Re: [orca-list] Most accessible Python GUI toolkit

[Krishnakant Mane <kkmane riseup net>]

I used WXPython long ago and it was pretty accessible then on Linux
based desktops such as Gnome.

Regards.

Krishnakant.


On Friday 12 October 2018 02:36 PM, Nick Wood wrote:
> Thanks Andrew.
>
> I'm guessing Wx will be better on Linux due to using GTK rather than
> QT as its underlying rendering system but I'm not sure.
>
> Regards,
>
> Nick
>
>
> On 11/10/2018 23:06, Andrew Hart wrote:
> > For what it's worth, I have played with wxPython 3.? and PyQt5 under
> > Windows and they both work pretty well. Imho, Wx tends to work a bit
> > better. I suspect that being such an old framework, it simply exposes
> > everything as Windows 95/98/me/xp used to and leaves the screen reader
> > to build the off-screen model by hooking its tentacles as much as
> > possible into the OS. This is mere speculation and I could be wrong. As
> > far as I know, Qt5 uses MSAA in Windows and the AT-SPI stack in Linux.
> > Personally, I find Qt5 to be a bit nicer to work with codewise than Wx.
> > Its event signalling system is just plain simpler.
> >
> > I haven't tested either on Linux however.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Andrew.
> >
> > On 11/10/2018 16:49, Nick Wood wrote:
> > > Hi all,
> > >
> > > This is a question for any Python developers:
> > >
> > > I need to build a new cross-platform (Linux/Mac/Windows) Python app and
> > > would like to use the most accessible GUI toolkit.
> > >
> > > I've used pygobject before on Linux for GTK, but this isn't easily
> > > ported to Windows.
> > >
> > > Should Tkinter work with Orca? All the Tkinter demo apps I try are
> > > completely silent.
> > >
> > > Also what about WxPython?
> > >
> > > Any help or experience in this area would be appreciated.
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > >
> > > Nick
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