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where to start with gui builder?
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where to start with gui builder?
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Hi, Iv been tinkering with python for a while and wanted to take a look at what gui options there are for linux desktops (maybe even cross platform). I want a GUI designer like qt.io (Qt UI & designer etc) (dam , cant post links atm)

However after installing the qt dependencies and qt-unified-linux-x64-2.0.5-online.run my new laptop grinds to a halt and even after a reboot it still remains unusable, i had to remove all the Qt stuff


Quote:System:    Host: greg-Inspiron-5767 Kernel: 4.4.0-65-generic x86_64 (64 bit) Desktop: KDE Plasma 5.8.5
           Distro: Linux Mint 18 Sarah
Machine:   System: Dell (portable) product: Inspiron 5767
           Mobo: Dell model: 03XWWJ v: A00 Bios: Dell v: 1.0.0 date: 07/14/2016
CPU:       Dual core Intel Core i5-7200U (-HT-MCP-) cache: 3072 KB
           clock speeds: max: 2601 MHz 1: 1200 MHz 2: 1700 MHz 3: 700 MHz 4: 1400 MHz
Graphics:  Card: Intel Device 5916
           Display Server: X.Org 1.18.4 drivers: intel (unloaded: fbdev,vesa) Resolution: [email protected]
           GLX Renderer: Mesa DRI Intel Kabylake GT2 GLX Version: 3.0 Mesa 12.0.6
Drives:    HDD Total Size: 1000.2GB (12.0% used) ID-1: /dev/sda model: TOSHIBA_MQ01ABD1 size: 1000.2GB
Partition: ID-1: / size: 410G used: 105G (27%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda7
           ID-2: swap-1 size: 8.48GB used: 0.16GB (2%) fs: swap dev: /dev/sda8
Memory: 3997.4/7881.6MB


I would like a GUI designer and decent  IDE editor so i can tinker with py projects on my lappy. Im not really sure where to start but i do like a slick GUI when i build software.

Any suggestions,
Thx.
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#2
Take a look at this post. https://python-forum.io/Thread-Show-Inst...age-detail
It will give you an idea of what can be done with the built-in GUI package, tkinter.
tkinter has many more widgets available, notebooks with tabs, combo boxes, etc.

If you need something more elaborate, look at PyQt4 or PyQt5.

Here's a demo that I converted to python 3:


.zip   TkinterDemo.zip (Size: 179.65 KB / Downloads: 473)

decompress, and run with:
Quote:python index.py
It contains examples for every widget, and source code for same.

You can also take a look at wxpython. There is a version named phoenix that is available for python 3.
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#3
Somewhat confused and may need some clarification.  

If you are talking about a GUI IDE editor, there are many out there for Python.  Personally, I use PyCharm on both Windows and Linux. I also use Notepad++ on Windows and Kate on Linux.  Again, there are many out there each with their pros and cons.  The thing is to try a couple and see which you like.  Note that these are not meant for GUI designing, which in my mind is something similar to MS's Visual Studio, where you can design the UI by drag and drop.

If that is what you are looking for, then your choices are very, very slim.  Some are no longer being developed or improved. For instance, they work with Python 2 but not Python 3,  Other than QT, the only other one that I know of that is still pretty active is Pygubu, though to be honest, I have not tried it.  I did try QT and found it to be, at least for me, overly complicated.  Now I just do it the old fashioned way.  When you think about it, all these are are layout managers, which I can do with a pencil and piece of graph paper  Smile
If it ain't broke, I just haven't gotten to it yet.
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