Path: csiph.com!usenet.pasdenom.info!weretis.net!feeder4.news.weretis.net!feeds.phibee-telecom.net!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed2.news.xs4all.nl!xs4all!newsgate.cistron.nl!newsgate.news.xs4all.nl!post.news.xs4all.nl!not-for-mail Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: OK 0.008 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.98; '*S*': 0.00; 'subject:Python': 0.06; 'tkinter': 0.07; 'arrays': 0.09; 'received:80.91': 0.09; 'received:80.91.229': 0.09; 'received:gmane.org': 0.09; 'received:list': 0.09; 'rows': 0.09; 'subject:skip:a 10': 0.09; 'gui': 0.12; 'builders': 0.16; 'columns': 0.16; 'editable': 0.16; 'excludes': 0.16; 'finney': 0.16; 'implies': 0.16; 'received:80.91.229.3': 0.16; 'received:plane.gmane.org': 0.16; 'subject:GUI': 0.16; 'tabs': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.18; 'subject:need': 0.19; 'thu,': 0.19; 'widget': 0.19; 'header:User-Agent:1': 0.23; 'header:X-Complaints-To:1': 0.27; 'chris': 0.29; "i'm": 0.30; 'that.': 0.31; 'men': 0.31; 'writes:': 0.31; 'open': 0.33; 'table': 0.34; 'tool': 0.35; 'but': 0.35; 'building': 0.35; 'library.': 0.36; 'set.': 0.36; 'so,': 0.37; 'ben': 0.38; 'nov': 0.38; 'to:addr:python-list': 0.38; 'pm,': 0.38; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.39; 'received:org': 0.40; 'skip:u 10': 0.60; 'url:5': 0.61; 'term': 0.63; 'offering': 0.63; '(that': 0.65; 'capable': 0.67; '8bit%:21': 0.69; 'url:htm': 0.73; 'activated': 0.84; 'brain,': 0.84; 'ideas.': 0.84; 'url:tk': 0.95; 'notebook': 0.96; '2013': 0.98 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: python-list@python.org From: Ben Finney Subject: Re: Access database - GUI - Python - I need architectural advice Date: Thu, 28 Nov 2013 17:51:19 +1100 References: <52966592$0$3640$426a74cc@news.free.fr> <5296DAC7.9030206@nospam.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: rasputin.madmonks.org X-Public-Key-ID: 0xAC128405 X-Public-Key-Fingerprint: 517C F14B B2F3 98B0 CB35 4855 B8B2 4C06 AC12 8405 X-Public-Key-URL: http://www.benfinney.id.au/contact/bfinney-gpg.asc X-Post-From: Ben Finney User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.4 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:0TBv2Vili3PPtQ6WQGQflfSnRSQ= X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Message-ID: Lines: 26 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1385621492 news.xs4all.nl 15887 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:50281 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:60681 Chris Angelico writes: > On Thu, Nov 28, 2013 at 4:55 PM, jm.almeras wrote: > > These are good ideas. But looking precisely at widgets I will need, > > is one of the GUI builders capable of offering : The term “GUI builder” to me implies an interactive tool for building a GUI. I think you are referring, instead, to a GUI library. > > 1) the use of tabs in a form (that excludes Tkinter I believe) Tkinter includes the modern “ttk” widget set. You can use the Notebook widget to get a collection of exclusive-display panels activated by tabs. > > 2) dimensionable and editable arrays of columns and rows like when > > you open a table under Access. I'm not aware of a widget in Tkinter which can do that. -- \ “Pinky, are you pondering what I'm pondering?” “Umm, I think | `\ so, Brain, but three men in a tub? Ooh, that's unsanitary!” | _o__) —_Pinky and The Brain_ | Ben Finney