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Interface creation

Introduction

Power users have the possibility of creating interfaces to help them produce complex tools for their custom addons, such as macros or full workbenches.

Interfaces are created using PySide, which is a library for using Qt with Python.

*Two general methods to create interfaces, by including the interface in the Python file, or by using `.ui* files.`

Description

There are typically two ways of creating interfaces with PySide.

Interface in a .ui file

In this method the interface is defined in a .ui file (an XML document that defines the structure of the interface), which is then imported into Python code that uses it. This is the recommended approach.

  • It allows the programmer to work with the graphical interface separately from the logic that will use it.
  • It allows anybody to look at the interface alone, that is, the .ui file, without having to run Python code.
  • The .ui file may be designed by anybody without programming knowledge.
  • The .ui interface can be used in a standalone window (modal), or in an embedded window (non-modal); therefore, this method is ideal to create custom task panels.
  • Since the .ui file just describes the \"appearance\" of the interface, it does not need to be tied to a particular programming language; it may be used both in Python and C++ code.

Interface completely in Python code

In this method the entire interface is defined by several Python calls.

  • This is an older way of working with interfaces.
  • This method produces very verbose code because many details of the interface need to be specified by hand.
  • It is not simple to separate the interface from the logic that uses that code, meaning that a user would need to run the Python file in the correct context in order to see how the interface would look.
  • This method has the advantage that several interfaces may be contained within a single document, at the expense of making the file very large.
  • This method is recommended only for small interfaces that don\'t define more than a few widgets, for example in macros.

For examples on this method see Interface creation completely in Python.

⏵ documentation index > Developer Documentation > Python Code > Interface creation

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