Tkinter and Tk styles

johnfocker · 2017-11-03 02:10:29

I've been looking for a way to change the default style used in some Python apps (e.g. IDLE) in one of those but couldn't find a conf file for that purpose.
My uderstanding from the few examples I came across is that it's usually hardcoded so I'm stuck with the default ~~ugly~~ classic one?
(Is this why no one ever uses Tk?)

Last edited by johnfocker (2019-01-10 13:48:14)

progandy · 2017-11-03 09:12:15

You can probably set it in Xresources
https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=193668

Mr.Elendig · 2017-11-03 10:52:54

Sidenote: Don't use IDLE; use a proper editor or ide.

As for TK being ugly and "no one" using it:

It can look half decent if whoever writes the code uses TTK, but it is still lacking compared to qt/gtk. A bigger reason for it not being widely used anymore is how dated it is when it comes to functionality and support for modern concepts.

Last edited by Mr.Elendig (2017-11-03 10:54:38)

johnfocker · 2017-11-04 02:24:04

@progandy: Thanks! Just tried and while "xrdb -query" returns "*TkTheme: clam" as expected, it doesn't change IDLE or git-gui appearance, just like they were overriding the setting or something… weird. I'm starting my i3-wm session with LightDM, don't know if that matters.

@Mr.Elendig: Thank you, yes I wasn't planning on using it much actually and I was thinking of using pycharm first then switch to my good old vim with a few plugins once I know what I'm doing / what I need… The thing is, I was interested in Tk since it's built-in python with tkinter and I thought I could use it for a first GUI.
Guess I'm better off learning how to use gtk bindings instead

Cheers

Last edited by johnfocker (2017-11-04 02:24:32)

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#1 2017-11-03 02:10:29

Tkinter and Tk styles

#2 2017-11-03 09:12:15

Re: Tkinter and Tk styles

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Re: Tkinter and Tk styles

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Re: Tkinter and Tk styles

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