aum wrote: > On Sun, 18 Jun 2006 13:09:08 -0700, diffuser78 wrote: > >> I am newbie learning wxPython. I tried using GUI designer called >> wxGlade. When it generated code I couldnt get the same level of >> flexibility as writing the code by oneself. >> >> Any view on what you think about using GUI designer tools. >> >> Every help is appreciated. > > I use wxGlade all the time, and find it's great. My only complaint is that > there are some controls it doesn't know about, such as wx.HtmlWindow, and > I have to add these controls in wxGlade as 'custom' controls. But to me, > that's pretty minor. > > To get the best out of wxGlade, you really need to subclass the classes > that wxGlade generates. Don't look to wxGlade to write your app for you. > It's there for gui structure (the 'view'), and it's up to you to flesh out > the 'controller' side. > > So I'd recommend you persist with wxGlade - subclass all the classes that > wxGlade generates, and add your own methods to handle events, set up the > gui as you want, and (in some rare cases) do some extra initial bindings. > > I typically set wxGlade to generate a file called 'myapp_ui.py', and I > write my own 'myapp.py', in which I 'import myapp_ui', then subclass the > wxGlade-generated classes in 'myapp_ui'. > > Works a treat for me, and saves a lot of time compared to hand-coding the > GUI. >
I second this approach to using wxGlade, it works really well although I have not seen it documented anywhere. I am not sure if 'aum' meant this, but I let wxGlade generate the event methods for me in 'myapp_ui.py' and then override them in 'myapp.py'. You have full control over the code in your own 'myapp.py' and you rarely have to mess with 'myapp_ui.py' so you can let wxGlade keep control of that file. wxGlade does not support GridBag sizers, which is a shame, but otherwise its support for sizers is good. I find it easy to use sizers in wxGlade. Pythoncard does not yet support sizers and I have never been able to get Boa's sizers to work consistently. wxGlade is a bit flaky on Windows but if you save often then it is OK. I was unsure about it at first, but now I like wxGlade's notion of not being a full-up IDE as it lets me choose the rest of the tool chain. wxGlade will play happily with anything: vim, emacs, Eclipse/Pydev, etc... Don. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
