[Python-ideas] A GUI for beginners and experts alike

[MRAB]

On 2018-08-24 16:27, Mike Barnett wrote:
> Liking the comments Paul!
> 
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> It has the call information about the Text widget and all the others.  Is this what you mean by a Signature?
> 
> Text(Text,
>      scale=(None, None),
>      size=(None, None),
>      auto_size_text=None,
>      font=None,
>      text_color=None,
>      justification=None)
> .
> 
> Text - The text that's displayed
> size - Element's size
> auto_size_text - Bool. Change width to match size of text
> font - Font name and size to use
> text_color - text color
> justification - Justification for the text. String - 'left', 'right', 'center'
> 
Static text is usually called a "label" in the GUIs I've used, including 
tkinter.

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> 2. Advanced features - how would I extend it if I have a need that it doesn't cover? For example, a canvas object or an image?
> I have Images.
> Don't have Canvas.  Any particular operations desired for the Canvas Element should I have one?
> 
A canvas can contain images, lines and shapes, which is useful for 
diagrams and drawings.

> 3. It doesn't seem to use native widgets (the buttons have a non-standard look on my Windows PC).
> The defaults can be easily changed.  The default buttons are the one widget that I modify from the system default.  The reason was that the system default is a gray button.  It pretty much matches the background.
> 
> If you want your buttons to all look like the system default, slip this line of code at the top:
> 
> sg.SetOptions(button_color=sg.COLOR_SYSTEM_DEFAULT)
> 
Looking at the page on PyPI, those coloured buttons do look odd to me. I 
think the default should be the system default.

Also, I think those buttons labelled "Submit" should be labelled "OK".