Tkinter GUI Designer

Main Aim

The Tkinter Designer is made to reduce time and costs while providing you with an all-inclusive interface for the creation, maintenance and customisation of professional apps and Python GUIs. In short, Tkinter Designer allows you to streamline any development process without breaking the bank.

Whilst being an open-source library, Tkinter is nonetheless a well versed and documented library, available with mountains of support and examples available across the web. Additionally, Tkinter is a cross-platform GUI framework. Currently, Tkinter is much more primed towards Python GUI applications and development, across macOS, Windows, and Linux.

Similar to MatDeck’s other GUI Designers, Tkinter GUI Designer uses the same GUI framework but with the integration of Tkinter library functions and features. Tkinter GUI Designer integrates effortlessly with all MD products, except MatDeck Free and Lite MD Python Designer as these products are intended for smaller focused applications.

Tkinter GUI Designer utilises the same no-coding approach as other MD GUI Designers. Users can create custom and specific GUI applications to their requirements through intuitive drag and drop elements to design the GUI and automatically generating Tkinter compliant code for the designed GUI. By simplifying the GUI creation process to the point of visual design, even those without any experience can create GUIs in a matter of minutes.

In addition, users can perform easy resizing and customization via mouse clicks and pulls.

The Tkinter GUI Designer

With visual aids such as drag and drop widgets, our Tkinter GUI Designer facilitates users with the ability to create functional and professional GUIs without needing to write a single line of code or having any experience with Tkinter. To effectively use the Tkinter GUI Designer, users simply need to have a vision that they can create through the Designer canvas and then automatically generate the necessary code.

Tkinter GUI Designer is equipped with 20 customisable and resizable widgets that can be placed with both grid and free hand positioning. Through the thorough customisation and freedom available with each widget, the Tkinter GUI Designer makes a plethora of choices and designs possible. As explained, the various widgets and customisability allows for a range of design approaches and revisions, the drag and drop functionality however allows users to create WYSIWYG designs. Users can simply click on a widget and add it to their Tkinter GUI Designer canvas and that’s it, our Tkinter GUI Designer generates all the code needed for your Tkinter GUI. We can see how easy it is to add Tkinter widgets below.

Customizing with the Tkinter UI Designer

Creating Tkinter widgets and overall layout designing is only one part of a GUIs development process. Each Tkinter widgets needs to be resized, moved and customised. Our Tkinter GUI Designer allows user to customize every aspect of a Tkinter widget, from its background colour to its font.

The Tkinter GUI Designer makes any customization simple and codeless, just see for yourself below.

Cross Platform Tkinter GUIs

As mentioned earlier in the overview of Tkinter, one key benefit of its framework is to allow the use of one source file to be used for Linux, Windows, and MacOS. This aspect of Tkinter libraries facilitates the easy deployment of cross-platform Tkinter GUIs and Apps. In short, Tkinter allows single changes to be constant across all your GUIs and apps. Being able to deploy and maintain GUIs across different operating systems opens several avenues and opportunities to users who are no longer restrained to a single OS. This important aspect simplifies the process of distributing your Tkinter Apps and GUIs to desktop users. On top of this, Tkinter is well known for its reliability and test framework, making it an exceptional choice for any cross-platform project.

Tkinter Calculator on Linux, macOS and Windows

Each picture above shows an example of a single GUI application in Tkinter deployed on different operating systems. Users can easily see how Tkinter GUIs intuitively adapt to the design and visual semantics of each operating system.

Using Tkinter Themes alongside the Tkinter GUI Designer

Our Tkinter GUI Designer can work alongside Tkinter Themes to allow users to access modern and attractive designs at the cost of only a few extra lines of code. Tkinter Themes are unique in the sense that events, positions, functions and almost all aspects of a GUI can remain the same, whilst, the visual design and look can be changed completely. Only two additional lines of code can utilise Tkinter Themes to comprehensibly improve and change the aesthetics of a Tkinter app or GUI. Look below for the difference that two line of code can make.

The two snapshots above provide a stark contrast between rudimentary Tkinter GUI and the Tkinter GUI that utilises Themes. This contrast can be achieved without the need of any time or experience. The unique beauty of Tkinter Themes is that it allows for the integration of a whole new layer of design and aesthetic whilst still maintaining Tkinter’s signature simplicity.

Modern Tkinter GUIs with the Custom Tkinter GUI Designer

Custom Tkinter is a heavily Tkinter based library which strongly focuses on bringing a stylish and stunning GUI to users without having to compromise on Tkinter’s simple syntax and cross-platform base. We can see how Custom Tkinter Log matches up with Tkinter below, where we use the exact same GUI on a Raspberry Pi 4 to showcase the aesthetics of Custom Tkinter as well as the cross-platform compatibility of both Custom Tkinter and Tkinter.

Similar to the examples shown in Tkinter Themes, Tkinter naturally adapts to the natural Raspberry Pi visual layout in contrast to Custom Tkinter which instead provides a captivating and consistent layout on Windows, Linux and macOS. Users can easily notice how Custom Tkinter allows you to create Python GUIs and apps with ease without having to sacrifice on looks.

Converting GUIs made using Tkinter GUI Designer to custom Tkinter GUIs is extremely straightforward. You simply need to copy the widget from the Tkinter GUI Designer and paste into the custom Tkinter GUI Designer. The example above perfectly captures the simple two-step process needed.

Dedicated Python Tkinter IDE

Execution and manipulation of a coding language such as Python relies heavily on the design and usability of the IDE. Our Python environment is ideal for developing all sorts of Tkinter GUIs and Tkinter apps. The dedicated Python Tkinter IDE is equipped with rapid code completion geared for Tkinter application and libraries.

Modules and libraries can be installed and updated within an IDE in a myriad of approaches however, MatDeck prioritises ease of use and accessibility to all users meaning the process of library management has been simplified as well. To effortlessly install, update and list Python modules and libraries, no pip commands or CMD functions are necessary. Simply click the “Install Custom Python Package,” enter the name of the library/modules, and you’re done. It’s just as simple to list and update Tkinter Libraries/Modules—click the “Update” or “List” button, and that’s the entire process.

The Python Tkinter IDE also displays definitions and other useful information for any Tkinter functions, arguments, and keywords, providing instant, valuable insights. This is perfect for familiarizing yourself with Tkinter and new Python libraries, allowing you to learn and understand them without wasting time on irrelevant online resources.

To illustrate and make understanding code clearer, Tkinter code generated by the Python Tkinter IDE will be highlighted throughout the entire document when you hover over or click on any word in your program. This feature enables easy modifications wherever needed without individually searching for each word one at a time. It also aids in understanding and debugging the program, showing where and how each variable, function, or instance is used in the code.

On top of this, a Python debugger is embedded in our Python Tkinter IDE, providing simple, understandable suggestions to quickly debug your code and optimize it instead of confusing error messages.

Breakpoints are a fantastic feature allowing you to run selected parts of your code for better logic error debugging. They provide insight into the exact path your program will take, including which if, else if, and else statements your code will enter, as well as how it interacts with for and while loops. Understanding the exact path your program takes helps you identify why it does or doesn’t perform certain actions as expected.

Tkinter Widgets in the Tkinter GUI Designer

The atmosphere and framework presented by MD Tkinter GUI Designer is a streamlined set up where a small number of mouse clicks and inputs will lead to the complete auto generation of the exact Tkinter GUI you need. No code needs to be written or learnt. The vast array of Tkinter Widgets available in our Tkinter GUI Designer promotes users with the opportunity to be fluid and precise with their imagination not restricted by their programming knowledge or experience.