Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: OK 0.001 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 1.00; '*S*': 0.00; 'programmer': 0.03; 'subject:Python': 0.06; 'interpreter.': 0.07; 'grid': 0.09; 'hierarchical': 0.09; 'received:80.91': 0.09; 'received:80.91.229': 0.09; 'received:gmane.org': 0.09; 'received:list': 0.09; 'jan': 0.12; 'caveat': 0.16; 'editable': 0.16; 'extension,': 0.16; 'listbox': 0.16; 'received:80.91.229.3': 0.16; 'received:plane.gmane.org': 0.16; 'reedy': 0.16; 'subject:GUI': 0.16; 'tcl': 0.16; 'tix': 0.16; 'tktreectrl': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.18; 'widget': 0.19; 'install': 0.23; 'header:User- Agent:1': 0.23; 'case.': 0.24; 'copied': 0.24; "i've": 0.25; 'options': 0.25; 'compiled': 0.26; 'mention': 0.26; 'tracker': 0.26; 'header:X-Complaints-To:1': 0.27; 'header:In-Reply-To:1': 0.27; 'url:bugs': 0.29; 'am,': 0.29; 'comments': 0.31; 'doc': 0.31; 'post.': 0.31; 'file': 0.32; 'url:python': 0.33; 'running': 0.33; 'there': 0.35; 'impression': 0.36; 'subject:skip:d 10': 0.36; 'url:org': 0.36; 'wrong': 0.37; 'christian': 0.38; 'needed': 0.38; 'to:addr:python-list': 0.38; 'extremely': 0.39; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.39; 'received:org': 0.40; 'new': 0.61; 'field': 0.63; 'subject: & ': 0.68; 'increasing': 0.74; 'complexity': 0.84; 'received:fios.verizon.net': 0.84; 'try,': 0.84; 'ugly,': 0.84; 'received:108': 0.93 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: python-list@python.org From: Terry Reedy Subject: Re: Python Tk Tix GUI documentation & builder overview and tips Date: Sun, 04 Jan 2015 15:45:59 -0500 References: <5373bac1-9d1b-4468-adb8-361240afef92@googlegroups.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: pool-108-16-203-145.phlapa.fios.verizon.net User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:31.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/31.3.0 In-Reply-To: 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: 42 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1420404386 news.xs4all.nl 2939 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:46567 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Path: csiph.com!usenet.pasdenom.info!bete-des-vosges.org!feed.ac-versailles.fr!nerim.net!novso.com!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed3a.news.xs4all.nl!xs4all!newsgate.cistron.nl!newsgate.news.xs4all.nl!post.news.xs4all.nl!not-for-mail Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:83219 On 1/4/2015 3:23 AM, Christian Gollwitzer wrote: > Am 03.01.15 um 22:57 schrieb Terry Reedy: >> The current doc is wrong in any case. I opened >> http://bugs.python.org/issue23156 > Tix is a compiled extension, so this tix8.4.3.dll is needed as well as a > couple of .tcl file including pkgIndex.tcl, which makes the package > available to the Tcl interpreter. tix*.dll was never part of tk*.dll. > > Note that Tix is LEGACY. There are much better options for its widgets > available that are based on ttk. Just to try, I compiled Tix under OSX > for my Tk8.6.3 and ran the widget demos. > > Instead of > > * Hierarchical Listbox use ttk::treeview, tablelist_tile or tkTreeCtrl, > with increasing order of capabilities and install complexity > > * TList: I think tkTreeCtrl can do it, never have used this layout > > * CheckList: tablelist can be used with an editable field > > * Grid widget: use tkTable > > * NoteBook, PanedWindow, ComboBox, LabelFrame -> ttk::notebook, > ttk::panedwindow, ttk::combobox, ttk::labelframe > > * Balloon: tcllib::tooltip > > Not to mention that the Tix widgets are extremely ugly, while the > widgets from ttk have a near-native look and feel. > > Caveat emptor: I've never used Tix, so this is just my impression as an > experienced Tk programmer from running the widget demo I copied parts of this response with additional comments in a new tracker post. -- Terry Jan Reedy