{"id":176145,"date":"2024-01-07T12:31:15","date_gmt":"2024-01-07T11:31:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/?p=176145"},"modified":"2024-01-07T12:31:43","modified_gmt":"2024-01-07T11:31:43","slug":"pygtk-the-python-gui-creation-tool","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/pygtk-the-python-gui-creation-tool","title":{"rendered":"PyGTK: The Python GUI creation tool"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"176145\" class=\"elementor elementor-176145\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ad3d8a1 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con\" data-id=\"ad3d8a1\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fec4f7c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"fec4f7c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.15.0 - 02-08-2023 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">PyGTK is a Python module for creating a graphical user interface (GUI) for an application. Find out all you need to know about this tool and its successor PyGObject: how it works, advantages and disadvantages, training...<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e854412 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con\" data-id=\"e854412\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6695fa3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6695fa3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.15.0 - 02-08-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p>A <strong>graphical user interface<\/strong> is essential for a modern application. It allows users to interact with ease. <a href=\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/python-programming-for-dummies-episode-1\">To create such a GUI for a Python program<\/a>, we generally use the PyGTK module.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ad2bf1f e-flex e-con-boxed e-con\" data-id=\"ad2bf1f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b71bc20 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b71bc20\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What is PyGTK?<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e6bf5db elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e6bf5db\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Created by James Henstridge, <strong>PyGTK<\/strong> is a module for creating graphical interfaces in Python, enabling users to interact with an application quickly.<\/p><p>Its name is a combination of the <strong>Python language and GTK:<\/strong> GIMP ToolKit. GIMP ToolKit is a collection of Python wrappers for the GTK+ graphical user interface library.<\/p><p>It brings together numerous graphical elements and other programming tools for building applications. Highly intuitive,<strong> PyGTK<\/strong> is ideal for rapid prototyping.<\/p><p>This LGPL-licensed open-source software is also a cross-platform library. It can be installed on Unix and Win32. It is an extension of the GNOME project.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1ae3824 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con\" data-id=\"1ae3824\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5239d2b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5239d2b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What is PyGTK used for?<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-af66750 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"af66750\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>PyGTK<\/strong> is mainly used for creating graphical user interfaces (GUIs) in the Python language. A <strong>GUI<\/strong> consists of a window and its collection of widgets, including dialog boxes, checkboxes, buttons, text and other elements.<\/p><p>The<strong> GUI<\/strong> sends a signal to the program as soon as the user interacts with this window or one of its widgets. This is true even if the user simply hovers over it with the mouse cursor. The aim is to inform the program that a response may be required.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f2c1eb1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"f2c1eb1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.15.0 - 02-08-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/stocks-gdded1dff3_640.png\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\"><\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ca9b01e elementor-align-center button-principale elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"ca9b01e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm elementor-animation-grow\" href=\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/data-courses\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Start training on PyGTK<\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6f55817 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con\" data-id=\"6f55817\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-86dd202 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"86dd202\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Advantages and disadvantages of PyGTK<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-531e603 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"531e603\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>One of<strong> PyGTK&#8217;s main strengths<\/strong> is its high level of performance, especially for versions 0.X for GTK 1.2. Version 2.0 for GTK 2.X is still very good.<\/p><p>This tool also offers an efficient API based on signal and callback propagation. Each component can send a signal, which is passed upwards until it is captured and a callback call is generated.<\/p><p>An interface creation tool called Glade can be used to generate an <strong>XML reference<\/strong> for the interface, which the library can use directly.<\/p><p>In addition, <strong>PyGTK<\/strong> offers a high level of application portability to Windows. This porting can generally be carried out without having to modify the code.<\/p><p>Finally, the documentation for this tool is very comprehensive. There are excellent tutorials for both versions, and the reference is particularly extensive for 2.X.<\/p><p>On the other hand, <strong>PyGTK&#8217;s<\/strong> main weakness is the size of the code. While much of it may seem superfluous, it is indispensable.<\/p><p>To use any element, you need to construct it, then call it, configure it with its methods, position it and then show it with the show () method. There are at least three calling methods for each object. As a result, the source code is voluminous.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-76ca848 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con\" data-id=\"76ca848\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-24670eb elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"24670eb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">PyGTK modules<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-13a3b2a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"13a3b2a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Various modules are <strong>available for PyGTK.<\/strong> Pango is a text layout and drawing library focused on internationalization.<\/p><p>Cairo is a 2D graphics library that supports different types of devices. The ATK library offers accessibility tools such as user interfaces, magnifiers and alternative input devices.<\/p><p>The <strong>GTK module<\/strong> is responsible for the user interface, while Glade is used to create graphical interfaces from XML files. Finally, GObject is the foundation class for PyGTK classes and provides common functions and attributes.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e74dd40 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con\" data-id=\"e74dd40\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5c604f1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5c604f1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">PyGTK classes<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-de8df5b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"de8df5b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Let&#8217;s take a look at the various <strong>PyGTK<\/strong> classes. The gtk.Widget class provides a standardized set of methods and signals for widgets.<\/p><p>The gtk.Window class is a window with a title bar and buttons for resizing, closing and moving.<\/p><p>The <strong>gtk.Dialog<\/strong> is used to create a popup window containing information and options for the user to choose from. gtk.Button is a button widget that sends a signal when clicked. It is usually displayed as a pushbutton with a text label and used to attach a callback function.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fc39b8f elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"fc39b8f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/interface-gdf6296ff7_640.png\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\"><\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9af2097 elementor-align-center button-principale elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"9af2097\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm elementor-animation-grow\" href=\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/data-courses\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Learn all about PyGTK with DataScientest<\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7eed663 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7eed663\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>For its part, <strong>gtk.Label<\/strong> displays text in read-only mode. With gtk.Layout, you can create a scrollable zone with child widgets and custom graphics that can scroll indefinitely.<\/p><p>The <strong>gtk.Toolbar<\/strong> is a container that stores and maintains a horizontal or vertical bar of buttons and widgets. The <strong>gtk.ComboBox<\/strong> widget is used to select items from a list.<\/p><p>To add a horizontal or vertical scrollbar, <strong>use gtk.Scrollbar<\/strong>. The gtk.ProgressBar class is used to display the progress of a long-running process. 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Well-known examples include the <a href=\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/step-by-step-guide-installing-tensorflow-with-anaconda-on-macos\">Anaconda installer,<\/a> BitTorrent, SoundConverter or Ubuntu Software Center.<\/p><p>Other examples include Deluge, Emesene, Flumotion, Exaile, gDesklets, Gajim, GIMP and Gedit, Gramps GNOME Sudoku, Jokosher, the Gwibbler microblogging client, PyMusique, puddletag, Tryton, ROX Desktop, Pybliographer, the Wing IDE, Comix and the Ubuntu Ubiquity installer.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-92bbbf6 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con\" data-id=\"92bbbf6\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-413bb25 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"413bb25\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What is PyGObject?<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-622ab88 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"622ab88\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>With the launch of <strong>GTK version 3, PyGTK<\/strong> is replaced by PyGObject, using GObject Introspection to generate bindings for Python and other languages very quickly. 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