So far, I have worked on thinking about a new layout and have changed more of the gui while implementing code, not my own, that sends emails. Next step would be to have the program remember the emails you put in.
At the moment, I am pushing aside the huge task of implementing the backend and instead working on the simpler task of front end. My application has gone through several iterations.
- Before the buttons, I had tabs.
- After the buttons, I decided to make a sidebar, and eventually I decided to move that sidebar to the side.
- A lot of time has also been spent on figuring out how a grid layout is implemented by Tkinter. Such as, figuring out why putting a button in the 2nd column of 3, does not put it in the middle.
- Eventually, I switched to using place, which gives more control, although figuring out why it caps at some values is an issue.
- Now, I am figuring out Canvas, a subsidiary of Tkinter. Which will allow me to draw lines. I will use that to replace the box my labels are currently in.
- The current problem is figuring out why I can not fill my lines. I can fill the Canvas upon which the line lays, but not the Canvas. The line being the outline, from what I can gather.
- My code for this section is as follows:
‘’‘divider = tk.Canvas(self, width = 100, height = self.winfo_screenheight(), background = “yellow”)
divider.create_line(400, 400, 400, 0, fill = “blue”, width = 1)
divider.place(relx = 0.26, rely = 0)’’’
As of now, I have finally implemented buttons which allow the user to navigate to different pages, or frames, of the app. Unfortunately, I had struck a problem. As a newbie to Tkinter, and Python in general, I rely on building upon the works of those before me. The issue is implementing them. Sometimes they’d open separate windows or throw up errors when I try to change them to fit. Plus, the source I was using was vague.
Fortunately, I had found a better source and after figuring out, with some trial and error, where to place what, tabs are a thing of the past, as of right now.
My next step will be to sort out the white void.
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/7546050/switch-between-two-frames-in-tkinter
I followed this video:(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_ToCC4-pe8)
to find out how to make a GUI window in python. I think the next step will be finding another video about making buttons.
