I did consider using a canvas widget, but it looks a bit intimidating right now. I'm sure I'll get to it eventually.
I don't think I've heard of Pmw. I take it it's a module that has a "Notebook" widget class? On Nov 24, 2012 10:33 PM, "Chris Fuller" <cfuller...@thinkingplanet.net> wrote: > On Saturday 24 November 2012, Nathan wrote: > > I'm working on a simple Tarot reading program in Python 2.7, and I'm > having > > a bit of trouble with some GUI abstract. (Sorry, no code in here.) > > > > As of right now, all of the logic is working, and I can generate Tarot > > spreads that tell me, in text, the role of each card "position", and what > > card is in that position. For example, if I were to use a simple > three-card > > past/present/future spread, the output would be something like: > > > > Past: Prince of Swords > > Present: The Hermit > > Future: Ten of Disks > > > > What I'm trying to do now is add support for the card images. the problem > > is, the program supports multiple types of spreads (two, so far, are > > selectable), and they use different numbers of cards. It looks like I > need > > a variable number of widgets to display something like this. I'm not > > entirely sure how I would handle something like that. > > > > Right now, though, I do have two ideas that I would like to run by you > > guys. > > > > The first is to use one text widget-- as opposed to the one label widget > > I'm currently using-- and embed the images where the card names would > be. I > > would have to try out some demos first, though, to see if I can otherwise > > use text widgets just as label widgets. > > > > The other idea, which seems much more cumbersome, is to create a dummy > > frame widget, then a frame widget designed specifically for each type of > > spread. The user selects the spread they want to use (Celtic Cross), and > > the associated frame gets placed on the GUI. > > > > What do you guys think? Is there a better way to deal (ha!) with this? > > I think the usual procedure with something like this is a single Canvas > widget. > > You could also use a Notebook with tabs disabled from Pmw or the like to > implement multiple alternate Frames. As you say, more cumbersome. > > Cheers >
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