Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] Tkinter/Mac newbie query
On 9/11/12 12:53 PM, William R. Wing (Bill Wing) wrote: Mac OSX 10.8.1, 2 x quad processor Intel MacPro, Python 2.7.3 from python.org. I've been programming in python for a couple of years (off and on), and I'm getting more and more comfortable with it. I'd like to start putting GUIs in front of some of my code, and have been looking at wx, Tkinter, and PyQt. Everything I read says that starting with Tkinter version 8.2 (or something like that) it is "themed" and Tkinter applications should look native on the various platforms. The version of Tkinter I have is 8.5, but when I code up some of the Tkinter demos, they all come out looking more like X11 applications than like native Mac apps. I assume the problem is because I'm not doing SOMETHING right in the initialization, but I'm scratching my head over what. The themed widgets use the ttk prefix, so you'll need to include an "import ttk" statement early on, and then (to avoid collisions with the standard Tk widgets) I suggest using dot notation, cf. ttk.Button. Also, remember that the ttk widgets are not drop-in replacements for the traditional Tk widgets; they have a similar API, but they are not identicial (cf. you can't set the foreground for them without creating an entirely custom stule; they pick up platform defaults much better, though). -- Kevin Walzer Code by Kevin http://www.codebykevin.com ___ Pythonmac-SIG maillist - Pythonmac-SIG@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pythonmac-sig unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/Pythonmac-SIG
[Pythonmac-SIG] Tkinter/Mac newbie query
Mac OSX 10.8.1, 2 x quad processor Intel MacPro, Python 2.7.3 from python.org. I've been programming in python for a couple of years (off and on), and I'm getting more and more comfortable with it. I'd like to start putting GUIs in front of some of my code, and have been looking at wx, Tkinter, and PyQt. Everything I read says that starting with Tkinter version 8.2 (or something like that) it is "themed" and Tkinter applications should look native on the various platforms. The version of Tkinter I have is 8.5, but when I code up some of the Tkinter demos, they all come out looking more like X11 applications than like native Mac apps. I assume the problem is because I'm not doing SOMETHING right in the initialization, but I'm scratching my head over what. Does anyone have any thoughts as to what I might be doing wrong? I've pasted a typical bit of code in below. #!/usr/bin/env python from Tkinter import * class App: def __init__(self, master): frame = Frame(master) frame.pack() self.button = Button(frame, text="QUIT", fg="red", command=frame.quit) self.button.pack(side=LEFT) self.hi_there = Button(frame, text="Hello", command=self.say_hi) self.hi_there.pack(side=LEFT) def say_hi(self): print "hi there, everyone!" root = Tk() app = App(root) root.mainloop() And yes, the version of python I get via !usr/bin/env is the same one I get at the terminal prompt. Thanks, Bill ___ Pythonmac-SIG maillist - Pythonmac-SIG@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pythonmac-sig unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/Pythonmac-SIG
