- See README For Details
GRIDPLUS is a "Grid" based GUI builder system which builds on, simplifies and extends the
existing grid manager. GRIDPLUS layouts are defined as a hierarchy of grids. Each
cell in a grid consists of two elements. These will usually be a text label and some
other widget such as an entry. It is also allowed to have just one element in a cell, or
a cell which is empty. GRIDPLUS grids can also be stretched to neatly fill the cells in
which they are positioned. While the GRIDPLUS grid can be used "native", GRIDPLUS commands
exist to create grids of buttons, checkbuttons,
date selectors, dropdowns (comboboxes), entries,
menubuttons, links, radiobuttons and
spinboxes. All places where text can be displayed make use of the Tcl
message catalogue facility.
The GRIDPLUS gpset and gpmap make setting the values
of the the widgets simple/concise.
The gpdb command provides a GRIDPLUS interface to TDBC
based SQL databases.
In fact GRIDPLUS is much more than an alternative to the grid geometry manager, it
provides most, if not all, of the facilities required to build complete screens/windows.
In many cases, using GRIDPLUS to code an application GUI will be quicker than using a "Visual"
screen design tool.
Although aimed at producing data entry/update/display form screens for database applications,
it can be useful for other tasks.
Here are some examples to give you an idea.
GRIDPLUS also includes the following features:-
- Scrollable text widget with support for tags.
- Scrollable tablelist.
- Scrollable tree.
- Calendar style date display selector.
- Notebook widget.
- Pane widget.
- Simple drop-down menus.
- Simple method to specify widget traversal order when using the TAB key to navigate the screen.
- A group facility to enable/disable groups of widgets and menu options.
- Facility to include non-GRIDPLUS widgets in groups.
- Simple pattern/procedure based entry validations.
- Works with toplevel windows.
- ...and much, much more!!
Addition information for new users can be found here.
Dr Csaba Nemithi: For the excellent tablelist package.
James H Wright: For suggesting the idea which lead to the container command/mode and
submitting a fix for the notebook/toplevel problem.
Mark James: For the FamFamFam icons.
Tcl/Tk | Version 8.6.0 or greater. |
ICONS | For GRIDPLUS icon/image support (Optional). |
Tablelist | For GRIDPLUS tablelist support (Optional). |
GRIDPLUS Download File Contents:
LICENSE.gridplus | GRIDPLUS package license/copyright terms. |
gridplus.tcl | GRIDPLUS package script. |
pkgIndex.tcl | GRIDPLUS package index script. |
To Install the GRIDPLUS Package (ZIP):
- Create an empty directory in which to unzip the GRIDPLUS download file.
- Copy the GRIDPLUS download file into the new directory.
- Unzip the GRIDPLUS download file.
- Start a Tcl/Tk Console session.
- Display, and make a note of, the library directory using the Tcl info command.
- info library
- Create a sub-directory called gridplus2.11 under the "library" directory.
- Copy the GRIDPLUS package files (gridplus.tcl and pkgIndex.tcl) to the gridplus2.11 directory.
Using The GRIDPLUS StarKit
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In addition to the GRIDPLUS package detailed in the installation, the download
page also has an option to download a StarKit containing all of the necessary
packages to run the GRIDPLUS examples.
Note: The GRIDPLUS2.11 requires the 8.6.0 (or later) TclKit.
The StarKit is also a useful simply as a tool to try out the GRIDPLUS system.
GRIDPLUS2.0 | README | (7th October 2006). |
GRIDPLUS2.1 | README | (25th February 2007). |
GRIDPLUS2.2 | README | (22nd July 2007). |
GRIDPLUS2.3 | README | (23rd May 2008). |
GRIDPLUS2.4 | README | (5th February 2009). |
GRIDPLUS2.5 | README | (3rd November 2009). |
GRIDPLUS2.6 | README | (23rd October 2010). |
GRIDPLUS2.7 | README | (26th February 2012). |
GRIDPLUS2.8 | README | (28th March 2012). |
GRIDPLUS2.9 | README | (4th July 2012). |
GRIDPLUS2.10 | README | (1st July 2013). |
Copyright © 2015 Adrian Davis.