgets.qt_utils.error_popups import SafeSlot as pyqtSlot
-from bec_widgets.utils.yaml_dialog import load_yaml, load_yaml_gui, save_yaml, save_yaml_gui

 BECDispatcher = lazy_import_from("bec_widgets.utils.bec_dispatcher", ("BECDispatcher",))

@@ -40,55 +33,16 @@ class ConnectionConfig(BaseModel):
        return v


-class WorkerSignals(QObject):
-    progress = Signal(dict)
-    completed = Signal()
-
-
-class Worker(QRunnable):
-    """
-    Worker class to run a function in a separate thread.
-    """
-
-    def __init__(self, func, *args, **kwargs):
-        super().__init__()
-        self.signals = WorkerSignals()
-        self.func = func
-        self.args = args
-        self.kwargs = kwargs
-
-    def run(self):
-        """
-        Run the specified function in the thread.
-        """
-        self.func(*self.args, **self.kwargs)
-        self.signals.completed.emit()
-
-
 class BECConnector:
-    """Connection mixin class to handle BEC client and device manager"""
+    """Connection mixin class for all BEC widgets, to handle BEC client and device manager"""

-    USER_ACCESS = ["_config_dict", "_get_all_rpc"]
-    EXIT_HANDLERS = {}
+    USER_ACCESS = ["config_dict", "get_all_rpc"]

    def __init__(self, client=None, config: ConnectionConfig = None, gui_id: str = None):
        # BEC related connections
        self.bec_dispatcher = BECDispatcher(client=client)
        self.client = self.bec_dispatcher.client if client is None else client

-        if not self.client in BECConnector.EXIT_HANDLERS:
-            # register function to clean connections at exit;
-            # the function depends on BECClient, and BECDispatcher
-            @pyqtSlot()
-            def terminate(client=self.client, dispatcher=self.bec_dispatcher):
-                print("Disconnecting", repr(dispatcher))
-                dispatcher.disconnect_all()
-                print("Shutting down BEC Client", repr(client))
-                client.shutdown()
-
-            BECConnector.EXIT_HANDLERS[self.client] = terminate
-            QApplication.instance().aboutToQuit.connect(terminate)
-
        if config:
            self.config = config
            self.config.widget_class = self.__class__.__name__
@@ -106,68 +60,26 @@ class BECConnector:
            self.gui_id = self.config.gui_id

        # register widget to rpc register
-        # be careful: when registering, and the object is not a BECWidget,
-        # cleanup has to called manually since there is no 'closeEvent'
        self.rpc_register = RPCRegister()
        self.rpc_register.add_rpc(self)

-        # Error popups
-        self.error_utility = ErrorPopupUtility()
-
-        self._thread_pool = QThreadPool.globalInstance()
-
-    def submit_task(self, fn, *args, on_complete: pyqtSlot = None, **kwargs) -> Worker:
-        """
-        Submit a task to run in a separate thread. The task will run the specified
-        function with the provided arguments and emit the completed signal when done.
-
-        Use this method if you want to wait for a task to complete without blocking the
-        main thread.
-
-        Args:
-            fn: Function to run in a separate thread.
-            *args: Arguments for the function.
-            on_complete: Slot to run when the task is complete.
-            **kwargs: Keyword arguments for the function.
-
-        Returns:
-            worker: The worker object that will run the task.
-
-        Examples:
-            >>> def my_function(a, b):
-            >>>     print(a + b)
-            >>> self.submit_task(my_function, 1, 2)
-
-            >>> def my_function(a, b):
-            >>>     print(a + b)
-            >>> def on_complete():
-            >>>     print("Task complete")
-            >>> self.submit_task(my_function, 1, 2, on_complete=on_complete)
-
-        """
-        worker = Worker(fn, *args, **kwargs)
-        if on_complete:
-            worker.signals.completed.connect(on_complete)
-        self._thread_pool.start(worker)
-        return worker
-
-    def _get_all_rpc(self) -> dict:
+    def get_all_rpc(self) -> dict:
        """Get all registered RPC objects."""
        all_connections = self.rpc_register.list_all_connections()
        return dict(all_connections)

