Re: How to create/render a relatively usable/accessible GUI in python?

  • From: Alex Hall <mehgcap@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Thu, 25 Aug 2011 11:13:58 -0400

I think you mean gui_components. Check out
http://hg.qwitter-client.net to find that, accessible_output, and
other very handy libraries.

On 8/25/11, Littlefield, Tyler <tyler@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I would forget LBC. I couldn't manage to get it working, and wxPython
> has some amazing sizers and other tools for managing window layout.
> There is also a gui_library or something that Q wrote that wraps some of
> wxPython's functionality. I'm not sure if it's open for public, but if
> so, that might help you quite a lot.
>
> On 8/25/2011 8:01 AM, Alex Hall wrote:
>> TKinter isn't accessible, at least not on Windows. I would use
>> WXPython (www.wxpython.org). On Windows, Jamal's LBC module is
>> incredible (www.empowermentzone.com/pylbc.zip) but I'm not sure if it
>> is cross-platform. I seem to remember it relying on win32 libraries,
>> so maybe not. Still, the concepts should get you started.
>>
>> On 8/25/11, Jacob Kruger<jacobk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>  wrote:
>>> Ok, am quite happy/comfortable with the command line interface have been
>>> making use of in python, and do also have quite a bit of GUI/interface
>>> specific information with regard to symbian python, but also just
>>> wondering
>>> if anyone has ideas of how to render something like a simple button,
>>> textbox, listbox, etc. interface in python that will work across
>>> platforms?
>>>
>>> For example, while it seems like Tkinter is the primarily used module for
>>> rendering GUI's, I have now started going through introductory tutorial
>>> material, and thus far, things like buttons etc. don't get recognised by
>>> jaws or NVDA as such - unless that's because haven't gotten to the point
>>> where they really get 'tweaked' too much as of yet, but, still, since
>>> don't
>>> want to carry on trying too much with this if I won't be able to actually
>>> make use of this aspect of interface implementation/development?
>>>
>>> TIA
>>>
>>> Jacob Kruger
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