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Dogtaton at 03:12, 15 June 2013

2013-06-15T03:12:08Z

Dogtaton: /* Control and Display */

2013-06-14T04:04:24Z

‎Control and Display

Dogtaton: /* Toplevels */

2013-06-11T03:39:13Z

‎Toplevels

Dogtaton at 03:38, 11 June 2013

2013-06-11T03:38:50Z

Dogtaton at 00:54, 10 June 2013

2013-06-10T00:54:55Z

Dogtaton: Created page with "PyGTK is loads better than TKinter. There are far more events to work with which let you make a more responsive, convenient, and concise interface. Use Glade to create t..."

2013-06-09T05:47:01Z

Created page with "PyGTK is loads better than TKinter. There are far more events to work with which let you make a more responsive, convenient, and concise interface. Use Glade to create t..."

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PyGTK is loads better than TKinter. There are far more events to work with which let you make a more responsive, convenient, and concise interface.

Use [[Glade]] to create the gui.<br>

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 PyGTK is loads better than TKinter.  There are far more events to work with which let you make a more responsive, convenient, and concise interface.<br>
 I am using Glade to create the gui. pygtk is well documented; glade is not.<br>
-For starters, supposedly you should use the GtkBuilder file format over Libglade. Many instructions on the web are for Libglade.
+For starters, supposedly you should use the GtkBuilder file format over Libglade. Many instructions on the web are for Libglade.<br>
 ==Loading a glade file, hooking up event handlers, and displaying a window==
 <source lang="python">#Load the file
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 ***Set the Text property to the column you want displayed from the ListStore
 | <source lang="python">cb = builder.get_object('comboboxname')
-activeiter = cb.get_active_iter()</source>
+cb.get_active_text()</source>
 |-
 | Treeview

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 ***On the Hierarchy tab, click add to insert a Cell Renderer. Name it whatever.
 ***Set the Text property to the column you want displayed from the ListStore
-| <source lang="python">builder.get_object('comboboxname')</source>
+| <source lang="python">cb = builder.get_object('comboboxname')
 |}

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 | <source lang="python">window = builder.get_object('windowname')
 window.show_all()</source>
 | FileChooserDialog
+|
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 | ???
 |}
 ==Control and Display==
 {| class="wikitable"

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 PyGTK is loads better than TKinter.  There are far more events to work with which let you make a more responsive, convenient, and concise interface.<br>
-Supposedly you should use the GtkBuilder file format over Libglade. With that in mind...<br>
+I am using Glade to create the gui. pygtk is well documented; glade is not.<br>
-{| class="wikitable"
+For starters, supposedly you should use the GtkBuilder file format over Libglade. Many instructions on the web are for Libglade.
-! scope="col" | Loading a glade file into a python program
+==Loading a glade file, hooking up event handlers, and displaying a window==
-|-
+<source lang="python">#Load the file
-|<pre>import gtk
+import gtk
 gladefile = 'app.glade'
 builder = gtk.Builder()
-builder.add_from_file(gladefile)</pre>
+builder.add_from_file(gladefile)
-But first you have to create the glade file. Create a window and divide it with boxes<br>
+#Display the window
-==ComboBox==
+But first you have to create the glade file. Create a window and divide it with boxes and then put widgets in each panel and widgets within those widgets as needed.<br>
 {| class="wikitable"
-! scope="col" | glade side
+! scope="col" | widget
-! scope="col" | adding items, pygtk side
+! scope="col" | glade
 |-
+|
 *Create a ListStore for the model
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 **Set the model to the ListStore
 **Right click the ComboBox in the widget tree and click Edit
-***On the Hierarchy tab, click add. Name it whatever.
+***On the Hierarchy tab, click add to insert a Cell Renderer. Name it whatever.
 ***Set the Text property to the column you want displayed from the ListStore
-| <pre>
+| <source lang="python">builder.get_object('comboboxname')</source>
 |}

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−	PyGTK is loads better than TKinter. There are far more events to work with which let you make a more responsive, convenient, and concise interface.	+	PyGTK is loads better than TKinter. There are far more events to work with which let you make a more responsive, convenient, and concise interface.<br>
		+	Supposedly you should use the GtkBuilder file format over Libglade. With that in mind...<br>
		+	{\| class="wikitable"
		+	! scope="col" \| Loading a glade file into a python program
		+	\|-
		+	\|<pre>import gtk
		+	gladefile = 'app.glade'
		+	builder = gtk.Builder()
		+	builder.add_from_file(gladefile)</pre>
		+	\|}

−	~~Use [[Glade]]~~ to create the ~~gui~~.<br>	+
		+	But first you have to create the glade file. Create a window and divide it with boxes<br>
		+
		+	==ComboBox==
		+	{\| class="wikitable"
		+	! scope="col" \| glade side
		+	! scope="col" \| adding items, pygtk side
		+	\|-
		+	\|
		+	*Create a ListStore for the model
		+	**Add a column to the ListStore on the General tab. gchararray for strings
		+	*Create a ComboBox
		+	**Set the model to the ListStore
		+	**Right click the ComboBox in the widget tree and click Edit
		+	***On the Hierarchy tab, click add. Name it whatever.
		+	***Set the Text property to the column you want displayed from the ListStore
		+	\| <pre>
		+	\|}