[Tutor] Re: Is Tkinter the Gui in python

Abel Daniel abli at freemail.hu
Thu Jan 13 18:15:45 CET 2005


"Gopinath V, ASDC Chennai" writes:

>   Hi
>         Is the standard Tkinter module in python does the GUI - Front -end
> Interface for Python

Well, if you mean "standard" as in included by default, then
yes. Tkinter however is a sort-of outdated gui. If you only want some
basic widgets, like entry boxes, buttons and such, and need to make a
cross-platform gui that can be used on as many platforms as possible,
then use tkinter. As far as I know, tkinter isn't really developed nowdays.

For more complicated guis, for example using tree widgets, you might be
better of with say, pygtk. However, pygtk afaict isn't available on as
many platforms as tkinter.

So tkinter is a good module to use if you only want simple widgets,
but be prepared to switch to something newer when you hit it's limitations.

-- 
Abel Daniel


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