[Tutor] Creating menu shortcut key bindings

[Alan Gauld]

On 01/06/2023 23:14, dn via Tutor wrote:

> Disclaimer: My bias is to use HTML5 for multi-platform GUI.

I don't like web browsers as an operating system so I still
build desktop apps. But rarely do they need to be multi-platform,
but if so I use Java.

> One of the short-comings in the Python world has been the lack of a 
> GUI-generator. 

Agreed, I've tried several but none were entirely successful.
And that goes extra for tkinter. The GTk and Qt worlds have
usable tools but Tkinter and WxPython struggle.

> designer's PoV, makes it a lot easier to involve the user - and on the 
> machine in 'dynamic mode' rather than on-paper or a white-board. (see 
> also Agile approaches)

Yes, in my working life I've found dummy UIs to be an invaluable
tool when teasing out user expectations and workflow issues.

> The 'holy grail' of such generators is 'round-tripping': the ability to 
> generate a GUI's code from some layout, PLUS to take existing code and 
> use it within the generator.

I've never found any GUI builder that is really capable of that.
Some can work with modified code if the programmer copies the
tool's own style but give them a raw app written by hand and
they usually fall over in a heap!

That said, if I have to develop a GUI app I use:
- Delphi/Lazarus on Windows/Linux
- Apple's X Developer/Swift for MacOS (sometimes with Python
  as the target!)
- Java Swing or Fx for multi platform. (Once upon a time I'd
  have included SmallTalk here but my SmallTalk is too rusty now!)

Tkinter is great for front-ending command-line apps or building
a database browser. But for anything more sophisticated there
are better tools. All IMHO of course...

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