tkdocs.com is a real gem! You've done a masterful job of explaining tk and tkinter, and it is by far the best documentation on how to use and configure ttk. In fact, I was visiting there today to re-remind myself about how ttk layouts work.
On Wed, Nov 13, 2019 at 8:20 PM Mark Roseman <m...@markroseman.com> wrote: > Hi Bob, > > You really should look at the ttk stuff, it’s the easiest migration path > to quite decent looking GUI’s. As you note, the “classic” widgets haven’t > changed at all in decades. So without the (minimal) API changes to use the > ttk widgets, you’re stuck in the deep past. (Also, please ignore Tix if > you’re looking for improvements in UI) > > Have a quick look at the tutorial on my site www.tkdocs.com to get a > sense of what’s involved. The last chapter of the tutorial is a case study > on modernizing Python’s IDLE, if you’re looking for some before and after.. > > Mark > > > On Nov 12, 2019, at 12:09 PM, Robert Greschke <rob...@greschke.com> wrote: > > So pigs have started sprouting wings and I guess "we" (work) are going to > start shifting to Qt/PySide2/whatever. I've been playing around for a few > weeks and what a mess compared to Tkinter. Does anyone know/think something > like Qt-based classes could be written that are called just like and act > just like Tkinter Button()s/Frame()s/Entry()s/etc. but spit out Qt widgets? > I've got tens of thousands of lines of just Tkinter code (in hundreds of > thousands of lines of Python code), that I probably won't HAVE to rewrite, > but something like that would be pretty spiffy for running the old stuff > and for writing new stuff. Maybe someone will come to their senses and well > go back to Tkinter. :) There is nothing Qt widgets do that I need beyond > the Tkinter basics...if I can figure out how to even do that stuff. I know > some functions may not work out, but it could be worth a try, and either > way I guess I'd get to know Qt better. > > Thanks! > > Bob > > _______________________________________________ > Tkinter-discuss mailing list > Tkinter-discuss@python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tkinter-discuss > > > _______________________________________________ > Tkinter-discuss mailing list > Tkinter-discuss@python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tkinter-discuss >
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