Advantages of Uiutil

  • Frames and Widgets are added to the current frame automatically. No need to pass the frame/window/parent to the frame or widget.

  • Easier positioning

    • No more widget.grid() calls.
    • Grid parameters are supplied directly to widgets
    • Positioning with START, NEXT, FIRST, LAST
    • No need to supply a row or column value if it’s the same as the previous widget.

  • Variables are provided for free.

    • No need to declare them.
    • No need to reference them.
    • Use widget.value instead of var.get()
    • Use widget.value = <value> instead of var.set()

  • Associate objects and display values. (Widgets can return more than just IntVat, StringVar and BoolVar)

  • Easier field validation

  • Easier Scroll frames

  • SwitchBox widget: multiple checkboxes

  • RadioBox widget: multiple radio buttons

  • Dynamic Tooltips on widgets

  • Images on Buttons and Labels

  • Image mapping - multiple targets on an image Label