WYSIWYG wxPython "IDE"....?

[Jim Smith]

Simon John wrote:
> I'm writing my 2nd large wxPython program, and after the problems I
> found doing the first's layout in code, I'd like to look at using a
> 'WYSIWYG' IDE, like VisualStudio does for MFC.
> 
> I've tried a few that I found, wxGlade is probably the best, although
> it seems to be not 100% WYSIWYG (like the widgets in the preview are
> not much like the final program), wxDesigner has a horrid GUI for a GUI
> designer! VisualWX gave me the 'now what?' feeling when I started a new
> project.....
> 
> I find the sizer layout thing is what's holding these programs back, is
> there another wxWidgets layout system, so that I could just drag'n'drop
> widgets wherever I want in a window, more like Qt or MFC?
> 
> I'd like to just put a TextCtrl with a few buttons underneath it
> without having to create two boxsizers or a gridsizer!
> 
> I'd like to create something like the main XMMS (or Winamp) window:
> 
> http://xmms.org/files/Skins/images/winamp_x_xmms.png
> 
> But that would be a 3-way vertical sizer, a 2-way horizontal and a
> 2-way vertical at least just for the main (top left) window.
> 


I have tried all the GUI tools for wx and I think wxDesigner is the 
best.  It is commercial, but worth it.

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