Gary Davenport added the comment:
Just an update on this issue. I did make 2 packages available on pypi.org:
https://pypi.org/project/flowframe/
and
https://pypi.org/project/tkinterflow/
Thank you very much for your help.
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Gary Davenport added the comment:
Thank you so much for the kind words and help in giving me some direction with
these projects. I am relatively new to Python, object oriented programming and
open source collaboration.
I think the 3rd party module probably makes the most sense, because this
E. Paine added the comment:
> But we do not want to risk conflicting with Tk.
I think it's worth noting that tkinter does already have some 'extra'
functionality over just what Tk offers (such as the ttk extension widgets
`LabeledScale` and `OptionMenu`).
While this would (IMO) be a useful
Serhiy Storchaka added the comment:
I concur with Zachary. If the flow geometry manager be added in Tk we will add
its support in Tkinter. We can even add pure Python implementation for older Tk
versions. But we do not want to risk conflicting with Tk.
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Zachary Ware added the comment:
Hi Gary.
This sounds interesting. However, Tkinter generally tries to be a pretty thin
wrapper around Tcl/Tk; is there something like this already in Tk that could be
used instead, or existing discussion to add such to Tk? We certainly would not
want to win
New submission from Gary Davenport :
Hi there. I love Python and Tkinter. I know that there are geometry managers
pack, place, and grid. I think there should be a flow type management
available, like what is done in Java or html/css. This is more important as
responsive GUI design is need
