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Python GUI Programming - A Complete Reference Guide

You're reading from   Python GUI Programming - A Complete Reference Guide Develop responsive and powerful GUI applications with PyQt and Tkinter

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Product type Course
Published in Jun 2019
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781838988470
Length 746 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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B. M. Harwani B. M. Harwani
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Alan D. Moore Alan D. Moore
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Copyright About Packt Contributors Preface 1. Introduction to Tkinter FREE CHAPTER 2. Designing GUI Applications with Tkinter 3. Creating Basic Forms with Tkinter and ttk Widgets 4. Reducing User Error with Validation and Automation 5. Planning for the Expansion of Our Application 6. Creating Menus with Menu and Tkinter Dialogs 7. Navigating Records with Treeview 8. Improving the Look with Styles and Themes 9. Creating Automated Tests with unittest 10. Improving Data Storage with SQL 11. Connecting to the Cloud 12. Visualizing Data Using the Canvas Widget 13. Creating a User Interface with Qt Components 14. Event Handling - Signals and Slots 15. Understanding OOP Concepts 16. Understanding Dialogs 17. Understanding Layouts 18. Networking and Managing Large Documents 19. Database Handling 20. Using Graphics 21. Implementing Animation 22. Using Google Maps 1. Other Books You May Enjoy

Introduction

Dialogs are required in all applications to get input from the user, and also to guide the user to enter the correct data. Interactive dialogs make the application quite user-friendly too. There are basically the following two types of dialog:

  • Modal dialog: A modal dialog is a dialog that wants the user to enter mandatory information. This type of dialog doesn't allow the user to use other parts of the application until the modal dialog is closed. That is, the user needs to enter the required information in the modal dialog, and after closing the dialog, the user can access the rest of the application.
  • Non-modal or modeless dialogs: These are dialogs that enable the user to interact with the rest of the application and dialog box too. That is, the user can continue interacting with the rest of the application while keeping the modeless dialog open. That...
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