Re: changing a widget's background

[Alan Shutko <ats acm org>]

andrew@cogent.ca writes:

> For much the same reason, a GUI builder for a non-programmer will have
> to entirely avoid any of the packing containers, and go with only the
> GtkFixed container type.  While the GTK+ container model is
> interesting and quite powerful, it is a complete mind-blast for
> anybody who has worked with virtually any other GUI builder on the
> planet.

I'm not sure I agree.  Glade (imho) doesn't do a good job of managing
it, but boxes are really just like rows or columns of a spreadsheet.
(For example, I don't like how it will ask you how many things should
be in a box.)  Just keep adding things into them, and they do the
right thing.  Aloow the non-programmer to set some simple properties
(like whether things expand or not) and you'll let them easily get
good results considerably easier than any fixed gui-builder.

For non-programmers, you'd probably want to make some
assumptions... assume all containers have a box inside them or
something... Does Tcl/Tk have a ui builder that does a good job of
editing boxes?

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