wxGlade

wxGlade

wxGlade on Gentoo Linux
Initial release	2002 (2002)

Stable release	0.7.2 / March 5, 2016 (2016-03-05)
Repository	bitbucket.org/wxglade/wxglade
Development status	Active
Written in	Python
Operating system	Unix-like, Windows
Platform	Cross-platform
Available in	English
Type	GUI builder Linux on the desktop
License	MIT licence
Website	wxglade.sourceforge.net

wxGlade is a graphical user interface builder/RAD-tool for wxWidgets. It can generate layout code for C++, Lisp, Python, Perl and XRC (wxWidgets' XML resources).

wxGlade is a GUI designer written in Python with the popular GUI toolkit wxPython which helps create wxWidgets/wxPython user interfaces.^[1] It is not a full featured IDE, but simply a "designer": the generated code does nothing apart from displaying the created widgets.

While not related to Glade Interface Designer for GTK+, they are similar in idea and interface. As such they have comparable possibilities, and a user knowing one can quickly learn the other. Output files are not directly interchangeable because the used XML dialects differs.

wxGlade is free and open-source software distributed under the MIT licence.

What can you do with wxGlade?

With wxGlade you can:

Design the whole GUI of your application inclusive simple or complex dialogs as well as menu bars, different kinds of buttons and text widgets, bitmaps, ...
Use the graphical editor for editing, cutting and pasting widgets
Convert your design in source code of your favorite language
Run wxGlade on a wide variety of operating systems since it is written in Python

What is wxGlade NOT?

wxGlade is not a full featured IDE and will never be one. wxGlade is just a graphical user interface builder. The generated code does nothing apart from displaying the created widgets.

If you are looking for a complete IDE, maybe Eric Python IDE, PyCharm, Code::Blocks or one of the many other IDEs the right tool.

wxGlade isn't a tool to learn programming with wxWidgets. You can't use wxGlade if you do not have any basic understanding of programming. You need to know the basics of wxWidgets, as well as the basics of C++, Python, Perl or Lisp.

Supported Widgets

wxGlade supports a number of widgets. It helps you to edit the properties and visual look of each one. Missing widgets can be added via plugins.

Containers	Layout Widgets	Common Widgets	Menu bar / Status Bar / Tool bar
wxDialog wxFrame wxNotebook wxPanel wxScrolledWindow wxSplitterWindow	wxBoxSizer wxStaticBoxSizer wxGridSizer wxFlexGridSizer Spacer	wxButton wxBitmapButton wxCalendarCtrl wxCheckBox wxChoice wxComboBox wxDatePickerCtrl wxGauge wxGenericCalendarCtrl wxGrid wxHyperlinkCtrl wxListBox wxListCtrl wxPropertyGridManager wxRadioBox wxRadioButton wxSlider wxSpinButton wxSpinCtrl wxStaticBitmap wxStaticLine wxStaticText wxTextCtrl wxToggleButton wxTreeCtrl	wxMenu wxMenuBar Menu Bar Separators Sub Menus wxStatusBar wxToolBar Tool Bar Separators Tools

References

↑ Vromans, Johan (2005-10-24). "GUI development with wxGlade" (PDF). Squirrel Consultancy. Retrieved 2011-04-16.

External links

Official website

wxWidgets

Technologies

XML Resource

RAD/GUI
Builders

free software	wxFormBuilder wxDev-C++ Code::Blocks wxGlade CodeDesigner RAD CodeLite Padre HiAsm

proprietary software	wxDesigner DialogBlocks

Libraries

wxSQLite3

Bindings

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