    @property
-    def _rpc_id(self) -> str:
+    def rpc_id(self) -> str:
        """Get the RPC ID of the widget."""
        return self.gui_id

-    @_rpc_id.setter
-    def _rpc_id(self, rpc_id: str) -> None:
+    @rpc_id.setter
+    def rpc_id(self, rpc_id: str) -> None:
        """Set the RPC ID of the widget."""
        self.gui_id = rpc_id

    @property
-    def _config_dict(self) -> dict:
+    def config_dict(self) -> dict:
        """
        Get the configuration of the widget.

@@ -176,8 +88,8 @@ class BECConnector:
        """
        return self.config.model_dump()

-    @_config_dict.setter
-    def _config_dict(self, config: BaseModel) -> None:
+    @config_dict.setter
+    def config_dict(self, config: BaseModel) -> None:
        """
        Get the configuration of the widget.

@@ -186,60 +98,6 @@ class BECConnector:
        """
        self.config = config

-    def apply_config(self, config: dict, generate_new_id: bool = True) -> None:
-        """
-        Apply the configuration to the widget.
-
-        Args:
-            config(dict): Configuration settings.
-            generate_new_id(bool): If True, generate a new GUI ID for the widget.
-        """
-        self.config = ConnectionConfig(**config)
-        if generate_new_id is True:
-            gui_id = str(uuid.uuid4())
-            self.rpc_register.remove_rpc(self)
-            self.set_gui_id(gui_id)
-            self.rpc_register.add_rpc(self)
-        else:
-            self.gui_id = self.config.gui_id
-
-    def load_config(self, path: str | None = None, gui: bool = False):
-        """
-        Load the configuration of the widget from YAML.
-
-        Args:
-            path(str): Path to the configuration file for non-GUI dialog mode.
-            gui(bool): If True, use the GUI dialog to load the configuration file.
-        """
-        if gui is True:
-            config = load_yaml_gui(self)
-        else:
-            config = load_yaml(path)
-
-        if config is not None:
-            if config.get("widget_class") != self.__class__.__name__:
-                raise ValueError(
-                    f"Configuration file is not for {self.__class__.__name__}. Got configuration for {config.get('widget_class')}."
-                )
-            self.apply_config(config)
-
-    def save_config(self, path: str | None = None, gui: bool = False):
-        """
-        Save the configuration of the widget to YAML.
-
-        Args:
-            path(str): Path to save the configuration file for non-GUI dialog mode.
-            gui(bool): If True, use the GUI dialog to save the configuration file.
-        """
-        if gui is True:
-            save_yaml_gui(self, self._config_dict)
-        else:
-            if path is None:
-                path = os.getcwd()
-            file_path = os.path.join(path, f"{self.__class__.__name__}_config.yaml")
-
-            save_yaml(file_path, self._config_dict)
-
    @pyqtSlot(str)
    def set_gui_id(self, gui_id: str) -> None:
        """
@@ -300,3 +158,15 @@ class BECConnector:
            return self.config.model_dump()
        else:
            return self.config
+
+    def cleanup(self):
+        """Cleanup the widget."""
+        self.rpc_register.remove_rpc(self)
+        all_connections = self.rpc_register.list_all_connections()
+        if len(all_connections) == 0:
+            print("No more connections. Shutting down GUI BEC client.")
+            self.client.shutdown()
+
+    # def closeEvent(self, event):
+    #     self.cleanup()
+    #     super().closeEvent(event)
--- a/bec_widgets/utils/bec_designer.py
+++ b/bec_widgets/utils/bec_designer.py
@@ -1,138 +0,0 @@
-import importlib.metadata
-import json
-import os
-import site
-import sys
-import sysconfig
-from pathlib import Path
-
-from qtpy import PYSIDE6
-
-if PYSIDE6:
-    from PySide6.scripts.pyside_tool import (
-        _extend_path_var,
-        init_virtual_env,
-        qt_tool_wrapper,
-        is_pyenv_python,
-        is_virtual_env,
-        ui_tool_binary,
-    )
-
-import bec_widgets
-
-
-def list_editable_packages() -> set[str]:
-    """
