Category: Tkinter

Migration from Tkinter to Flask

The most popular library to create GUI in Python is Tkinter, which is a part of standard Python installation. Tkinter is a mature and stable tool, widely ported and relatively easy to learn. However, it is also quite old with many drawbacks, among them, it has a limited set of widgets. Although the simplistic model is easy to learn, Tkinter also becomes cumbersome with more complex interfaces. Above all, it does not support mobile and web application development.

Tkinter window
Tkinter window

Flask GUI
Flask GUI

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Tkinter list box with a search filter

Depending on the settings, a list box can be set to allow the user to select only one of the available options or multiple options. If the list is long what often happens if we work with a larger set of data, a filter used to select a few values is a handy addition. Using the filter, you can narrow down the list of values by typing a string of text in the search field above the list. The values that do not match the string are removed from the list. This particular filter needs pressing an ‘enter’ key to start processing the data. In Python Tkinter a list box is represented by Listbox widget.

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