lyxal / breezyui

A simpler way to create GUIs

BreezyUI

Many Python users who work with graphical interfaces know the pains of designing and creating a Graphical User Interface with Python's built-in graphics library tkinter (Tkinter in Python 2 and tkinter in Python 3) -- creating interfaces requires intense planning (getting the co-ordinates for where each widget goes), lots of trial and error. To solve these problems experienced by many a programmer, regardless of experience, I will be making a GUI maker called BreezyUI©. BreezyUI will allow users to drag-and-drop tkinter widgets in a WYSIWYG style to make the user interface they want, much like the storyboarding feature used in Xcode.

What's new in BreezyUI b1.6.0

• Added Spinbox widget
• Added Radiobutton widget
• Added Scale widget
• Added Frame widget
• Added font options for labels

What's new in BreezyUI b1.5.0

• Added Listbox widget
• Object names are now checked to ensure that they are valid (only valid python variable names are acceptable)
• Changed look of main area (added grey background, cantered canvas in area)
• Added Checkbox widget
• Added OptionMenu widget
• Added TextBox widget
• Added Load .bui File button to homepage
• Added keyboard shortcut to export files (Cmd + e) TODO: Add more customisable options for new widgets

What's new in BreezyUI b1.4.1

• Fixed loading process
• Added window size-ability when loading
• Strings with new lines will no longer break loading system

What's new in BreezyUI b1.4.0

• BreezyUI files are now able to be loaded (Window sizing isn't avaliable yet, and will be made accessible later)
• Save and Export dialogues now start in the last place a file was saved to
• Home screen shows whether or not width and height are valid when making a new GUI
• Cleaned up code files
• The box where the text for labels is now a Text widget
• Canvas width and height can now be changed
• Started adding a list manager widget (not usable yet, just in the code)
• Added the ability to give names to widgets, which are used in the exported code (verification of valid id name not implemented yet.)

What's new in BreezyUI b1.3.1

• Made all classes external (i.e. placed them in the Libraries folder)
• Width and height entry boxes on home screen now flash when given invalid input
• Clicking new removes all objects on widget area

What's new in BreezyUI b1.3.0

• Everything new in pre b1.3.0
• When exporting UIs, the python code that is generated is now fixed (There were issues with new lines)
• Added the Canvas core widget and customisable attributes
• Position of widget area is now relative to the size of the main area
• Changed how bUI files are created (i.e. the way they are formatted)

What's new in BreezyUI pre b1.3.0

• Window size of new windows is now changeable
• Exporting code now goes to files, rather than console
• BreezyUI files are now able to be saved (Loading will be made accessible later)

What’s new in BreezyUI b1.2.0

• The text in the Entry widget is now fully changeable
• Started adding home screen (Only Create button works)
• Exporting code only exports the changed attributes, and also places the widgets in their positions
• Created bug fix log to track all the bugs that were fixed before publishing
• When background colour of labels are changed, the label is updated accordingly

What's new in BreezyUI b1.1.0

• Backwards compatibility for Python 2 started
• Attributes area window shows when widget right-clicked and hides when Done button clicked
• Changed the code to incorporate classes
• Added option to export python code for GUI (TODO: Only export the necessary attributes)
• Added more changeable attributes

What's New in BreezyUI b1.0.0

• 3 core widgets added (Label, Button and Entry)
• Ability to edit the text displayed on widgets
• Started trying to make the background colours of widgets changeable (WIP)