-    List all editable packages in the environment.
-
-    Returns:
-        set: A set of paths to editable packages.
-    """
-
-    editable_packages = set()
-
-    # Get site-packages directories
-    site_packages = site.getsitepackages()
-    if hasattr(site, "getusersitepackages"):
-        site_packages.append(site.getusersitepackages())
-
-    for dist in importlib.metadata.distributions():
-        location = dist.locate_file("").resolve()
-        is_editable = all(not str(location).startswith(site_pkg) for site_pkg in site_packages)
-
-        if is_editable:
-            editable_packages.add(str(location))
-
-    for packages in site_packages:
-        # all dist-info directories in site-packages that contain a direct_url.json file
-        dist_info_dirs = Path(packages).rglob("*.dist-info")
-        for dist_info_dir in dist_info_dirs:
-            direct_url = dist_info_dir / "direct_url.json"
-            if not direct_url.exists():
-                continue
-            # load the json file and get the path to the package
-            with open(direct_url, "r", encoding="utf-8") as f:
-                data = json.load(f)
-                path = data.get("url", "")
-                if path.startswith("file://"):
-                    path = path[7:]
-                    editable_packages.add(path)
-
-    return editable_packages
-
-
-def patch_designer():  # pragma: no cover
-    if not PYSIDE6:
-        print("PYSIDE6 is not available in the environment. Cannot patch designer.")
-        return
-
-    init_virtual_env()
-
-    major_version = sys.version_info[0]
-    minor_version = sys.version_info[1]
-    os.environ["PY_MAJOR_VERSION"] = str(major_version)
-    os.environ["PY_MINOR_VERSION"] = str(minor_version)
-
-    if sys.platform == "win32":
-        if is_virtual_env():
-            _extend_path_var("PATH", os.fspath(Path(sys._base_executable).parent), True)
-    else:
-        if sys.platform == "linux":
-            suffix = f"{sys.abiflags}.so"
-            env_var = "LD_PRELOAD"
-        elif sys.platform == "darwin":
-            suffix = ".dylib"
-            env_var = "DYLD_INSERT_LIBRARIES"
-        else:
-            raise RuntimeError(f"Unsupported platform: {sys.platform}")
-        version = f"{major_version}.{minor_version}"
-        library_name = f"libpython{version}{suffix}"
-        lib_path = str(Path(sysconfig.get_config_var("LIBDIR")) / library_name)
-        os.environ[env_var] = lib_path
-
-        if is_pyenv_python() or is_virtual_env():
-            # append all editable packages to the PYTHONPATH
-            editable_packages = list_editable_packages()
-            for pckg in editable_packages:
-                _extend_path_var("PYTHONPATH", pckg, True)
-    qt_tool_wrapper(ui_tool_binary("designer"), sys.argv[1:])
-
-
-def find_plugin_paths(base_path: Path):
-    """
-    Recursively find all directories containing a .pyproject file.
-    """
-    plugin_paths = []
-    for path in base_path.rglob("*.pyproject"):
-        plugin_paths.append(str(path.parent))
-    return plugin_paths
-
-
-def set_plugin_environment_variable(plugin_paths):
-    """
-    Set the PYSIDE_DESIGNER_PLUGINS environment variable with the given plugin paths.
-    """
-    current_paths = os.environ.get("PYSIDE_DESIGNER_PLUGINS", "")
-    if current_paths:
-        current_paths = current_paths.split(os.pathsep)
-    else:
-        current_paths = []
-
-    current_paths.extend(plugin_paths)
-    os.environ["PYSIDE_DESIGNER_PLUGINS"] = os.pathsep.join(current_paths)
-
-
-# Patch the designer function
-def main():  # pragma: no cover
-    if not PYSIDE6:
-        print("PYSIDE6 is not available in the environment. Exiting...")
-        return
-    base_dir = Path(os.path.dirname(bec_widgets.__file__)).resolve()
-    plugin_paths = find_plugin_paths(base_dir)
-    set_plugin_environment_variable(plugin_paths)
-
-    patch_designer()
-
-
-if __name__ == "__main__":  # pragma: no cover
-    main()
--- a/bec_widgets/utils/bec_dispatcher.py
+++ b/bec_widgets/utils/bec_dispatcher.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 from __future__ import annotations

