[FAQ] "Best" GUI toolkit for python

[pozz]

Il 18/10/2016 02:57, Wildman ha scritto:
> On Tue, 18 Oct 2016 00:58:42 +0200, pozz wrote:
>
>> I'm sorry, I know it is a FAQ..., but I couldn't find a good answer.
>>
>> I'm learning python and I'd like to start creating GUI applications,
>> mainly for Windows OS. In the past, I wrote many applications in Visual
>> Basic 4: it was very fast and you could create simple but effective GUIs
>> in Windows in some minutes.
>
> I am also learning Python so my experience is limited.  I have
> tried pyGTK and Tkinter.  GTK's concept of the hbox and vbox
> gave me of difficulty.  I couldn't get the GUI to look the way
> I wanted.

Yes, it's exactly my situation.  I understand boxes give a lot of 
flexibility, but for simple GUI they are very complex.
Did you try Glade GUI builder applcation?


> OTOH, Tkinter offers a way to place widgets on a
> window/frame in a precise way:  self.widget.place(x=#, y=#)
> That is similar to VB's move statement.  GTK may have such a
> feature but I was not able to find it.

Yes, it seems GTK has a similar feature.  It is the container GtkFixed 
(https://developer.gnome.org/gtk3/stable/GtkFixed.html).

       The GtkFixed widget is a container which can place child
       widgets at fixed positions and with fixed sizes, given in
       pixels. GtkFixed performs no automatic layout management.

At the moment, I didn't tested GtkFixed yet, but it seems very simple to 
use. I hope Glade gives a good support for it.


> Anyway, my choice based
> on my limited experience is Tkinter.  Here is a good place to
> start...
>
> http://infohost.nmt.edu/tcc/help/pubs/tkinter/web/index.html
>
> This will give you several places to look for additional info...
>
> https://duckduckgo.com/?q=tkinter+tutorials&t=h_&ia=web
>

Ok, thank you.