+import argparse
 import collections
 from collections.abc import Callable
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Union
@@ -8,7 +9,7 @@ import redis
 from bec_lib.client import BECClient
 from bec_lib.redis_connector import MessageObject, RedisConnector
 from bec_lib.service_config import ServiceConfig
-from qtpy.QtCore import PYQT6, PYSIDE6, QCoreApplication, QObject
+from qtpy.QtCore import QCoreApplication, QObject
 from qtpy.QtCore import Signal as pyqtSignal

 if TYPE_CHECKING:
@@ -65,11 +66,6 @@ class QtRedisConnector(RedisConnector):
            cb(msg.content, msg.metadata)


-class BECClientWithoutLoggerInit(BECClient):
-    def _initialize_logger(self):
-        return
-
-
 class BECDispatcher:
    """Utility class to keep track of slots connected to a particular redis connector"""

@@ -83,7 +79,7 @@ class BECDispatcher:
            cls._initialized = False
        return cls._instance

-    def __init__(self, client=None, config: str | ServiceConfig = None):
+    def __init__(self, client=None, config: str = None):
        if self._initialized:
            return

@@ -95,16 +91,13 @@ class BECDispatcher:

        if self.client is None:
            if config is not None:
-                if not isinstance(config, ServiceConfig):
-                    # config is supposed to be a path
-                    config = ServiceConfig(config)
-                self.client = BECClientWithoutLoggerInit(
-                    config=config, connector_cls=QtRedisConnector
+                host, port = config.split(":")
+                redis_config = {"host": host, "port": port}
+                self.client = BECClient(
+                    config=ServiceConfig(redis=redis_config), connector_cls=QtRedisConnector
                )  # , forced=True)
            else:
-                self.client = BECClientWithoutLoggerInit(
-                    connector_cls=QtRedisConnector
-                )  # , forced=True)
+                self.client = BECClient(connector_cls=QtRedisConnector)  # , forced=True)
        else:
            if self.client.started:
                # have to reinitialize client to use proper connector
@@ -123,21 +116,8 @@ class BECDispatcher:
        cls._instance = None
        cls._initialized = False

-        if not cls.qapp:
-            return
-
-        # shutdown QCoreApp if it exists
-        if PYQT6:
-            cls.qapp.exit()
-        elif PYSIDE6:
-            cls.qapp.shutdown()
-        cls.qapp = None
-
    def connect_slot(
-        self,
-        slot: Callable,
-        topics: Union[EndpointInfo, str, list[Union[EndpointInfo, str]]],
-        **kwargs,
+        self, slot: Callable, topics: Union[EndpointInfo, str, list[Union[EndpointInfo, str]]]
    ) -> None:
        """Connect widget's pyqt slot, so that it is called on new pub/sub topic message.

@@ -147,7 +127,7 @@ class BECDispatcher:
            topics (EndpointInfo | str | list): A topic or list of topics that can typically be acquired via bec_lib.MessageEndpoints
        """
        slot = QtThreadSafeCallback(slot)
-        self.client.connector.register(topics, cb=slot, **kwargs)
+        self.client.connector.register(topics, cb=slot)
        topics_str, _ = self.client.connector._convert_endpointinfo(topics)
        self._slots[slot].update(set(topics_str))

--- a/bec_widgets/utils/bec_widget.py
+++ b/bec_widgets/utils/bec_widget.py
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-from qtpy.QtWidgets import QWidget
-
-from bec_widgets.utils.bec_connector import BECConnector, ConnectionConfig
-
-
-class BECWidget(BECConnector):
-    """Mixin class for all BEC widgets, to handle cleanup"""
-
-    def __init__(self, client=None, config: ConnectionConfig = None, gui_id: str = None):
-        if not isinstance(self, QWidget):
-            raise RuntimeError(f"{repr(self)} is not a subclass of QWidget")
-        super().__init__(client, config, gui_id)
-
-    def cleanup(self):
-        """Cleanup the widget."""
-        pass
-
-    def closeEvent(self, event):
-        self.rpc_register.remove_rpc(self)
-        try:
-            self.cleanup()
-        finally:
-            super().closeEvent(event)
--- a/bec_widgets/utils/colors.py
+++ b/bec_widgets/utils/colors.py
@@ -1,37 +1,10 @@
-import itertools
 import re
 from typing import Literal

 import numpy as np
 import pyqtgraph as pg
-import qdarkstyle
 from pydantic_core import PydanticCustomError
-from qdarkstyle import DarkPalette, LightPalette
 from qtpy.QtGui import QColor
-from qtpy.QtWidgets import QApplication
-
-CURRENT_THEME = "dark"
-
-
-def get_theme_palette():
-    return DarkPalette if CURRENT_THEME == "dark" else LightPalette
-
-
-def apply_theme(theme: Literal["dark", "light"]):
-    global CURRENT_THEME
-    CURRENT_THEME = theme
-
-    app = QApplication.instance()
-    # go through all pyqtgraph widgets and set background
-    children = itertools.chain.from_iterable(
-        top.findChildren(pg.GraphicsLayoutWidget) for top in app.topLevelWidgets()
-    )
-    for pg_widget in children:
-        pg_widget.setBackground("k" if theme == "dark" else "w")
-
-    # now define stylesheet according to theme and apply it
-    style = qdarkstyle.load_stylesheet(palette=get_theme_palette())
-    app.setStyleSheet(style)


 class Colors:
@@ -94,44 +67,6 @@ class Colors:
                raise ValueError("Unsupported format. Please choose 'RGB', 'HEX', or 'QColor'.")
        return colors

-    @staticmethod
-    def hex_to_rgba(hex_color: str, alpha=255) -> tuple:
-        """
-        Convert HEX color to RGBA.
-
-        Args:
-            hex_color(str): HEX color string.
-            alpha(int): Alpha value (0-255). Default is 255 (opaque).
-
-        Returns:
-            tuple: RGBA color tuple (r, g, b, a).
-        """
-        hex_color = hex_color.lstrip("#")
-        if len(hex_color) == 6:
-            r, g, b = tuple(int(hex_color[i : i + 2], 16) for i in (0, 2, 4))
-        elif len(hex_color) == 8:
-            r, g, b, a = tuple(int(hex_color[i : i + 2], 16) for i in (0, 2, 4, 6))
-            return (r, g, b, a)
-        else:
-            raise ValueError("HEX color must be 6 or 8 characters long.")
-        return (r, g, b, alpha)
-
-    @staticmethod
-    def rgba_to_hex(r: int, g: int, b: int, a: int = 255) -> str:
-        """
-        Convert RGBA color to HEX.
-
-        Args:
-            r(int): Red value (0-255).
-            g(int): Green value (0-255).
-            b(int): Blue value (0-255).
-            a(int): Alpha value (0-255). Default is 255 (opaque).
-
-        Returns:
-            hec_color(str): HEX color string.
-        """
-        return "#{:02X}{:02X}{:02X}{:02X}".format(r, g, b, a)
-
    @staticmethod
    def validate_color(color: tuple | str) -> tuple | str:
        """
--- a/bec_widgets/utils/entry_validator.py
+++ b/bec_widgets/utils/entry_validator.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ class EntryValidator:
        device = self.devices[name]
        description = device.describe()

-        if entry is None or entry == "":
+        if entry is None:
            entry = next(iter(device._hints), name) if hasattr(device, "_hints") else name
        if entry not in description:
            raise ValueError(f"Entry '{entry}' not found in device '{name}' signals")
--- a/Show More
+++ b/Show More